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[osdn everything] May 16, 2003
Date: Fri May 16 2003 - 04:45:27 EDT
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Slashdot
T-Mobile Dumps MS SmartPhone
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/16/0420226
[0]burgburgburg writes "It seems that T-Mobile International, Europe's
second largest mobile phone operator, has [1]decided against
introducing a Microsoft SmartPhone after all. T-Mobile had announced
their plans in February to introduce the MS SmartPhone this summer.
Industry insiders say that the software for the phone continued to have
'fundamental problems,' leading to a high failure rate. French mobile
carrier Orange introduced a MS SmartPhone, SPV, late last year. It
initially had [2]software security problems which Microsoft has claimed
are patched."
Links
0. mailto:splisken06NO@SPAMemail.com
1.
http://news.com.com/2100-1039_3-1001769.html?tag=fd_top
2.
http://news.com.com/2100-1033-981244.html?tag=nl
TopCoder, Math, and Game Programming
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/15/2345257
[0]reiners writes "[1]DevX.com has [2]an interesting interview with
David Arthur (dgarthur), the 2003 [3]TopCoder Collegiate Challenge
winner. Arthur discusses many interesting topics: the similarities
between TopCoder problems and math problems, why TopCoder performance
is positively correlated with 'real-life' programming performance, and
why game programming is where the action is."
Links
0. mailto:paulreiners@earthlink.net
1.
http://www.devx.com
2.
http://www.devx.com/cplus/article/12009
3.
http://www.topcoder.com/
DVD Copyright Case Mulled over by Judge
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/15/2336259
[0]howhardcanitbetocrea writes "[1]news.com is reporting that the judge
in a closely watched lawsuit challenging the legality of DVD-copying
software said she was 'substantially persuaded' by past court rulings
that favored copyright holders, but [2]closed a hearing Thursday
without issuing a ruling in the case." This is a case that could very
well determine the future of the DMCA, and the article does a good job
of summarizing the arguments from both sides.
Links
0. mailto:sd@hinternet.com.au
1.
http://www.news.com/
2.
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-1003541.html
Hybrid Robot Uses Rat Brain
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/15/2315216
[0]CowboyRobot writes "After two [1]recent [2]stories of artificial
brains used to control rats and one about [3]MIT doing the reverse,
NYTimes now has a piece on [4]similar work done at Georgia Tech From
the article: "...the layer of rat neurons is grown over an array of
electrodes that pick up the neurons' electrical activity. A computer
analyzes the activity of the several thousand brain cells in real time
to detect spikes produced by neurons firing near an electrode." But
this time you can [5]buy one for $3,000."
Links
0.
http://www.matchstick.com
1.
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/12/2050257&tid=191
2.
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/11/040230&tid=126
3. //slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/18/232222&tid=134
4.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/15/technology/circuits/15next.html
5.
http://www.k-team.com/Online Newshour Tackling Digital Copyright http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/15/2259240
dmabram writes "The online version of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer is
tackling [0]copyright in the digital age. They are sponsoring a forum
where Lawrence Lessig will square off against RIAA executive Matt
Oppenheim. [1]Anyone can submit questions, and the best questions or
comments will be posted to Lessig and Oppenheim for debate and
discussion. I know that the producers understand the importance of this
debate, and would love insightful questions." Looks worth tuning in
for.
Links
0. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/media/digital_copyright/index.html
How to Fake A Hard Day at the Office
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/15/194209
futileboy writes "There's a great [0]article in the WSJ about how to use technology to avoid work, while giving the impression of working. At the [1]bottom of the article is "A beginner's guide to making it look like you're working when you're not." " Links
0. http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB105294526966494700,00.html?mod=todays_us_personaljnl_hs
Gameboy Advance Users to Get Bluetooth Internet http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/15/1838228
AEton writes "According to [0]this Extremetech article, [1]X-Tra Fun has developed a Bluetooth module for the Gameboy Advance which is expected to ship by Christmas 2003. The $49 module includes Bluetooth connectivity, although a cellphone or other Bluetooth device with Internet access is required to use the Internet, and it comes with an embedded [2]eCos Linux kernel with a Web browser and 255 pages' worth of cache. A $99 upgrade adds a Secure Digital card slot and a dongle!" Links
0.
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1089152,00.asp
1.
http://www.x-trafun.com/
2.
http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/
Verisign Granted DNS Lookup Patent
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/15/1842255
[0]mattgick writes "The Register has a story on how [1]verisign was
granted the DNS lookup patent (U.S. Patent No. 6,560,634). Scripts
which check to see if a domainname has been taken would be in violation
with this patent. A discussion on this subject is going on over
[2]here."
Links
0. mailto:mattgick@NOSPAMdaemon.tk
1.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/30711.html
2.
http://www.icannwatch.org/articles/03/05/13/0336206.shtml
Linux Desktop Without X11
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/15/1834230
A writes "Rocklyte systems have announced the first version of their
[0]Athene Operating System. It is a desktop and embedded operating
system built on the Linux kernel, but without the "aging X11". Instead,
it uses the [1]SciTech SNAP graphics system with which it is possible
to completely re-theme the desktop to look like [2]the famous AmigaOS
GUI or [3]another famous UI. For backwards compatibility, an X11 server
is also available in the system. The system can run completely off the
CD, without needing to be installed on the harddrive."
Links
0.
http://www.rocklyte.com/athene/index.html
1.
http://www.scitechsoft.com/
2.
http://www.rocklyte.com/athene/screenshots/omega.html
3.
http://www.rocklyte.com/athene/screenshots/wintel.html
DVRs for Cop Cars
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/15/1520205
AEton writes "News.com is reporting that IBM is developing [0]digital
video recorders for cop cars. The systems involve a digital video
camera and reusable hard drives which police officers will take with
them on their shifts; centralized servers with up to 3.5 TB of storage
will hold recordings. The cameras continuously record and cache old
video in a "Tivo-like" fashion; tapes will start from three to five
minutes before the cop turned on the recorder. Unbiased, high-quality
recording could have a compelling social effect; and at the very least,
we're headed for HDTV Cops."
Links
0. http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-1001661.html
Freshmeat
3Delight 1.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122915/
3Delight is a very fast RenderMan-compliant renderer designed to produce photorealistic images for serious production environments. Some of its features include ray tracing, global illumination, motion blur, depth of field, subdivision surfaces, programmable shaders, quality antialiasing, and antialiased multi-depth shadow maps. The API and the shading language are very similar to what is described in the RenderMan interface documentation.
Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 1.8 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/122963/
The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on shell scripting. This comprehensive book (the equivalent of about 532 print pages) covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains 262 profusely commented illustrative examples, and a number of tables.
aedGUI DR4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122871/
aedGUI is a cross-platform C++ GUI library that works with SDL.
aewm++ 1.0.24
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122965/
aewm++ is rewrite and fork of aewm in C++. It keeps the same look and feel of aewm but adds more features. Its aim is to provide a more modern feature set than aewm.
Ampoliros 3.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122919/
Ampoliros is an advanced and easy to use distributed PHP Web applications platform, featuring a powerful XML-RPC and SOAP interface. It is suitable as an Internet/Intranet development and deployment system. It has a very strong modular architecture and allows very fast deployment of Web solutions.
Author.CMS 3.3 (e-Commerce)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122916/
Author CMS is a flexible and scalable content management system. It has a usability-tested administration interface, a special installer that easily installs the system on your server, high-level functions that save considerable templates coding time, and a WYSIWYG editor.
autopatch_psg 0.1.14
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122876/
Autopatch is a software program that will patch a Solaris or AIX system via ftp. It is text based and written in C. It allows previewing of patches that will be installed. Scripts to grab the patches from the vendors are included.
Babeldoc 1.0 (1.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122893/
Babeldoc is a framework and set of applications to process documents for business-to-business and other Internet/integration applications. It is primarily intended for text documents, especially XML, but supports a wide range of operations and data types. It has a sophisticated journaling system that supports replaying and reprocessing. Babeldoc is pipeline based and supports numerous ways to combine the pipeline stages in a dynamically reconfigurable fashion. It has a GUI and a Web-based console for document processing and monitoring, and comes with tools for the tranformation of flatfile data to XML, archival, and cryptography. Additionally it is able to scan various data sources based on sophisticated constraints.
BIE 5.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122966/
BIE (Business Integration Engine) is an open source integration system that makes it easy for organizations to exchange data with external trading partners regardless of their native applications. It competes in the same space as applications like Microsoft Biz Talk except that it is truly cross-platform since it written in Java.
Blender 2.27
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122974/
Blender is the in-house software of a high quality animation studio. It has proven to be an extremely fast and versatile design instrument. The software has a personal touch, offering a unique approach to the world of three dimensions. Blender can be used to create TV commercials, to make technical visualizations or business graphics, to do some morphing, or to design user interfaces. Developers can easily build and manage complex environments. The renderer is versatile and extremely fast. All basic animation principles (curves and keys) are implemented.
Calamaris 2.58 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122872/
Calamaris parses the logfiles of a wide variety of Web proxy servers and generates reports about peak-usage, request-methods, status-report of incoming and outgoing requests, second and top-level destinations, content-types, and performance.
Calendar of Events 2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122902/
Calendar of Events is a Web-based calendar of events built with PHP and MySQL with an administration interface and a variety of repeating entry scheduling options. This is not meant to have a personal calendar look and feel but rather a community calendar to post upcoming events.
CenterPoint XML 2.1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122975/
CenterPoint XML is a C++ class library with SAX 2 (Simple API for XML, Version 2) and DOM (Document Object Model) Level 1 and Level 2 conforming interfaces for reading and writing XML files. It features a lightweight, efficient design, is based on the C++ Standard Library, and runs on many platforms.
clipboard B001
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122962/
clipboard is a terminal interface to the OS X clipboard. It allows copy and paste from pipes, files, and network addresses, and supports some data type recognition. (e.g. JPEG streams will be copied as images). This provides and extends the functionality of the NeXTStep "copy" utility.
Contenido 4.2b (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122926/
Contenido is a Content Management Systems. It features advanced workflow and user management, insite-editing, WYSIWYG-editor, and more.
csv2latex 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122981/
csv2latex is a file format converter that converts a well formed CSV file (like the ones exported from OpenOffice.org) to the LaTeX document format.
DGNLib 1.7 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122939/
DGNLib is a small C/C++ library for reading and writing Microstation DGN files (also known as ISFF format). Microstation DGN files are CAD files similar to AutoCAD's DWG.
Distributor load balancer 0.5.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122964/
Distributor is a software TCP load balancer. Like other load balancers, it accepts connections and distributes them to an array of back end servers. It is compatible with any standard TCP protocol (HTTP, LDAP, IMAP, etc.) and is also IPv6 compatible. It has many unique and advanced features and a high-performance architecture.
DNETCom 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122983/
DNETCom is a package for easy and efficient communication in C/C++ with devices supporting the DirectNET protocol, such as the DirectLOGIC family of PLCs. It is developed under Linux and Windows 2000, but should work on most Unix and Windows flavours.
DrIFT 2.0rc4 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122900/
DrIFT is a type sensitive preprocessor for Haskell. It extracts type declarations and directives from modules and applies rules to them which generate code. It is intended that the user can add new rules as required. DrIFT automates instance derivation for classes that aren't supported by the standard compilers. In addition, instances can be produced in separate modules to that containing the type declaration. This allows instances to be derived for a type after the original module has been compiled. Simple utility functions can also be produced from a type.
Ecdysis 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122970/
Ecdysis is a clean, techy LCD theme.
ELOG Electronic Web Logbook 2.3.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122925/
ELOG Electronic Web Logbook is an electronic logbook with a Web interface. It can be used to maintain personal or shared logbooks, with the ability to add attachments to logbook pages. Logbook entries can be categorized with user-defined classes, and queried using filters on these classes. Automatic email notifications can be generated on new entries based on the classes. The ELOG server is a small stand-alone C program, which runs under Linux and Windows. The logbooks are saved in plain ASCII files for easy and fast access.
EzSDK 4.68
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122956/
EzSDK is a PHP SDK which includes a PHP source code generator, a library of PHP classes, and an application environment consisting of premade supporting modules. The modules handle user application and data access security, DB compatibility (with MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle, etc.), a built-in GUI interface with an interactive desktop, and more.
File::Scan 0.52 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122883/
File::Scan allows users to make multiplataform virus scanners which can detect Windows/DOS/Mac viruses. It include a virus scanner and signatures database.
Formulator 1.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122934/
Formulator is a flexible, extensible framework for the creation and validation of web forms in Zope. Web forms can be created with a web-based management interface. When a form is submitted, many common validations, such as testing for required fields or certain types of input, can be automated.
gcc 3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122901/
The GNU Compiler Collection contains frontends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, and Ada as well as libraries for these languages. It is a full-featured ANSI C compiler with support for K&R C as well. GCC provides many levels of source code error checking traditionally provided by other tools (such as lint), produces debugging information, and can perform many different optimizations to the resulting object code.
Ginsu Chat Client 0.4.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122936/
Ginsu is a client for the Gale chat system. It is designed to be powerful and above all stable, as well as having a quick learning curve.
GNU Libidn 0.1.14
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122909/
GNU Libidn is an implementation of the Stringprep, Punycode, and IDNA specifications defined by the IETF Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) working group. It is used to prepare internationalized strings (such as domain name labels, usernames, and passwords) in order to increase the likelihood that string input and string comparison work in ways that make sense for typical users throughout the world. The library contains a generic Stringprep implementation that does Unicode 3.2 NFKC normalization, mapping and prohibition of characters, and bidirectional character handling. Profiles for iSCSI, Kerberos 5, Nameprep, SASL, and XMPP are included. Punycode and ASCII Compatible Encoding (ACE) via IDNA are supported.
GtkAtlantic 0.2.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122979/
GtkAtlantic is a client for playing Monopoly-like board games on monopd servers.
GtkGLExt 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122869/
GtkGLExt is an OpenGL extension to GTK 2.0 or later. It provides additional GDK objects which support OpenGL rendering in GTK, and GtkWidget API add-ons to make GTK+ widgets OpenGL-capable.
guile 1.6.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122884/
Guile is a portable, embeddable Scheme implementation written in C. Guile provides a machine independent execution platform that can be linked in as a library when building extensible programs.
htmlrecode 1.1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122877/
htmlrecode applies modifications to a HTML file. An example of these modifications is changing the character set. It does it without making any characters unreadable.
HTTPCapture 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122912/
HttpCapture is a core wrapper around the packet-capture library pcap and a framework for building plugins to filter, analyse, or display interesting network packets. The details of the packets and their contents are left to a collection of plugins to process, making it a simple matter to add a new decoding and display target.
inline_smtp 0.93
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122972/
The inline_smtp Perl script was created to allow filtering of incoming mail on a separate server that houses the mailspools without running a full-blown MTA. While it's possible to configure another MTA, e.g. postfix, to relay all mail to a smart host and do filtering through postfix, the queue can get behind easily, and on a busy host thousands of messages can get queued in a few hours causing delays in delivery from a few minutes to several hours. By filtering while redirecting, mail arrives without any delays, and can be filtered by a seperate host adding headers or content reducing the load on the final mail host.
Interceptor 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122870/
Interceptor is a KDE 3.1 kicker applet for syslog monitoring and alerts management.
Java XTools 1.05
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122958/
The Java XTools are an extensive collection of enhanced functions and features for Java and Java 3D. It includes an enhanced BranchGroup Node, object loaders for Renderware .rwx files and Caligari TrueSpace .cob and .scn files, RotationInterpolators for combinations of the X-, Y-, and Z-axes, enhanced keyboard navigation, and a text to texture converter. It also includes functions and classes for images and PNG files, a ByteArrayReader, data download including a disk caching mechanism, and enhancements for Swing components.
JKFlow.pm 15052003
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122950/
JKFlow is an easy XML configurable report modules for FlowScan. It gives network administrators the ability to monitor for specific applications on subsequent directions, which are sections of sourceand destination subnets, that can be defined within subnets, on exporters or globally. Directions are recursively evaluated during flowcounting to make the module scalable for WAN networks. JKGrapher is an additional CGI-script for displaying the RRDTool graphs.
JPatch 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122911/
JPatch is an amazing 3D Modeling/Animation tool designed to model and animate "organic" shapes such as humans, animals, aliens, etc. It is a bezier-spline modeler and works with so-called "Coon's patches", the same patches that are used by the popular Windows freeware modellers sPatch and Hamapatch and the commercial program Animation Master (they are called Hash patches there). JPatch is written entirely in Java.
jSyncManager 3.0 beta 01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122858/
jSyncManager is a Java-based data synchronization toolkit for PalmOS handhelds. It consists of a developers API, including a fully Palm-compatible synchronization protocol stack, and a set of end-user applications. It is ideal for use by any individual or organization that needs fast, stable, and easily extendable PalmOS handheld data synchronization that can run on a variety of platforms. It also supports plug-ins, which can be used to add synchronization support to applications, and includes a variety of import and export modes, including XML and CVS.
libptp 1.0pre2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122937/
libptp is a Picture Transfer Protocol support library. It is used for downloading images from PTP cameras. It currently works with most modern Kodak, HP, SONY, Nikon, Canon, and other cameras that are PTP compatible. It also works with some MP3 players, like the Kodak MP3. This package contains also 'ptpcam', the tool used to tweak camera properties.
Linux Security Auditing Tool 0.6.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122880/
Linux Security Auditing Tool (LSAT) is a post install security auditing tool. It is modular in design, so new features can be added quickly. It checks many system configurations and local network settings on the system for common security/config errors and for packages that are not needed. It has been tested on Linux (Gentoo, Red Hat, Debian, etc.) and Solaris (SunOS 2.x).
mkvtoolnix 0.3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122917/
mkvtoolnix is a set of tools that allow users to display information about, extract streams from, merge several streams into, and split Matroska media files. Supported stream types include video streams from AVIs or Ogg files and Vorbis audio from Ogg files among many others. The resulting files can be played back with mplayer or the Matroska Direct Show filter under Windows.
mod_clamav 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122874/
mod_clamav is a virus scanning module which uses the Clam Antivirus (clamav) package to scan Web traffic for viruses.
NetUSE Web Application Framework 0.9.4 (Beta) http://freshmeat.net/releases/122905/
The NetUSE Web Application Framework (WAF) is a development environment for creating Web-based applications in PHP. Its main focus is applications which use dialogs to interact with various data storages.
OpenBSD Network Shell 20030515
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122955/
Nsh is intended to handle configuration for interfaces, bridging, routing, packet filtering, NAT, and ISAKMP. It presents the user with a vaguely Cisco-like interface. It also gives the user access to system information and diagnostics. Nsh replaces the userland commands which handle these functions, and talks directly to the OpenBSD kernel for most functions.
OZradio 0.9.3 beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122929/
OZradio is a Linux FM radio player for KDE and GNOME. It supports BTTV-compatible FM and TV cards. It features the ability to save up to 10 preset stations, a sound mixer, volume control, a mute button, automatic frequency scanning, on-demand recording and replay of radio, and programmable recording.
PHP Dump Maker 3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122888/
PHP Dump Maker is a smart PHP backup solution. The script reads a given source directory (with its subdirectories) and then creates a set of directories filled with the content of the source directory, arranged in groups to fit a given capacity. It can be used to create CD sets for backups. It also supports ISO image creation, direct CD burning via cdrecord, automatic file index creation, and more.
Pixory Beta 2.12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122921/
Pixory is a "personal image server". It allows you to store your photos on your own PC and access them, compose them into albums, and share them anywhere on the Internet. It presents a standard Web interface through which you can browse and organize your photos. All user-entered album data is stored in XML. Pixory displays image metadata such as the EXIF information embedded in image files by most digital cameras and scanners.
pyttymon 0.18
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122910/
pyttymon is a simple daemon that monitors and limits usage of ttys. It is implemented in Python. A simple config file can specify monthly, daily, session, and idle limits based on tty, user, group, and ttys in use. It was inspired by timeoutd, but adds support for monthly maximums and different limits based on the number of ttys in use.
Quick Album 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122779/
Quick Album is a Kylix-based Wizard which takes you through the steps required to generate your own static Web pages with your photos. It is ideal for cases in which you do not have access to SQL or SSI. It will generate both high-bandwidth and low-bandwidth pages. It will scale, rotate, and convert all your images using a simple GUI which requires no expert knowledge to use.
R5 0.0.25
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122953/
r5 is a bot that runs as a client on IRC networks, and allows you to make it listen to commands. An easy way to add your own commands is available.
rackview 0.04
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122878/
rackview is a tool for visualizing the layout of rack- mounted equipment. It can load data either from database tables or a flat file. It can be used to assist in planning and tracking hardware changes to racks in a data center, and to provide a host-oriented interface into other database tools. The core of rackview is implemented as a Perl module, which can be integrated into a variety of different tools. Sample command line and CGI scripts are included, which should be sufficient for basic needs.
ratpoison 1.2.0-beta5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122976/
Ratpoison is a simple window manager with no large library dependencies, no fancy graphics, no window decorations, and no rodent dependence. It is largely modeled after GNU Screen, which has done wonders in the virtual terminal market. All interaction with the window manager is done through keystrokes. ratpoison has a prefix map to minimize the key clobbering that cripples EMACS and other quality pieces of software. All windows are maximized and kept maximized to avoid wasting precious screen space.
redhat-config-network 1.2.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122922/
redhat-config-network is a GUI/TUI/CLI of the network configuration tool for Red Hat Linux, supporting Ethernet, Wireless, TokenRing, ADSL, ISDN, and PPP.
SalStat 20030513
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122928/
SalStat is an small application for the statistical analysis of scientific data (with a special concentration on psychology). It is a bit like SPSS and StatView, and it is written in Python/wxPython.
Scintilla 1.53
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122987/
Scintilla is a free source code editing component for Win32 and GTK+. As well as features found in standard text editing components, Scintilla includes features especially useful when editing and debugging source code. These include support for syntax styling, error indicators, code completion and call tips. Styling choices are more open than with many editors, allowing the use of proportional fonts, bold and italics, multiple foreground and background colours and multiple fonts.
SciTE 1.53
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122988/
SciTE is a GUI-based single-document editor which uses the Scintilla editor component. It rapidly styles most common programming languages with good control over how syntactic elements are displayed, and features folding for C++, C, Java, JavaScript, and Python. Styling of HTML also styles embedded scripts written in VBScript, Javascript, or Python.
sg_utils 1.04 (Linux 2.4)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122887/
The sg_utils package includes variants of the Unix dd command called sg_dd and sgp_dd that speed copies to, from, and between SCSI disks and CDROMs. sg_map and sg_scan supply information about SCSI devices and how they are related to other drivers. There are utilities for timing and testing SCSI devices and the SCSI bus. The sg3_utils package is for the Linux 2.4 series, while sg_utils is for the 2.2 series with some support for the 2.0 series.
singapore 0.9.4 beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122789/
singapore is a flexible PHP image gallery that stores information in a CSV-file database. It has a Web-based admin and cached autogenerated thumbnails (using GD or ImageMagick). Its output is XHTML- and CSS-compatible.
Smilehouse Workspace 0.9.5 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122924/
Smilehouse Workspace is a Java based e-commerce application for product, order, and customer information management. It can be used for building and managing product catalogs, online stores, Web shops, and b-to-b extranets. It currently runs on Tomcat and has two Web-based interfaces. The first is a themed interface visible to the public, and the second is a separate administration interface for managing both the appearance and content of the published service (users and customers, product information and related files, order information).
TAMS 2.1a1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122985/
TAMS (Text Analysis Markup System) is a qualitative or ethnographic coding and data extraction-analysis system.
tasks 1.5.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122977/
tasks is built on PHP and MySQL. It features a dynamic hierarchical view of your tasks, scheduling due dates and associating URLs with tasks, an iCalendar of your tasks (scheduled tasks can go into the calendar as events or task list). and a mobile version for easy access with a PDA.
The Fish 0.3.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122941/
The Fish provides a GTK-based graphical tool to manage and edit FreeBSD system variables stored in /etc/defaults/rc.conf and /etc/rc.conf. For testing purposes, or, for users that need to have different configurations, the program honours two environment variables: FISH_RC_DEFAULTS and FISH_RC.
The Manhattan Virtual Classroom 2.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122923/
Manhattan is a system for delivering courses via the Web. It includes a closed Web-based email system, a variety of discussion groups, electronic submission of assignments, live chat, facilites for delivering multimedia, and more. Designed for asynchronous Web-based distance learning, Manhattan can also be used to add a Web-based dimension to traditional courses.
ThinStation 0.91
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122908/
Thinstation is a mini-Linux distribution that enables you to convert standard PCs into full-featured, diskless thin clients supporting all major connectivity protocols like Ica, Windows terminal services, X, telnet, ssh, etc. It can be booted from the network using Etherboot/PXE or from standard media like floppy/CD/hd/flash-disk etc. The configuration is centralized to simplify terminal management.
ThSim 2.12a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122895/
ThSim provides simulation of temperatures in solid material. It uses SPICE to do the actual calculations. An electrical equivalent model is used in order to describe the thermal properties of the entered blocks of solid material. The simulation is limited to conduction; no flow or convection is included. The main usage of this software is to simulate short duration thermal effects of high power dissipation, for instance for semiconductor devices. It allows analyses for short time durations, where measurements are not possible. This tool provides a simple solution for thermal analyses in applications where the additional capabilities of high-end tools for simulation of thermal convection and flow are not necessary. The program uses wxWindows for the GUI and OpenGL for the 3D graphics output.
tk5 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122947/
tk5 is a configuration tool for the ICOM IC-R5 portable radio receiver. It lets you read a memory image from the radio, manipulate settings using a graphical user interface, and save the result to a file or back to the radio. Memory channel information can be imported from and exported to CSV files. tk5 can read ICF and native tr5 files, too.
Turtle Firewall 1.27
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122913/
A firewall configuration project based on Linux 2.4.x and iptables. It has a web interface with an intuitive Webmin module.
Typing Trainer 1.0rc2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122954/
Typing Trainer is designed for exercising typing speed and typing accuracy, by providing an environment to type in a copy of an original text within a specific time period. It also has the ability to store the results of such an exercise for exam purposes.
UICompiler 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122886/
The UICompiler is designed to be used as both a rapid prototyping tool for GUIs as well as a superior approach to GUI building, combining modules for Qt and Java Swing.
Virtual Universe / Virtual Worlds 0.23
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122952/
VU/VW is a 3D cyberspace which offers more possibilities than just chat: it is a combination of the Web, chat, and instant messaging within a realistic, three-dimensional cyberspace. Here people can meet, interact with each other, and build houses and whole worlds. The Virtual Universe is a virtual reality environment which runs on top of the Internet.
Warewulf 1.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122961/
Warewulf is a Linux cluster implementation tool that builds RAMDISK based filesystems and distributes them to the slave nodes. This facilitates a Central administration model for all nodes and includes tools needed to build configuration files, monitor, and control the nodes. It is totally customizable and can be adapted to just about any type of cluster. The node distributions are built from a virtual node filesystem residing on the master and transfered to the nodes either by Etherboot or CD-ROM images. Administration becomes scalable by having only one point of admin for all nodes. Node filesystems are very easy to customize, which makes Warewulf fit many different solutions. There are also a number of add-on software components (MPI, PVM, and Sun Grid Engine) for Warewulf.
WebGlimpse 2.7.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122973/
WebGlimpse is a scalable, feature-rich search engine for indexing your website, or any collection of remote sites you choose. It supports multiple languages including Spanish, German, French, and Hebrew, and can also index PDF, Word, and Excel files using available filters. It has a Web administration interface that manages multiple archives.
WifiScanner 0.9.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122927/
WifiScanner is an analyzer and detector of 802.11b stations and access points. It can listen alternatively on all the 14 channels, write packet information in real time, can search access points and associated client stations, and can generate a graphic of the architecture using GraphViz. All network traffic can be saved in the libpcap format for post analysis. It works under Linux with a PrismII card and with the linux-wlan driver.
WMND 0.4.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122959/
WMND (Window Maker Network Devices) is a dockapp for monitoring multiple network interfaces simultaneously. Based on WMiFS 1.3b, WMND has been almost totally re-written and is more optimized, flexible, and consumes less CPU time than wmmon.
Working Overloaded Linux Kernel 4.0s-Final (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/122906/
The Working Overloaded Linux Kernel (WOLK) project provides stable and development kernels for either server or testing purposes. These kernels provide a server kernel and also a service for developers and end users who can't be up-to-date with the latest kernels/patches but want to test new kernel features. Patches may be added upon request.
XenIntranet 1.1 (Xen Calendar)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122951/
XenIntranet is a modular intranet/extranet solution based on the Ampoliros PHP Web application platform. It takes advantage of Ampoliros features, like very fast deployment of solutions, a standard user interface, complete control, and so on.
Xrefactory 1.6.0pre2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122918/
Xrefactory is a refactoring browser for Emacs, XEmacs, and jEdit which provides multiple project support, a source browser, intellisense code completion, refactorings for safe symbol renaming, parameter manipulations, function/method extraction, field encapsulation, and the ability to move fields, methods, classes, etc. It is based on full pre-processing, parsing, and static analysis of sources. It works for the C and Java languages, and contains a stand-alone cross referencer, and a generator for HTML documentation.
Yed 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122935/
Yed is a C software library made of modules (objects) instanceable according to the main paradigms of Object Oriented Programming: incapsulation and data hiding.
Yeemp Encrypted Messaging Program 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122899/
Yeemp is a decentralized instant messaging system. It uses GPG over SSL for encryption, and includes a console client, an X client, a server, and a simple Web-based client. It runs on Linux and FreeBSD, and should also work on other POSIX OSes with a minimum of modification. It can also connect to ICQ using a modified version of the Net::vICQ perl module.
zire-photo 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122896/
zire-photo is a simple gpilotd plugin conduit for synchronizing images captured by the builtin camera on Palm's new Zire 71. Images and thumbnails are placed in a user-specified directory.
Zope Group Calendar 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/122942/
The Zope Group Calendar is an effort to create a standards-compliant group calendar in zope.
Newsforge Reports
Can Ogg Vorbis change digital audio?
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/12/1527257
- by Anne Zieger - When consumers refer to digital music, they usually mean the MP3 format. One open source organization, however, would like to change the terms of the digital audio game. The Xiph.Org Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to creating open source multimedia software, has created an open source audio encoder/decoder named Ogg Vorbis. Vorbis, part of a family of open source multimedia apps, is trying to gain ground as a free ...
SCO dumps Linux development, threatens Linux users http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/15/0336254
- by Lee Schlesinger - The SCO Group is getting out of the Linux business and into the legal arena. That's the message the company is sending to customers with a letter this week. It said it is suspending its "Linux-related activities" while aggressively protecting its intellectual property rights in Unix. At the same time, SCO is implying it could sue anyone who uses Linux, saying "legal liability that may arise from the Linux development ...
Can software developers form an 'open source' union? http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/09/1756240
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - There has never been a successful union-style organizing movement among software developers. Ian Lurie, who runs a Seattle Web design firm, believes this is because traditional "industrial" union structures don't serve programmers' needs very well, but that a new, "open source" union structure based on pre-industrial craft guilds might make lives better for people in the job-nomadic IT industry. Lurie has financial ...
Newsforge Newsvac
SuSE leads in Linux improvements
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/15/2018201