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[osdn everything] May 25, 2003
Date: Sun May 25 2003 - 04:45:27 EDT
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Slashdot
Neuros Gets (Beta) Linux Support
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/25/0314254
Jahf writes "/. reported awhile back that the folks at Digital Innovations (makers of the [0]Neuros portable MP3 player) were teaming up with [1]Xiph.org (makers of the Ogg Vorbis audio format) to release both native Linux support for synchronizing the Neuros and firmware support in the Neuros for Ogg Vorbis files. Today they announced in this forum posting that the native Linux client has reached beta. Nice to see this happen ... I can ditch my last Windows install (well, I'll keep it for a couple of games). It is a command-line utility, no amazing fancy UI, but I'm sure plenty of folks will work to remedy that in some fashion or another and I'm happier with a rock-solid command-line util than a buggy GUI app anyway since I already do all my ripping/encoding/freeDBing/etc from scripts in a shell (so I can just add this as the final step). Next on the list is Ogg Vorbis support ... not done yet but hopefully close. w00t!" Links
0. http://www.neurosaudio.com/
Recycling Parts From Dead Motherboards
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/25/0011217
An anonymous reader writes "I had this dead motherboard on my hands and I wanted to see what would happen if I cut out the clock generator and used it stand-alone. So I removed the Winbond chip from the motherboard (I cut out the section of PCB with a hacksaw), powered it up and it was still working. Add a display, a microcontroller and two switches, and I got a cheap frequency generator. Here's my [0]progress so far. Be kind to my Web skills, I'm really just a hardware monkey. It's not completed yet, but I just wanted to get the idea out there." Links
0. http://www.dfpresource.org/winbondclock.html
Information Obesity
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/25/039223
[0]Roland Piquepaille writes "How many phone calls, emails, voicemails,
memos or stories do you have to go through every day? Probably more
than last year. And probably too much. This article from the Sydney
Morning Herald looks at this problem of [1]information overload and how
to deal with it. Here is a quick and not well-known fact: Website
content management author Gerry McGovern says that something like 70
per cent of most websites goes unread. Despite that, when putting
content on the web, "rarely do we ask the question: is anybody
interested in reading that?" Good point. Check [2]this column for a
summary if you don't have time -- and who has? -- to read the original
article."
Links
0.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0105910/
1.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/19/1053196515705.html
2.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0105910/2003/05/24.html
Blender Gets Audio Sequencing
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/24/2028240
Qbertino writes "The universal GPLd 3D tool [0] Blender that was [1]
bought free by the Blender community not so long ago, has gotten [2]
audio sequencing added to its feature set. This has been missing ever
since the integrated Video NL (Non-Linear) Editor/Sequencer was
introduced. The only other 3D package known for its integrated Video
NLE is the proprietary [3]Houdini, which also runs under Linux but
comes at something like $3000 for its small featureset. This finally
gives the OSS community a lightweight [4]alternative to this and eases
syncing 3D animation and audio a great deal. Audio sequencing will be
integrated in the upcoming 2.28 release of Blender. Early adopters can
[5] download here."
Links
0.
http://www.blender3d.com/
1.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/07/1324246&tid=152
2.
http://intrr.org/blender/audiosequencer.html
3.
http://www.sidefx.com/
4.
http://www.heroinewarrior.com/cinelerra.php3
5.
http://www.blender.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=46&mode=nested&order=0&thold=0California Could Get $500/Offense Spam Law http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/24/2132209
Bud Higgins writes "CNN has a story about a law the California Senate passed which will allow people to [0]sue spammers for $500 per unwanted email. This is one of the strictest anti-spam measures in the country and will set a precedent for other states to follow." This bill needs to pass the state assembly and the governor to become a law, though. Links
0. http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/05/24/spam.bill.reut/index.html
Apple Clarifies 802.11g Controversy
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/24/208226
[0]Wireless Spider writes "A couple of days ago there was a controversy
over the 802.11g data rates and supposed changes in IEEE specification.
Apple has clarified this controversy, stating that nothing has changed
in the spec. It seems the article from Computerworld was somewhat
misleading. Quote from an Apple Vice President: "802.11g is still a
54Mbit/sec standard," Bell told MacCentral. "802.11b is 11Mbit/sec, but
your actual throughput is somewhere between 4 and 5-1/2Mbit/sec. The
number that's quoted is the data rate that's used between the radios
(raw data rate, which includes the protocols etc.)" After reading this
article featured on Macworld, [1]802.11g transfer rate controversy
meaningless, says Apple, it seems clear that the people at
Computerworld didn't do their homework for the article featured on May
22. Also, there seems to be a lot of politics between 802.11g and a
supporters, and that every article posted on the Internet about this
subject might not be true, or could be politically motivated."
Links
0. mailto:spider@corusca.com
Game of Life in Postscript
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/24/161242
[0]smashr writes "It never really occured to me that postscript could
be used for something other than printing, until I came across [1]this
page. Evidently someone has written the classic 'Game of life' entirely
in postscript. You can even send it to the printer and have it output
every single iteration.. now that would be a fun prank."
Links
0. mailto:dan@neotechpc.com
Open Source Music
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/24/0230206
X-Ross writes "As big labels battle it out in a Post-Napster world, open source comes to music ... [0]Creative Commons has a [1]feature on an open source style music site for artists launched by Sal Randolph. Here is the link to [2]her site Opsound." Links
0.
http://www.creativecommons.org/
1.
http://creativecommons.org/learn/features/opsound
2.
http://www.opsound.org/
NYC: Leverage Fiber, Offer Free Wi-Fi
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/24/1946208
[0]gpmap writes "A new study from the New York City Council is
recommending that the Big Apple throw open the competitive bidding
process for its annual $130 million phone and Internet bill in order to
[1]leverage one of the most expansive -- and underused -- fiber optic
networks in the country. In so doing, New York City could not only cut
its annual telecom bill, but would also be in a position to deploy
wireless networking links as the "last mile" connecting metropolitan
area networks, or MANs. In addition, it suggested using the fiber to
deploy free Internet access with a Wi-Fi Network in Brooklyn's Prospect
Park."
Links
0. mailto:g2002@prisco.info
Jazilla Milestone 1 Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/24/1732204
[0]mcbridematt writes "Many of the long time Slashdot readers will
remember the Jazilla project to rewrite the Mozilla browser in Java. It
went into hibernation in 2000 and I took it over last August. I have
completely rewrote the browser which now follows a more Mozilla-like
architecture. The Result: Jazilla Milestone 1 has been released.
[1]Download it from here. No prizes for guessing that it's Alpha
software." Read on below for a list of what Jazilla can do, so far.
Links
0. http://jazilla.sourceforge.net
Freshmeat
SpamAssassin vs. Spastic
http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/852
SpamAssassin has emerged as the most popular antispam tool in the Open Source world. It has gained such momentum that it has even crossed over into the commercial world as SpamKiller by Network Associates, and other commercial products are also based on it. This article is a short comparison of real world results between two antispam tools, SpamAssassin and Spastic.
Active Spam Killer 2.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123867/
Active Spam Killer (ASK) protects your email account against spam by confirming the sender's email address before actual delivery takes place. The confirmation happens by means of a "confirmation message" that is automatically sent to all "unknown" users. Once the sender replies to that message (a simple reply will do), future emails from that person will be delivered immediately. You can also specify (regexp) addresses to be immediately accepted, rejected (with a nastygram) or ignored. The package also includes a utility to scan your old mailboxes and generate a list of emails to be accepted automatically.
AIOCP 1.0.015
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123845/
AIOCP (All In One Control Panel) is a professional platform-independent all-in-one solution to completely manage a Website through a user-friendly Web interface. It includes by default all needed modules for Website management and a long list of extra modules, including a CMS, WYSIWYG editor, languages, users, menus, languages, forums, news, newsletter, links, downloads, reviews, awards, chat, polls, calendar, banners, search engine, e-commerce, e-business, statistics, online help, system tools, shell, backup, MIME, whois, ping, traceroute, MySQL database management, transcoding, custom modules, code libraries, images, and sounds. Each module is perfectly integrated into the system and has adequate management and control tools.
Amrita VPN 0.96
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123865/
Amrita VPN is an easy-to-use open source VPN solution that runs on the GNU/Linux platform. The implementation is fully in userspace and requires no kernel patches or enhancements. It uses SSL for strong encryption and authentication.
backup2l 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123869/
backup2l is a command line tool for generating, maintaining, and restoring backups on a mountable file system. The main design goals are low maintenance effort, efficiency, transparency, and robustness. In a default installation, backups are created autonomously by a cron script. It supports hierarchical differential backups with a userspecified number of levels and backups per level.
Biaroza 0.6 (Biaroza)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123844/
Biaroza is a multi-dictionary system for human languages which aims to set a standard on such type of software. It works internally (and externally if you want so) in UTF-8. The software itself supports querying by particles, customizable in/out filtering, and interface mode (for using with another software) among other features.
Chat Everywhere 0.0.17a (Server)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123848/
Chat Everywhere is a simple and powerful chat client/server system for Web pages. It supports channel administration, IRC-like commands, connection filtering, extensive logging, and much more. The client works in any Web browser that can run Java applets. The server is written in POSIX-compliant C and runs on any kind of Unix.
Cross Platform Messenger 1.2 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123835/
Cross Platform Messenger is a Java-based LAN chat application. If the window is minimized, a "message-box" appears when new messages are received.
CyberTester 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123833/
CyberTester is a Web-based application that was originally designed to allow educators to create tests, exams, and assignments consisting of multiple-choice questions and assign them to students for online testing. Students can login to take these tests and review their results. It is suitable for integrating into online education services, and is configurable enough to serve other purposes such as conducting surveys or quizes. It uses J2EE (with EJB 2.0) and runs on JBoss.
dbf 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123879/
dbf is an easy-to-use command line tool to show and convert the content of dBASE III, IV, and 5.0 files. It reads dBASE databases and prints the content to the screen or converts it to comma-separated (*.csv) files which can be opened in Excel, StarOffice, and most other spread sheets. It can also be used to show some statistics about the content.
Debt Minder 1.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123847/
Debt Minder is a specialized tool for debt management. It is user friendly, complete, functional, and economical, and considers account subtleties such as introductory APRs, varying interest rates, split interest rates, external payments, and more. Its visualization capabilities include pie charts, line graphs, bar charts, area graphs, debt to income ratios, and colored payoff tables. An integrated amortization calculator for American and Canadian methods is included, and payoff schedules can be exported to XML, CSV, and tab delimited files
Effusion 0.3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123586/
Effusion is a program that integrates torrent sharing via IRC with an embedded bittorrent client. This program allows the user to handle all BitTorrent downloads from within one application, as well as receive and share the torrent files with others.
elfpgp 0.1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123862/
elfpgp signs an ELF binary (executable or library) by using standard PGP/GnuPG keys. It also allows for verification of said signatures. The signature is stored in the binary in an ELF record.
FlightTrack 0.0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123860/
FlightTrack is a GPS track viewing and downloading software for MacOS X designed with light aviation pilots in mind. Its main functions are downloading tracks from GPS/logger, viewing tracks in 3D over a the terrain rendered in 3D, saving tracks in IGC format, and opening/viewing IGC files created by other software.
Gonx-MCity 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123836/
Gonx-MCity is a port of the Gonx pekwm theme to MetaCity.
Graphics3D 5.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123874/
Graphics3D is a free, Open Source C++ library for game developers, researchers, and students. It is a base of robust and high performance code common to most 3D projects. It is not a standalone graphics or game engine--it is the set pieces you need to jumpstart your own engine or graphics project. The library has two parts: G3D for pure math, and GLG3D for interacting with hardware acceleration via OpenGL. You can use G3D without GLG3D if you want to use another 3D API (like DirectX) or don't like the OpenGL abstraction.
Gtk2-Perl 0.20
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123816/
Gtk2-Perl allows Perl developers to write GTK+ 2.x applications. The bindings use an object oriented syntax that attempts to remain close to the C API, but take a Perlish approach where appropriate.
Hydrogen 0.8.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123877/
Hydrogen is a simple real-time Drum machine/sequencer. It features a graphical user interface based on Qt 3, a sample-based audio engine, OSS/Jack/Export to disk audio drivers, ALSA MIDI input, ability to import/export XML-based song files, 64 ticks per pattern, 16 voices with volume, mute, solo, and pan capabilities, and import of samples in wave, au, and aiff format.
IdleKick 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123840/
Idlekick is an XChat2 plugin which kicks users who idle too long. In a configuration file, you can set users who are permitted to idle and the maximum idling time.
jsPro R1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123790/
jsPro is a set of libraries that extend the core Javascript classes and provide a number of new classes. The aim is to provide a rich set of object-based functionality to the Javascript language.
KAVmailcheck 0.9.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123799/
KAVmailcheck is a sendmail filter that uses the milter API to check incoming mail for viruses using the Kaspersky Lab AVP kavdaemon.
Lazy8 Ledger 2.00
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123872/
Lazy8 Ledger is a very simple yet powerful accounting program designed for people who have experience in bookkeeping. It is a plugin for jEdit. You can enter any type of bookkeeping activity and break out the activities to any number of accounts. There are numerous standard reports that are the basis of accounting needs and then there are tools to make your own reports. Furthermore, it is Unicode-compatible in all respects.
Manifest Theme 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123802/
Manifest Theme is inspired by shinter's manifest desktop picture.
MPEG Maaate 0.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123873/
MPEG Maaate (MPEG audio analysis toolkit) is a C++ toolkit to parse and analyse audio data in the frequency domain, e.g. analysing MPEG-1/2 Layers 1-3 audio files in the compressed domain. It makes the encoded fields of an MPEG audio stream accessible and provides some content analysis functions like silence detection.
netrik 1.10.2 (beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123859/
Netrik is an advanced text mode WWW browser. Its purpose is to give access to as much of the Web as possible in text mode, without forsaking any comfort.
No Direct Links! 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123846/
No Direct Links! is a class which gives you control over the process of downloading files from your server by hiding the actual file locations. Using rules (based on IP, browser or download manager, HTTP referrer, number of simultaneous connections, or authorization status), you can grant or deny permission to download files. You can also gather statistics on download managers, HTTP referrers, downloaded files' sizes, and more.
OGuest 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123747/
OGuest is a guestbook which supports avatars, emoticons, AGCode, easy installation with install.php, language templates, flood protection, IP logging and banning, a bad words filter, validation of the information provided by the visitor (email, Web site, age), ICQ, AIM, and YIM support, an administrator control panel, and comments.
PHP Dump Maker 3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123857/
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.
Posadis 0.60.0pre1 (Pos6 development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123841/
Posadis is a Domain Name Server for Unix and Win32 systems. Its main target currently is to create a useful and stable DNS server.
QTParted 0.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123843/
QTParted is a Partition Magic clone. It uses libparted for raw disk access, so you need parted installed to use it. The goal of QTParted is to fully wrap all function of parted and create a user friendly PM clone for Linux.
rubrica 1.0.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123866/
rubrica is an address book written using GTK+ and GNOME. It allows you to add personal data (name, surname, address, etc.), Web links, email addresses, telephone numbers, job information (company where contact works, company infos, contact's assigment, etc.) and notes. XML is used to store the data. It can import addressbooks from GnomeCard and export to HTML.
sa-exim-stats 0.60
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123852/
sa-exim-stats generates some spam/mail statistics from an sa-exim logfile. sa-exim is a patch for Exim which integrates SpamAssassin into Exim. Some of the statistics it displays are the "top n" spam/clean/overall recipients and the average spam/clean score.
SecureServ 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123839/
SecureServ is an IRC trojan detector. It's much like a virus scanner, but aimed at IRC networks. Using several methods, including version checks, behavior analysis, and general pattern matching, it aims to detect trojans, viruses, and floodbots which connect to your IRC network. Its "brains" are based on a "Definition file" which contains information on how to detect trojans. To update detection for new trojans, you only have to download a new file.
SiteBar 2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123855/
SiteBar is a multi-user bookmark server that lets users view, add, and maintain bookmarks from anywhere. It's intended as a Mozilla/Netscape sidebar, but can also be used in a main browser window. SiteBar provides infinite depth of folders, the ability to move anything to anywhere else, and complete sharing of public items between users. It's cross-browser compatible, features a tree-menu and context menus common to file explorers, and supports FavIcons.
SlakbootIBS 9.1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123878/
SlakbootIBS is a replacement set of boot scripts and utilities for starting and dynamically configuring Slackware Linux. IBS makes it easier for administrators to configure new installations and simplifies operations when multiple servers are deployed.
Smart Cache 0.87 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123868/
Smart Cache is full-featured pure Java proxy cache server. It can cache any pages and make them available for offline browsing. Other features include a URL filter, cookie filter, ability to fake User-Agents, Referer, and Cookie headers, Web forwarder (accelerator) mode, background downloading, multiple logs, fast operation, very configurable garbage collection, cache directory structure copies server structure, and cached files are ready for use (no headers inside).
Smart Cache Loader 0.25
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123854/
Smart Cache Loader is a very configurable Web grabber with special Smart Cache support.
Speakhtml 1.0b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123875/
Speakhtml is an HTML generator written in Scheme. It provides easy to use hooks to make use of Scheme in preparing any type of static content with abitrary complexity. Although using the Scheme programming language gives developers great power in designing HTML, it is perfectly possible generating Websites with Speakhtml without using or even knowing Scheme.
Sylpheed 0.9.0claws (Claws)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123856/
Sylpheed is a GTK+ based, lightweight, and fast email client. Almost all commands are accessible with the keyboard. It also has many features such as multiple accounts, POP3/APOP support, thread display, and multipart MIME. One of Sylpheed's future goals is to be fully internationalized. The messages are managed in the MH format, so you'll be able to use it together with another mailer that uses the MH format.
Tiny C Compiler 0.9.19
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123870/
TCC (Tiny C Compiler) is small, fast, unlimited, and safe. You can compile and execute C code everywhere (e.g., on rescue disks). It generates optimized x86 code, and can compile, assemble, and link several times faster than 'gcc -O0'. Any C dynamic library can be used directly. It includes an optional memory and bounds checker, and bounds-checked code can be mixed freely with standard code. C script is also supported--just add '#!/usr/bin/tcc' at the first line of your C source, and execute it directly from the command line.
uClinux 20030522
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123842/
uClinux is a set of patches for Linux that supports MMUless processors. It brings a full featured operating system onto platforms that would otherwise run less advanced, simpler operating systems. uClinux gives the programmer a Linux API with remarkably few concessions to the lack of MMU (Memory Management Unit), and in terms of code size and efficiency it has an advantage over standard Linux.
VideoDB 2003-05-24
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123880/
VideoDB is a database to manage your personal video collection. It's mainly designed for videofiles but you can also put your DVDs and VHS tapes in it. It features fetching movie data/covers from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), local caching of coverimages, an option to mark movies as seen, a search by genre or title/subtitle/plot/cast data, a filter for TV episodes, a random movie function and a simple borrow manager. It is a personal database, so no user management/authentication scheme is implemented. Everybody may add/edit/delete movies.
WCG beta6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123837/
WCG (Web Chess Game) is a Web-based chess game written in PHP. Text files are used for storing data and the installation is very easy.
Webmatic applets 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123838/
The Webmatic applets are some Java applets with various graphics effects to add to your Web site.
X-Post-Chango 1.0 FINAL
http://freshmeat.net/releases/123800/
X-Post-Chango is a tool that makes it possible to switch from Mac OS X to OS 9 without requiring administrative privileges and without making your system preferences open to everyone.
Yet Another Passwd 2 LDIF Converter 0.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/123851/
Yap2lc (Yet Another Passwd 2 LDIF Converter) extracts information from passwd and shadow-passwd formatted files, combines them with a user specifiable template, and writes an LDIF file you can import into your LDAP server. It supports BSD-like and non-BSD-like systems, and performs sanity checks on user entries to detect invalid fields.
Newsforge Reports
The worst-case scenario
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/21/1529217
- by Mark McGrew - Three years ago, I warned of an attempt by Big Software Companies to insinuate their control into your life, using your computer as their "foot in the door." Well, a lot has changed. Of the three players I named (IBM, AT&T, and Microsoft) only one remains a credible threat to Linux users: Microsoft, with SCO as its lackey.
Linux Advisory Watch - May 23rd, 2003
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/1216237
- by Benjamin D. Thomas - This week, advisories were released for bugzilla, lv, mysql, sendmail, bitchx, PHP, gnupg, cdrtools, xinetd, fileutils, lpr, epic4, glibc, mod_ssl, and quotacheck. The distributors include Conectiva, Debian, Guardian Digital, Gentoo, Immunix, Mandrake, OpenPKG, RedHat, and Slackware. There were not any advisories that particularly caught my attention. Perhaps the most serious are lpr, cdrecord, and lv, all of which may ...
Open Group reminds us: They, not SCO, own 'Unix' trademark http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/22/2236230
- from The Open Group - Regarding SCO's positioning on UNIX, The Open Group would like to make it clear that SCO holds the rights ONLY to the operating system source code (originally licensed by AT&T) and related intellectual property and DOES NOT OWN the UNIX trademark itself or the definition (the Single UNIX Specification) of what the UNIX system is.
Newsforge Newsvac
The action-class lawsuit
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/24/2355253
Anonymous Reader writes "The legal profession is adept at suing in behalf of huge numbers of people, all at once. The question facing the SCO Group, writes Dennis E. Powell in The view from the desktop, is: How does one plaintiff sue millions of defendants all at once?"
IDC: Servers to make mild recovery
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/24/1628251
SAN JOSE, Calif.--Server sales are expected to return to modest growth by 2004 because of wider use of Linux and Windows, but the increase won't be enough to carry the bruised market to the level of its glory years of early 2000, IDC research shows.
Why don't you and he fight?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/24/1624207
Dave B writes "What are SCO trying to accomplish with their very public attacks on IBM, Linux and corporate america? Bob Cringely doesn't know, it makes no kind of sense, but he thinks it's a question someone should be asking Microsoft."
SCO Strategy now clear
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/24/1621257
Agent Orange writes "Thanks to the good folks at Linux Voodoo, I now have a much clearer perspective of the arguments that SCO intends to use in its legal manuevering. The arguments are clear - but they are flawed. What SCO intends to claim is copyright and ownership of some sort of "code slippage" wherein a possible SCO (or Caldera?) employee may have distributed code under the GPL that they did not have the right to distribute."
Meet Kast
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/24/1620237
Anonymous Reader writes "With the arrival of Kast, described by its creator, Jason Rohrer, as the first konspire2b-based app, "powerful organizations lost the advantage that they had been holding onto for hundreds of years" and for the first time, people can distribute, "high-quality content to a massive audience without expending large amounts of time, money, or other resources"."
Michael Tiemann on the new W3C patent policy http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/24/1618229
Jeremy Hogan writes: The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has published its long-awaited Patent Policy. This ground-breaking policy delivers two immediate benefits:
Microsoft vs. Linux Takes a Weird Turn http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/1431240
Gates & Co. are paying a licensing fee for SCO's Unix technology -- and some techies see a plot to derail the rival operating system.
Making the Move To Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/181211
Since 1995, my friend Tristan Louis has run his Web site TNL.net on Microsoft Windows. He started his site on Windows NT using Microsoft IIS. In late 2000, he moved to Windows 2000 and continued to run on this until recently, when he switched to Linux. wWy did he decide to change things? Here is his story.
Microsoft Likes Open Source. Kind Of.
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/184204
In the escalating controversy that pits The SCO Group--owner of one of the original Unix operating systems--against Linux developers and distributors, Microsoft has come down, predictably, on the side of SCO. Yet, overlooked in the stir created when Microsoft recently licensed SCO's Unix for use in some of its products is the fact that Microsoft itself has been easing restrictions on its own code.
The Ponytail vs the Penguin
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/1752246
Dave B writes "The Economist's "Face Value" profile this week is Sun's Jonathan Schwartz. Is Sun's Solaris on X86 a better strategy to counter the Linux-Intel juggenaut than Microsoft's solution of a 100% MS Windows discount? The Economist thinks it has promise."
Thinkgeek
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Tshirts: M.A.D.
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Sourceforge
OggCarton Home Jukebox goes beta
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=278737
OggCarton is a cross-platform CD ripper, database, and web server for Ogg and MP3 files. OggCarton needs no external database or web server. With this release, the OggCarton Home Jukebox software moves from the alpha to the beta stage. Accordingly, binaries and installers for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows are now available for those who prefer to not roll their own. Full source is still available for those who do. Enjoy!
Tcl/Tk 8.4.3 release
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=278739
Tool Command Language (Tcl) is an interpreted language and very portable interpreter for that language. Tcl is embeddable and extensible, and has been widely used since its creation in 1988 by John Ousterhout. The Tcl Core Team is pleased to announce the 8.4.3 releases of the Tcl scripting language and the Tk toolkit. This is the third patch release of Tcl/Tk 8.4. Tcl/Tk 8.4.3 Release Announcement May 20, 2003 The Tcl Core Team is pleased to announce the 8.4.3 releases of the Tcl scripting language and the Tk toolkit. This is the third patch release of Tcl/Tk 8.4. More details can be found below. We would like to express our gratitude to all those who submit bug reports and patches. This information is invaluable in enabling us to identify and eliminate problems in the core. Where to get the new releases:
- Tcl/Tk 8.4.3 sources are freely
available as open source from the Tcl Developer Xchange web site at:
http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/8.4.html This web page also contains
additional information about the releases, including new features and
notes about installing and compiling the releases. Sources are always
available from the Tcl SourceForge project's file distribution area:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10894 Windows,
Linux, Solaris and HP-UX binaries are available from:
http://www.activestate.com/Tcl For additional information:
- Please visit the Tcl Developer Xchange web
site: http://www.tcl.tk/ This site contains a variety of information
about Tcl/Tk in general, the core Tcl and Tk distributions, Tcl
development tools, and much more. Thank you for your contributions:
- As usual, this release includes
contributions from the Tcl community. We have a page honoring these
contributors at: http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/contributors.html
Summary of Changes since Tcl/Tk 8.4.2:
- The following were the main changes in Tcl/Tk 8.4.3. A complete list can be found in the changes file at the root of the source tree. The more complete ChangeLog is also included with each source release. This is a patch release, so it primarily included bug fixes and corrections to erratic behavior. Below are only the most notable changes. * Correct case-insensitive unicode string comparison in Tcl_UniCharNcasecmp * Corrected loading of tclpip8x.dll on Win9x * Correct Tcl_SubstObj handling of \x00 bytes * Correct wide int issues in 'format' * Remove assumption that file times and longs are the same size * Allow Tcl to differentiate between reparse points which are symlinks and mounted drives on Windows * Bad command count on TCL_OUT_LINE_COMPILE * Store pointers to notifier funcs in a struct to work around some platform linker issues * Load correct (non-)debug dll for dde or registry * Fixing ObjMakeUpvar's lookup algorithm for the created local variable * Make sure that tclWideIntType is defined and somewhat sensible everywhere * Corrected inconsistent results of [string is integer] observed on systems where sizeof(long) != sizeof(int) * Substantial changes to the Windows clock synch phase-locked loop in a quest for improved loop stability * Made changes so that the "wideInt" Tcl_ObjType is defined on all platforms, even those where TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG is defined. Also made the Tcl_Value struct have a wideValue field on all platforms. Potential incompatibility for TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG platforms because that struct changes size *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY *** * Catch any errors returned by the Windows functions handling TLS ASAP instead of waiting to get some mysterious crash later on due to bogus pointers * Correct 'glob -path {[tcl]} *', where leading special character instead lists files in '/'. Bug only occurs on Windows where '\' is also a directory separator. * Fixed memory leak in threaded allocator on Windows caused by treating cachePtr as a TLS index * Ensure cd is thread-safe * Correct mem leak on closing a Windows serial port * Prevent string repeat crash when overflow sizes were given * Worked around the issue of realpath() not being thread-safe on Mac OS X by defining NO_REALPATH for threaded builds on Mac OS X * Correct handling of the gb2312 encoding by making it an alias of the euc-cn encoding and creating a gb2312-raw encoding for the original. Most uses of gb2312 really mean euc-cn. * Corrected another putenv() copy behavior problem when compiling on Windows and using Microsoft's runtime * Stop buttons from being very wide when a tk_messageBox has a lot of content on Unix * Fixed crash in [winfo server] on Mac OS X * Correct compound button display in the disabled state * Correct crash when generating postscript for a single-line polygon (point) with no color * Updated French message catalog * Use gb2312-raw as the alias for gb2312* charset fonts on unix -- Tcl Core Team and Maintainers Jeff Hobbs, Tcl Core Release Manager
- As usual, this release includes
contributions from the Tcl community. We have a page honoring these
contributors at: http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/contributors.html
Summary of Changes since Tcl/Tk 8.4.2:
- Please visit the Tcl Developer Xchange web
site: http://www.tcl.tk/ This site contains a variety of information
about Tcl/Tk in general, the core Tcl and Tk distributions, Tcl
development tools, and much more. Thank you for your contributions:
SCons 0.14 adds Java support, Autoconf-like functionality http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=279029
SCons alpha release 0.14 is now available for download. SCons is a software construction tool (build tool, or substitute for Make) implemented in Python, based on the winning design in the Software Carpentry build tool competition (in turn based on the Cons build tool). This release most notably adds support for Java builds (javac, javah, rmic and jar), and adds integrated Autoconf-like functionality for finding #include files and libraries. This release also contains significant performance improvements from previous releases. IMPORTANT: Release 0.14 contains the following interface changes: - Tool specifications no longer take a "platform" argument. - Emitter functions in Builders are now passed Node objects, not strings, for all targets and sources. - New TargetSignatures() and SourceSignatures() functions have been added to replace SetBuildSignatureType() and SetContentSignatureType(). - The Export() function and the exported variables argument of SConscript() now search for variables using the same rules as Python: local first, then global. - The SetJobs() and GetJobs() functions have been deprecated in favor of using SetOption('num_jobs', num) and GetOption('num_jobs'). - Callable expansions of construction variables in a command line now take a fourth "for_signature" argument that is set when the expansion is being called to generate a build signature. - Construction variables for building a target are now frozen when the Builder is called; later changes to the Environment do not necessarily affect how the target is build. See the release notes for more information about these changes. This release adds the following features: - Support for the Java tools javac, javah, rmic and jar has been added. - A Configure() function has been added that supports a lot of functionality similar to Autoconf. - A new PLATFORM construction variable stores a string representing the platform on which SCons is being run. - Dependencies may now be specified on in-core Python values. - Help text can now be sorted arbitrarily. - New $TARGET and $SOURCE attributes: ".posix" expands to a path name with forward slashes as separators, even on Win32 systems; ".srcpath" expands to a path to the source of a file in a BuildDir; ".srcdir" expands to a path to the BuildDir itself. - A new clear() method resets a Node's state for re-use by continuous integration build interfaces. - Support for using Ghostscript to convert Postscript to PDF files has been added. - A stand-alone "Alias" function has been added. - Import('*') will now import everything that's been Export()ed.
- New SetOption() and GetOption() functions support setting and fetching various command-line options within an SConscript file. - The Tool() function now adds tool names to a $TOOLS variable, which may be used to examine what tools are available. - The C preprocessor "#import" statement is now supported. - Newly-built .dll files can now be registered with the Windows registry using regsvr32. - An IDL scanner has been added. - A builder for Windows type library (.tlb) files from IDL files. The following fixes have been added: - Cygwin fixes: Use the .dll extension for shared libraries; don't use -fPIC when compiling shared libraries; use 'rm' to remove files; use MSVC '@' syntax for linking long command-lines. - The SYSTEMROOT environment variable on Win32 systems is now automatically propagated to the execution ENV environment. - Remote CVS file names are now checked out using Posix-style path names. - Trying to expand an out-of-range subscript for a construction variable like $TARGETS or $SOURCES now interpolates the null string. - SCons now correctly links or duplicates files in subsidiary BuildDir() directories. - SCons now reports "Cleaning targets ..." when the -c option is used. - The "Entering directory" message now quotes the directory name exactly like Make does. - Export() now works correctly for local Python variables, and can accept a dictionary as an argument. - PDB files now get put in a BuildDir() correctly. Performance has been improved as follows: - Unnecessary redundant signature calculations for command lines and Nodes have been eliminated. Development tests suggest this may speed up builds up to 30% or more.
Python 2.2.3 rc 1
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=279300
The first and hopefully only release candidate for Python 2.2.3 is now out. See http://www.python.org/2.2.3 for details. We expect Python 2.2.3 final to be released within a week of this announcement.
DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.2 released http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=279457
Major bug fix for 1.61.1 and accumulated enhancements and fixes from previous releases.
TuxTyping 1.5.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=277737
After over a year of development with no releases, we are pleased to present Tux Typing 2 "Preview" release. Most of the internals have been rewritten with a focus on extensibility and internationalization. Creating a language pack is now as simple as creating a file for translations (lang.po file), maybe finding a font [1], setting up how the keyboard maps to the characters [2], and finally creating some word lists. TuxTyping is an educational typing tutorial game for children starring Tux, the Linux Penguin. It is graphical and requires SDL. It is free software copyrighted under the Gnu GPL. There is a new style of game "Comet Zap" and the start of tutor components with the new "Practice" mode. We really look forward to getting feedback about what parents/teachers/students/kids think about the new work. This release has a few rough edges, but we feel that it is time to let the world see what has been happening with Tux Typing. We have forums, mailing lists, and most importantly windows and linux builds are available at http://tuxtype.sf.net We are already hard at work at 1.5.1 and hope to have it released soon making it even easier for translators and users! Thanks, Jesse Andrews - jdandr2@uky.edu Calvin Arndt - calarndt@tux4kids.net Notes: [1] We are using a font that has support for many languages (Dansk, English, French, Spanish, ...) So if the included font works with your language, you don't need to find a new font. [2] for instance in the default (English) language pack, we set up the game so if the student presses 'A' or 'a' it both works for "A".
JGraph Geneva (v2.1.1) released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=275839
JGraph is the most powerful, lightweight, feature-rich, and thoroughly documented open-source graph compo