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[osdn everything] June 06, 2003
Date: Fri Jun 06 2003 - 04:45:27 EDT
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June 06, 2003 EVERYTHING SERIES
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Slashdot
Celebrating 26 Years of the Apple ][
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/0459252
jgoeres writes "June 5th is the 26th Anniversary of [0]my first favorite fruit-flavored computer. In honor of this, the [1]Baltimore Sun is running Part One of a [2]two-part interview with Steve Wozniak. When The Woz speaks, I listen. Perhaps it's blind hero-worship, but he seem to embody everything good & stable that his partner lacks. Don't forget to give the man props for his mad Tetris sk1llz, too." Links
0.
http://apple2history.org/history/ah03.html
1.
http://www.sunspot.net/
2.
http://www.sunspot.net/technology/custom/pluggedin/bal-mac060503,0,7125240.column?coll=bal-business-indepth
NASA Launching Two Mars Rovers in June
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/0432241
shaniber writes "NASA is [0]planning the launch of the [1]Mars
Exploration Rovers this month. The rovers are scheduled for two two
separate launches, between June 5th and July 15th. These rovers will
both work as robotic geologists, including a human-eye height panoramic
camera and a miniature thermal emmision spectrometer amongst their
scientific equipment. NASA plans on [2]webcasting the launches, as
well. [3]A press kit, with many more details, is also available as a
pdf."
Links
0.
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mer/overview/
1.
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mer/
2.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/webcast/mer/
3.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/merlaunch.pdfSAPAC Unveils New Australian Supercomputer http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/038257
[0]Sean Burford writes "The South Australian Partnership for Advanced
Computing (SAPAC) has [1]unveiled its new AU$1.7 Million supercomputer
named Hydra. It is an IBM 1350 Linux cluster with 126 compute nodes
(xSeries 335), 1 head node (xSeries 335), 1 storage node (xSeries 345)
and 1 managment node (xSeries 345). Hydra has a peak theoretical
performance of 1.2 Teraflops, and has currently benchmarked at 682
Gigaflops. The current benchmark places it in the fastest three
supercomputers in Australia and equivalent to the [2]current number 80
in the world. The cluster has a total of 258 2.4Ghz Intel Xeon
processors and 258GB of RAM. SAPAC expects to achieve a benchmark
closer to 700 Gigaflops with further tuning. Hydra is hosted at The
[3]University Of Adelaide, who already host a [4] 40 node cluster of
Sun e420 machines."
Links
0. mailto:sean.burford@adelaide.edu.au
1.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/enterprise/story/0,2000048640,20275079,00.htm
2.
http://www.top500.org/
3.
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/pr/media/releases/2003/hydra.html
4.
http://www.globaltechnoscan.com/28thJune-4thJuly/super_computer.htmSenator Pushes Bill To Limit Anti-Copying Schemes http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/0255225
Brushfireb writes "Republican Sen. Sam Brownback is pushing a bill that will [0]limit the ability of record labels, movie studios and others to use anticopying technology on their products. Most notably, this is important because it states that people will be able to resell their used DVDs, along with putting a concrete limit on this behavior of DRM/anticopying schemes by the RIAA and MPAA." Links
0. http://rss.com.com/2100-1028_3-1013037.html?type=pt&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news
Yet Another Windows Worm
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/017218
[0]kraksmoka writes "[1]MSNBC is reporting that [2]yet another active
worm is taking over computers in 115 countries today. 'Antivirus
companies were on high alert Thursday after the rapid spread of a new
computer worm that includes particularly malicious snooping techniques.
Bugbear.B, a variant of a worm released last year, installs keylogging
software, back-door software, and in some cases even attempts to
control infected computers’ modems. Some of the worm’s
functions are designed to specially target financial institutions.'
Yummy!"
Links
0.
http://www.grantstern.com/
1.
http://www.msnbc.com/
2.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/922529.asp?0cv=CB10Sendo Sues Orange for Patent Infringement http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/05/2215219
[0]captnjameskirk writes "[1]RCR Wireless News is reporting that
[2]Sendo is suing European carrier Orange for patent infringement
involving the circuit board design within the phones. As the article
points out, Sendo also [3]sued Microsoft for allegedly stealing their
technology for use in the Smartphone OS." Back in January, we also had
[4]some more information on the case between Sendo and Microsoft.
Links
0. mailto:captnjameskirk@yahoo.com
1.
http://rcrnews.com/
2.
http://rcrnews.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?newsId=13771
3. //slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/26/1423247&tid=109
4. //slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/06/1159207&tid=109
Chicken Run
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/05/1259206
Applying modern technology to the task of corraling chickens for the
slaughterhouse results in a [0]chicken-catching machine that
surprisingly is not as gruesome as it appears. Never thought about a
"chicken vacuum" before? After reading this, you won't be able to get
it out of your head. :) Sadly, scientists are already researching ways
for the chickens to [1]fight back.
Links
0. http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB105467590014941400,00.html
Researchers Looking at Alternatives to Palladium http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/05/2158240
An anonymous reader writes "Some folks at Stanford have been looking at an alternative architecture for doing trusted computing (ala Palladium) based on using Virtual Machines. They presented a brief paper describing their work a couple weeks ago at the [0] USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Operating Systems . In [1] their paper they also discuss a bunch of non-DRM applications of Trusted Computing such as distributed firewalls, improving P2P security, preventing DDOS, and even strengthening civil liberty protections." Links
0. http://www.usenix.org/events/hotos03/
Samsung LTM295W 29" LCD Review
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/05/187232
An anonymous reader noted a [0]review of the Samsung LTM295W. Quick
excerpt "The contrast ratio of 600:1 is amazing, and takes the cake for
being the highest I’ve seen to date here with the site. I was
pleased to see a more than acceptable brightness level of 450cd/m2. The
response time isn’t anything to snuff at, standing at 22ms. For
viewing angles everyone should be pleased with 170/170 (W&H). The last
mention is the pixel pitch which sits at .4935(h) X .4935(w). The
optimal resolution while in PC use is 1024 x 768 @ 75Hz although the
maximum is 1280 x 768 @ 75Hz." Not the highest resolution, but still,
quite impressive.
Links
0. http://www.monkeyreview.com/reviews/review.php?num=257
SCO NDA Online at LinuxJournal
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/05/1741227
shadowbearer writes "The full text of the SCO NDA is available [0]here at [1]LinuxJournal. IANAL, but my reading of it makes me understand all the industry "No way!" style comments. Here's a snippet: "Dan Ravicher, an attorney who specializes in free software and open-source issues at the firm of Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, said in an interview there are three key problems with the NDA. First, Ravicher said, "SCO can pick and choose among all its evidence" to show only the parts that back up the company's claims. "They're agreeing to let you see the half of the picture that they want you to see", he added."" Links
0. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6923&mode=thread&order=0
Freshmeat
2D/3D Pie Chart & Graph Software 4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125087/
2D / 3D Pie Chart provides both a client and server side solution for the incorporation of Pie Charts into web pages. It provides versatile components so that web authors and Java developers can easily build and publish dynamic and interactive Pie Charts. With many configurable features and functions to both applet and servlet, the documentation and examples are designed to give both a full understanding of every feature and enable you to implement both the applet and servlet quickly and easily. With a free trial and Money Back guarantee, try it out today. (913 chars, 150 words) 2D / 3D Pie Chart provides both a client and server side solution for the incorporation of Pie Charts into web pages. It provides versatile components so that web authors and Java developers can easily build and publish dynamic and interactive Pie Charts. With many configurable features and functions to both applet and servlet, the documentation and examples are designed to give both a full understanding of every feature and enable you to implement both the applet and servlet quickly and easily. Now incorporates Anti-Aliasing to provide a much smoother and clearer pie image. New in this Release Percentage option on segment labels Added Parameters for Pre and Post symbols on the pop-up values Change Cursor on Mouseover links Multi Language Support URL Links for the Legend area. Enhanced Color parameter definitions to include hex and color names With a free trial and Money Back guarantee, try it out today.
a place to go 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125102/
aptg (a place to go) is a Web-based mail client written in PHP, using localhost connections to a running IMAP4 server. It is designed to work with Postfix. Authentication is against a MySQL database as used by pam_mysql (username + password) or by using one of the virtual email addresses (also stored in the MySQL database) and that password. A powerful addressbook is also included.
abcpp 1.2.4 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125075/
abcpp is a simple yet powerful preprocessor designed for, but not limited to, ABC music files. It was written to overcome incompatibilities between ABC packages, and to allow one to write portable, and more readable ABC files.
Advanced Assembler 0.9.0beta-1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125043/
Aasm is an advanced modular assembler designed to support several target architectures. It has been designed to be easily extended. Its global architecture takes advantages of dynamic libraries to provide input, assembler and output modules. The input module supports Intel syntax (like nasm, tasm, masm, etc.). The x86 assembler module supports all opcodes up to P6 including MMX, SSE and 3DNow! extensions. F-CPU and SPARC assembler modules are under development. Several output modules are available for ELF, COFF, IntelHex, and raw binary formats. Advanced features include symbol scopes, an expressions engine, big integer support, macro capability, and numerous and accurate warning messages (over 300).
Akeni LAN Messenger 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125105/
Akeni LAN messenger is a cross-platform instant messenger client. It is a P2P program that works on your LAN without the need of an Internet connection or a dedicated server. The client has an user interface similar to AIM, ICQ, or MSN Messenger. It supports all the standard IM features such as chat, group conference, presence management, file transfer, and emergency alert/notification. Extra features include contact management and optional tabbed chat sessions.
BBStatus 2.0 RC11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125120/
BBStatus is an IP accounting package, and an SNMP and IP monitoring tool for Linux. It collects, summarizes, and displays the values from its database. It can be used for IP accounting (using iptables, you can design various kinds of accounting filters), SNMP monitoring (collects data making SNMP requests), IP monitoring (using ping, it stores and summarizes values like min, avg, max reply time, and packet loss), and client traffic filtering (using various types of filters). It also provides user based access so that every user can log in and check the traffic from/through his/her IP addresses. It requires PostgreSQL, Apache with mod_auth_pgsql, Perl(Net::SNMP), and RRDTool.
BitTorrent 3.2.1b (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125076/
BitTorrent is a tool for copying files from one machine to another. FTP punishes sites for being popular. Since all uploading is done from one place, a popular site needs big iron and big bandwidth. With BitTorrent, clients automatically mirror files they download, making the publisher's burden almost nothing.
brushedGnome 2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125048/
brushedGnome is a skin with a brushed metal design and GNOME logos.
C-Arbre 0.532-8 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125106/
C-Arbre is an integrated Web software suite. Some of its key features include work flow processing, handling of collaborative work and editions, templates engineering, support for some DocBook XML tags, online documents redaction, and internationalization/localization.
Castor 0.9.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125100/
Castor is the shortest path between Java[tm] objects, XML documents, SQL tables and LDAP directories. It provides Java to XML binding, Java to SQL/LDAP persistence, and then some more. Features include Castor XML: Java object to XML document, Castor JDO: Java object persistence to RDBMS, Castor DAX: Java object persistence to LDAP, Castor DSML: LDAP directory exchange through XML, XML-based mapping file specify the mapping between one model and another, in memory caching and write-at-commit which reduce JDBC operations, OQL query mapping to SQL queries, and EJB container managed persistence provider for OpenEJB
cdargs 1.27
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125134/
cdargs adds a bookmark feature and a simple filebrowser to the builtin shell command `cd'. This lets you jump to various places throughout the filesystem with just a few keystrokes. It is intended for heavy shell users.
Clustered JDBC 1.0alpha3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125103/
Clustered JDBC is to databases what RAID is for disks. C-JDBC provides transparent database clustering (partitioning, replication, etc.) to any Java application through JDBC. It works with any Java application without code modification and with any datase engine. C-JDBC has been successfully tested with Tomcat, JBoss, JOnAS, MySQL, PostgreSQL, HSQL, SAP DB, Oracle, and more.
CodeTek VirtualDesktop 2.3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125117/
CodeTek VirtualDesktop brings full virtual desktop support as available on other operating systems (Mac OS 9, Windows, Unix, Linux) to the Mac OS X platform.
COWeb 0.3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125101/
COWeb (Common Objects for Web) is a set of PHP libraries to manage databases, links, images, articles, cache, and more.
DocBook Doclet 0.43
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125138/
The DocBook Doclet creates DocBook SGML or XML from Java source documentation or HTML files. It is helpful if you want to print reference handbooks of your API. Normally it is used with the Javadoc tool but it can also be used as a standalone application to convert HTML to DocBook. Additionally it comes with a Swing application to manage documentation projects and to transform the resulting DocBook files to PDF.
DOLFIN 0.3.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125088/
DOLFIN is used as a platform for research in adaptive finite element methods for PDEs at Chalmers Finite Element Center and at the Department of Computational Mathematics at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.
Druid 3.0 beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125137/
Druid is a tool to handle database tables. Users can add/modify/delete database objects (fields, tables, etc.) using a simple GUI. When the DB structure is complete, Druid can generate the SQL script to generate the DB and the related docs.
DSW to Make 0.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125145/
DSW to Make converts Microsoft Dev. Studio workspace and project files on the fly to Unix Makefiles. It includes an example "Hello World" workspace and project that will build completely in both Windows and Linux.
eContent 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125069/
eContent is a Web-based content management system for creating information systems, intranets, B2B, B2C, catalogs, and vertical portals. Written in Java for scalability, and based on open standards Struts and Expresso for stability, eContent integrates content management, scalable content and application delivery, resource management, workflow and personalization. It supports executables, all documents types, OLAP reports, Java programs, and legacy integration.
eForum 3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125065/
eForum is server side Java-based software that enables geographically distant participants to share ideas and enhance teamwork via the Web. It allows project moderators to manage feedback and project discussions, and can display interactive Q&A tools.
eggcups 0.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125099/
eggcups is a panel icon that provides a visual indicator for jobs that you have submitted to the print queue.
eHelpDesk 2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125066/
eHelpDesk is designed for the enterprise, external or internal customer support needs, and call/bug tracking. It will provide a support organization with a systematic, professional, automated and easy to use system for problems, requests, issues, bugs, notes, procedures, and resolutions. It features an internal Help Desk, external Customer Support, action request, call/problem tracking including using notification, change management, contact management, development/bug tracking, integration into FAQ and forum, asset and inventory management, and tracking billable requests.
ekkoBSD 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125141/
ekkoBSD is a new operating system, based on OpenBSD. It contains many new improvements and a different set of goals than those of OpenBSD's core developers.
Expresso Framework 5.05
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125131/
Expresso Framework is an open standards-based J2EE architectural framework that allows the developer to concentrate on application logic. It is a library of extensible Java Server application framework components for creating database-driven Web applications based on open standards. Expresso integrates with Apache Jakarta Struts, which emphasizes presentation and application configuration, and bringing a powerful tag library to Expresso. Expresso adds capabilities for security, robust object-relational mapping, background job handling and scheduling, self-tests, logging integration, automated table manipulation, database connection pooling, email connectivity, event notification, error handling, caching, internationalization, XML automation, testing, registration objects, configuration management, workflow, automatic database maintenance, and a JSP tag library.
FlightTrack 0.0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125127/
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.
Genuts Framework 0.8b (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125097/
The Genuts project provides a consistent Java framework for game development. It contains a library with classes primarily intended for sprite-based games, including functions for sprite manipulation and collision detection.
Getleft 1.1.1b1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125143/
Given a URL, Getleft will try to download all links. As it goes, it modifies the original HTML pages so that the absolute links get changed to relative links, and links to active pages get changed to the resulting pages. It supports thirteen different languages.
GNOME Commander 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125135/
GNOME Commander is file manager aimed at people who want a fast and efficient file manager. The program can currently perform most common file operations, and will detect changes to files caused by other programs and update its views without the need for the user to manually reload. The program also supports Copy and Paste, DND and MIME. The program has some basic FTP support through GnomeVFS, but it's not very good. It's good enough to download/upload files, but lacks more advanced functions, like issuing SITE commands.
GNOME-Mud 0.10.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125083/
GNOME-Mud (formerly AMCL) is a Multi-User Dungeon (MUD) client that aims to make mudding a bit easier. It can define aliases, triggers, variables, keyboard shortcuts, and has a connection wizard for easy management of different player characters and MUDs.
GONICUS System Administrator 1.99.82 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/125092/
The GOnicus System Administrator (GOsa) is a PHP based administration tool for managing accounts and systems in LDAP databases. It administers users and groups, mail distribution lists, thin clients, and faxes. Users can retrieve informations about themselves, use LDAP telephone lists, change their password, view fax statistics, and are allowed to configure their mail account in a limited way.
Haystack snapshot 0601
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125081/
Haystack is a tool designed to let every individual manage all of their information in the way that makes the most sense to them. By removing the arbitrary barriers created by applications that only handle certain information "types", and recording only a fixed set of relationships defined by the developer, users can define whichever arrangements of, connections between, and views of information they find most effective. Such personalization of information management will dramatically improve each individual's ability to find what they need when they need it.
HTTrack/WebHTTrack 3.30-RC2 (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125077/
HTTrack is an easy-to-use offline browser utility. It allows you to download a Web site from the Internet to a local directory, building recursively all directories, getting HTML, images, and other files from the server to your computer. HTTrack arranges the original site's relative link-structure. Simply open a page of the mirrored Web site in your browser, and you can browse the site from link to link, as if you were viewing it online. HTTrack can also update an existing mirrored site, and resume interrupted downloads. WebHTTrack is a Web-based GUI for HTTrack.
Lazy8 Ledger 2.00b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125071/
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.
LibTomMath 0.02
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125082/
LibTomMath provides highly optimized and portable routines for a vast majority of integer-based number theoretic applications (including public key cryptography).
linuXMPCR 0.1a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125110/
linuXMPCR is a Perl interface for the XM Radio XMPCR computer receiver. The program has two parts: one is the module that controls the radio, and the other is the very basic interface that does everything it is needed to do.
LiquidClassifiedsXML 1.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125070/
LiquidClassifiedsXML is a PHP-Nuke and PostNuke compatible client for a classified ad Web service. All ads are pooled in a centralized database so that many small Web sites can combine their marketing power to have, in effect, the classified ad system of a large Web site.
LTI-Lib 1.9.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125090/
The LTI-Lib is an object oriented library with algorithms and data structures frequently used in image processing and computer vision. It was developed at the RWTH-Aachen University as a part of many research projects on computer vision dealing with robotics, object recognition, sign language, and gesture recognition. It provides an object oriented C++ library that includes fast algorithms, which can be used in real applications.
Luola 1.1.6 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125086/
Luola is a cavern-flying game for 1-4 players. Each player flies a small V-shaped ship and has one special weapon. The object of the game is simply to destroy all other players.
Mailgust 1.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125091/
Mailgust is a mailing list manager, newsletter distribution tool, and message board system. All sent mail is stored on a Web message board for visitors to read. It features unlimited lists, many different read and write permission settings, HTML newsletters, post approval, no timeouts, a Web archive, list importing, notification management, and much more.
Marlin 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125125/
Marlin is a sample editor using GStreamer for audio IO and GNOME for its interface. It has basic editing features such as Cut/Copy/Paste, Paste as New, Paste mix, delete selection, crop selection, Insert Silence, and Swap Channels.
Matrox Millennium II Xv extension 1.0-RC1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/125067/
This is an XFree86 driver to add Xv (Xvideo) support for the Matrox Millennium II. It includes hardware YUV to RGB conversion and up/down scaling. Performance is not stellar compared to modern cards but it's enough to allow smooth fullscreen DVD playback on a moderately fast computer.
Midirecord 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125093/
Midirecord is a simple command-line application to record a MIDI file with your MIDI keyboard. It also features automatic recording to a MIDI file when you play electric piano, and thus it may be used as a "recording daemon".
newsgrab-ui 3.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125132/
newsgrab-ui is simple graphical user interface for the newsgrab.pl "complete set" binary downloader. It uses a Perl background daemon for downloading and an object oriented PHP Web interface.
nowplaying 0.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125136/
nowplaying is a plugin for XMMS that records information about the song currently being played in a text file.
nwload 0.2e
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125118/
nwload is a graphical traffic monitor that is similar to gkrellm and xisdnload, but offers additional operational parameters and display formatting options. It works with any networking device and supports a broad range of speed and sample rates.
OpenEJB 0.9.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125112/
OpenEJB is a pre-built, self-contained, portable EJB container system that can be plugged into any server environment including application servers, Web servers, J2EE platforms, CORBA ORBs, databases, IDEs, etc. It comes with fast, lightweight EJB servers for both local and remote access, allowing you to write standalone or distributed EJB applications.
OpenH323 Gatekeeper 2.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125094/
The OpenH323 Gatekeeper is a free H.323 gatekeeper based on the OpenH323 project. You can use it to manage a Voice-over-IP network and let endpoints (e.g., Netmeeting) communicate through symbolic names. It also has an external interface for billing and other applications. It runs on a number of Unix versions (including Linux and Solaris) and Windows.
Package DataBase View 2.0.5 (2.x.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125139/
Package DataBase View generates an HTML view of an RPM or a dpkg database. Its modular design allows support for other database formats and other output formats (like XML).
Passcheck 2.99
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125119/
Passcheck is a drop-in replacement or rewrite of the original cracklib, and shares no code with the original. It features an enhanced dictionary check, and the ability to use the standard system wordlist.
patchutils 0.2.23 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125095/
Patchutils contains a collection of tools for manipulating patch files: interdiff, combinediff, flipdiff, filterdiff, fixcvsdiff, rediff, lsdiff, grepdiff, splitdiff, recountdiff, and unwrapdiff. You can use interdiff to create an incremental patch between two patches that are against a common source tree, combinediff for creating a cumulative diff from two incremental patches, and flipdiff to transpose two incremental patches. Filterdiff is for extracting or excluding patches from a patch set based on modified files matching shell wildcards. Lsdiff lists modified files in a patch. Rediff, recountdiff, and unwrapdiff correct hand-edited (or otherwise broken) patches.
PDF::API2 0.3d70 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125130/
PDF::API2 is 'The Next Generation' of Text::PDF::API, a Perl module-chain that facilitates the creation and modification of PDF files. It features support for the 14 base PDF Core Fonts, TrueType fonts, and Adobe-Type1, with unicode mappings, embedding of bitmap images, compression via zlib, and a rich object-oriented API.
PG_counter 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125074/
PGcounter is a module for Apache for counting page visits. It uses an SQL server, supports 6 output formats, includes a blacklist of IPs per URL, and supports statistics.
PHP Thumbnail AutoIndex 1.2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125098/
PHP Thumbnail AutoIndex is a thumbnail-index generation script designed to be a companion to mod_autoindex for Apache. It generates a thumbnail "gallery" of images contained in a directory, which is much like what mod_autoindex generated indexes.
PhpDocumentor 1.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125111/
PHPDocumentor is a PHP script for creating javaDoc-style documentation from PHP code. It can document object-oriented and procedural code. It supports all javaDoc tags, including inline links, and also supports PHPdoc documentation in PEAR style.
PrimeIce 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125053/
PrimeIce is a 2D theme with no gradients and no large buttons, made to be as small and unobtrusive/un-distracting as possible. A background is included, along with the snap.pcf font file needed for proper fonts.
Pubcookie 3.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125142/
Pubcookie is an Open Source package for intra-institutional, single sign-on, end-user Web authentication. More generally, it is an approach to identifying users as they browse to an institution's many websites that require authentication. It helps an institution reuse existing authentication services (like Kerberos, LDAP, or NIS), and it limits the exposure of end-user passwords by ensuring they're only sent to a trusted login service.
Refactorit 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125096/
RefactorIT is a powerful tool for Java developers who expect more from their standard IDE. With RefactorIT, a developer can take source code of any size and complexity, and rework it into well-designed code by means of automated refactorings such as Rename Field/Method/Variable/Class/Package, Extract Method, Extract Superclass/Interface, Move Class, Encapsulate Field, and Create Factory Method. In addition, Refactorit provides a comprehensive set of smart query functions that make it possible to analyze and track large volumes of code. RefactorIT may be used as standalone tool or installed as an add-in to following IDEs: NetBeans, Sun ONE Studio, Forte, JDeveloper, and JBuilder.
SeekLeech 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125089/
SeekLeech is a Java console application which searches for files in Apache directory indexes through Google.
Soapbox 0.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125148/
Soapbox is a preload (sandbox) library that allows restriction of processes to write only to those places you want. By preloading the Soapbox library (or using the provided soapbox-script), you can run programs and prevent certain modifications outside a safe path without necessarily ending those programs. Users would typically do a successful 'make install' to a safe path that doesn't break halfway and doesn't pollute their system. Soapbox is useful when building/installing packages and in case of build problems to report as much as possible of the cause.
Speex 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125073/
Speex is a patent-free compression format designed especially for speech. It is specialized for voice communications at low bit-rates in the 2-45 kbps range. Possible applications include Voice over IP (VoIP), Internet audio streaming, audio books, and archiving of speech data (e.g. voice mail).
sql++ 0.08
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125129/
sql++ is an easily configurable, feature-rich, portable command-line SQL tool. It can be used with many different databases and in place of other command-line tools such as MySQL's mysql-client and Oracle's sqlplus. It has features such as multiple connections, multi-database interfacing, subselects for all databases, regardless of whether the database has native subselects or not, and much more.
Syck 0.35
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125140/
Syck is a YAML parser library that is designed to load data into scripting languages. Extensions for Ruby, PHP, and Python are included.
tail_mail 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125000/
tail_mail is a simple but very useful log watcher daemon. It checks the log files that you want for the string patterns which you define in the config file, and sends information messages by email. tail_mail is very fast because when it finds a match it forks a child process to send the notification mail, and since it uses shared libraries, it is very small. You may use shell wildcard patterns to define the strings that you look for.
The Fish 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125114/
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 Gallery 1.3.4-RC2 (1.0)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125078/
Gallery is a slick Web-based photo album written using PHP. It is easy to install, includes a config wizard, and provides users with the ability to create and maintain their own albums in the album collection via an intuitive Web interface. Photo management includes automatic thumbnail creation, image resizing, rotation, ordering, captioning and more. Albums can have read, write, and caption permissions per individual authenticated user for an additional level of privacy.
The Kiwi Toolkit 1.4.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125072/
The Kiwi Toolkit is a foundation class library containing many useful classes that complement the Java Foundation Classes (JFC). It includes many classes and components that were not provided with the JFC, such as a TreeTable component, a DateChooser, an MVC charting package (bar charts, line charts, pie charts), a plugin framework for Java, an application resource manager (for loading images, icons, HTML pages, audio clips, and other resources from JAR files), a better internationalization API, and much more.
Thunderbolt Integration Suite 3.00 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/125116/
The Thunderbolt Integration Suite is a full integration server infrastructure that incorporates two phase commits between connectors. It features multiple stage failure recovery, a drag and drop business process design console, and supports runtime monitor GUIs. It was developed in C++ and runs on Linux, but should be portable to most UNIX systems. The GUIs require Windows.
Tiger Dental Practice Manager 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125108/
Tiger Dental Practice Manager is a Java-based dental practice management program. It allows for realtime online appointment booking for patients. Practice users have a Swing based application to maintain the appointment book and patient records. The application is provided as a fully managed service.
WPP 2.13.1.32 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125079/
WPP is a small perl5 script that allows preprocessing of HTML files. It allows you to define "variables", which are brief abbreviations for longer constructs, and include common HTML fragments. It's useful for giving a uniform layout to different HTML pages. It can be used in cgi-bin programs for automatic generation of pages. With less HTML code inside you can make more flexible cgi-scripts.
YuBurner 0.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125115/
YuBurner is CD/DVD recording software.
ZapEdit 1.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/124788/
ZapEdit is a site management tool that can be used to update Website content through a browser. It features a WYSIWYG HTML editor that provides an intuitive business user authoring environment, and works with any existing HTML Website and on shared hosting accounts. ASP and PHP versions are available, and both Apache and Microsoft IIS Web servers are supported.
zire-photo 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/125109/
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.
Newsforge Reports
Darl McBride doesn't understand Linux
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/02/2246228
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - That's really the heart of the SCO problem: Neither Darl McBride nor, apparently, a majority of SCO's Board of Directors, understands Linux, the GPL, Open Source or Free Software or anything related to them. Their thinking seems to be strictly old-line industrial, based on a marketing philosophy that assumes a sale gained by a competitor is one you have lost.
The Impact of the Offshore Services Phenomenon: A Global Perspective http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/05/1542250
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - In a teleconference held June 5, 2003, IDC analysts said they expect global outsourcing in the IT industry to increase, which will put smiles on the faces of workers in China, The Philippines, India, Vietnam, and Eastern Europe, but will continue to depress U.S. and Western European IT workers. Except the French.
Love the availability, question the usability of open source apps http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/03/1818251
- by Lee Schlesinger - Your task, Mr. Schlesinger, should you choose to accept it, is to scan the name of your high school classmates from an old newspaper and turn them into text for a class Web site. You may use either open source or Windows software, or a combination thereof. Good luck.
Newsforge Newsvac
Grid computing: Is it right for your business?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/05/210234
Michael S. Mimoso writes "SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Grid computing in Linux environments is a hot topic at the Enterprise Linux Forum Conference & Expo this week. Several conference presentations focus on developments in open-source standards for grid computing and the major vendors' grid computing initiatives. But all this attention to grid computing doesn't mean that all mainstream businesses should jump on the bandwagon -- at least not yet, ...
Linux and mainframes, part 2: Choosing distros and apps http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/05/2033219
Michael S. Mimoso writes "Running Linux on an IBM mainframe doesn't lock users into an IBM-controlled operating system and application world. In fact, Linux expands the mainframe world by bringing open-source into the fold, according to Ingolf Salm, co-author of the new Prentice Hall book, Linux on the Mainframe. In the final part of this two-part interview on Linux and mainframes, Salm provides a guide to choosing Linux distributions and ...
SCO vs IBM: a blast from the past article http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/05/2052237
coffeelover writes "Here is another [old] link that is still good. It should be read by anyone following the SCO vs IBM soaps."
Linux security: The seven deadly sins
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/05/1935254
Michael S. Mimoso writes "SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- "No firewall can keep all hackers out." With these words, security consultant Bob Toxen began his sermon, or workshop, on the "seven deadly sins" of Linux security. Any IT manager who commits one of these sins will "get nailed sooner or later," he said."
GNU/Linux in education report #97
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/05/199243
David H. Crusoe asked about what to put on a simple GNU/Linux-based learning system for children. A few folks responded to that question, and recommendations included installing the following: a distribution, such as RedHat 9, Mandrake, or Debian GNU/Linux, or Slackware 9, OpenOffice, TuxType, and maybe making some CD's which GNU/Linux can be run from, without needing to install onto each machine and hard drives. A thin client, such as the ...
Front Capital partners IBM to deliver products on Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/05/1826224
Front Capital Systems, a unit of SunGard, is teaming up with IBM to market and deliver its Front Arena products on Linux-based platforms to customers worldwide.
Workstation 'renaissance' predicted
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/05/1823219
A shift to 64-bit computing is about to gain momentum which will lead to a "renaissance" in workstation design and use, the chief technologist at Advanced