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[osdn everything] July 05, 2003
Date: Sat Jul 05 2003 - 01:45:28 EDT
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July 05, 2003 EVERYTHING SERIES
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Slashdot
Duct Tape Goes Minature
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/04/225206
[0]metal_llama writes "There is a story in the [1]Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel about a man, [2]Christopher Blummel, who "has a vision for a
better world - one where every man would carry in his wallet a small
cellophane packet containing a product that can come in handy in an
emergency. Duct tape." This is exactly what I've always wanted: an
ever-handy supply of duct tape."
Links
0. mailto:metal_llama@techie.com
1.
http://www.jsonline.com/
2.
http://www.jsonline.com/bym/news/may03/141675.aspO'Reilly on the Commoditization of Software http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/04/1955241
[0]Iorek writes "[1]International Data Group/Sverige has a great
[2]interview with Tim O'Reilly, CEO of [3]O'Reilly & Associates Inc.
From predictions of eBay's purchase of Oracle to discussions of the
failings of open source licenses, O'Reilly's certainly not reserved. I
couldn't help but be reminded of the rise of this site and
[4]slashcode."
Links
0.
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Museum/8536/
1.
http://www.idg.se/
2.
http://www.idg.se/ArticlePages/idgnet.asp?id=4635
3.
http://www.oreilly.com/
4.
http://slashcode.com/Microsoft Considers $10 Billion Dividend http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/04/1923250
Dreadnougat writes "Microsoft is [0]considering paying out a $10 billion dividend, the largest corporate payout ever. Cynics (ok, anyone reading /.) might note that Bill Gates stands to make $1.18 billion himself off the $1 a share dividend, in comparison to the $95 million he makes in a normal year off the regular 8 cents a share dividend." Links
Gnumeric Turns 5
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/04/1844203
[0]Jody Goldberg writes "Five years ago, Miguel [1]committed the first
code for Gnumeric to CVS. In a testament to the quality of the code
several lines are still in use. Since that time the project has grown
to more than 300,000 lines and now supports all 325 [2]worksheet
functions in MS Excel, plus almost 100 more. This seemed like a good
time to thank all the people who have contributed to Gnumeric over the
years. We're about to start the run up to the the next stable release
which will be out in a few weeks and we look forward to continuing work
with GNOME, and the community at large to produce the most powerful
spreadsheet in the world."
Links
0. mailto:jody@gnome.org
1.
http://cvs.gnome.org/bonsai/cvsblame.cgi?file=gnumeric/src/sheet.c&rev=1.1&root=/cvs/gnome
2.
http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/functions.shtml
NASA Benchmarks the New G5 Powermac
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/04/1813255
sockit2me9000 writes "Well [0]NASA's Langley Research Center recently
[1]benchmarked the new G5 dual 2ghz Powermac against a dual 1ghz
Xserve, a dual 1.25 ghz Powermac, a Pentium4 2 ghz, and a Pentium4 2.66
ghz. To make things fair, the second processor in the G5 was switched
off, as well as the other dual sysytems. Then, they all ran Jet3d. Even
with un-optimized code and one processor, the G5 performance is
impressive."
Links
Government Information Awareness
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/04/1313222
gbjbaanb writes "Wired News is [0]reporting about the GIA, software
inspired by the TIA program. 'Researchers at the MIT Media Lab unveiled
the [1]Government Information Awareness, or GIA, website Friday. Using
applications developed at the Media Lab, GIA collects and collates
information about government programs, plans and politicians from the
general public and numerous online sources. Currently the database
contains information on more than 3,000 public figures. The premise of
GIA is that if the government has a right to know personal details
about citizens, then citizens have a right to similar information about
the government.'"
Links
0. http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,59495,00.html
Linus Says Pre-2.6 is Coming
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/04/138231
[0]gomoX writes "As seen on [1]C|Net , Linus has announced that the
pre-2.6 series will be starting in early July. Despite not having been
able to meet the release goal for 2.6 in June 2003, the next stable
version is not as far away as you may think. You can take your guess
based on the fact there was a 9 month period between first test version
of 2.4 and the official release of 2.4.0 on January 2001."
Links
Project Gutenberg's 32nd Birthday
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/04/134216
[0]David Moynihan writes "July 4th marks the 32nd anniversary of that
day in 1971 when [1]Michael Hart first sped an all-caps version of the
[2]Declaration of Independence to anyone and everyone then on what
later became the web, thus founding [3]Project Gutenberg. Thanks to an
army of volunteers and the [4]Distributed Proofreaders, this is the
last year PG will have fewer than 10,000 titles. Strangely,
[5]Microsoft picked this dual anniversary of literacy and freedom to
re-launch their [6]Reader product, with three [7]free bestsellers a
week, if you activate the new version with Passport, sign a EULA, etc.
Real reason for the upgrade might be that the DRM on MS's old Reader
was [8]cracked. If you're not into giving away data, or are running a
system other than Windows, maybe you could take the time to tell a
friend about free books online, or even help out by visiting the
[4]Distributed Proofers and editing one page per day."
Links
0.
http://www.blackmask.com
1.
http://www.promo.net/hart
2.
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext90/when11.txt
3.
http://www.promo.net/pg
4.
http://www.pgdp.net/
5.
http://www.microsoft.com/reader/
6.
http://www.microsoft.com/reader
7.
http://www.microsoft.com/reader/promotions/free_shop.asp
8.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-979778.html
Hubble Catches Some Cosmic Fireworks
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/04/136218
[0]Roland Piquepaille writes "On this Fourth of July, it's usual -- at
least in the U.S. -- to watch fireworks. But I want to invite you to
see very special ones, celestial fireworks discovered by the Hubble
Space Telescope. [1]Astronomy Magazine has the story. "In a newly
released image, the Hubble Space Telescope peers into a neighboring
galaxy to capture a gorgeous view of a supernova remnant called LMC N
49. Also known as DEM L 190, the nebula lies within the Large
Magellanic Cloud approximately 160,000 light-years away." Read [2]this
summary for more details and a nice illustration from the Hubble
Heritage Team. You can find additional tons of information at this
[3]Hubble Heritage Project page."
Links
0.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0105910/
1.
http://www.astronomy.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/001/400qhcjc.asp
2.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0105910/2003/07/04.html
3.
http://heritage.stsci.edu/current/00/index.html
A Game of Thrones
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/03/1445206
[0]Dark Paladin writes "Recently, I asked readers to recommend some
good books that were out there. There were crows for the usual crowd,
like Terry Pratchet, Nail Gaiman, David Eddings, Terry Brooks, so on
and so forth. But one name that kept coming up over and over again as a
"must read" was R. R. Martin and the book "A Game of Thrones". So after
the umpteenth "you've got to check it out or I'll burn your hat", I
decided to give it a shot. And discovered one of the best read fantasy
novels I've read in a decade. The story is your base fantasy stuff -
"long ago, some bad things happened, but things are good - but watch
out - the bad times are coming again!" Read on for the rest of his
review.
Links
Freshmeat
A-A-P 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128276/
The goal for A-A-P is to make it easy to locate, download, and install software. Additionally, it supports making changes to a program and managing different versions that exist in the world, making it useful both for users and for developers. It uses a recipe that is similar to a Makefile, but with many enhancements, such as integrated Python script support, support for Internet access, and version control. An IDE will be provided that integrates your favorite editor, debugger, and other tools.
Acrobat Reader 5.07
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128267/
The free Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) Reader allows you to view, navigate, and print PDF files across all major computing platforms. Acrobat Reader is the free viewing companion to Adobe Acrobat 4.0 and to Acrobat Capture(R) software.
adcfw-log 0.9.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128258/
adcfw-log is a tool for analyzing firewall logs in order to extract meaningful information. It is designed to be a standalone script with very few requirements that can generate different kinds of reports, such as fully formatted reports of what had been logged, with summaries by source or destination host, the type of service, or protocol. There are also options to filter the input data by date, host, protocol, service, and so on.
Ajaqs 0.9.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128290/
Ajaqs is a Web app that organizes FAQs on a per-project basis. It is designed to be deployed under popular Web and application servers. It aims to serve two purposes: to provide engineering groups a mechanism for consolidating and preserving in-house knowledge in connection to product development and usage, and to provide small companies with a Web interface for exposing searchable, internationalizable information related to products and services.
AnnotateIt! 0.2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128294/
AnnotateIt! is an open source electronic response system targeted at composition instructors and students. It allows annotation of HTML and provides facilities for group interaction. Annotations may be either hyperlinked or inline, depending on the user's preference. It also features reporting of meta information (annotation types and counts), predefined annotations, community annotations, conversion of documents to HTML for annotation, easy document management, and an assignments calendar.
Asymptopia Linux Process Tool 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128284/
Asymptopia Linux Process Tool is a script which runs from a terminal and accesses the /proc filesystem through a simple text interface. It has a menu of commands for monitoring and getting information about processes. If installed in your path, you can also simply issue the command "proctool [program2kill]" and all instances of the specified program are killed.
Athene 3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128268/
Athene is a multi-platform OS environment. Based on XML and an object oriented foundation, it literally builds itself at runtime from user-editable XML scripts. It is X11-compatible and capable of functioning as a stand-alone desktop environment or as an X client. Three GUIs are included, including Windows and Amiga interfaces that are accurate clones of their counterparts. Athene features a highly responsive interface, high quality icons, translucency and alpha blending effects, unicode support, and Windows/Linux compatibility.
aWebDap 1.7 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128299/
aWebDap is an easy to use and flexible Web front end to OpenLDAP version 2. It allows one to query, view, create, delete, and modify LDAP entries. It is written with address book suppport in mind. It also supports VCARD, LDAP URL address book interfaces, Web-enabled cellphones, and multiple domains. Its capabilities are driven by a configuration file. aWebDap can interface with Web servers with https support. aWebDap includes the option for an update trigger shell script, which may be used for e-mail notification, external database update, etc., and support for multiple binding methods to the LDAP server to allow more security flexibility. A demo version of aWebDap is available as a single Intel binary CGI compiled on Red Hat 9.0 and 7.1 (gcc 3.2.2 and 2.96). A preconfigured example is included.
ayttm 0.3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128245/
Ayttm is an instant messenger program, supporting various protocols such as MSN, Yahoo, AIM, Jabber, and more. It is a fork of Everybuddy, and initially aims to address its problems. It should not segfault when you use it, and should be almost instantly usable by your mother. Almost useless prefs should be hidden, reserved for "advanced" users, and things have to work without wondering what this or that will produce.
Babeldoc 1.0.2 (1.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128215/
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.
Boost.Build 2.0-m5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128256/
Boost.Build is a build system with a simple and high-level language. It supports build variants, and several different compilers and tools.
Botan 1.2.6 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128277/
Botan is a library of cryptographic algorithms written in C++. It includes a wide selection of block and stream ciphers, public key algorithms, hash functions, and message authentication codes. It has an easy-to-use filter interface and supports many common industry standards, including X.509v3.
Broadcast Oracle Select 0.7 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128278/
Broadcast Oracle Select is a simple and powerful Python (and previously Ruby/Perl) utility. It is useful for sending an SQL statement to many Oracle instances. It can also generate several kind of charts (line, bar, bar3d, etc.) with the result of the SQL queries.
Bubbling Load Monitor Applet 1.2.10 (Gnome 1.x) http://freshmeat.net/releases/128280/
The Bubbling Load Monitor (or "Bubblemon" for short) is a system load monitor for the GNOME panel. It looks like a vial containing water. The water level indicates how much (electronic) memory is in use. The color of the liquid indicates how much swap space is used. The amount of bubbles reflects the system CPU load. A message in a bottle indicates there is unread mail. A reed-like graph shows network load.
Catty 2+c
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128264/
Catty is an interesting chatter bot that uses Google.com to build its knowledge database, and, having no information about the language, tries to establish a conversation. Results are not always on topic, but never predictable.
Cavepilot 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128233/
Cavepilot is another cave-flying game like the old classics, Turbo Raketti and Gravity Force You fly a small rocket in a 2D cave and try to shoot down your opponent. It currently supports one or two local players.
CGraphs 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128271/
CGraphs is a class that draws bar graphs as PNG images. It can be used to show many different types of data using associative arrays.
ChangePassword 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128204/
ChangePassword modifies the passwords of passwd, Samba, and Squid through the Web. All passwords are syncronized and changed in real time over a browser like Mozilla, Netscape, IE, Opera, and others.
CLIP 1.0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128225/
CLIP is a Clipper/XBase compatible compiler with initial support for FoxPro, Flagship, and CAVO syntax. It supports Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and Win32 (via Cygwin). It features support for international languages and character sets, including two-bytes character sets like Chinese and Japanese. It also features OOP, a multiplatform GUI based on GTK/GTKextra, all SIX/Comix features (including hypertext indexing), SQL and ODBC drivers, a C-API for third-party developers, a few wrappers for popular libraries (such as BZIP, GZIP, GD, Crypto, and Fcgi), a multitasking client and server based on TCP/IP sockets, and more.
Cornice 0.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128293/
Cornice is a cross-platform image viewer written in Python, wxPython, and PIL.
cpufreq daemon 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128274/
cpufreqd is meant to be a replacement of the speedstep applet you can find in Windows. It monitors battery level, AC state, and running programs and adjusts the frequency governor according to a set of rules specified in the config file.
Debian GDM Greeter 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128310/
Debian GDM Greeter features icons taken from "guiss-gdm" by Guido Sanchez and the "deb-rosey" background by Jason Joerges.
distccKNOPPIX 0.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128208/
distccKNOPPIX is a directly bootable and self- configuring Linux system on a small ISO running a distccd daemon. It is a simple remastering of Damn Small Linux running a distccd daemon and some general cleaning up/removal of unneeded packages/ apps.
DKMS 0.32.04
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128172/
DKMS (Dynamic Kernel Module Support) is a framework where device driver source can reside outside the kernel source tree so that it is very easy to rebuild modules as you upgrade kernels. This allows Linux vendors to provide driver drops without having to wait for new kernel releases (as a stopgap before the code can make it back into the kernel), while also taking out the guesswork for customers attempting to recompile modules for new kernels. For veteran Linux users it also provides some advantages since a separate framework for driver drops will remove kernel releases as a blocking mechanism for distributing code.
dom xml class 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128247/
dom xml class implements the DOM XML standard without using special-purpose PHP extensions. The properties and methods in the class are based on the properties and methods of the Flash Actionscript XML object.
Elgaard Positioning System 0.92
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128257/
Elgaard Positioning System (EPS) is a moving map application for use with GPS (Global Positioning Systems). It can handle waipoints, routes, and tracks. It can import and export data and communicate with Garmin GPS units. It can use charts scanned from paper charts. A version for the Sharp Zaurus is available.
Ewe Programming System 1.28
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128183/
Ewe is a programming system that allows users to write applications, using Java, which run exactly the same on desktop systems, on mobile systems, and even in a Web browser as an applet. The same deployment can be run on Mac OS X, Windows 9X, Windows NT, Linux, Palm, PocketPC, and any system using the Java runtimes.
fastutil 3.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128230/
fastutil provides type-specific maps, sets, and lists for Java with a small memory footprint and much faster access and insertion. The classes implement their standard counterpart interfaces (e.g., Map for maps) and can be plugged into existing code. Besides the usual features, fastutil provides reference-based containers (which do not use equals() to compare objects) and linked structures. Most iterators provided by fastutil classes are bidirectional, or even implement the standard list iterator interface.
fax4CUPS 1.23
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128207/
fax4CUPS is a very simple shell script that acts as a CUPS backend for a serial fax modem. Essentially, you print with lpr and the fax is sent. The nice thing is that you have CUPS around, and this means, for instance, that you can check whether your fax has been sent just using your favorite browser (as you would do for any other printer), even if the fax modem is really on a remote server. It supports efax, HylaFAX, and mgetty-fax.
FreeWRLduneInputDevice 1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128244/
FreeWRLduneInputDevice together with FreeWRL allows users to retrieve 3D VRML/X3D data with 6DoF input devices. It is based on FreeWRL's "/tmp/inpdev" extern sensor input interface and white_dune's input device mechanism.
GestPayCrypt-PHP 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128288/
GestPayCrypt-PHP is an implementation in PHP of the GestPayCrypt and GestPayCryptHS Italian bank Banca Sella Java classes. It allows you to connect to the online credit card payment system GestPay.
Glows 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128196/
Glows is a simple theme which uses colors rather than symbols or icons for window management. Hypothetically, the colors themselves should be intuitive enough for anyone to work with, without having their functionality described. Whether or not this actually works remains to be seen.
GSBench 0.5.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128286/
GSBench is a GNUstep and PS benchmark application.
gspi 0.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128307/
gspi is a Guile-based interface to the GNOME AT-SPI. It allows querying of the GNOME desktop via a Scheme evaluator.
GtkAtlantic 0.2.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128234/
GtkAtlantic is a client for playing Monopoly-like board games on monopd servers.
hdparm 5.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128213/
hdparm is a Linux shell utility for viewing and manipulating various IDE drive and driver parameters. Most drives can benefit from improved performance using a command similar to "hdparm -qm8 -qu1 -qc1 -qd1 /dev/hda".
Hircules 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128239/
Hircules is an IRC client using GTK 2 for its tabbed user interface, written in the functional programming language Haskell. It features a couple of virtual channels: an "all channels" virtual channel and an alert virtual channel to warn one of personal messages.
IDABench 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128217/
IDABench is a Web interface to many intrusion analysis tools. By the use of simple plug-ins, it allows an analyst to twist and turn hourly packet logs through such utilities as tcpdump, ngrep, tethereal, etc. Output is textual web pages, gnuplot graphs, and downloadable composite binary dumpfiles. Based on the US Navy's SHADOW intrusion detection system, IDABench simplifies the writing of tcpdump filters, allows regular- expression context matching, and through a simple plugin API, can be extended to include other libpcap- based analysis tools, such as Snort, p0f, etc.
Info-Zip 2.3 (Zip)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128223/
Info-Zip is a collection of high quality, standards compliant archiving and compression tools.
Infotrope ACAP Server 0.0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128302/
The Infotrope ACAP Server is an implementation of RFC2244, complete with asynchronous notification of changes, stored search results, ACLs, and data inheritance, etc. It supports TLS and SASL encryption as well as almost the entire base standard, plus a few optional extensions. ACAP allows applications to store configuration data in a way that's standards based, fully interoperable, and easily managed by users, administrators, and technical support teams alike. Infotrope's key features include the ability to randomly crash the server without data loss, and backing up of data (even while it's being written) without losing integrity.
iPodEject 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128295/
iPodEject adds an iPod icon to the Mac OS X menu bar that eject your iPod volume so that it can be safely disconnected.
JaxMe 1.63
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128218/
JaxMe is a Java/XML binding framework based on SAX2. It consists of a set of code generators that read an XML schema and generate code for parsing conformant XML documents into corresponding Java objects, saving those objects into a database or, vice versa, reading such Java objects from a database and converting them into XML. JaxMe supports namespaces, relational databases, and Tamino. JaxMe comes with an integrated application framework and a generator for EJB entity beans with BMP (bean managed persistence).
JEXT 3.2 pre 3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128231/
Jext is a source code editor that support Java and many other types of source code including C, C++, C#, ASP, PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby, TeX, XHTML, XSLT, Eiffel, JSP, etc.
jPOS 1.4.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128303/
jPOS is a Java based, production grade ISO-8583 library/framework that can be used to implement financial interchanges, protocol converters, payment gateways, credit card verification clients and servers (merchant/issuer/acquirer), etc.
JSP TestRunner 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128261/
JSP TestRunner is a tag library for performing JUnit test cases/suites from a JSP page. This can be used for testing the deployment staus, or for testing test cases in the same environment as the deployment environment.
KAlarm 0.9.4 (KDE 3)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128212/
KAlarm lets you configure personal messages to be displayed, commands to be executed, or emails to be sent, at scheduled times. It allows you to choose the message font and color, how often to repeat, whether to display an advance reminder, whether to play a sound when the message is displayed, and whether to cancel the alarm if it can't be triggered on time (e.g. if you are logged out at the time). As well as using the graphical interface to configure alarms, you can use the command line, and there is a DCOP interface for other applications.
KBVT 0.5.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128291/
KBVT is a tool for small libraries. It consists of a couple of Java programs and uses a MySQL database. It allows you to manage books, users, events, etc. The GUI and documentation are written in German.
Kernel Mode Linux 2.5.74_001 (For Linux 2.5) http://freshmeat.net/releases/128253/
Kernel Mode Linux is a technology which enables the execution of user programs in a kernel mode. In Kernel Mode Linux, user programs can access kernel address space directly. Unlike kernel modules, user programs are executed as ordinary processes (except for their privilege level), so scheduling and paging are performed as usual. Although it seems dangerous, the safety of the kernel can be ensured through such methods as static type checking, software fault isolation, and so forth.
Kleanux 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128275/
Kleanux is a clean theme that inherits all its colors from the active GTK theme. It works with dark and light GTK themes.
Kyro Linux Tools 0.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128301/
Kyro Linux Tools allows owners of the Kyro 1/2 graphics cards to configure and tweak it to get the most out of it. It is currently translated into English, Catalan, Spanish, French, German, and Dutch.
LibTomMath 0.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128229/
LibTomMath provides highly optimized and portable routines for a vast majority of integer-based number theoretic applications (including public key cryptography).
makeself 2.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128312/
makeself is a small shell script that generates a self-extractable compressed TAR archive from a directory. The resulting file appears as a shell script, and can be launched as is. The archive will then uncompress itself to a temporary directory and an arbitrary command will be executed (for example, an installation script). This is pretty similar to archives generated with WinZip Self-Extractor in the Windows world.
Modeling Framework 0.9pre9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128283/
Modeling Framework fills the gap between the Python object world and relational databases in that it allows users to transparently create, retrieve, update, or delete Python objects from a database without having to write a single line of SQL. Main features include generation of database schema, generation of Python code templates ready to be used, support for transparent mapping of (class) inheritance in relational databases, object-oriented query language, use of standard Python getters to traverse relationships (the related objects are automatically fetched when needed and when appropriate), and automatic checking for referential-integrity constraints, etc. Supported databases are PostgreSQL and MySQL.
myJCQ 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128238/
myJCQ (my Java ICQ Client) is a simple ICQ client written in Java. At the moment, only basic messaging is supported.
NanoBlogger 1.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128221/
NanoBlogger is a simple blogger written in bash that's completely command-line driven. It features easy editing and management of entries, customizable templates, archiving, and RSS syndication. It keeps "clippings" of all your entries for extra portability and modularity. It doesn't require any kind of Javascript, server-side scripting, or server-side includes. Updating your Weblog is as simple as uploading the appropriate Weblog's (self-contained) directory to your Web site.
NetHogs 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128201/
NetHogs is a small 'net top' tool. Instead of breaking the traffic down per packet type or per subnet, like most similar tools do, this groups bandwidth by process, and does not rely on a special kernel module to be loaded. So if there's suddenly a lot of network traffic, you can immediately see which PID is causing this, and, if it's some kind of spinning process, kill it.
nut 8.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128209/
nut is nutrition software to record what you eat and analyze your meals for nutrient composition. The database included is the USDA Nutrient
Database for Standard Reference, Release 15, which contains 6,220 foods
and 117 nutrients. This database contains values for vitamins,
minerals, fats, calories, protein, carbohydrates, fiber, etc., and
includes the essential polyunsaturated fats, Omega-3 and Omega-6.
Nutrient levels are expressed as a percentage of the Daily Value, the
familiar standard of food labeling in the United States, but also can
be fully customized. Recipes can be added, and graphs drawn. The
program is completely menu-driven and there are no commands to learn.
Pandora Engine 2003/6 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128269/
The Pandora Engine SDK is an object-oriented development environment that is specially designed for multi-platform use. It allows you to create truly object-oriented programs without being restricted to object-oriented languages like C++. The environment is fully self-contained, which allows for easier porting. It can be used for creating both applications and games. The SDK is also required to write programs for Athene, a multi-platform operating system that is based on the engine.
phpGroupWare 0.9.14.004
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128219/
phpGroupWare (formerly known as webdistro) is a multi-user groupware suite written in PHP. Its provides a Web-based calendar, todo-list, addressbook, email, news headlines, and a file manager. The calendar supports repeating events. The email system supports inline graphics and file attachments. The system as a whole supports user preferences, themes, user permissions, multi-language support, an advanced API, and user groups.
PHPTestManager 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128272/
PHPTestManager allows you to create and maintain school tests through a Web interface.
phpVideoPro 0.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128210/
phpVideoPro is a program to manage your collection of DVDs, Video CDs, and video tapes. It stores all data in a database, and provides you with features for adding/changing entries, displaying lists, printing labels and lists, and more. An online help system is built-in to guide you when necessary. Support for multiple languages is provided (English, German, French, Polish, Bulgarian, Swedish, etc.), and supported databases include MySQL and PostgreSQL.
PIne Web View Attachment 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128296/
PIne Web View Attachment (piwva) uses the Pine functionality of viewing files and copies the file to a Web page, where it shows a URL and an scp commandline which is easy to copy and paste. The Web page is automatically protected with a .htaccess file.
pinsh 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128236/
pinsh is a router-style interface for Linux. It provides a simplified environment for users that are "Linux-phobic" to access a system and manage it without being overwhelmed by the entire Linux experience.
Poppassd-ceti 1.8.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128216/
Poppassd-ceti is a Qualcomm password changer daemon with PAM support and several other improvements. This program is intended to be a secure way to change system passwords via the Web. Methods that involve calling SUID programs directly from the Web are especially avoided. Poppassd strictly isolates the Web interface from actual password manipulations. The program contains no known security bugs that could be reported since it was released several years ago. This version uses PAM, which means you can do anything PAM can. Currently, there are PAM modules for almost all known authentication methods available.
Project LRNJ: Slime Forest Adventure (Debigulator) http://freshmeat.net/releases/128220/
The goal of Project LRNJ is to create an entertaining console-style RPG that teaches Japanese. Slime Forest is the prototype line: a simple NES-like CRPG using graphics from the upcoming katakana adventure and a training set of 1000 kanji. Its purposes are to attract interest and funding, and to gather data and feedback on compatibility and effectiveness.
python-crack 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128243/
python-crack is a module that provides to Python programs the ability to evaluate password strength. It uses the well known cracklib toolkit, hence the name.
PyWiew 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128228/
PyWiew is an image viewer/editor written in wxPython using PIL (Python Imaging Library) as the imaging API.
py_ecc 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128262/
py_ecc is an implementation of Reed-Solomon codes, which are used for erasure correction, and a collection of routines for finite field arithmetic and generic matrix operations. Erasure correcting codes let you divide information, such as a file or a packet, into n pieces, of which k are required for reconstruction. It provides a clear, easy to understand reference for other implementations of linear error correcting codes, and contains extensive documentation and a number of detailed examples and tests.
Quick Spam Filter 0.7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128305/
Quick Spam Filter is a small, fast spam filter that works by learning to recognise the words that are more likely to appear in spam than non-spam. It is intended to be used in a procmail recipe to mark email as being possible spam.
RASS 3.0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128227/
RASS is a tool that enables programming, modeling, and simulation. It features smooth transitions from interactive modeling and simulation to batch oriented simulation experiments of any complexity. Users can model and interactively solve non-linear differential equations, difference equations, and discrete event systems in any combination; size and complexity of your model is only limited by your computer's resources.
replimenu 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128309/
replimenu is a small menu program mainly for configuration/installation scripts. It's not as powerful as "dialog" but it's small, does the job, and is very customizable. replimenu does not use curses.
retawq 0.1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128298/
retawq is a multi-threaded Web browser for text terminals on computers with Unix-like operating systems. It is fast, small, nicely configurable, and comfortable; e.g. the low-level network communications are performed in a non-blocking way, and you can keep open as many "virtual windows" as you want and work simultaneously in two of them in a split-screen mode.
ripOLE 0.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128254/
ripOLE extracts embedded attachments/file-objects out of OLE2 streams (i.e. Microsoft Office documents).
SableVM 1.0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128289/
SableVM is a portable bytecode interpreter. Its goals are to be reasonably small, fast, and efficient, as well as providing a well-designed and robust platform for conducting research.
Scratchy 0.6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128263/
Scratchy is an Apache log parser and report generator which can produce charts of the log statistics.
Secure FTP Bean 2.0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128203/
The Secure FTP Bean allows FTP connections to be made over SSL, including both implicit and explicit SSL connections, and passive and active data transfers with or without encryption.
Smart Common Input Method platform 0.5.1 (Unstable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/128311/
Smart Common Input Method platform is a development platform that significantly reduces the difficulty of input method development. SCIM splits input method into three parts: FrontEnd, which handles user interface and communication with client applications, Server, which handles the key event to string conversion work, and BackEnd, which manages all of the Servers.
SMATCH 0.50
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128232/
SMATCH is a neat program designed to locate programming errors in any open source software project. Right now it is actively used to screen out errors inside the Linux kernel. There are two main parts to Smatch. The first is a patch to the gcc sources to screen out a lot of useful information. The second part is a collection of Perl scripts and libraries to analyze the information and report the findings.
Sniffdet 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128255/
Sniffdet is an implementation of a set of tests for remote sniffers detection in TCP/IP network environments. It is composed of a flexible and easy to use library and a console application to run the tests. Major features include several tests for sniffers detection, config file support, output plugins, dropping of root privileges, and general documentation.
SoftballStats 1.2.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128205/
SoftballStats is a collection of PHP scripts and a MySQL database that track the stats, games, players, and every play made in multiple softball/baseball seasons. It also compiles statistics for each player. There two groups of scripts, stat scripts (which display stats, player info, and game info for the current season) and admin scripts (through which the Stat Master enters the season info, game info, player info, and every play made in all games).
sparse July-04-2003
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128281/
Sparse is a semantic parser of source files. It's neither a compiler (although it could be used as a front-end for one) nor a preprocessor (although it contains a preprocessing phase). It is meant to be a small, simple, easy to use library. Its function is to create a semantic parse tree for some arbitrary user for further analysis. It's not a tokenizer, nor is it a generic context-free parser. Context (semantics) is what it's all about: figuring out not just what the grouping of tokens are, but what the types are that the grouping implies.
Srapeh 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128195/
Srapeh is a library, form resource, and macros that aid in runtime error handling of Palm OS applications. It supports wrapping around most built-in functions to handle errors nicely, and it maintains a "backtrace" so multiple layers of errors can be reported. Then the error can either be handled and the backtrace freed or a dialog displaying the error with the backtrace to the user can be displayed.
stresslinux 0.1.5b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/128180/
stresslinux is a minimal Linux distribution that runs from a bootable CDROM or via PXE. It makes use of some utitlities such as stress, cpuburn, hddtemp, lm_sensors, etc. It is dedicated to users who want to test their system(s) entirely on high load and monitor the health of these systems.