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[osdn everything] September 17, 2003
Date: Wed Sep 17 2003 - 01:45:28 EDT
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Slashdot
Digital Ink On Billboards
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/0156239
cdneng2 writes "The [0]New York Times has this article [1]on a
revolutionary new billboard. It uses digital ink, versus the typical
CRT, LCD, Neon, or Plasma displays that are so prominent on the newer
billboards that wastes electricity. From the article: 'By creating a
paste made of tiny helix-shaped particles that can be minutely
manipulated with electric charges to reflect light in highly specific
ways, [2]Magink can produce surfaces that look like paper but behave
like electronic screens, rendering high-resolution, full-color images
without ink - or, as Magink executives like to refer to the process,
with digital ink.' The billboard can display images at 70 frames per
second." You can find [3]more articles on the billboard technology on
the Magink website.
Links
0.
http://www.nytimes.com/
1.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/28/technology/circuits/28disp.html?ex=1377403200&en=007944b2e42f0199&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND
2.
http://www.magink.com/
3.
http://www.magink.com/news.html
SBC Refuses To Name File-Sharing Users
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/0147233
[0]securitas writes "The [1]New York Times reports that Internet
provider [2]SBC Communications has refused to identify computer users
accused by the RIAA of file-sharing copyrighted material. SBC is the
largest high-speed DSL provider with over 3 million subscribers. It
continues to refuse a response to the 300 subpoenas served by the RIAA
despite a [3]ruling against Verizon earlier this year. 'We are going to
challenge every single one of these that they file until we are told
that our position is wrong as a matter of law,' said James D. Ellis,
general counsel for SBC. He continues, '...We've got a long heritage in
which we have always taken a harsh and hard rule on protecting the
privacy of our customers' information.' Mirrors in [4]Tuscaloosa and
[5]Lakeland."
Links
0.
http://geartest.com
1.
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/media/index.html
2.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/16/business/media/16SWAP.html?pagewanted=all
3.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/25/1614244&tid=158
4.
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030916/ZNYT01/309160363
5.
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030916/ZNYT01/309160431/1001/BUSINESS
College Freshman Builds Fusion Reactor
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/16/1712236
Aiua writes "The [0]Deseret Morning News is reporting that [1]a Utah
State University freshman has built a nuclear fusion reactor and
compares how the student is similar to Philo T. Farnsworth (the
inventor of the television and designer of the plans for a fusion
reactor)."
Links
IT Training in the Military?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/0034226
firehzd1 asks: "[0]Yesterday's article about the new Czar of Security
for the Department of Homeland Security raises a very important
question, especially lately. What type of opportunities are there for
IT work in the military/government. It seems every article I read is
bashing the govt/military for terrible IT decisions/systems but I never
hear the other side of the story. How bout we hear from those in the
field that can give us a idea of what it is like behind the other side
of the heavily armed gate?"
Links
0. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/15/2134248&tid=172
SCO Claims $15,300,000 From SCOsource
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/0015207
Hollins writes "Yesterday, [0]SCO filed their [1]latest 10-Q. In it,
they claim over fifteen million dollars in revenue from their SCOsource
initiative (mostly from Microsoft and Sun) with a decline in revenue
from all other sources. A lot of interesting statements are in the
10-Q, including "The success of our SCOsource licensing initiative, at
least initially, will depend to a great extent on the perceived
strength of our intellectual property and contractual claims and our
willingness to enforce our rights. Many, particularly those in the open
source community, dispute the allegations of infringement that we have
made"."
Links
Worldwide State of Broadband - S Korea, Japan Lead http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/16/2356258
Geek of the Week writes "No surprise here, a report by the International Telecommunications Union shows the US lagging in broadband adoption. S Korea and Japan lead with between 60 and 70% of S Korean households wired for speed, with Japan catching up quickly. The U.S. ranks 11th. [0]Story here and the full press release can be found on the [1]ITU website. Having traveled through Asia for business I can't say I'm surprised, but it is disappointing that the availability and price are in such sorry states here in the U.S." Links
0. http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030916/D7TJKERG0.html
StarOffice 7, GNOME-Office 1.0 Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/16/2238255
An anonymous reader writes "Abiword 2.0 has been released. Finally the Linux desktop has a quality word processor that is faster to load than OpenOffice.org and includes proper footnotes. It also no longer uses its own font directory. At the same time Enchant 1.0.0 has been released, a cross-platform abstract layer to spellchecking. Enchant has been proposed to be a Freedesktop.org standard." That's not the only news, though: Abiword 2.0 is part of the [0]just-released GNOME-Office 1.0, which, as [1]riggwelter writes "coordinates GNOME2 versions of AbiWord, Gnumeric, and GNOME-DB, the database interface." Sun's StarOffice has just reached version 7, as well: read on below for some more information on that, including a first-look review. Links
0. http://gnomedesktop.org/article.php?sid=1353&mode=thread&order=0
Orson Scott Card on mp3 File Sharing
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/16/1950205
[0]drjkt writes "Author [1]Orson Scott Card gives [2] his take on mp3
file swapping." Some artists are [3]getting the idea.
Links
0. mailto:drjkt@hotmail.com
1.
http://www.hatrack.com/
2.
http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/2003-09-07-1.html
3.
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/0903/11rocked.html
Russ Cooper's Internet Penalties Plan
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/16/1948258
sagman writes "Russ at [0]NTBugtraq is proposing [1]fines for those
whose computers allow the propagation of viruses, worms, etc.,
knowingly or unknowingly... Russ is taking a poll on his site. Russ
states in an email that he wrote this up at the request of a US Senator
staffer..."
Links
Senate Approves Measure to Undo FCC Rules http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/16/1923250
fortheloveofjava writes "The [0]Washington Post says here that the
[1]Senate voted 55 to 40 today to wipe out all of the Federal
Communication Commission's controversial new media rules, employing a
little used legislative tool for overturning agency regulations. If you
signed the MOVEON.org petition, an [2]image of part of it is visible
here with sponsoring senators Senators Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Trent
Lott (R-MS)."
Links
0.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
1.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18674-2003Sep16.html
2.
http://www.moveon.org/images/dorganlott-big.jpg
Freshmeat
2-Disk X window embedded Linux 1.2.1 (Source code)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136010/
2-Disk X window embedded Linux is a tiny net-centric Linux that aims at portable secure remote system usage. It contains many utilities including: X Windows, vncviewer, rdesktop, a Web browser, a file manager, a text editor, a terminal, a window manager, a menu system, a dialog system, X scripting facilities, and many others. It aims to work from 1 or 2 floppy disks in any remote location.
6502dis 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136151/
6502dis is a portable 6502 disassembler written in C.
abcMIDI 2003_09_14
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136095/
The abcMIDI suite consists of programs for turning ABC music files into MIDI and vice versa, typesetting them as PostScript files, and manipulate them in several ways.
Achievo 1.0RC1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136088/
Achievo is a Web-based project management and tracking tool for smallto medium-sized companies, aiming to become a fully featured ERP-like system in the future. Features include a time registration module with several statistical tools. Achievo is multi-language, fully customizable, and uses a modular system to allow future extensions.
AdvanceCD 2.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136146/
Advance CD is a bootable ISO image of a minimal Linux distribution containing the AdvanceMAME and AdvanceMESS arcade emulators and the AdvanceMENU frontend. You can boot this CD in any PC and play the contained games without any installation.
Advanced Assembler 0.9.0beta-4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136118/
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).
Ark Linux 1.0 alpha 9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136125/
Ark Linux is a desktop linux distribution that is aimed primarily at new Linux users. It is intended to be extremely easy to use while still being technically sound.
Black Adder 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136096/
BlackAdder is an application development environment that allows professional and hobbyist programmers alike to produce complex applications for the Windows and Linux platforms. It brings together the Python programming language, the Qt graphical user interface toolkit, ODBC database connectivity, and an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that includes an editor, a GUI designer, a debugger, and an interactive Python interpreter.
botnet 1.6.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136120/
BotNet is a library written in C, intended to assist in development of an IRC bot (or even an IRC client). It provides an easy-to-use model of communication with the IRC server by giving you string-sending functions and by returning messages from the IRC server into events to your application's main(). It also contains functions for easy DCC CHAT and SEND connections and an excess flood protection mechanism.
Botnet Services 1.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136122/
Botnet Services is a set of IRC services compliant with the IRC RFC 2810->2813. It comes with 2 base services (OperServ and CloneServ) and the possibility to add your own services easily.
Bugzero 3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136134/
Bugzero is an all-in-one product for software bug tracking, defect issue incident tracking, trouble ticketing, help desk support, and customer email management. It is simple to use and avoids complexity by making the tasks or projects separate and independent. It is platform and database system independent (based on Java). It supports multiple projects, group and field level access control, automatic bug assignment, file attachment, email notification, inbound email management, metric reports, and workflow. It also features advanced search capability, a comprehensive bug audit trail, CVS version control integration, self registration to public projects, and an easy to use system administration tool for project configuration and user account management.
Build it Fast 0.1.20
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136138/
Build it Fast (BIF) is a PHP Framework. It contains several classes that help you develop complex Web applications in a short amount of time. It brings the concept of the 'widget' to Web development. It features Cascade Skins and transparent session management.
Cervisia 2.1alpha (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136094/
Cervisia is a KDE graphical frontend for the CVS client. It features checking out a module from a repository, updating or retrieving the status of a working directory or single files, common operations like add, remove and commit, diff against the repository and between different revisions, annotated view of a file, view of the log messages in tree and list form as well as resolving of conflicts in a file.
CGI-Shell 0.2a (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136093/
CGI-Shell provides a shell using CGI, so everyone who has a CGI directory on a Web server can also have a shell on it. It's comparable to telnet or SSH.
Cluster SSH 1.37
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136098/
Cluster SSH opens xterm windows with connections to specified hosts and an administration console. Any text typed into the administration console is replicated to all other connected and active windows. This tool is intended for, but not limited to, cluster administration where the same configuration or commands must be run on each node within the cluster. Performing these commands all at once via this tool ensures all nodes are kept in sync. Currently, this tool is only known to work on Solaris, but should work on other POSIX systems with minor changes in the code.
CodeTek VirtualDesktop 2.3.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136132/
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.
dbg library 1.20
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136106/
The dbg library is a set of C++ utilities to facilitate modern debugging idioms. It integrates well with standard library usage, providing constraints and an integrated stream-based logging facility. It is customizable and flexible.
Debian Tux Blue 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136112/
Debian Tux Blue is a theme featuring a homemade Tux for Debian lovers.
devlabel 0.42.05
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136140/
Devlabel is a program which dynamically creates symbolic links to disk/partition names. It uses the disk's and/or partition's unique identifiers to keep the symlink pointed to the correct location even if the underlying partition's name has changed. So, regardless of whether /dev/sdb6 becomes /dev/sdc6, devlabel figures this all out and points the symlink to the correct data.
DireqCafe 2.0RC1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136111/
DireqCafe is a full featured and complete open-source Internet cafe system for use with the LTSP thin client solution.
Dnsmasq 1.15
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136162/
Dnsmasq is lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder designed to provide DNS (domain name) services to a small network where using BIND would be overkill. It can have its upstream DNS servers automatically configured by PPP or DHCP, and it can serve the names of local machines which are not in the global DNS. It can integrate with the ISC DHCP daemon to serve the names of local machines which are configured using DHCP. Dnsmasq is ideal for networks behind NAT routers and connected via modem, ISDN, ADSL, or cable-modem connections.
DocBook Doclet 0.50
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136145/
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.
ECLI 2.0 Beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136144/
ECLI is an Eiffel wrapper around the X/Open ISO/CLI (Call Level Interface), which defines an API to RDBMS drivers and uses SQL92. ISO/CLI is also known as ODBC under MS Windows.
evolvotron 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136167/
Evolvotron is an interactive "generative art" application to evolve images/textures/patterns through an iterative process of random mutation and user-selection driven evolution. If you like lava lamps, and never got tired of the Mandelbrot set, this could be the software for you. It's implemented using Qt, and is multithreaded.
FetchmailMon 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136152/
FetchmailMon is a set of tools that allows the user to monitor fetchmail processes.
FlatFileSqlDatabase Beta 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136170/
FlatFileSqlDatabase is an implementation in PHP of a small database using SQL to access and using text files to store the data.
Free Finite Element Package 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136108/
The Free Finite Element Package is a modular collection of C libraries. These libraries contain numerical methods required when working with linear finite elements in two dimensions. The required dense matrix and vector operations of the package are based on LAPACK and CBLAS. The memory management, the interfaces to the CBLAS and LAPACK functions, and some additional functionality are combined in the Meta Matrix Library, which can be used for numerical projects without the rest of the library-collection. FFEP can use OpenMP and the POSIX-thread version of ATLAS to enable shared-memory parallelization.
Freeoxyd 0.80-beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136115/
Enigma is a reimplementation of Oxyd, a puzzle game that was very popular on the Atari ST and later on the PC. Equipped with a little black marble, your objective is to locate and uncover matching pairs of Oxyd stones.
ftv_gnome 1.2pre1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136165/
ftv_gnome is a GNOME front end for the furious_tv personal video recorder (PVR). It is written in C and integrates well with the GNOME desktop. It can search, sort, and filter TV listing, and is considerably faster and easier to set up then ftv_web.
g3data 1.4.0rc3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136105/
g3data is a program for extracting data from graphs (i.e., scanned graphs from scientific publications). It can read many different image formats and outputs the extracted data through stdout or to a file.
Genuts Framework 0.8.1b (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136107/
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.
GNOME NetSelect Applet 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136153/
The GNOME NetSelect Applet is a GNOME applet for launching Netscape or Mozilla. It can jump to the currently highlighted URL or perform a search using the currently highlighted text.
GNUstep 1.7.4 (LaunchPad)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136129/
GNUstep is a set of general-purpose Objective-C libraries based on the OpenStep standard developed by NeXT (now Apple) Inc. The libraries consist of everything from foundation classes, such as dictionaries and arrays, to GUI interface classes such as windows, sliders, buttons, etc.
HBCI4Java 0.6 (Passport Editor)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136087/
HBCI4Java is a Java library for the HBCI home banking interface. It supports almost all aspect of the HBCI versions 2.01, 2.1, 2.2, and HBCIplus (with PIN/TAN support). Its API is very application-oriented, so no knowledge about HBCI is required.
HBCI4Java 2.4.5 (Package)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136086/
HBCI4Java is a Java library for the HBCI home banking interface. It supports almost all aspect of the HBCI versions 2.01, 2.1, 2.2, and HBCIplus (with PIN/TAN support). Its API is very application-oriented, so no knowledge about HBCI is required.
Issue Dealer 0.9.8 (Main)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136166/
The Issue Dealer is a simple product for managing (structuring, editing, prioritizing, categorizing) issues. It is primarily used to manage information.
Java Business Process Mgmt 1.0 beta5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136121/
jBpm is a flexible, extensible WorkFlow Management System. Business processes must be expressed as process archives in a simple and powerful language. These are loaded in the jBpm runtime engine. Users or systems then perform single steps of the process. jBpm maintains the state, logs, and performs all automated actions. jBpm includes a Web-application and a scheduler. jBpm is a scalable J2EE application.
Jcrontab 1.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136116/
Jcrontab provides a scheduler system written in Java. The classes are designed to be fully embeddable and can be used in any project. It provides a servlet to be integrated with app-servers (Tomcat, resin, Jetty, etc.) with a load-on-startup servlet. It reads and stores the crontab table from a file but is designed to include EJB and any other DataSource. It includes a minimal Web interface, and is written to get maximum efficience and performance.
JOGI 0.0.3EA
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136101/
JOGI is a Java interface for the OpenGroupware.org project. Starting out with a wrapper for the OpenGroupware.orgs XML-RPC interface, this is bound to become the standard means for Java code to access OpenGroupware.orgs functionality.
JPluck 2.0 beta 1 (2.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136163/
JPluck converts Web sites to Plucker documents for offline reading on your handheld.
JRat 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136113/
JRat is a Java runtime analysis toolkit that enables developers to better understand the runtime behavior of their Java programs. This includes but is not limited to performance profiling.
lcvs 1.5.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136103/
lcvs maintains a global log file for a CVS module and does automated tagging on each commit.
libmtcrypt 0.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136124/
libmtcrypt aims to be a modern block cipher encryption and decryption library. It features architecture dependent assembler optimized cipher algorithms. It also comes with plain C routines, to obtain compatibility. For all ciphers the passphrases are hashed and iterated so that collision and dictionary attacks are impossible.
m0n0wall pb15r497
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136143/
m0n0wall is an all-in-one firewall software package that is based on FreeBSD. It is geared towards embedded PCs, but the CD-ROM version also works on standard PCs. It includes an easy-to-use Web interface like commercial firewall boxes do. PHP is used instead of shell scripts, and the entire system configuration is stored in a single XML-formatted file. There is support for wireless LAN, VPN, traffic shaping, and more.
mkvtoolnix 0.7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136104/
mkvtoolnix is a set of tools that allow users to display information about, extract streams from, merge several streams into, and split Matroska media files. Supported stream types include video streams from AVIs or Ogg files and Vorbis audio from Ogg files among many others. The resulting files can be played back with mplayer or the Matroska Direct Show filter under Windows.
moftpd 1.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136119/
moftpd is a powerful FTP server supporting IPv6, virtual hosts, fine grained permissions, and much more.
Moosic 1.4.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136090/
Moosic is a music player that focuses on easy playlist management. It consists of a server process that maintains a queue of music files to play and a client program which sends commands to the server. The server continually runs through its playlist, popping items off the top of the list and playing each with an external program. The client is a simple command-line utility which allows you to perform powerful operations upon the server's queue, including the addition of whole directory trees, automatic shuffling, and item removal according to regular expressions. The server comes configured to play MP3, Ogg, MIDI, MOD, and WAV files.
My Classifieds 2.12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136173/
My Classifieds is a Perl CGI implementation of online classifieds, similar to other classifieds or auction sites. It displays all aspects of the classifieds and creates all of the files for you. Only one file needs to be edited to specify the categories, colors, template, and a few other site-specific variables and preferences. The script supports email and deletion/modification of ads by users, as well as searching ads, and auto-delete after an admin-specified number of days.
My Classifieds SQL 2.12 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136174/
My Classifieds SQL is a Perl/CGI/MySQL implementation of online classifieds, similar to other classifieds or auction sites. It displays all aspects of the classifieds and creates all of the files for you. Only one file needs to be edited to specify the categories, colors, template, and a few other site-specific variables and preferences. The script supports email and deletion/modification of ads by users, as well as searching ads, and auto-delete after an admin-specified number of days.
NanoBlogger 2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136136/
NanoBlogger is a small Weblog engine written in bash that's completely commandline driven. It features easy editing and management of entries, customizable templates, archiving, permalinks and RSS syndication. It keeps "clippings" (parts cut out) of the blog for extra portability and modularity. It doesn't require any kind of JavaScript, server-side scripting, or server-side includes.
Nmap 3.45 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136091/
Nmap is a utility for network exploration or security auditing. It supports ping scanning (determine which hosts are up), many port scanning techniques (determine what services the hosts are offering), and TCP/IP fingerprinting (remote host OS or device identification). Nmap also offers flexible target and port specification, decoy/stealth scanning, sunRPC scanning, and more. Most Unix and Windows platforms are supported in both GUI and commandline modes. Several popular handheld devices are also supported, including the Sharp Zaurus and the iPAQ.
ooo-macro 1.4en
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136102/
ooo-macro is a toolkit for OpenOffice.org or StarOffice which includes macros written in StarBasic, associated shortcuts, the template SPECIAL.stw, and a Perl script. It is a complete kit of macros and shortcuts for everyday usage of StarWriter and OpenOffice.org Writer.
OpenHPI 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136142/
Open HPI is an open source project created with the intent of providing an implementation of the SA Forum's Hardware Platform Interface (HPI). It provides a universal interface for Platform Management, including hardware sensor monitoring and control.
PHP Live! 2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136139/
PHP Live! is a powerful Web-based live chat support solution for your Website. Functions include: unlimited operators, the ability to initiate chat, the ability to push URLs, a real-time visitor traffic monitor, the ability to track refer URLs, sound notifications, a proactive survey, a chat icon for each department, and more.
PHP PayPal IPN Class 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136019/
This class fixes the problem where PayPal IPN notifications fail. It uses cURL so PHP can follow the 302 redirection served, and by default uses SSL for posting to PayPal, but is configurable to do normal HTTP as well. It also gives more detailed logging info in the log file/log email.
php3guest 1.7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136135/
php3guest is a Web guestbook written in PHP using a MySQL backend. Entries can easily be edited or removed by the owner via a Web interface. Installation and configuration is easy and well documented. php3guest features modular language support with multiple sample modules (e.g. German, English, Chinese, Spanish, Hungarian, Italian, and Danish) provided. The code is fully documented and is a fine starting point to learn PHP.
pytai 0.71
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136147/
pytai is a Python function and class library for creating, decoding, and using TAI timestamps in the formats described (and designed) by Dan Bernstein.
QmailAdmin 1.0.27
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136127/
QmailAdmin is a Web control panel for the administration of qmail/vpopmail-based POP, IMAP, LDAP, or Web mail accounts, forwarding, aliases, autoresponders, and mailing lists. It is perfect for ISPs, Web hosting sites, or companies that want to provide a nice interface for managing email accounts. It works with qmail, vpopmail, sqwebmail, and courier-imap.
Quantian 0.3.9.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136175/
Quantian is a directly bootable and self-configuring Linux system on a single CD-ROM. Based on Knoppix and clusterKnoppix, it provides out-of-the box support for openMosix as well as about 500MB of software with a quantitative, numerical, or scientific focus such as R (including many CRAN packages), Octave (including several add-on packages), Gambit, Gap, GiNaC, GMT, Grace, Gri, GSL, Maxima, OpenDX, Pari, PDL, PSPP, QuantLib, XLisp-Stat, Yacas, and Yorick.
rdiff-backup 0.13.2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136150/
rdiff-backup backs up one directory to another. The target directory ends up a copy of the source directory, but extra reverse diffs are stored in a special directory so you can still recover files lost some time ago. The idea is to combine the best features of a mirror and an incremental backup. rdiff-backup can also operate in a bandwidthefficient manner over a pipe, like rsync. Thus you can use rdiff-backup and ssh to securely back up to a remote location, and only the differences will be transmitted. It can also handle symlinks, device files, permissions, ownership, etc., so it can be used on the entire file system.
Refactorit 1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136097/
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.
Ringtone Tools 2.15
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136100/
Ringtone Tools is a set of tools for creating ringtones and logos on mobile phones.
sGmixer 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136171/
sGmixer is simple audio mixer for Linux with an easy-to-use GTK 2 interface. Each channel may be muted individually by clicking on the chanel label (which is a toggle button). Channel settings will be saved when you quit the program and loaded when you start it.
SmsSend 3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136123/
SmsSend allows you to send free SMS to any GSM, connecting to Internet sites using scripts. It is available both for Windows and Unix.
SNMP Trap Translator 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136164/
SNMPTT is an SNMP trap handler written in Perl for use with the NET-SNMP/UCD-SNMP snmptrapd program. Received traps are translated into friendly messages using variable substitution. Output can be to STDOUT, text log file, syslog, MySQL (Linux/Windows), PostgreSQL, or an ODBC database. User defined programs can also be executed.
SOHT 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136161/
SOHT (Socket over HTTP Tunneling) allows you to tunnel socket connections through an HTTP proxy. Restrictive firewalls often prohibit all outgoing trafic except for HTTP. This application allows you to tunnel socket connections over the HTTP protocol. This application consists of a server that serves as a proxy and a client which tunnels a socket connection over an HTTP connection to the server. The current server is written in Java, and there are clients in Java and .NET.
StrutsDoc 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136082/
StrutsDoc is an Ant task that generates JavaDoc-like documentation from a Struts configuration file.
Terminal Server Client 0.124
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136085/
Terminal Server Client (tsclient) is a frontend for rdesktop and other remote desktop tools. It can read and write Microsoft .rdp files and looks and functions very much like the Microsoft RDP Client. It features a Gnome panel applet to quickly launch saved .rdp files.
TkPhone 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136117/
TkPhone is an application that allows you to record telephone numbers in books, select the book you want to browse, select the name of a person you want to call, and call that person's number, assuming you are connected to a modem and you have the right permissions.
TreeLine 0.6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136099/
TreeLine is used to organize and store text data in a tree structure. It is well suited to keeping track of many different types of information. Each node of the tree can contain several defined fields, forming a mini-database. The format of each node can be defined, and the output can be shown on the screen, printed, or exported to HTML. The tree structure is navigated and edited in the left pane of the window, while various views of the child data are shown and editable in the right pane. The data is stored in XML text files. TreeLine is based on the PyQt library.
Twisted 1.0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136137/
Twisted is an event-based framework for Internet applications. It includes a Web server, an SMTP/POP3 server, a telnet server, an SSH server, an IRC server, a DNS server, a generic client/server pair for remote object access, and APIs for creating new protocols. It supports integration with GTK+, GTK+ 2, Qt, Tkinter, wxPython, and Win32 event loops. It also supports TCP, SSL, UDP, Unix sockets, multicast, and serial ports.
userneu 1.38 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136155/
userneu is a Perl script that parses a list of usernames and additional information (such as the real name or other Information to be put in the GECOS field in /etc/passwd) and creates Unix accounts and (if desired) Samba accounts as well. If the script stumbles upon duplicate user names it can append random characters to the username until it fits.
ustats 1.04
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136130/
ustats is a script that replaces the usage of "last", "w", etc. and having to open up /etc/passwd file to see the users on the system.
vpopmail 5.3.27 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136128/
vpopmail (vchkpw) is a collection of programs and a library to automate the creation and maintenance of virtual domain email configurations for qmail installations using either a single UID/GID or any valid UID/GID in /etc/passwd with a home directory. Features are provided in the library for other applications which need to maintain virtual domain email accounts. It supports named or IP-based domains. It works with vqadmin, qmailadmin, vqregister, sqwebmail, and courier-imap. It supports MySQL, Sybase, Oracle, LDAP, and file-based (DJB constant database) authentication. It supports SMTP authentication combined with the qmail-smtp-auth patch. It supports user quotas and roaming users (SMTP relay after POP authentication).
webCDwriter 2.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136092/
webCDwriter can be used to make the CD- and DVD-writer(s) connected to a Linux box available to all users in your network. It consists of the server CDWserver and the clients webCDcreator and rcdrecord. CDWserver stores the files transmitted by the clients, reserves the CD-writer and controls the CD-writer using cdrecord. webCDcreator is a Java applet that runs within your browser or by Java Web Start, assists you when putting together a CD, and transmits the files. Finally rcdrecord is a command line client that tries to offer the functionality of cdrecord over the network with full multi-user support.
Newsforge Reports
Brunswick's Business Integration Engine thrives as Open Source project
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/08/162259
- by Daniel P. Dern - You know that the Open Source approach is gaining acceptance when even companies not primarily in the software industry are beginning to get into the act. WDI, a division of Brunswick New Technologies, has released its Business Integration Engine (BIE) as an Open Source project.
First look at Sun's new desktop
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/056248
- by Chris Gulker - SAN FRANCISCO -- Sun Microsystems' new Gnome-derived Java Desktop System is one part of a strategy that CEO Scott McNealy says will reduce the costs -- and head count -- of the IT industry by an order of magnitude over the next five years. I put a beta version of Sun's desktop, previously code-named Mad Hatter, through its paces, running on Sun's servers. I have plans to run it on x86 machines in an attempt to see if this ...
StarOffice 7 at first glance
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/16/2152248
- by Joe Barr - This is not a review of StarOffice 7. This is a drive-by, first-glance, real quick peek at StarOffice 7. How quick? I installed it less than an hour ago. Still, first impressions count. So far I find it pretty sweet: fast and nice to look at.
Newsforge Newsvac
Form 10-Q for SCO GROUP INC
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/0124228
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto, included elsewhere in this quarterly filing and our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2002 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the audited financial statements and management's discussion and analysis contained therein. This discussion contains forward-looking statements ...
Microsoft seeks to delay reply to EU
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/16/2230207
OwlWhacker writes: The good old EU has stated that it believes Microsoft may have abused the dominance of Windows with its Media Player software, that Microsoft designs its low-end server software to work better with Windows than with competitors, and that Microsoft should share protocols so that rival operating systems can create products to work with Windows. Microsoft has asked to delay its reply, saying "We expect to reply in the next few ...
GNOME-Office 1.0 Released
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/16/2228225
Anonymous Reader writes "The GNOME-Office team is proud to announce the immediate availability of GNOME-Office 1.0. GNOME-Office is a suite of Free Software productivity applications that seamlessly blend with the GNOME Desktop Environment. GNOME-Office includes the AbiWord-2.0 Word Processor, GNOME-DB-1.0 Database Interface and Gnumeric-1.2.0 Spreadsheet."
LinuxCertified, Inc. Announces its Linux System and Network Administration Bootcamp http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/16/1843246
Rajesh Goyal writes "LinuxCertified,Inc. a leading provider of Linux training, will offer its Linux System and Network administration bootcamp on September 25-26, 2003 in San Francisco, CA. This workshop is designed for busy information technology professionals and is designed to cover the most important Linux administration areas.
Ark Linux 1.0 alpha 9 released
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/16/1812247
bero writes "Ark Linux 1.0 alpha 9, a desktop GNU/Linux distribution designed primarily for new Linux users, has been released and can be downloaded here. Highlights of this release include, among the usual round of package updates and bugfixes, graphical bootup, semi-automatic recovery from corrupted XFree86 config files, and an improved network card configuration tool. Detailed release notes can be found here."
The Open Group unveils embedded Linux test suites http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/16/1653215
The Open Group is expanding its range of test suites with the introduction of a new "VSELX" line of modular test suites for embedded Linux systems, and early licensees are now being sought to participate in the test development group.