Newsletter for Saturday, June 28th 2008
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::: R E L E A S E H E A D L I N E S (41) :::
[001] - ACE 5.6.5 (Development)
[002] - Automatic Drawing Generation 0.2.2
[003] - Botan 1.7.7 (Development)
[004] - bpython 0.6.3
[005] - CharTr Intermediate Release 12
[006] - Clawsker 0.5.0
[007] - ConfigObj 4.5.3
[008] - Easy Hosting Control Panel for Ubuntu 0.26
[009] - ExactImage 0.5.2
[010] - FakeTime Preload Library 0.7
[011] - Floola 3.0
[012] - FLTK 1.1.9
[013] - Free-SA 1.4.4
[014] - Freenukum 0.2.6
[015] - gbsplay 0.0.9
[016] - GCC UPC 4.2.3.3
[017] - gds2000tools 0.3
[018] - genders 1.10-1
[019] - Generic Mapping Tools 4.3.1
[020] - Gnome Inform 5T18
[021] - httping 1.2.7
[022] - imapsync 1.255
[023] - Jackcess 1.1.15
[024] - JLanguageLearn 1.1
[025] - Klavaro 1.1.1
[026] - LimeSurvey Stable 1.71+ Build 5147
[027] - Lynis 1.1.7
[028] - metaf2xml 1.32
[029] - MySQL 6.0.5 (Alpha (6.0.x))
[030] - nload 0.7.2
[031] - NoteFinder 2.2.1
[032] - PCMan File Manager 0.4.5
[033] - pylibacl 0.4.0
[034] - sdparm 1.03
[035] - SILC Runtime Toolkit 1.2 Beta 4
[036] - sshguard 1.1beta4
[037] - TangoCMS 2.0.5
[038] - WANPIPE 3.3.10 (Development)
[039] - werc 0.1.4
[040] - white_dune 0.29beta996 (Development)
[041] - WinFF 0.42
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::: R E L E A S E D E T A I L S :::
[001] - ACE 5.6.5 (Development)
by imipak (http://freshmeat.net/users/imipak/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 09:18
Software Development :: Libraries
About: The ADAPTIVE Communication Environment (ACE) is an object-oriented
(OO) C++ framework that helps you develop and deploy high-performance
networked applications faster and with less code to write and maintain. ACE
is especially useful for systems that use network and/or inter-process
communications and that take advantage of multithreading. While the ACE
source code is free, that's not the only way you save money with ACE. ACE's
wrappers and higher-level patterns help you develop your software quickly
and portably, helping you to complete your projects on time and within
budget.
Changes: Support for lib64 paths was added for detecting certain features.
Configuration under OpenVMS was fixed. A name clash with MinGW was fixed.
Detection of Medusa under VxWorks was added. Support for ICC on Intel Macs
was implemented along with support for ICC 11.0. The Unbounded_Set was
extended to include a comparator template parameter. C90 warnings were
fixed. New tests were added. Fedora 8 support was improved. There were also
extensive bugfixes, code cleanups, and documentation updates.
License: OSI Approved
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/ace/
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[002] - Automatic Drawing Generation 0.2.2
by Nicola Fontana (http://freshmeat.net/users/entidi/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 09:16
Multimedia :: Graphics :: Viewers
Printing
Scientific/Engineering :: Visualization
About: Automatic Drawing Generation is GObject-based library that provides
a non-interactive Cairo canvas specifically designed for generating
technical drawings.
Changes: The model and paper matrix concepts were strongly separated and
their management updated using nested transformations. The rendering
process was reworked in a cleaner way by propagating the "render" signal
and using internal entity states to determine what changed from the
previous rendering.
License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/adg/
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[003] - Botan 1.7.7 (Development)
by Jack Lloyd (http://freshmeat.net/users/randombit/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 21:21
Security :: Cryptography
Software Development :: Libraries
About: Botan is a C++ library of cryptographic algorithms. It includes a
wide selection of cryptographic algorithms (including AES, DES, SHA-1, RSA,
and DSA, among many others). It also support X.509 certificates and several
common certificate-related formats and protocols. It has a high level
interface, is easily portable to most systems and compilers, and includes a
substantial tutorial and API reference.
Changes: The global random number generator object was removed. Instead,
all functions that need random bits take a RandomNumberGenerator as an
argument. The file-tree-walking entropy source was rewritten, and is much
cleaner and now (mostly) thread-safe. A test suite for the ANSI X9.31 PRNG
was added.
License: BSD License (revised)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/botan/
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[004] - bpython 0.6.3
by Bob Farrell (http://freshmeat.net/users/bobfarrell/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 21:13
Software Development
About: bpython is an enhanced Python interactive interpreter that uses
curses and provides the following main features: in-line syntax
highlighting; readline-like autocompletion with suggestions displayed as
you type; expected argument specification for functions; a handy pastebin
function to quickly submit your code and return a URL. Its goal is to bring
together a few handy ideas to enhance the standard interpreter without
getting carried away.
Changes: This version is compatible with Python 2.4, and a version of
help() was written that is bpython-friendly and works with an internal
pager. A bunch of bugfixes and tidying up were done.
License: MIT/X Consortium License
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/bpython/
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[005] - CharTr Intermediate Release 12
by nicbi (http://freshmeat.net/users/nicbi/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 00:14
Information Management
About: CharTr is a mind mapping tool written for GNOME. It lets you
create/manage/export mind maps. It's written in Python and uses GTK, Cairo,
and Gstreamer.
Changes: This release features an outline of selected nodes and Vim
inspired keyboard shorcuts. You can drop a colored outline box of selected
nodes, center the map on a selected element (c), bookmark nodes (m), and
cycle through them (n, p). You can add nodes in several ways similar to
Vim: a, o, i, and O. You can automaticaly recompute nodes positions (t).
Documentation has been added in English, French, German, and Spanish.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/chartr/
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[006] - Clawsker 0.5.0
by Ricardo Mones (http://freshmeat.net/users/mones/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 00:13
Communications :: Email :: Email Clients (MUA)
About: Clawsker is a Perl-GTK2 applet to edit hidden preferences for Claws
Mail, and to do it in a safe and user friendly way, preventing users from
raw editing of configuration files.
Changes: Support for two new hidden properties in Claws Mail 3.5.0 was
added. A French translation was added. The Spanish translation was updated.
Some minor bugs were fixed.
License: GNU General Public License v3
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/clawsker/
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[007] - ConfigObj 4.5.3
by Fuzzyman (http://freshmeat.net/users/fuzzyman/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 21:26
About: ConfigObj is a simple but powerful config file reader and writer
for Python applications. It is very easy to use and has a straightforward
programmer's interface and a simple syntax for config files. It also
supports nested sections to any level, list values, multiple line values,
string interpolation, a powerful validation system, including automatic
type checking and conversion, repeated sections, default values,
preservation of comments and the order of keys and sections, and no
external dependencies.
Changes: An obscure bug when validating a configuration file with
"copy=True" and "__many__" sections was fixed.
License: BSD License (revised)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/configobj/
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[008] - Easy Hosting Control Panel for Ubuntu 0.26
by bvidinli (http://freshmeat.net/users/bvidinli/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 21:38
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: HTTP Servers
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Site Management
System :: Systems Administration
About: Easy Hosting Control Panel for Ubuntu is designed for hosting
multiple domains on a single machine. It uses LAMP
(Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP). It aims to be easy to install and use, simple,
and functional. It currently supports Apache, DNS, MySQL, FTP, and email
configuration. It mainly uses the apt-get install system, so it can be
installed on any Debian-based distribution, including Ubuntu.
Changes: This release introduces many new features such as: custom HTTP,
custom DNS, subdomains, password protected directories, server backup and
restoration, different menus for a server admin, a reseller, or a domain
admin, POP-before-SMTP for email authentication, and Web mail.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/ehcp/
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[009] - ExactImage 0.5.2
by René Rebe (http://freshmeat.net/users/ReneRebe/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 09:21
Multimedia :: Graphics
About: ExactImage is a fast C++ image processing library. Unlike
ImageMagick, it allows operation in several color spaces and bit depths
natively, resulting in much lower memory and computational requirements.
Some optimized algorithms operate in 1/20 of the time ImageMagick requires,
and displaying large images can be as fast as 1/10 of the time the
"display" program takes.
Changes: Support for circle and ellipse elements was added to the SVG
parser. Vector font rendering was cleaned up and optimized and the font on
path rendering fixed to use the actual foreground color. A image canvas
resize function was exported via the external SWIG API. A possible buffer
overrun when parsing numeric values was fixed in the SVG parser.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/exact-image/
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[010] - FakeTime Preload Library 0.7
by Team Code-Wizards (http://freshmeat.net/users/codewizards/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 21:26
Software Development :: Debuggers
System :: Diagnostics
Utilities
About: FTPL (FakeTime Preload Library) intercepts various system library
calls and tricks programs of your choice into seeing a faked system time,
without having to change the time system-wide. This can be used for running
legacy software with Y2K bugs, testing software for year-2038 compliance,
debugging time-related issues, and using software which ceases to run
outside a certain timeframe. The faked time can be specified either
absolutely or relative to the real current time.
Changes: This version adds phtread synchronization support, allows "start
at" time specifications, provides options to dynamically disable features
at runtime, and enhances compatibility with system-level applications, such
as Java Virtual Machines.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/libfaketime/
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[011] - Floola 3.0
by floola (http://freshmeat.net/users/floola/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 21:10
Multimedia :: Sound/Audio
Multimedia :: Video
About: Floola is an application to efficiently manage your iPod or your
Motorola mobile phone (any model supporting iTunes) under Linux, Mac OS X,
and Windows. It can be run directly from your iPod and needs no
installation. It supports all commonly used iPod features including photos,
artwork, podcasts, and smart playlists. It automatically converts any
incompatible audio or video file so that you can copy almost any file to
it. It even allows adding YouTube and MySpace videos with a single click.
Changes: Photo support was added. last.fm startup submission was improved.
last.fm "now playing" multiple track submission was added. last.fm "now
playing" is supported. Audioscrobbler protocol 1.2.1 is supported. A Czech
translation was added. Folder sync was improved. An issue with ffmped under
Linux was fixed. Artwork mixup improvements were made. The tags are also
gotten from the filename when converting. A df error under Linux was fixed.
An issue when limiting by "least recently..." was fixed.
License: Freeware
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/floola/
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[012] - FLTK 1.1.9
by imipak (http://freshmeat.net/users/imipak/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 09:19
Software Development :: Libraries
Software Development :: Widget Sets
About: FLTK (pronounced "fulltick") is a cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit
for UNIX/Linux (X11), Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS X. It provides modern
GUI functionality without the bloat, and supports 3D graphics via OpenGL
and its built-in GLUT emulation. FLTK is designed to be small and modular
enough to be statically linked, and also works fine as a shared library. It
also includes an excellent UI builder called FLUID that can be used to
create applications in minutes.
Changes: Improved color contrast in secondary selection blocks of
Fl_Text_Display, a fix for a regression in callback handling, a fix for
incorrect relative paths when the absolute path has a trailing slash in
fl_filename_relative, a fix for multiple selection of files and directories
in Fl_File_Chooser, and a fix for a crash under MS Windows when selecting
umlauts in Fl_Help_View.
License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/fltk/
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[013] - Free-SA 1.4.4
by Sapon Oleg (http://freshmeat.net/users/xsaper/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 21:33
Internet :: Log Analysis
About: Free-SA is tool for statistical analysis of daemons' log files,
similar to SARG. Its main advantages over SARG are much better speed
(7x-20x), more support for reports, and W3C compliance of generated
HTML/CSS reports. It can be used to help control traffic usage, to control
Internet access security policies, to investigate security incidents, to
evaluate server efficiency, and to detect troubles with configuration.
Changes: A long awaited option for specifying the target reports directory
was added. Two bugs with parsing Squid and Postfix log files were fixed for
multiple platforms, including FreeBSD.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/free-sa/
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[014] - Freenukum 0.2.6
by wosman (http://freshmeat.net/users/sttereo3/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 11:03
Games/Entertainment :: Arcade
About: The Freenukum Jump'n Run game is a clone of the old EGA graphics
based 2D game Duke Nukem. It uses the original Duke Nukem level and
graphics files.
Changes: A man page was added along with hardware support for blitting and
several minor bugfixes.
License: GNU General Public License v3
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/freenukum/
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[015] - gbsplay 0.0.9
by Christian Garbs (http://freshmeat.net/users/mastermitch/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 21:11
Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: Players
About: gbsplay emulates the sound hardware of the Nintendo Gameboy. It is
able to play the sounds from a Gameboy module dump (.GBS format) over
/dev/dsp , ALSA, and NAS. Also included is an XMMS input plugin, a tool to
display information about a .GBS file, and a demo file.
Changes: This release introduces an ALSA output plugin and allows
selective channel mute on startup. Also, muted channel settings don't get
lost on song-change any more.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/gbsplay/
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[016] - GCC UPC 4.2.3.3
by imipak (http://freshmeat.net/users/imipak/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 08:19
Software Development :: Compilers
System :: Clustering/Distributed Networks
About: The GCC UPC toolset provides a compilation and execution
environment for programs written in the UPC (Unified Parallel C) language.
The GCC UPC compiler extends the capabilities of the GNU GCC compiler. The
GCC UPC compiler is implemented as a C Language dialect translator, in a
fashion similar to the implementation of the GNU Objective C compiler.
Changes: An update to use GCC 4.2.3 and numerous minor enhancements and
bugfixes.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/gccupc/
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[017] - gds2000tools 0.3
by Thomas Weidenfeller (http://freshmeat.net/users/xmltp/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 21:46
Scientific/Engineering
About: gds2000tools is a collection of command line tools for using the GW
Instek GDS-2000 series of oscilloscopes (GDS-2062, GDS-2064, GDS-2102,
GDS-2104, GDS-2202, and GDS-2204) under Linux. The heart is a set of bash
shell functions effectively turning a bash shell into a shell for
communicating with the oscilloscope and for scripting measurements tasks.
All 100+ oscilloscope commands are modeled as bash functions. On top of
these, additional functions are provided for common high-level tasks like
obtaining waveform data as images.
Changes: A new feature to take image snapshots from the oscilloscope's
screen via USB or RS232 was added. Support for GW Instek GDS-1000 series
oscilloscope commands was added. A number of bugs have been fixed.
License: GNU General Public License v3
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/gds2000tools/
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[018] - genders 1.10-1
by Albert Chu (http://freshmeat.net/users/chu11/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 21:47
System :: Clustering/Distributed Networks
System :: Systems Administration
About: Genders is a static cluster configuration database used for cluster
configuration management. It is used by a variety of tools and scripts for
management of large clusters. The genders database is accessed by every
node in a cluster, either through a networked file system or by replicating
the database on every node of the cluster. The database describes the
layout and configuration of the cluster so that tools and scripts can sense
the variations of cluster nodes. By abstracting this information into a
plain text file, it becomes possible to change the configuration of a
cluster by modifying only one file.
Changes: Minor documentation and bug fixes were made.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/genders/
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[019] - Generic Mapping Tools 4.3.1
by imipak (http://freshmeat.net/users/imipak/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 09:05
Multimedia :: Graphics
About: Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) is a free, public-domain collection of
about 60 UNIX tools that allow users to manipulate (x,y) and (x,y,z) data
sets (including filtering, trend fitting, gridding, projecting, etc.) and
produce Encapsulated PostScript File (EPS) illustrations ranging from
simple x-y plots through contour maps to artificially illuminated surfaces
and 3-D perspective views in black and white, gray tone, hachure patterns,
and 24-bit color. GMT supports 25 common map projections plus linear, log,
and power scaling, and comes with support data such as coastlines, rivers,
and political boundaries.
Changes: This version added a GMT_WIND_LON(lon) macro that handles
periodicity, an option to not clip image at map the boundary, and
cylindrical stereographic projection. The horizon is now optional. Library
installation issues were fixed. The Welford (1962) algorithm was
implemented for more precise one-pass computation of mean and sum of
squares. Initial full 64-bit support was implemented. A new rectangular
clip function using the Sutherland/Hodgman algorithm was added. Many bugs
were fixed.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/gmt/
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[020] - Gnome Inform 5T18
by imipak (http://freshmeat.net/users/imipak/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 09:12
Artistic Software
Games/Entertainment
Software Development :: Build Tools
About: GNOME Inform 7 is a GNOME port of the Inform 7 IDE for creating
interactive fiction or text adventures.
Changes: The Skein tab has been added to the GNOME application. All
features that are relevant without an accompanying Transcript tab are
fully-functional. The Game tab now runs Glulxe 0.4.3. GtkSourceView 2.0 is
now supported. Assorted bugs were fixed.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/gnomeinform/
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[021] - httping 1.2.7
by Folkert van Heusden (http://freshmeat.net/users/fvh/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 21:46
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: HTTP Servers
System :: Networking
Utilities
About: httping is a "ping"-like tool for HTTP requests. Give it a URL and
it will show how long it takes to connect, send a request, and retrieve
the reply (only the headers). It can be used for monitoring or statistical
purposes (measuring latency).
Changes: HTTP status codes are now correctly interpreted (if selected).
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/httping/
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[022] - imapsync 1.255
by lamiral (http://freshmeat.net/users/lamiral/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 21:19
Communications :: Email
Communications :: Email :: Post-Office :: IMAP
System :: Archiving :: Mirroring
About: imapsync is a tool for facilitating incremental recursive IMAP
transfers from one mailbox to another. It is useful for mailbox migration,
and reduces the amount of data transferred by only copying messages that
are not present on both servers. Read, unread, and deleted flags are
preserved, and the process can be stopped and resumed. The original
messages can optionally be deleted after a successful transfer.
Changes: Some IMAP servers return a message size that is not equal to the
real message size. Now imapsync accepts this silly behavior and leaves the
message as is.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/imapsync/
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[023] - Jackcess 1.1.15
by jahlborn (http://freshmeat.net/users/jahlborn/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 09:13
About: Jackess is a pure Java library for reading and writing MS Access
databases.
Changes: Writing of large memo/OLE fields was fixed. Apparently Access
does not like value fields longer than 4076 bytes. The maximum row size was
reduced to what Access considers valid.
License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/jackcess/
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[024] - JLanguageLearn 1.1
by Sebastian Parkitny (http://freshmeat.net/users/sparkitny/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 21:04
Education
Text Processing :: Markup :: XML
About: JLanguageLearn is a generic language course. It is based on Java
and XML. You can define your own lessons in an easy way, and lessons are
displayed in a graphical user interface. An editor is included for creating
lessons.
Changes: This release offers the possibility to add additional servers to
JLanguageLearn. For interested editors, currently there is no possibility
to add servers to upload to. But the XML structure to add will be
published, so everyone will be able to publish lessons on an FTP server.
License: Free for non-commercial use
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/jlanguagelearn/
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[025] - Klavaro 1.1.1
by Felipe Castro (http://freshmeat.net/users/felipo/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 21:19
Education :: Computer Aided Instruction (CAI)
About: Klavaro is a touch typing tutor that is very flexible and supports
customizable keyboard layouts. Users can edit and save new or unknown
keyboard layouts, as the basic course provided by the program was designed
to not depend on specific layouts.
Changes: Expanded information about scoring was messed up when using the C
locale, but now it's correct. It wasn't updating the locale of the Top 10
window when requesting a language change from the main menu dialog, but
that's also fixed now.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/klavaro/
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[026] - LimeSurvey Stable 1.71+ Build 5147
by Carsten Schmitz (http://freshmeat.net/users/cronostitan/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 11:00
Internet :: WWW/HTTP
About: LimeSurvey (formerly PHPSurveyor) is a Web application that
interacts with MySQL, MSSQL, or Postgres to develop surveys, publish
surveys, and collect responses to surveys. Once a survey has been created,
data can be inserted into the survey either by a "pretty" public screen
which presents each question one at a time, or by a quick and nasty data
entry screen. It includes the capacity to generate individualized "tokens",
so that invitations can be issued to participants. It also has the capacity
to set conditions on whether questions will display (branching), numerous
question types, and a basic statistics function.
Changes: Security problems were fixed. Updating to this version is
strongly recommended.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/limesurvey/
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[027] - Lynis 1.1.7
by M. Boelen (http://freshmeat.net/users/MBoelen/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 21:44
Security :: Forensics
System :: Diagnostics
About: Lynis is an auditing tool for Unix (specialists). It scans the
system configuration and creates an overview of system information and
security issues usable by professional auditors.
Changes: This release adds initial support for AIX and HP-UX, has new
tests for iptables and zombie process detection, and adds new options like
--no-colors and --reverse-colors. It also fixes several incorrect messages,
has improved logging, SuSE Linux detection, and a better way of collecting
the warning messages.
License: GNU General Public License v3
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/lynis/
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[028] - metaf2xml 1.32
by metaf2xml (http://freshmeat.net/users/metaf2xml/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 09:18
Games/Entertainment :: Simulation
Text Processing :: Markup :: XML
Text Processing :: Markup :: XSL/XSLT
About: metaf2xml parses and decodes aviation routine weather reports
(METAR, SPECI), aerodrome forecasts (TAF), and synoptic observations
(SYNOP) and stores the components in XML. They can then be converted to
plain language (text, HTML), or XML with different schemas.
Changes: This release adds the processing of SYNOP groups in section 3 for
the Antarctic. The tags for the visibility and the wind direction contain
information about rounding offsets. Some more SYNOP groups deviating from
the standard are tolerated. The summary format for SYNOP now shows the
present weather (in METAR coding) and the highest gust (from section 3).
The data source NOAA/NWS (ships) was added. There are also a number of
smaller changes in the parser and a few bugfixes.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/metaf2xml/
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[029] - MySQL 6.0.5 (Alpha (6.0.x))
by Patrick Lenz (http://freshmeat.net/users/scoop/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 07:03
Database :: Database Engines/Servers
About: MySQL is a widely used and fast SQL database server. It is a
client/server implementation that consists of a server daemon (mysqld) and
many different client programs/libraries.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/mysql/
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[030] - nload 0.7.2
by Roland Riegel (http://freshmeat.net/users/rolandriegel/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 10:59
System :: Networking :: Monitoring
About: nload is a console application which monitors network traffic and
bandwidth usage in real time. It visualizes the in- and outgoing traffic
using two graphs. It also provides additional information, such as the
total amount of transfered data and the min/max network usage.
Changes: Compilation with g++ 4.3 was fixed.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/nload/
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[031] - NoteFinder 2.2.1
by GFORGX (http://freshmeat.net/users/GFORGX/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 08:19
Office/Business :: News/Diary
Office/Business :: Scheduling
About: NoteFinder is a full-featured and easy-to-use desktop application.
It can be used to create, view, edit, and remove notes. It features
tagging, the ability to import local text files and Web pages, smooth
searching, the ability to find related notes, automatic assignment of names
for new notes using the date and time, the ability to assign tags
automatically by analyzing the text, and a service menu for Konqueror.
Changes: This version is extensible with Python plugins, fixes bugs with
Ubuntu, includes a tray icon, supports visual rich text editing, cleaned up
the code for exporting and importing databases, improved the installation
script, improved usability in the editor, HIG-ified the About dialog,
implemented an INI-styled configuration in ~/.config, and fixed bugs.
License: BSD License (revised)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/nofi/
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[032] - PCMan File Manager 0.4.5
by PCMan (Hong Jen Yee) (http://freshmeat.net/users/PCMan/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 21:15
Desktop Environment
Desktop Environment :: File Managers
Desktop Environment :: Tools
About: PCMan File Manager is a very fast and lightweight file manager
which features tabbed browsing.
Changes: Please upgrade to this version if you are using shared-mime-info
0.40 or later. The UI of preference dialog was adjusted. Some minor fixes
were made.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/pcmanfm/
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[033] - pylibacl 0.4.0
by Iustin (http://freshmeat.net/users/iusty/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 21:41
System :: Filesystems
About: pylibacl is a Python extension module for POSIX ACLs. It can be
used to query, list, add, and remove ACLs from files and directories
under operating systems that support them.
Changes: The license was changed to LGPL. On Linux, the module supports
some additional functions. On FreeBSD 7, the module finally implements ACL
modification. The optional features of the library (which depend on the
base platform) can now be checked programatically at runtime, via a set of
constants.
License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/pylibacl/
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[034] - sdparm 1.03
by Douglas Gilbert (http://freshmeat.net/users/dpgilbert/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 21:39
System :: Systems Administration
Utilities
About: sdparm has a command line interface for getting and setting SCSI
mode page fields. Fields can be referred to by an acronym or a numerical
address. It has support for various SCSI transport and vendor-specific mode
pages. It also decodes Vital Product Data (VPD) pages and can send some
simple SCSI commands. sdparm was originally written for Linux with ports to
FreeBSD, Solaris, Tru64, and Windows.
Changes: Commands were added to set the speed of CD/DVD/BD media and
output profile information. The changes in various www.t10.org drafts since
last release were tracked.
License: BSD License (revised)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/sdparm/
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[035] - SILC Runtime Toolkit 1.2 Beta 4
by priikone (http://freshmeat.net/users/priikone/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 21:27
Software Development :: Libraries
About: SILC Runtime Toolkit (SRT) provides useful utility functions for
application programmers. SRT can be used as the main runtime in any
application. It provides an application main loop, hash tables, lists,
atomic operations, threads, locks, queues, a file descriptor stream, a
socket stream, network routines, a finite state machine, a memory pool, a
random number generator, buffers, regular expressions, and many other
features. It natively supports Unix/Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, and Symbian
OS platforms.
Changes: This version adds XML Parser API, HTTP Server API, PHP Translator
API, Local Network Stream API, Buffer Stream API, and many other changes.
License: BSD License (revised)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/srt/
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[036] - sshguard 1.1beta4
by Mij (http://freshmeat.net/users/mijio/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 11:03
Security
System :: Monitoring
System :: Networking :: Firewalls
About: Sshguard protects networked hosts from brute force attacks against
ssh servers. It detects such attacks and blocks the attacker's address with
a firewall rule.
Changes: Experimental support for the AIX genfilt firewall, a fix for a
parser bug that prevented invalid usernames of 1 character from being
recognized, and a fix for a "hosts" backend bug that meant that temporary
files were not discarded.
License: BSD License (revised)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/sshguard/
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[037] - TangoCMS 2.0.5
by AlexC (http://freshmeat.net/users/alexc223/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 21:37
Internet
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Site Management
About: TangoCMS is a PHP content management system (CMS). Its ease of use
and powerful feature set allow you to quickly and easily create and manage
an entire Web site. The aim is to create a CMS that anyone with a basic
understanding of content management systems and the Internet can use.
Producing W3C valid HTML, CSS, and JS is another goal.
Changes: This release fixes a critical bug in the "poll" module.
License: GNU General Public License v2
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/tangocms/
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[038] - WANPIPE 3.3.10 (Development)
by imipak (http://freshmeat.net/users/imipak/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 09:10
Communications
System :: Networking
System :: Operating System
About: WANPIPE S-series is a family of intelligent multi-protocol WAN and
ADSL adapters that support data transfer rates up to 8Mbps. All WAN
protocols supported by WANPIPE are implemented in firmware and run on the
card. An advantage of an intelligent adapter is that it offloads the system
CPU and improves stability. By adding a Sangoma WAN/ADSL component to the
Linux kernel, one can create a powerful multi-T1/ADSL router/firewall with
proven reliability of Linux. Sangoma S-series cards support an optional on
board T1/E1 CSU/DSU that eliminates all external components of a
traditional routing solution: i.e. T1/E1 line can be directly connected to
the card. WANPIPE supports the following protocols, ATM, ADSL, Frame Relay,
PPP, MULTILINK PPP, CHDLC, X25(API), BitStreaming (API), BiSync(API), and
SDLC(API). Furthermore, WANPIPE supports custom API development such as:
Credit card verification, Voice-over IP, Satellite Comm. All device drivers
are part of the standard Linux Kernel distribution.
Changes: This release fixed segfault issues under GCC and added the
ability to disable the BRI clock reference and support for show_spans and
show_calls, multiple MSNs, and timer_t3 and timer_t302. The Maxim T1 Rx
Level now defaults to 36dB and E1 Rx Level to 42dB. Minor updates were made
to BRIs to better conform to the TBR3 Certification. Startup BRI hwec
configuration issues were fixed. Support for Linux 2.6.24 was added along
with a TBR21 operation mode, MPAPI X25 support for AFT A144/A142 cards,
Wireshark support, support for newer clocks, and assorted minor bugfixes.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/wanpipe/
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[039] - werc 0.1.4
by Lost Goblin (http://freshmeat.net/users/lostgoblin/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 09:11
Information Management :: Document Repositories
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content :: CGI Tools/Libraries
About: Werc is a minimalistic content management system implemented as a
collection of shell scripts written in the rc shell and taking advantage of
other Plan 9 tools available as part of 'Plan 9 from User Space'. All data
is stored as plain text files, and there is support for blog directories
with automatic RSS generation.
Changes: Some minor features, various improvements, code cleanups, and
bugfixes. The RSS template was moved into its own file. A new
redirectPermanent _config variable was added to allow easy generation of
permanent redirects. Experimental support for (non-consecutive) dots in
path elements was added. A bpst.rc script was added for easily creating
blog posts. It takes a single argument, which is used as the post title.
License: Public Domain
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/werc/
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[040] - white_dune 0.29beta996 (Development)
by MUFTI (http://freshmeat.net/users/mufti22/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 09:06
Internet :: WWW/HTTP
Multimedia :: Graphics :: 3D Modeling
Multimedia :: Graphics :: 3D Rendering
About: white_dune is a graphical VRML97 editor, simple NURBS/Superformula
3D modeller and animation tool. VRML97 (Virtual Reality Modeling Language)
is the ISO standard for displaying 3D data over the Web via browser plugins
("HTML for realtime 3D"). It has support for animation, real-time
interaction, and multimedia (images, movies, and sounds). white_dune can
read, create and display VRML97 files and let the user change the
scenegraph/fields. It also has support for stereoscopic view via
"quadbuffer"-capable stereo visuals, and support for 3D input devices like
a joystick, spaceball, or magnetic tracker.
Changes: A handle moving problem on some OpenGL systems that occurred when
a Viewpoint node is used was fixed. Incorrect graying of some cover menu
points was fixed along with wrong display of kambi fields in some nodes. A
toolbar for kambi nodes was added. Wrong insertion on DEF/USE writing was
fixed.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/whitedune/
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[041] - WinFF 0.42
by biggmatt (http://freshmeat.net/users/biggmatt/)
Sat, Jun 28th 2008 21:48
Desktop Environment :: Gnome
Multimedia :: Video :: Conversion
About: WinFF is a cross platform batch GUI for FFmpeg. WinFF processes
multiple files in multiple formats at one time. For example, it will
convert MPEG, FLV, and MOV files into AVI files all at once.
Changes: Crashes in newer GTK+ 2 releases were fixed. A good number of
minor bugs were fixed. Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese, Dutch, Spanish,
Traditional Chinese, French, and Polish languages were added.
License: GNU General Public License v3
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/winff/
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