Newsletter for Tuesday, August 12th 2008
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::: R E L E A S E H E A D L I N E S (25) :::
[001] - Brain Workshop 2.1
[002] - ClarkConnect Internet Server/Gateway 4.3
[003] - deltasql 0.900
[004] - Eternal Lands 1.7.0
[005] - Free Pascal Compiler 2.2.2
[006] - gCAD3D 1.16
[007] - JasperReports 3.0.1
[008] - jig 0.3
[009] - JumpBox for Mantis 1.1.2
[010] - Manent 0.10.10
[011] - NcFTP Client 3.2.2
[012] - Network PDF Server YAFPC-Appliance 5.05
[013] - PeaZip 2.2
[014] - pHash 0.1
[015] - PHP-NMAP 0.2
[016] - ProcessMaker OSS 1.1-1774
[017] - Relational 0.5
[018] - SmartSVN 4.0.2
[019] - STUBS and Franki/Earlgrey Linux 0.8.0-2pre1/0.9.5-2pre1 (STUBS
Configurations)
[020] - TileGTK 0.2
[021] - ttyutils 1.3.1
[022] - upstart 0.5.0
[023] - WikklyText 1.4.0
[024] - xmltvdb 4
[025] - YajHFC 0.3.7
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::: R E L E A S E D E T A I L S :::
[001] - Brain Workshop 2.1
by radix (http://freshmeat.net/users/radix42/)
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 17:22
Education
Education :: Computer Aided Instruction (CAI)
Games/Entertainment
About: Brain Workshop is an implementation of the Dual N-Back mental
exercise. This exercise is the only mental activity that is scientifically
proven to improve your short-term memory and fluid intelligence (IQ). The
game involves remembering a sequence of spoken letters and a sequence of
positions of a square at the same time. Brain Workshop includes an optional
Triple N-Back mode that introduces differently colored squares as a third
stimulus.
Changes: This release adds three new game modes: Dual Letter N-Back, Tri
Letter N-Back, and Quad Letter N-Back.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/brainworkshop/
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[002] - ClarkConnect Internet Server/Gateway 4.3
by Peter Baldwin (http://freshmeat.net/users/petebaldwin/)
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 17:33
Internet
System :: Networking :: Firewalls
About: ClarkConnect is a powerful yet easy-to-use server/gateway software
solution designed for the small/medium-sized organization. The software
provides all the necessary server tools to run an organization: email,
antivirus, antispam, file sharing, groupware, VPN, firewall, intrusion
detection/prevention, content filtering, bandwidth management, multi-WAN
and more.
Changes: This release includes the following new features: remote backup,
OpenVPN for clients, groupware support in Web mail, RAID management, a
process viewer, and mail queue management.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/clarkconnect/
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[003] - deltasql 0.900
by Tiziano Mengotti (http://freshmeat.net/users/dangermouse_1/)
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 17:40
Database :: Database Engines/Servers
Software Development :: Version Control
About: deltasql is a tool to synchronize databases with source code, which
helps to keep database evolution under control. While developing mid-sized
or big applications, developers make changes to the data model that go
along with changes to the source code. From time to time, branches of
source code are done to stabilize the code that will go to production. A
sort of data model branch is also needed. deltasql provides a simple way to
collect all scripts that change the data model and means to handle data
model branches. The deltasql server runs on Apache and is backed by MySQL.
Changes: A Top Ten Submitters List (can be installed with an option).
Editing the description of Modules, Projects, and Branches. Bugfixes in the
install procedure if options are chosen. A test document to verify the
accuracy of the synchronization mechanism.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/deltasql/
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[004] - Eternal Lands 1.7.0
by Radu Privantu (http://freshmeat.net/users/raduprv/)
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 17:42
Communications :: Chat
Games/Entertainment :: Multi-User Dungeons (MUD)
Games/Entertainment :: Role-Playing
About: Eternal Lands is a multi-platform (Windows/Linux) 3D isometric
MMORPG. It requires a hardware-accelerated video card that supports at
least OpenGL 1.2.
Changes: A sky dome with more camera freedom has been added. There are GUI
improvements, a better minimap, new particles and water effects, and many
bugfixes.
License: Other/Proprietary License with Source
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/el/
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[005] - Free Pascal Compiler 2.2.2
by MvdV (http://freshmeat.net/users/marcov/)
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 17:19
Software Development :: Compilers
About: The Free Pascal Compiler is a Turbo Pascal 7.0 and
Delphi-compatible 32/64 bit Pascal Compiler. It comes with a fully TP
7.0-compatible run-time library. Some extensions have been added to the
language, like function overloading. Shared libraries can be linked. Basic
Delphi support is implemented with classes, exceptions, RTTI, and
ansistrings. A Free Component Library (FCL) is available with the base
classes. Bindings for X11, ncurses, GTK, OpenGL, zlib, mysql, interbase and
postgres are available.
Changes: This version contains mostly bugfixes, selected backported
features, and a cleanroom implementation of some routines that were
suspected of copyright infringement. You are urged to upgrade to this new
version to avoid possible copyright issues.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/fpc/
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[006] - gCAD3D 1.16
by freiter (http://freshmeat.net/users/freiter/)
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 20:28
Scientific/Engineering
About: gCAD3D is a 3D CAD-CAM application that features an integrated 3D
OpenGL viewer, a program interpreter for geometry and NC-commands in 3D, an
integrated NC-processor, and a programming interface for user programs. It
has support for importing Step files and support for both importing and
exporting Iges, DXF, and VRML files.
Changes: Application programming with input forms (see Help/Application).
Some bugfixes.
License: Freeware
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/gcad3d/
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[007] - JasperReports 3.0.1
by Teodor Danciu (http://freshmeat.net/users/teodord/)
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 17:36
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content
Multimedia :: Graphics :: Presentation
Printing
About: JasperReports is a Java reporting library. XML report templates are
used to generate ready to print documents using data from customizable data
sources, including JDBC. The output can be delivered to the screen,
printer, or stored in PDF, HTML, XLS, RTF, CSV, and XML format.
Changes: This version introduces support for Gantt charts, an enhanced
Swing report viewer component, and better filtering capabilities for
exporters, along with various other bugfixes and improvements.
License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/jasperreports/
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[008] - jig 0.3
by Rick Rein (http://freshmeat.net/users/jeebusroxors/)
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 17:27
Communications :: Chat
About: jig is a very simple command line Jabber client. It does not use
curses style windows. It's modelled after bsflite.
License: Other/Proprietary License with Source
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/jig/
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[009] - JumpBox for Mantis 1.1.2
by Grid7 (http://freshmeat.net/users/grid7/)
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 20:27
Information Management
Information Management :: Issue Tracking
Information Management :: Workflow Frameworks
About: Mantis is a Web-based bug tracking system that has a suite of
advanced features including time tracking, wiki integration, email
notifications, RSS, a RESTful interface, Twitter integration, roadmap
functionality, preset workflows, and integration with SVN and CVS.
Changes: The version of the included application has not changed, but the
JumpBox has been updated to fix a vulnerability in PHP.
License: Free To Use But Restricted
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/mantisjumpbox/
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[010] - Manent 0.10.10
by Sasha (http://freshmeat.net/users/gsasha/)
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 17:34
System :: Archiving
System :: Archiving :: Backup
About: Manent is an algorithmically strong backup and archival program. It
features efficient backup to anything that looks like storage. Currently it
supports plain filesystems ("directories"), FTP, and SFTP. Planned are
Amazon S3, optical disks, and email (SMTP and IMAP). It can work (making
progress towards finishing a backup) over a slow and unreliable network. It
can offer online access to the contents of the backup. Backed up storage is
completely encrypted. Backup is incremental, including changed parts of
large files. Moved, renamed, and duplicate files will not require
additional storage. Several computers can use the same storage for backup,
automatically sharing data. Both very large and very small files are
supported efficiently. Manent does not rely on timestamps of the remote
system to detect changes.
Changes: This release adds Unicode support for Linux and Windows. File
names are now stored internally in UTF-8 (formerly ASCII). Manent should
now be able to back up and restore files with Unicode names, and move them
seamlessly from Linux to Windows and back. The tests pass, but please try
to process files with Unicode names in your configuration to spot any
additional issues early.
License: Free To Use But Restricted
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/manent/
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[011] - NcFTP Client 3.2.2
by Moritz Barsnick (http://freshmeat.net/users/barsnick/)
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 17:39
Internet :: File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
About: NcFTP Client (also known as NcFTP) is a set of application programs
implementing the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). It offers many ease-of-use
and performance enhancements over the stock ftp client.
Changes: Support for empty passwords was implemented. Editing of remote
files was enabled. The ncftpls program can now filter and find files. New
command aliases "mv" and "ll" were added. Resuming of ASCII mode transfers
is now possible. Opening a site with a bookmark no longer assumes identical
server configuration, making this more tolerant to server changes. Tildes
in paths are handled better. Terminal handling was improved. Many other
fixes and small improvements were made.
License: Artistic License
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/ncftp/
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[012] - Network PDF Server YAFPC-Appliance 5.05
by Wolfgang Ullrich (http://freshmeat.net/users/ullrich/)
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 17:40
About: YAFPC-Appliance is a browser based management frontend for the PDF
composer/printer/Mailer YAFPC. It comes with the General-Purpose Appliance
System on a bootable CD in combination with an easy to use installation
script. Once installed, any PC booted from this CD image can act as a PDF
print server that provides an unlimited number of network shared virtual
PDF printers. The system requirements are low; any older PC can be used.
System configuration can be done via a Web browser from any workstation in
the network. Virtual shared printers can be configured to apply
letterheads, watermarks, cover pages, and appendixes to all printed
documents. After printing, a document is sent to its owner by mail, can be
accessed in a shared folder on the server, or can be stored in a shared
network folder on some other machine.
Changes: New options for naming files of created documents: a fixed
"filename prefix" can be applied to all filenames, and a "filename filter"
based on "sed" and "awk" scripts can be used to form filenames from
document titles in the "Edit Printer" dialog.
License: Shareware
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/yafpc-appliance/
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[013] - PeaZip 2.2
by giorgiotani (http://freshmeat.net/users/giorgiotani/)
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 17:38
Security :: Cryptography
System :: Archiving
System :: Archiving :: Backup
About: PeaZip is a cross platform, desktop neutral file and archive
manager with strong encryption features (up to AES256). It has full support
for: 7Z, 7Z-sfx, ARC/WRC, BZ2/TBZ2, GZ/TGZ, PAQ/LPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ,
split, TAR, UPX, and ZIP. It can open, browse, extract, and test: ACE, ARJ,
CAB, CHM, COMPOUND (MSI, DOC, XLS, PPT), CPIO, ISO, Java (JAR, EAR, WAR),
Linux (DEB, PET/PUP, RPM, SLP), LHA/LZH, LZMA, NSIS, OOo, PAK/PK3/PK4, RAR,
SMZIP, U3P, WIM, XPI, and Z/TZ. It can split/join files, securely delete
files, compare, checksum, and hash files, benchmark systems, generate
random passwords and keyfiles, and bookmark files and paths.
Changes: This release sees the introduction of UTF-8 support, to handle
filenames with extended characters and to allow localization of the user
interface text. Currently, English and Italian localizations are available.
The program is improved in many ways, including the ability to bookmark
files and folders, an editable address bar, and support for p7zip 4.48, UPX
3.03, and BALZ compression, for a total of 72 file extensions supported.
License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/peazip/
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[014] - pHash 0.1
by b1ng0 (http://freshmeat.net/users/b1ng0/)
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 20:33
Multimedia :: Graphics
Multimedia :: Sound/Audio
Multimedia :: Video
About: pHash is an implementation of various perceptual hashing
algorithms. A perceptual hash is a fingerprint of an audio, video, or
image file that is mathematically based on the audio or visual content
contained within. Unlike usual hash functions that rely on the avalanche
effect of small changes in input leading to drastic changes in the output,
perceptual hashes are "close" to one another if the inputs are visually or
auditorily similar. As a result, perceptual hashes must also be robust
enough to take into account transformations that could have been performed
on the input.
Changes:
License: GNU General Public License v3
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/phash/
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[015] - PHP-NMAP 0.2
by Ax0n (http://freshmeat.net/users/ax0n/)
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 17:28
Internet :: WWW/HTTP
System :: Networking
About: PHP-NMAP is a PHP Web frontend for nmap, a network exploration tool
and security/port scanner.
Changes: This release removes the dependency on register_globals. Properly
scoped server variable names are used. This release works correctly with
PHP 5.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/php-nmap/
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[016] - ProcessMaker OSS 1.1-1774
by aew4 (http://freshmeat.net/users/aew4/)
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 20:30
Information Management :: Workflow Frameworks
Office/Business :: Groupware
About: ProcessMaker is workflow and business process management software
that allows small to medium-sized organizations to automate document
intensive, approval-based processes across various systems including
finance, HR, and operations. An entirely Web-based, AJAX-enabled
application built on the popular open source WAMP/LAMP stacks, it includes
tools to design forms, create documents, assign roles and users, create
routing rules, and send alerts. A full service-orientated architecture
(SOA) and Web Services interface allows the software to directly connect
with popular business intelligence, content management, and enterprise
resource planning systems.
Changes: This version has a new feature that allows the admin to assign
personalized permissions to users and groups for a given process
(permissions include access to dynaforms, input docs, and output docs).
Additional new features include the ability to designate required Dynaform
fields, improvements to Web services, and various bugfixes. The update is
also available as a patch for current users.
License: Affero General Public License
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/processmaker/
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[017] - Relational 0.5
by LtWorf (http://freshmeat.net/users/LtWorf/)
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 17:35
Database
Education
About: Relational is an interface to load relations from a file, to write
relational algebra queries, and to see their result. This software has
educational purposes, since it makes it possible to immediately evaluate if
a query is correct or not. For developers, it provides a relational algebra
Python module which can be used within other projects.
Changes: Support for floating-point numbers and support for dates were
added.
License: GNU General Public License v3
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/relational/
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[018] - SmartSVN 4.0.2
by SyntEvo GmbH (http://freshmeat.net/users/syntevo/)
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 17:29
Software Development :: Version Control :: Subversion
About: SmartSVN is a feature-rich and easy-to-use Subversion client. It
runs on Linux, Mac OS X, OS/2, Unix, and Windows. In addition to the normal
SVN commands like checkout, update, commit, merge, etc., it provides tag
and branch handling (no need to deal with URLs just to switch to a
different tag or branch), a built-in file compare and conflict solver, and
much more. There is no need to install additional tools for handling SVN
working copies, like a command line SVN client or a file comparison tool.
License: Free To Use But Restricted
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/smartsvn/
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[019] - STUBS and Franki/Earlgrey Linux 0.8.0-2pre1/0.9.5-2pre1 (STUBS
Configurations)
by William Towle (http://freshmeat.net/users/etwills/)
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 20:29
System :: Operating System
System :: Operating System :: Linux Distributions
System :: Operating System :: Linux Distributions :: CD-Based
About: The STUBS Toolchain and Utility Build Suite is a set of scripts
designed to build one or more software packages by means of a pre-written
set of configuration files. Each configuration file encapsulates the
necessary build and install commands for a given package, and URLs are
included so source and patches can be downloaded as necessary. STUBS is
designed to both bootstrap and work within the Franki/Earlgrey Linux
environment (an extensible busybox and uClibc-based Linux boot floppy
produced by one of several example STUBS configurations).
Changes: This prerelease sanitises and updates a number of build scripts:
curl, hdparm, mailx, patchutils, pciutils, vitetris, and wget scripts now
build newer releases. The Black Dragon toolchain and distribution
extensions now include bsd-games and its dependencies.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/freglx/
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[020] - TileGTK 0.2
by Georgios Petasis (http://freshmeat.net/users/petasis/)
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 17:29
Software Development :: Libraries :: Tcl Extensions
Software Development :: Widget Sets
About: TileGTK is a theme for the tile toolkit, which uses the GTK+/GNOME
style engine to draw widgets. Thus, Tk applications that use the tile
widget set look the same as GNOME applications under GNU/Linux.
Changes: Various optimizations of the build system. The ability to not
link with GTK+ 2.x libraries, and load GTK+ dynamically on package loading
from Tcl.
License: BSD License (original)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/tilegtk/
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[021] - ttyutils 1.3.1
by xiaohu (http://freshmeat.net/users/xiaohu417/)
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 17:26
System :: Monitoring
System :: Networking :: Monitoring
System :: Systems Administration
About: Ttyutils is a suite of UNIX terminal tools. It includes ttyexec,
ttylook, ttyadmin, and a few extension programs. ttyexec executes command
in a pseudo terminal, captures all stdandard output from the command, and
passes it to a built-in virtual terminal emulator and real terminal.
ttylook is similar to the BSD watch(1) program, but has fewer limits and
can interact with existing ttyexec instances. ttyadmin is a administrator
tool which uses an ncurses interface to view and control existing ttyexec
instances.
Changes: Built and tested on Red Hat AS4.
License: GNU General Public License v2
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/ttyutils/
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[022] - upstart 0.5.0
by Keybuk (http://freshmeat.net/users/keybuk/)
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 17:35
System :: Boot :: Init
About: upstart is a replacement for the /sbin/init daemon that handles
starting of tasks and services during boot, stopping them during shutdown,
and supervising them while the system is running.
Changes: This is a major rewrite, with very few features left unchanged.
Notable highlights include the shift to D-Bus as the communication
mechanism, and changes to the way jobs work.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/upstart/
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[023] - WikklyText 1.4.0
by Frank McIngvale (http://freshmeat.net/users/frankmci/)
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 17:27
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content :: Wiki
Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
Text Processing :: Markup :: HTML/XHTML
About: WikklyText is a Python-based wiki and modular library for creating
custom wikitext rendering applications. Its wikitext engine is compatible
with the TiddlyWiki markup language. It functions equally well as a
wiki-on-a-stick or as a multiuser wiki behind Apache. It includes a Drupal
plugin as well.
Changes: A new plugin API makes it easy to add user-defined macros. An
option to to create autolinks to unknown CamelWords and links, just like
TiddlyWiki does, has been added. User-defined log filters on the admin page
have been added. File locking has been added to TiddlyWiki and text stores.
There are many other fixes and enhancements.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/wikklytext/
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[024] - xmltvdb 4
by TheMeld (http://freshmeat.net/users/themeld/)
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 17:28
Database
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content
About: xmltvdb creates a database from a set of xmltv listings and then
provides a Web interface to view the TV listings in a grid format similar
to many Web-based listings providers, but with user customization and no
advertising. It supports explicit and bayesian classification of shows to
highlight items you like and de-emphasize ones you don't.
Changes: Major improvements to the Bayesian classification. Minor
improvements and bugfixes to many other areas.
License: Perl License
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/xmltvdb/
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[025] - YajHFC 0.3.7
by Jonas Wolz (http://freshmeat.net/users/jonaswolz/)
Tue, Aug 12th 2008 17:34
Communications :: Fax
About: YajHFC (Yet Another Java Hylafax Client) is a platform independent
client for the Hylafax fax server. It supports sending new faxes, showing
the server status, and displaying received and sent faxes.
Changes: This release contains a new, simplified send dialog. Support for
cover pages in HTML format and (using a plugin) in XSL:FO and ODT format
has been added.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/yajhfc/
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