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The Why you shouldn't use Microsoft Products website is looking for a new maintainer. Check out this note from the current maintainer for more details.

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Open Source/Open Science. Brookhaven National Laboratory is organizing a one day conference on the use of open source software in scientific research. Here's a pre-announcement. A full announcement/conference web page will follow shortly.

Job Openings

A Senior Linux Research and Development Engineer is being sought by Inprise, to work on their Delphi for Linux project.

July 8, 1999

   

 

Software Announcements


Package Version Description
ac3dec 0.5.2 A free Dolby Digital (AC-3) decoder for unix
acmemail 2.0 acmemail is a single-user POP3 to Web gateway with full MIME support
active 1.20 news, events and projects on the web
Adventure++ 1.0.0 A text-based game creator.
AlsaPlayer 0.99.21 PCM (audio) player for Linux/ALSA
ansi2gif 0.9.9 convert BBS ansi into gif files. Animations and Blinking supported.
APC Log Analyser 1.01 Generates HTML output of power disturbances from APCUPSD logs.
APE 0.9.1 APE Portable Environment for C++ Threads, Sockets, etc.
aperts 0.1.1 The APE class framework for Real Time Streaming
asmutils 0.03 A set of different utilities for Linux/i386 written in assembly language
asNews 0.3.5 Simple news retrieving software which shows the news on your desktop
asp2php 0.70a Converts Active Server Pages (ASP) to PHP3 scripts
ASV Bible Viewer V0.1 V0.1 Text of ASV Bible and viewer program.
Babelj 0.1 Language server for Java. Also a bridge between PHP3 and Java.
bison 1.28 GNU Project parser generator (yacc replacement)
BladeEnc 0.81 Freeware MP3 Encoder
BlueLava v0.1 A CGI-based x10 interface for home automation, etc
boclient 1.3.0 BackOrifice and NetBus remote administration client
Bookmark Daemon v0.5 Bookmark server.
BottleRocket 0.03a command-line X10 FireCracker control software for Linux
Caitoo 0.6.4 KDE app to get files from the internet
Catalog 1.00 Build, maintain and display Yahoo! like resources catalogs.
cdplayer.app 0.9 CD player with CDDB support.
CDR-Toaster 1.00 Tk frontend for cd-burning. Uses mkisofs and cdrecord
CGI-NoFlood 0.01 Perl CGI massive calls detector
Coin alpha 3D graphics library with Open Inventor API
CompuPic 4.6 build 999 CompuPic Graphical Digital Content and File Manager for Linux
Cooledit 3.11.4 Full featured text editor for the X Window System
CrashMail II 0.5 Fidonet tosser for *.msg and JAM
crocodiles 0.01-patch2 An ISP packet accounting management package
curnel 1.0 Download latest stable/beta Linux kernel without knowing the version
CybOrg 0.1 Web-based backoffice application suite
CYCAS 1.93 CYCAS 1.93 Preview
dagrab 0.3.1 Extracts digital audio from CD and stores it in WAV files (incl CDDB)
Dante 1.1.0-pre1 Free socks v4/5 implementation
DejaSearch 1.62 DejaSearch is a frontend to DejaNews, the leading Usenet archive
Delay 1.3 Delay is like sleep, but with a count of time left.
demcd 2.0.2 CDPlayer for Linux
Diary.py 0.7 Diary is a simple journal program to record daily events, etc.
Disc-Cover 0.8.1 Generate covers for audio cds non-interactively using cddb
discoverb 0.1 helps you to learn foreign words and definitions
dnsutl 1.5 DNS administration utilities
Downtime 2.1.0 Network monitor, watches your connection, and logs downtime.
DrDevil/ircd 1.0 Modification of ircd to give opers limitless power
EasyGTK 1.1.2 Wrapper library for GTK
Edcom Pre1.2 An easy to administer, multiuser, story posting system, written in perl5.
eEMU 2.3 Enterprise Event Management and Monitoring Utility
Enhydra 2.1 An open Source Application Server
Enoch 0.6 An Advanced, Highly-Optimized GNU/Linux
erwin 0.10 GTK html editor
F-CULT 1.0.0b File Collector's Universal Listing Tool
ffingerd 1.22 Secure finger daemon for Unix
Firewall Manager 2.0 Graphical interface for Firewalls
FOP 0.8.0 An XSL formatter written in Java that outputs PDF
FORGE JCE Provider 1.22 A free JCE 1.2 crypto provider that gives RSA key services
FORUM 1.1 pre1 Another PHP3/Mysql forum with some nifty features
fphdb 0.0.5 Printing Business Job, Ordering, and Inventory Management Application
FTP Logger 1.2.2 Beta Perl(CGI) WU-FTPD log analyzer for WEB
Galway 0.7.1 Guile-gtk HTML Editor
Gamora 0.71.0 Java based server construction, hosting, and adminstration architecture.
GATOS 0.0.4 ATI-TV software for Linux.
gauntlet-0.1.1 0.1.1 A system security configuration and inventory tool
GazOS 990629 Protected mode OS kernel with source code, all drivers built in.
gcombust 0.1.18 gtk+ frontend for mkisofs and cdrecord
gd 1.5 A library used to create GIF images
gEdit 0.5.4 GTK+ based text editor
GeneWeb 2.04 A combo web interface and genealogy program combined on steroids
Genius 0.4.4 An arbitrary precision integer and multiple precision floatingpoint calculator
gfontview 0.3.0 Font Viewer
gFTP 2.0.3pre1 A multithreaded ftp client for X Windows
gIDE 0.1.3 Gtk-based Integrated Development Environment for C
gimp-python 0.4 A package that allows you to write gimp plugins in python
gmysql 0.3.3 A GTK+ front-end to MySQL databases
Gnofin 0.5.10 A simple GNOME checkbook application
GnomeICU 0.65 Formerly GtkICQ, now Gnome Internet Communication Utility
GnomePM 0.1.2 GNOME equivilent of the Yahoo! (C) Java Portfolio Manager
gntedit 0.0.1 GTK+ NES Tile Editor
GNU pth 1.0b3 GNU Portable Threads
GNU shtool 1.4.1 Shell Script Collection
GNUBar 0.2.2 Bar code generator
good-dog 1.4 better than cat
GPeriodic 1.1.1 Periodic Table Reference and Browser
gPhoto 0.3.4 GNU Digital Camera download software
GQmpeg 0.6.3 A front end to the mpg123 mpeg audio player
GQview 0.7.0 X11 image viewer for the Linux operating system
Grip 2.5 A gtk-based frontend for CD-rippers
gsysinfo 0.8 a system monitor for the gnome panel
gtaskman 0.03 A process manager for X using GTK+
GTExplorer 0.2 A game theory visualization tool
Gtk::Dialogs 0.6-1 (Beta 3) Simple Perl interface to create dialog boxes with Gtk
GtKali 0.9.0 Gtk+ interface to Kali.
gtkctrlaltdel 0.2 GTK+ frontend to CTRL ALT DEL key kombination
GTKeyboard 0.9 Graphical Keyboard for the physically disabled
gtkfind 1.0 GTK+ version of find(1)
GTKWave 1.1.36 Wave viewer for Verilog simulation
GTKYahoo 0.16 GTK based Yahoo! Pager client
gtml 3.31 An HTML pre-processor specially designed for maintaining web sites.
gView 0.1.8 GTK/ImLib Image Viewer
Hacked GTK engines 0.5 hacked gtk-engines is a replacement for the pixmap engine
HTML::DynamicTemplate 0.94 Flexible and dynamic HTML template class
HTMLPerlSETI 0.2 Display SETI@home client statistics in an HTML table.
HtmlXtract redhog.0 Extracts parts from, removes parts from and replaces parts in HTML documents.
hwinfo2html 0.2-pre2 Benchmark Outputs To Html File
IBTK 0.0.14-pre2 Basic self-contained no-frills toolkit for Xlib.
id3ed 1.9 ID3 tag editor for mp3 files. Interactive and command line modes.
Ija 0.2 Interactive command-line client for Deja
ImageMagick 4.2.8 Package for display and interactivemanipulation of images for X11
IPPS 1.0 TCP/IP Port Scanner
irssi 0.7.12 GTK+ based IRC client with GNOME panel support
ISC DHCP 3.0b1pl0 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client and Server implementation
isp-watcher 1.05 A perl script which monitors lines at an ISP for disconnects.
Jetty 2.2.0 HTTP/1.1 Servlet server written in Java
jivesyslog 1.3.31 A silly version of syslog.
Jmol 0.5 Java/Swing-based molecular dynamics viewer
jpilot 0.91 Palm pilot desktop software for Linux
kdcpi 0.0.3 Program to download pictures from a Kodak DC200/DC210 Digital Camera
KeyKit 6.5a A MIDI language with GUI and customizable tools written in the language itself
KFibs 0.9.5 KFibs is a KDE client for FIBS.
KHexEdit 0.8.0 Versatile binary file editor for KDE
Kife 0.2 Frontend for Kinstall data base
Kinstall 0.3.1 Program installator from source
KMySQL 1.1.4 A MySql client for KDE.
KPackage 1.3.4 GUI interface to the RPM and the Debianpackage manager
KuickShow 0.6.5 A fast, comfortable and easy-to-use image viewer/browser
KVEC 2.47 A tool that can vectorize images using several graphic formats
LAME 3.13 open source MP3 encoder and graphical frame analyzer
latencytest 0.41 benchmarks scheduling latencies (of audio apps) during high system load
libmmoss 2.1 Provides Java sound in Linux version of Netscape Communicator
libRPG 0.1.0 A library for making RPG/Adventure games.
Libsigc++ 0.8.2 Callback framework for C++
Libtool 1.3b GNU libtool is a generic library support script
LiCe4 4.0.3 Fully functional script for EPIC4, with excellent userlist functions.
Linux Backup 0.1 A small utility to backup files
Linux Memory Technology Device project 990108 Support for Flash and RAM devices under Linux
Linux-HA 0.4.1 Heartbeat subsystem for High-Availability Linux project
Listar 0.124a Modular Mailing list management software
Logresolve.pl 0.2 Replaces the standard logresolve application that comes bundled with Apache
lpe 1.2.2 Small, fast console mode programming editor
mGSTEP 0.138 An attempt at creating a small lite derivative of GNUstep
mg^2 0.1.11 Truespace work/look alike 3D modeler using Gtk and OpenGL
Midnight Commander 4.5.35 Unix file manager and shell
MikMod 3.1.6 Multi-platform open-source module player
MM 1.0.9 Shared Memory Library
MM.MySQL 1.2b JDBC Drivers for MySQL
Modulef 99 Modular finite element library
mod_auth_ldap 0.5 LDAP authentication module for Apache web server (http://www.apache.org/).
mod_perl 1.21 Brings together the fullpower of Perl and the Apache HTTP server
Moonshine 0.1.3 An application development environment for Linux.
MP3 Requester 0.8 php / mysql requesting front end to shout ( icecast )
MP3c 0.16 Audio-CD to MP3-Converter, with use of CDDB. Included GUI and cmdline-support
MP3SQL v1.0.0.1 Indexes your MP3 with MP3tags into an SQL database
mpstat 0.0.8 Helps monitoring SMP machines
Muddleftpd 1.1 alpha1 A small, fast configurable ftp server that can run without root.
MyGuestbook 0.6.6 A simple Guestbook using PHP3 and MySQL, several languages supported
MySQL 3.22.24 SQL (Structured Query Language) database server
Naken Chat 1.06 Chat Server ported from Javachat
NAMG 0.0.4 Downloads mail from a NetAddress account and forwards it locally
nbench 2.1.0 Byte CPU benchmark
ne 1.17 A free editor easy to use for the beginner, but powerful for the wizard
neshdr 1 Writes NES headers in iNES format
NetLeds applet 0.8.1 A gnome applet that displays lights (RX, TX and COL) from a network device.
NetPipe 1.0.0 (Beta) Tool to broadcast data within a network
nget 0.6 auto-resuming command line nntp file grabber
nis-utils and pam_keylogin 1.0b NIS+ client and server programs
Oracletool 0.90 A web based tool for Oracle DBA's written in Perl.
ORBit 0.4.91 Thin/fast CORBA ORB
Pagecast 1.0.1 Automates submitting lists of URL's to various Internet search engines.
Panorama 0.13.1 Framework for creating, rendering, and processingthree-dimensional images
pavuk 0.9pl17 Webgrabber with an optional Xt or GTK GUI
pcmcia-cs 3.0.13 Card Services for Linux is a complete PCMCIA or ``PC Card'' support package.
PDAddUser .01 Tool for adding large amounts of users easily from simple text lists
pgppipe 1.0 Allows encrypting a stream with IDEA.
PHP Cyrus-Tools 1.0.1 Webtools for the cyrus imapd written in PHP3
PHPGem 1.0 A generator of PHP-scripts for working with tables on SQL-servers.
PHPGen 0.6 Small PHP-script for generating PHP frontends to MySQL Databases
phpMyAdmin 2.0.2 Handles the basic adminstration of MySQL over the WWW
PIKT 990704 An innovative new systems administration paradigm
Pingus 0.1.1 Lemmings clone with penguins.
pk 0.8.15 An Open-Source POSIX Threads embedded real-time kernel
pmail 1.0R Perl mail program/scripts
Pop Notifier 1.0 Small C program to notify a user when mail arrives
Powertweak-Linux 0.1.0 System performance enhancer.
pppParse 0.3 pppd usage statistics log file generator
privtool 0.90 Beta GT008 Sun mailtool replacement with PGP support
pstack 0.5.2 Dump call stacks of active processes
Public Bookmark Generator 0.3.1 Generate a public bookmark (selected items) out of your bookmarks
Q10 0.1 A basic Qt GUI for manipulating X10's Firecracker devices
QtEZ 0.79.3 Qt based rapid application development environment
quftp 1.0 Command line FTP client with queueing
QuIRC 0.9.78 X IRC client written in C++ with full Tcl/Tk scripting.
Qvwm 1.0.2 Windows 95 like window manager for the X Window System
R 0.64.2 A language and environment for statistical computing.
RadioActive 0.6 Radio tuner for X11 and Video4Linux
Random line selector 1.0 Selects random line from STDIN
REalizer 0.1 Python regular expression tester
RearSite 0.80 Tool for updating personal www pages
reiserfs A filesystem which stores the files themselves in a B*-tree, gaining speed.
Reverse Pimpage Revision 2 Gives access to boxes behind firewalls from outside the firewall
ripperX 0.97 A graphical interface to cdparanoia and 8hz-mp3
rotfl 0.5.8 simple text formatting language
RPGBoard 2.03 A WWWBoard-style message board script.
RPM Builder 0.5-2 Visual RPM Packager
SampLin 1.4 beta Scientific Data Acquisition, Visualization and Process Controlsoftware
sci 0.5.1 A data entry screen builder which works from ASCII templates
SClient 0.7.0 Mud Client for X windows
SDL 0.9.13 SDL is a library that allows you portable low level access for graphics/sound
Secure Locate 2.0 Secure version of the GNU locate program
Siag Office 3.1.20 Free office package for Unix
SMDI 0.0.2 SMDI serial and TCP session protocol as APE library
snes9express 1.19-2 Gtk GUI front-end for snes9x
SNiFF+ 3.1 An open, extensible and scalable cross-platform programming environment
SoundTracker 0.1.7 A music tracker for X / GTK+
spec-gen 0.0.5 simple spec file generator
spoon 0.1 Parallel execution of command batches for SMP machines
Starmap 0.3 View a 3-D starmap from astronomical data.
Sula Primerix II 0.07.13pre4 Extensible multi-server IRC Client for X
susi - the simplified user interface 0.1 An easy user-interface management
svgalib 1.4.0-pre-19990705 Low-level graphics library that provides VGA and SVGA modes in a console
SysWatch 1.3 Web based system watch utility
TAON 0.6 Fancy sound editor for x86 linux, supports plugins
Terraform 0.3.4 Interactive digital terrain (height field) editor/viewer
The Comic Book Database for Linux 0.7.2 Comics helps you keep track of almost every facet of you comic book collection.
The Witty CD Player 0.0.2 CD Player with oversampling
TIC 1.01 Lossless document image compression
TiK 0.74 Tcl/Tk version of AOL Instant Messenger
tkchooser 0.62pre1
TkFM 1.0.1 Tcl/Tk File Manager
tkMOO-light 0.3.20 Powerful cross-platform chat client.
tk_Brief GazOS 990629 GUI for writing letters with LaTeX
TOAD 0.42.19 C++ GUI library
Toolbox 0.4.3 a gtk-based graphical configuration utility for the blackbox window manager.
TWiki 01 Jul 1999 Web based collaboration tool
UAE 0.8.9 Software emulation of the hardware of theCommodore Amiga 500/1000/2000
URBAN 1.5.2 A nice shoot-'em-up game for Linux and DOS, lots of blood and gore.
User Tools Suite 1.0 Local User Admin. Tools that simplify user management.
util-linux 2.9t Miscellaneous system utilities
VCDKutter 0.4 Split VideoCD dat file.
vpnd 1.0.7 Virtual Private Network Daemon - encrypted TCP/IP.
vRouter 0.02 vRouter is an experimental open-source IP-network simulator
wdm 1.16 xdm replacement
Web Photo Album 0.1 Automatic web photo album.
WebAlbum 0.3 A perl script which produces html photo albums.
Webalizer 1.30-02 Web server log analysis program
WebFetch 0.07 Perl5 module infrastructure to export and retrieve news for web display
whatsnew 0.1 CGI/cron combo to check for updates on sites. full web interface.
Window Maker Theme Install 0.21 Window Maker theme installation program written in Gtk
Wine 990704 Emulator of the Windows 3.x and Win32 APIs.
wmciv 0.2 A small dockapp to launch Freeciv games.
wmlan 1.1 3Com LanModem (tm) Status Monitor for Window Maker
WMmhcheck 0.07 Window Maker applet to display number of messages in your mailboxes
Worm Zone 1.33 Worm Zone is a multi-player worm game with Linux, win32 and DOS ports available.
WSoundPrefs 1.1.0 WMSound Server Configuration Utility
WSoundServer 0.1.0 Sound Server for Window Maker
X-Chat 1.1.1 GTK+ Based IRC Client. Alot like AmIRC (Amiga).
X-ISP 2.6-pre11 X11 and XForms based visual interfaceto pppd and chat
xdisa64 0.1 A nintendo 64 rom file disassembler
XEBOT 0.4.02 Visual GUI application builder and self contained execution environment
XMMS-Solaris 0.1.4 Output plugin for XMMS to play on Solaris audio
XNotesPlus 3.2.2 Sticky notes with PalmPilot interface, envelope printer, projects, etc.
XRacer 0.38 Clone of Psygnosis WipeOut
Xref-Speller 1.0.0 Source browsing and advanced editing packege for C and Java, Emacs and XEmacs.
XSIDPLAY 1.3.8 C64 music player and SID sound chip emulator
zdisk 1.35 Create floppy boot/rescue system with kernel of choice.
ZMech 1.0.02 State machine development tool
 

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