VWM is an extensible window manager for the
console. Built on top of libpseudo and libviper,
VWM is more visual alternative to Screen.
Mozilla-style plugins allow for simple
expandability: follow a few simple API rules and
drop your shared object into a directory to have
it added to the main menu.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Changes:
A serious overhaul to the terminal emulator. Improves performance, reduces per-terminal memory footprint, and improves compatibility with several console tools. New cursor control code also improves future portability.
Last week when traveling to Europe for FOSDEM and other business meetings, I had picked up a new 9-cell battery for a Lenovo ThinkPad T60. While an additional three battery cells will noticeably extend your battery life, you can also extend your battery life by taking a few simple steps to optimize your Linux desktop that will also reduce your power consumption and heat output. In this article are a few simple steps to take in order to extend your notebook’s battery life on Ubuntu.
FEST-Reflect is a Java library that provides a
Fluent Interface-based API that simplifies the
usage of Java Reflection, resulting in improved
readability and type safety.
The Spiffy Framework is a collection of
well-tested and often used helper methods and
utility classes. Such methods and classes solve
existing and recurring practical problems, and
remedy annoying features of the Java language or
its frameworks. The value of this framework is not
only the code, but also the ideas for solutions to
the problems. The goals are to collect and
centralize “utility abstractions”, and to serve as
a repository of knowledge/smart ideas for
programmers to learn.
Scam-grey is a milter that filters email
originating from MS Windows hosts. It provides you
the ability to mitigate the flow of unwanted email
from such hosts using greylisting.
License: BSD License (revised)
Changes:
There is a new feature to greylist if the sender address and remote host are not from the same country. A bug in saving the cache on some operating systems has been fixed. The default configuration includes all ASNs from China for greylisting.
Kraft is a KDE application for people who run a
small business. Kraft helps to create business
communication documents like offers and invoices
and focuses on ease of use and high quality PDF
output. Kraft is not a specialized on a certain
trade or craft. Instead, Kraft covers the
practical issues of a small business and helps
through easy-to-use yet powerful features to deal
with most of the office jobs effectively.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Changes:
This release comes with a wizard that helps at document creation. It allows you to easily create follow-up documents such as an invoice following an offer, which is also supported by the wizard. It is possible to copy entire documents with all texts and positions. Localisation now takes place on the document level if needed, i.e. creating an English document on a German desktop is supported now.
Tunguska is a computer emulator and virtual
machine that uses numerical base three (ternary)
number system for its lowest-level operations
instead of the commonly used base two (binary)
number system. Its goal is to provide a useful
experimental platform, on par with early personal
computers.
License: GNU General Public License v2
Changes:
The biggest change is the new and almost completely rewritten assembler (based on flex/yacc). It comes with a new and clearer syntax, inline arithmetic, variables, and a whole new level of stability. Interrupt queuing has been reworked, and behaves a lot more predictably. Vector and raster graphics have been added. Support for a virtual floppy drive of sorts has also been added, as well as support for a computer mouse. Output is compressed with zlib, granting in many cases a hundredfold size reduction of the memory images read and written by Tunguska. There are some bugfixes.
AgileWiki is meant to create software systems
which are fluid, easily configured and can be
reorganized on-the-fly to meet ever changing
requirements. It includes a COW-based database,
the Rolonics programming paradigm, and semantic
inferencing.
License: Common Public License
Changes:
The result of a JTransaction is now a RolonModel. Responses are now ledger sections in the results rolon. Common, DRM, and COODBMS inheritance have been reworked to be much closer. Now only CSecs can have pathname references.
Bitflu is a BitTorrent client designed to run
non-stop as a daemon. It does not provide a
graphical interface, but offers a telnet interface
and can handle multiple torrent downloads.
License: Artistic License
Changes:
This release improves startup time and adds a simple ‘grep’ command to the telnet interface.
Internet DJ console is a graphical shoutcast/icecast client that runs under GTK+ and the JACK audio connection kit. In short, it’s an Internet radio app for making a live radio show or podcast. Features include two main media players with a crossfader, a jingle player, microphone signal processing (compressor and noise gate), IRC track announcements with X-Chat, an automatic stream shut-off timer, MP3 or Ogg streaming and recording at various bit rates, aux input for connecting external JACK aware applications, and audio level meters.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Changes:
The documentation has been updated. There is a new ./configure option –disable-tooltips. The licence text is viewable in the program. Server (dis)connect timers automatically deactivate. Ogg upper and lower bitrate controls are greyed out when inactive. A bug where MP3 files with a LAME gapless tag would not play if the resampler was invoked has been fixed. Many tooltips have been added. Bits and bobs in Prefs have been rearranged. Dead code has been removed. A cosmetic fix in Basic Streamer mode. Reduced audio latency in VOIP mode. Microphone audio in the DJ headphones can now be turned off. Support for upper and mixed case file extensions.
