xlax is an X11 input multiplexer: it sends your
keyboard input from the xlax window to a group of
windows simultaneously. The tool is designed for
system administrators who typically have to do the
same thing on several machines (or in several
different directories). Windows can be added or
deleted interactively, or temporarily disconnected
and reconnected. xlax allows you to assign a
custom string to each window (e.g. a hostname)
that can be sent with a button click. An included
script handles starting up and arranging windows,
and allows you to set up commonly used window
groupings in a config file.
License: Freely Distributable
Changes:
Pasting the current selection and using Send String were both broken for anything except alphanumeric characters. This is now fixed, and all 7-bit characters should be handled correctly.
libSpiff is a C++ library for reading and writing
XSPF playlists. Both version 0 and 1 are
supported. It is the official reference
implementation for XSPF of the Xiph.Org Foundation.
License: BSD License (revised)
Changes:
This release mainly introduces support for the xml:base attribute. If you work with XSPF files not created by libSpiff, updating is highly recommended. This release is both source and binary compatible.
haXe is a multi-platform Web programming language.
It can be used to develop Web sites on the server
side. It can also be used to implement the client
side of a Web application since you can use haXe
instead of JavaScript to code AJAX Applications.
haXe can also be used to create Flash SWF content.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Changes:
This release makes several improvement to the language and standard libraries, and adds the ability to output PHP code. With Flash, Javascript, and Neko, this is the 4th platform supported.
Over the past few years, I have heard a lot of noise about how great it would be to see KDE coming to Windows world. Despite this happening on its own, it really means little with the exception of perhaps one application - amaroK.
Bzzz…. bzzz…… bzzz…… That’s not the sound of bees. It’s the buzz surrounding new, open source Twitter competitor identi.ca. Creator Evan Prodromou sat down at OSCON in front of Linux.com’s video camera and explained what identi.ca is all about and why it’s suddenly such a hot item that he’s been meeting with multiple venture capitalists — and can be cavalier enough about those meetings that he canceled one to work on some code bugs that were bothering him instead. Code quality might be a reason for some of the buzz, which has resulted in so many stories about identi.ca that we might as well just link to a Google list of them.
Launched yesterday, and available now in Debian “experimental,” KDE 4.1 is what 4.0 should have been, one reviewer finds. With some 70,000 software changes since 4.0 launched at Google HQ last Jan., is KDE 4.1 about to usher in the future of the Linux desktop? The first RC1 release of KDE 4.0 appeared nearly a year ago. The full major 4.0 version was then officially launched at Google headquarters on Jan. 18. Then, team KDE really got busy, implementing a roadmap that called for minor releases each month. Those releases, in turn, culminated with the release of KDE 4.1 yesterday.
Even the most casual observer of the linux-kernel mailing must have noticed that, in the shadow of the firmware flame war, there is also a heated discussion over the management of security issues. There have also been some attempts to turn this local battle into a multi-list, regional conflict. Finding the right way to deal with security problems is difficult for any project, and the kernel is no exception. Whether this discussion will lead to any changes remains to be seen, but it does at least provide a clear view of where the disagreements are.
While OpenOffice.org Base is good for storing and querying data, it doesn’t provide any easy way to chart information. This is exactly what Calc does best, with its dedicated chart module. If you want to visualize data stored in a Base database, you can write an OOo Basic macro that pulls data from a database, inserts it into a Calc spreadsheet, and then creates a chart. Here’s how.
OpenCT implements driver and middlerware for smart
card readers. OpenCT drivers can be used via the
ct-api interface, the ifdhandler interface, or its
own interface/middleware. It implements drivers
for several USB crypto tokens, USB smart card
readers, serial smart card readers, and PCMCIA
smart card readers.
License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
Changes:
The build system has been changed, including new configure options. The CCID driver was improved.
OpenCT implements driver and middlerware for smart
card readers. OpenCT drivers can be used via the
ct-api interface, the ifdhandler interface, or its
own interface/middleware. It implements drivers
for several USB crypto tokens, USB smart card
readers, serial smart card readers, and PCMCIA
smart card readers.
License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
Changes:
The build system has been changed, including new configure options. The CCID driver was improved.
