CELT (Code-Excited Lapped Transform) is an
ultra-low delay audio codec
designed for realtime transmission of high quality
speech and audio.
This is meant to close the gap between traditional
speech codecs (such
as Speex) and traditional audio codecs (such as
Vorbis).
License: BSD License (revised)
Changes:
This release includes simplifications to the bit allocation code, and includes a new low-complexity mode that can be enabled (without breaking compatibility) on the encoder side. There are several other optimizations and bugfixes included. The API has been slightly modified, so code using CELT will have to be updated (minor).
RubySlippers is a GUI frontend to the RubyGems
package management system. It can view gemspec
files, list installed files, install gems, query
the RubyGems list, build Gems, and view
documentation. This program uses the
RubyWebDialogs GUI, and is built on the rwdtinker
framework, so more applets can be loaded and
unloaded. Context sensitive help is included.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Changes:
This release has been updated to rwdtinker version 1.82. It switches to po files for translation files, adds the beginning of a Hindi po file, adds more Japanese strings, changes handling of lang change = in the tinkerwin2variables.cnf, refactors init.rb to move routines into lib/rwdtinker modules, condenses config files from 5 to 3, fixes a document launch bug, adds $KCODE = ‘u’, and moves help files to the rwd_files directory.
PySignup is a simple Web application designed for
use as a public sign-up sheet. It is easy to use,
install, and configure, and can be configured to
meet any public sign-up sheet needs.
License: GNU General Public License v3
Changes:
This release adds support for using SQLite as the database backend, rewrites the code a bit, and makes a few other minor fixes.
Flinks is a flashing-word Web browser intended for
speed reading.
Vuurmuur is a firewall manager for Linux that supports traffic shaping. It has powerful monitoring features for logging and live connections. It can be managed entirely through an Ncurses GUI, on the console, or through SSH.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Changes:
Support for TCP MSS to PMTU clamping was added. In-program help was updated.
These days there’s a lot of buzz about “Web 2.0” and making websites more interactive, but what’s really going on is a reconnection to the community nature of the internet. Collaboration, cooperation, and the information commons are all ideas that pre-dated the world wide web in the form of older internet technologies. In today’s distributed computing environment, though, these technologies have really flourished. Here’s a guide to eight that you should consider making use of in building a community around an information commons project of any kind, from multimedia, to hardware, to software. Read the full article at Freesoftware Magazine.
Debian project leader Steve McIntyre has dismissed claims that the next stable version of Debian – codename Lenny – could be delayed until June 2009. Based on the number of outstanding release-critical bugs and the time it has taken to fix them on previous releases, Debian developer Bastian Venthur estimated it will take a further eight or nine months to bring Lenny up to release quality.
After introducing the One Laptop Per Child XO laptop to the teachers and then the third and fourth grade students involved in our OLPC pilot project in Ouéléssébougou, Mali, we finally got to see how exactly the kids use the XO laptops. We found out in the fifth and sixth weeks of the program lots of good news: the kids love the XO, especially since they have now started taking the small green laptops home at night. In addition they have really taken to navigating the Sugar OS and have become speedy typers. Even better is the collaboration that takes place in the classroom to teach each other how to use certain applications.
Let’s face it: Linux can save companies money. It can do lots of really serious work well on machines that can’t even minimally run a current version of Windows. Linux can allow companies to leverage the existing, aging systems and extend the productive life of hardware they already own.
Posting bellow describes setup Ubuntu Hardy PV DomU via attacment block device to Ubuntu Hardy HVM DomU at the same CentOS 5.2 Dom0. Standard debootstrap procedure has been used to create initial image on this device. This step allows to avoid “scp” image files from remote Ubuntu HH box to Dom0 and use /dev/sda(X) with prepared image immediately on the same box,referencing the same device from Ubuntu Hardy PV profile.
