February 2008

February 29, 2008

StorYBook 1.0 (Default branch)

Screenshot StorYBook is summary-based software for novelists and authors that helps to keep the overview over the strands while writing a book, a novel, or a story. It helps you to structure a book.
License: GNU General Public License v3
Changes:
This release adds "check for updates" on start. It fixes bug #1881249 (error in refresh), bug #1881252 (input field length is not checked), and bug #1893592 (info panel hides the rest after a project is opened). A tonic look and feel and a tiny look and feel have been added.

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VWM 1.3.4 (Default branch)

Screenshot 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.

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Extending Ubuntu’s Battery Life

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.

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Com One Phoenix Wi-Fi radio rises from embedded Linux platform

Com One’s Phoenix Wi-Fi radio is a home music appliance built on an embedded Linux foundation. Phoenix lets you stream music or play podcasts as easily as you can listen to a car radio, once you tell it what you want to hear. Its ability to play Internet radio is nice — but is it worth its price? The radio is attractive enough in a shiny white plastic kind of way. It’s smaller than a boom box — about the size of three transistor radios (remember them?) side by side. The main controls include a five-way circular control pad and a knob that changes the music volume and moves through device settings during setup.

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FEST-Reflect 0.4 (Default branch)

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.

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The Spiffy Framework 0.03 (Default branch)

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.

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Scam-grey 1.6.2 (Default branch)

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.

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