July 2008

July 31, 2008

Nitrogen 1.4 (Default branch)

Screenshot Nitrogen is a background browser and setter for X. It is written in C++ using the gtkmm toolkit. It can be used in two modes: browser and recall. It is multi-head friendly and can even work in GNOME.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Changes:
The UI was improved to be more usable. The "save" checkbox is gone, and the preview/save behavior is now based on double clicking an image and pressing the apply button. This release also fixes a major bug that caused X errors to occur once in a while, more so on Xinerama setups.

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Syslinux 3.71 (Release branch)

Screenshot SYSLINUX is a collection of boot loaders for the Linux operating system which operates on Linux EXT2/EXT3 filesystems, MS-DOS FAT filesystems, network servers using PXE firmware, or from CD-ROMs. SYSLINUX has an advanced extension API and contains two optional menu systems. It also includes MEMDISK, a tool for booting legacy operating systems from non-traditional media like PXE or CD-ROM.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Changes:
This version contains a number of minor bugfixes and workarounds for hardware bugs. It fixes the KBDMAP command which was broken in 3.70. Additionally, it adds the option to hide primary partitions from operating systems which otherwise get confused and the ability to automatically select 32-bit, PAE, or 64-bit kernels.

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mysqlBind 2.2 (Default branch)

Screenshot myqslBind manages clusters of ISC BIND 9 name servers. It has support for unlimited views, secondary only zones, unlimited masters, hidden masters, and slave name servers. It has template-based end-user and admin interface programs for your Web 2.0 interface. It uses a company contact role permissions model. It is very stable. It is not a MySQL DNS server, but a static configuration model from a MySQL replication cluster. It has a technical schema based back-office for ISP MySQL developers.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Changes:
Dashboard graphics were improved using Simile. A bunch of bugs were fixed. Automated test scripts were added.

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GLPI 0.71.1 (Default branch)

Screenshot GLPI (Gestion Libre de Parc Informatique) is an information resource manager with an administration interface. You can use it to build a database with an inventory for your company (computers, software, printers, etc.). It has functions to make the daily life of the administrators easier, including a job/request tracking system with mail notification and methods to build a database with basic information about your network topology. It provides a precise inventory of all the technical resources (all their characteristics are stored in a database) and management and history of the maintenance actions and the bound procedures. It is dynamic and is directly connected to the users, who can post requests to the technicians.

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nagcon 0.0.30 (Default branch)

Screenshot Nagcon is a console application which replaces the Nagios Web interface. It allows you to quickly view which services have become troubled.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Changes:
Important fixes were done to make it work with Nagios 3.

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CorneliOS 0.8.7r31 (Default branch)

Screenshot CorneliOS is an easy-to-use and cross-browser "Web Desktop Environment", "Web Operating System", or "Web Office" that comes with a set of cool applications. It includes a Content Management System (CMS) so that you can easily set up and manage your own website as well as a Database Management System that allows you to rapidly build any kind of database application.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Changes:
This release includes new system utilities, an improved package builder, a kernel feature that offers access to host OS statistics, an object parser supporting image popups, improved code documentation, and an important table editor menu selection bugfix.

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Urd 0.5.3 (Default branch)

Screenshot Urd is a Web-based Usenet binary download manager. It stores the newsgroup information in a MySQL database and aggregates the articles into sets of a single download (e.g. one album or movie). The Web interface can be used to search with regular expressions. It uses its own downloading daemon that has support for scheduling downloads and updating databases.
License: GNU General Public License v3
Changes:
IPv6 support has been much improved, as well as the installer. A major improvement in speed for downloading headers and group lists has been included. Many bugfixes and tweaks were done.

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