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http://sourceforge.net/projects/openfrag/

This add-in is certainly a step in the right direction. But opening and saving files with this add-in is not as convenient as if the format was supported natively.

Here is an example of the problems that the users will face when using it (from the project home page):

Important note: The ODF file opened by the add-in is converted into Office OpenXML (Office 2007 new file format) and imported into Word as a read-only file. If you want to save it as ODF, you have to use the "Export as ODF" button and provide a new file name (that can be the same as the current file name).

Basically, this add-in will encourage you to convert your ODF documents to OpenXML, but if you really insist and if you really want to save (sorry, export) as ODF, then it will let you do that as well. You will just have to re-type or re-select the file name.

Well, at least the project is open source so other developers can take it and run with it. This version is not what the PR people would like you to believe. Check out this doozy of a quote from the sourceforge forum:

"With the first release (0.1 - prototype), you can only convert documents from ODF to OpenXML. This can be done either with the Word Add-in (which requires both .NET Framewok 2.0 and Word 2007) or through the command line tool, which only requires .NET framework 2.0. "

( http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1 531122&forum_id=579283 )

From the project home page:

In September 2006, Clever Age released an Open Source project that allowed to open OpenOffice.org documents (SXW files) in Word 2003.

September 2006, sure...

Now that MS has started an OSS Office XML-to-ODF converter project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/odf-converter -- BSD license), it's quite likely that you'll be seeing them a lot more once Office 2007 ships.

The project seems to include a command-line converter as well as an O2k7 plug-in that can import/export ODF. It looks to be just a basic C# wrapper around some XSL conversions.

dom

Here's something for you

This is why I like PerlTidy. Various coders I work with like different styles, and they simply run PerlTidy with their own settings on any code before they edit it -- that way, it looks the way they want it to.

Our source control repository is set up to run the project-standard PerlTidy against check-ins so that the deltas are minimized and all source files are in the standard format. Problem solved.

If this can be done with Perl (which is annoyingly hard to parse), why not with other languages?

Two-finger scrolling is a "new" feature, first added to the 4th or 5th gen of Powerbook G4's, as well as MacBooks and MacBook Pro's, if I remember correctly. So it does depend which Powerbook G4 you have, you may have one that predates this, probably under 1.6GHz. If so, and you still want two-finger scrolling, you can give this a go:
http://iscroll2.sourceforge.net/

Be aware that it's still in relatively early development; it may work fine but may not, and I'd suggest not trying it unless you're comfortable enough using "beta" driver software. Check your hardware is supported using the supplied script first, and read the documentation thoroughly for any caveats. If you do have any problems, such as kernel panics on boot-up, you should be able to bypass the driver by holding shift down during boot-up, then uninstall iScroll2 by running its uninstall procedure or the supplied uninstall script.

Alternatively, and without two-finger scrolling but with a wealth of other options, is Sidetrack:
http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/sidetrack/

It's not compatible with the iScroll2, so don't try and install both at the same time, but is worth checking out if you want scrolling on the edges, tap-to-click, etc.

http://jackcess.sourceforge.net/

http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/

There's other ways to play some old games. In particular, Day of the Tentacle, which you mentioned, uses the Scumm engine, which the open-source community is reimplementing in a project called SvummVM: http://scummvm.sourceforge.net/compatibility.php

Other games also have free clones able to run the originals: freeciv (Civilization), freecraft (Warcraft), OpenTTD (Transport Tycoon). I'm sure there are others around there.

read about breaking of stateful packet filters

go to http://larytet.sourceforge.net/howto.shtml Scroll approx two pages down to the words "To Shaw Fiberlink users:"

about breaking of stateful packet filters

DOS is one of several operating systems that I have installed and can boot-up into on my AMD Athlon 64 3800+ computer. I actually have PC-DOS 2000 (instead of FreeDOS) installed on the first partition of my first harddrive, it is a FAT-16 partition. When booting up, a menu appears that allows me to choose whether to boot up into Windows 2000, PC-DOS 2000. or one of several different versions of Linux. PC-DOS 2000 was a minor Y2K upgrade of the Last version of DOS that IBM had released. As you may recall, Microsoft and IBM each had their own versions of DOS since back in the 1980's Surprisingly, my AMD Athlon 64 can run more than just 64-bit software. I don't recall if DOS is 16-bit software or what, but it runs just fine on my AMD Athon 64.

The obvious question is why would anyone want to run DOS on a modern computer? Well, I have fond memories of tinkering with batch files, DOS commands and old DOS games back in the late 1980's and early 1990s. Every once in a while, I like to re-experience the retro experience of what it was like to run DOS. I do not boot-up into DOS very often, but I am glad that I can choose to boot up into DOS once in a while when I want to. Of course Linux, Windows or almost any other modern OS is actually better on a modern desktop computer for everyday use.

I actually have a mixture of Free-DOS and PC-DOS 2000 installed on the fat-16 partition. If I remember correctly, I did that by installing FreeDOS first and then later installing PC-DOS 2000 on top of it. Afterwards, I then manually edited the autoexec.bat and config.sys files to remove any wierdness that resulted from istalling both that way. I had a slight preference for the PC-DOS 2000 but doing it that way gave me all the extra free software and some Linux/Unix like commands that come with the FreeDOS. Am I the only one out there who occasionally boots his AMD Athlon 64 3800+ up into DOS?

There are actually several choices for running old DOS programs. One choice is Free-DOS. Another choice is DR-DOS/OpenDOS which, if I understand correctly, is a commercial product in which the source code of the kernel has been under an Open Source license. Another alternative is to run the free DOSBox emulator under Windows or Linux. Using DOSBox I have been able to run old DOS games such as "Commader Keen" under Linux and even managed to get my USB joystick and modern soundcard to work with it. Yet another option is to use VMWare to create a virtual machine for FreeDOS and run it in a virtual machine under either Linux or Windows. Even though their are other alternatives, I am glad to see that the FreeDOS project is still alive and about to release version 1.0.

The DosBox project is alot more active than dosemu. A new version of dosbox was released on June 27th, 2006 (last week), on the other hand dosemu hasn't been updated since 2004-07-11. Dosemu has the advantage that it runs better on older systems, dosbox has the advantage that it is compatible with amd, ppc, intel cpus and several different operating systems.

Yes, this is true. I myself am merely a "casual" linux user who only made the switch when Hoary was released (after a few months of playing around with live CDs) -- and my main reasons for switching were completely desktop-related. Since then, at least two of my friends are raving about Ubuntu and one is bringing his girlfriend over. Ubuntu has enabled the 1998-era PC in my family's living room to stay modern and beautiful. All of this was probably true before Ubuntu, but the real difference is the audience. None of us are anything close to the prototypical linux user. Not that desktop Linux doesn't have a long way to go, and in my personal opinion OS X is still lightyears ahead of everything else available, but the trend is definitely there.

you must remember that the Mac was never a geek machine and did great and had terrific fan following -- in fact most geeks stayed away from the classic Mac because of the lack of a command line, stdin and stdout.

i tried to find a guy to do the board design part. i would write the software part (open source of course)

Art of Illusion is a free, open source 3D modelling and rendering studio. It is stable and powerful enough to be used for serious, high end animation work. Many of its capabilities rival those found in commercial programs.

BlogBridge is a nice RSS agregator and reader.

GanttProject is a project management program similar to MS Project.

install4j is a powerful multi-platform Java installer builder that generates native installers and application launchers for Java applications. Awesome looks!

Jake2 is a port of the Quake II engine to java

FrostWire is a Peer to Peer (P2P) information sharing client for the Gnutella network.

Aqua Data Studio is a database query tool and administration tool that allows developers to easily create, edit, and execute SQL scripts, as well as browse and visually modify database structures.

Maple is a leading Computer Algebra System

Columba is a very nice email client

Rio Music Manager is and iTunes like app that comes bundled with every Rio mp3 player (can be downloaded for free too)

MagicDraw is a very impressive UML modeler.

FrostWire is a Peer to Peer (P2P) information sharing client for the Gnutella network.

Aqua Data Studio is a database query tool and administration tool that allows developers to easily create, edit, and execute SQL scripts, as well as browse and visually modify database structures.

Maple is a leading Computer Algebra System

Columba is a very nice email client

Rio Music Manager is and iTunes like app that comes bundled with every Rio mp3 player (can be downloaded for free too)

MagicDraw is a very impressive UML modeler.

IME, those old games don't work that well with FreeDOS. You are much better off to get DOSBox

OK, granted that a freeware MS-DOS clone has value. (I use it together with Dosbox to run old games under XP.) But why is it good news that people are still working on it? It's been around for 12 years now. And it's a clone of a truely simple-minded OS. Indeed, you could argue that MS-DOS is just a program loader — it lacks almost all the features of a real OS.

FreeDOS on Bochs
You may want to consider DOSBox instead.

Check out DOSBox

It's an excellent DOS emulator for Windows, Linux, MacOSX, BeOs, FreeBSD, OS/2 and toasters... Wait, it might not run on toasters. You may need to do a little fine tuning, but I haven't found a better way to run old DOS games.

I use both a Mac and Ubuntu. I have an iBook G4 (soon to be a MacBook) and an iMac Core Duo. My home server is an Athlon system running Ubuntu, and it also serves as a development workstation. I've a decently useful application under Linux, and I work with Linux daily. I've got feet in both worlds.

Ubuntu is hands down the best Linux distro I've ever used. It's definitely moving in the right direction. It has a great packaging system, it's got much more polish than other distros, and it can even be loaded with some decent eye candy. Of all the Linux distros I've used, it's the best by quite a distance.

That being said, Linux just isn't ready for the desktop. It's closer than before, but there are a lot of things necessary to make it work. Apple has a reputation for having things Just Work. Linux has a reptutation for having things work once you've futzed around with the config files, recompiled your kernel, read a few HOWTOs and smashed your head against the wall. Is it getting better? Absolutely. Is it there yet, no?

APT is a wonderful piece of technology. It's great for updating your system, but installing third-party software doesn't always go so smoothly. OS X's app bundles are much easier for the average Joe or Jane to understand. Again, NeXTSTEP had this years ago, but Linux doesn't have this.

XGL is nice. It's still not as nice as Apple's GUI. A lot of what differentiates Apple from the rest is the sense of polish. Technologies like XGL and Cairo rendering provide the right infrastructure - but there isn't a distro that puts them all together in an attractive and polished way.

Open file formats? There's nothing preventing you from backing up your music to plain old MP3, and your photos are still JPEGS. There's also nothing preventing someone from using non-Apple software. The only DRM you have to use with Apple is the DRM that protects the OS, and that's nowhere near as harmful as Microsoft's WGA malware.

Apple is skyrocketing now because they have the right mix of hardware and software to create a well-polished and functional user experience. The Ubuntu team is doing a great job of moving Ubuntu in the right direction, and each new release makes progress.

What's important to note is that competition makes everyone stronger. Ubuntu is trying to play catch-up with OS X. Apple is using some great open-source technologies. Apple probably isn't worried about a handful of geeks, but if it inspires Apple to be more open and Ubuntu to be more polished we all win.

(As a side note I currently develop for Ubuntu by running it under Parallels on OS X - it it's really quite responsive. The reason why I'm investing so much in Apple hardware is because I can run Windows, Ubuntu, Solaris, or damn near any x86 OS on the same hardware with relative ease. Virtualization is a killer app for Apple right now, and Parallels was worth every cent.)

I honestly don't see this as a problem (though certainly recognize that some people view it as such). My personal belief is a TAB should be a TAB and a SPACE should be a SPACE. If your organization (which might be an OS foundation, corporation, class at school, yourself, whatever...) recommends/enforces style guidelines, let the group dictate.

Also, if it is a big concern, make use of sed to standardize the code (as best as possible) and then use it again to convert back and forth. It is available for win32 as well you know http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/

Oh, and one last note: A good editor will let you set the tab length in the display. I did like in the demo JAR how the comment lengths would stay (right) aligned (mostly) - which would be a very nice feature to toggle on/off in an editor as well.

That depends - if you perform incremental backups then 15 minutes of more than feasible. Try BackupPc for a easy-to-use rsync solution with a web front end for restores. I'm not sure about the encrypted bit though, but it can copy over a SSH tunnel.

Alternatively, try Mozy for 2 gig of free online encrypted backups with individual file restores. (yes, someone hosts it and they expect you to pay for more storage space, but its useful for your important stuff at least)

One Java desktop app which I use all the time is Azureus. You might argue that Azureus (a bittorrent client) isn't "serious," but it is pretty cool.

Can Google become an artificial intelligence?
Google certainly has the data to whet the appetite of an AI Mind, but first Google would need an AI Engine such as Mind.Forth to impose order on the data, so that Google would not just store the data but would know the web of data.
Maybe Google will trigger a Technological Singularity.

These squabbles should be completely meaningless. In a case like this, we do not need their infrastructure, and the united peoples of the internet should be building our own.

I don't know what a system that would keep us free and remain true to the internets roots would look like, but perhaps the distributed dns project might be one option.

A few individuals with enthusiasm and a sympathetic cause is much better than a government.

Here is a good one: https://sourceforge.net/projects/phpgedview/

This bug has been known by IE7's developers for at least 1/2 weeks, and in fact they have discussed it with slashdot (or at least tried to). See this for the technical explanation.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/tinapos looks interesting!

I'm assuming you're referring to TOR, not TOR (though he's pretty cool too).

I also think Freenet and Darknet type networks will play increasingly important roles in the inexorable globalization of free speech. What's needed is a way to create secure, historied pseudonyms that are peer validated, verifiable by signature, but incapable of being route-traced. If done right, such a system could potentially put freedom of speech and trade beyond the reach of government suppression.

Since Elo's screens have Linux support, I wanted to see if anyone on Slashdot has worked on similar projects and has experience with open source POS solutions.

Since Elo's screens have Linux support, I wanted to see if anyone on Slashdot has worked on similar projects and has experience with open source POS solutions.

I think what you need is an edge detection algorithm of some kind. Try FILTERS.

Peter Selinger's Potrace could probably be a good start. He links to a dude who uses Potrace in conjunction with a few other tools to create stained glass. He also links to one of my projects, although he calls it pocopo instead of pacopo. I don't think that pacopo is what you're looking for although it may give you some ideas.

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I attempted to install IE7b3 but failed. I did successfully remove IE7b2 (re-exposing IE6) but now I just get a new "Internet Explorer Troubleshooting" button (with a Firefox icon!) that doesn't do anything. Anyhow, someone please go to http://pmt.sourceforge.net/gamma_test/index.html and see if it passes the gamma test. IE7b2 was still failing, with the gamma=1.96 patch matching the background better than gamma=2.2.

I have recently released the first stable version of Buddi, an open source (GPL) Java program made specifically for home finance and budgeting. While it does not do everything (and it is not meant to do everything - one of the design goals was to keep it simple), I think it is coming along nicely. It is steadily increasing in the SF.net rankings, and as of now has almost 1000 downloads. Give it a shot, and see how you like it! http://buddi.sourceforge.net/

• Lightweight -- JIP is an exteremly fast profiler.
• Interactive
• Open Source
• 100% Java

Errr, didn't you get the memo? The 10th amendment is moot in light of the commerce clause.

Seriously though, while I think much of the reaction to this is a tad melodramatic, the potential for legislation like this to be enacted is exactly why it's important to help privacy-enhancing technologies reach critical mass -- e.g. Freenet, darknets, and Onion Routers.

Eventually, one's right to anonymity will only be secured by technological means, since governments will increasingly come together to counter it, regardless of their political philosophy. We should be teaching "ordinary folks" how to use these tools in much the same manner as we'd teach them to avoid phishing scams; their privacy is threatened in both cases.

The main problem here is that it's rare that you can do anything innovative that is completely independent and not based on the innovative work of others. Innovation breeds more innovation. The present patent system, which was supposed to encourage innovation, does the opposite of that. It inhibits innovation.

All these projects have been registered before or in 2000 (when the patent has been filed according to TFA):
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jgrinder
http://sourceforge.net/projects/leap
http://sourceforge.net/projects/neo
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nexusproject

As this is a patent it shouldnt matter too much, if they actually had a working implementation at that time. (IANAL and all that jazz).

All these projects have been registered before or in 2000 (when the patent has been filed according to TFA):
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jgrinder
http://sourceforge.net/projects/leap
http://sourceforge.net/projects/neo
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nexusproject

As this is a patent it shouldnt matter too much, if they actually had a working implementation at that time. (IANAL and all that jazz).

All these projects have been registered before or in 2000 (when the patent has been filed according to TFA):
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jgrinder
http://sourceforge.net/projects/leap
http://sourceforge.net/projects/neo
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nexusproject

As this is a patent it shouldnt matter too much, if they actually had a working implementation at that time. (IANAL and all that jazz).

All these projects have been registered before or in 2000 (when the patent has been filed according to TFA):
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jgrinder
http://sourceforge.net/projects/leap
http://sourceforge.net/projects/neo
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nexusproject

As this is a patent it shouldnt matter too much, if they actually had a working implementation at that time. (IANAL and all that jazz).

It's been a while since I worked on this, but these idea have been propagated through networking protocols for years. When I was in University at Dalhousie I spent quite a bit of time on a directed study of somethink called the 'AntNet Routing Protocol'.

It's been a while since I worked on this, but these idea have been propagated through networking protocols for years. When I was in University at Dalhousie I spent quite a bit of time on a directed study of somethink called the 'AntNet Routing Protocol'.

If you are only using the software for personal use, i.e no business features lik invoicing etc., you should give kmymoney a go. I have been using it for about 6 months now, and it works great. Development is very active and the user community is very supportive.

http://kmymoney2.sourceforge.net/