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It must have been a while since you checked. I'm running gaim 1.1.4 in windows and linux, both using gaim-encryption 2.35.

http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
http://gaim-encryption.sourceforge.net/

It must have been a while since you checked. I'm running gaim 1.1.4 in windows and linux, both using gaim-encryption 2.35.

http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
http://gaim-encryption.sourceforge.net/

Matplotlib does plotting in a Matlab-esque style in Python. It also comes with a bunch of Matlab-like commands for reading and manipulating data. It doesn't do any 3D plots, but it has a good range of 2D capabilities.

Katy Börner and I have been organizing a workshop on Information Visualization Infrastructures, including graph drawing packages. The results are available at http://vw.indiana.edu/ivsi2004/

There are lots of different tradeofs involved. One being interactive vs. static graphics. Another being the size of the graphs.

For static graphs, such as class hierarchies and such, Graphviz (http://www.graphviz.org/ works fine and is easy to integrate in a system. For some graphs, Graphviz will not work at all so you need to try first.

For large or dense graphs, above 1000 nodes or more than 4 times more edges than vertices (5n etc), node-link diagrams don't work at all. You could use a matrix but people are not used at reading matrices.

For interactive visualization of graphs, Jung (http://jung.sourceforge.net/) and Prefuse (http://prefuse.sourceforge.net/) are fine if you have small graphs ()

If you are a graph wizard and want to analyze large social networks, you can take a look at Pajek (http://vlado.fmf.uni-lj.si/pub/networks/Pajek/) but it is not a free software and runs mostly on Windows.

Other packages are ok for simple things, stereotyped things or more experimental things. You need to try them on your own problem to decide.

Katy Börner and I have been organizing a workshop on Information Visualization Infrastructures, including graph drawing packages. The results are available at http://vw.indiana.edu/ivsi2004/

There are lots of different tradeofs involved. One being interactive vs. static graphics. Another being the size of the graphs.

For static graphs, such as class hierarchies and such, Graphviz (http://www.graphviz.org/ works fine and is easy to integrate in a system. For some graphs, Graphviz will not work at all so you need to try first.

For large or dense graphs, above 1000 nodes or more than 4 times more edges than vertices (5n etc), node-link diagrams don't work at all. You could use a matrix but people are not used at reading matrices.

For interactive visualization of graphs, Jung (http://jung.sourceforge.net/) and Prefuse (http://prefuse.sourceforge.net/) are fine if you have small graphs ()

If you are a graph wizard and want to analyze large social networks, you can take a look at Pajek (http://vlado.fmf.uni-lj.si/pub/networks/Pajek/) but it is not a free software and runs mostly on Windows.

Other packages are ok for simple things, stereotyped things or more experimental things. You need to try them on your own problem to decide.

YESSSS!!!

Jabber offers so much, including:

• Potential for full control of message path using an open and extensible protocol.
• Ability to carry messages over a secure connection (i.e. SSL); this is well supported.
• Flexibility to use different clients and servers, all which interoperate without the worry of a protocol change specifically designed to break 3rd party clients. There is no concept of a 3rd party client.
• Support for cross-communication to those other chat services with those awful EULAs, just as a stop-gap until the world becomes fully enlightened. This does NOT require a multi-protocol client... it is called a "transport", and it lives on a server. One login, full communication... that's easy!

There are a number of freely usable Jabber servers, so you can begin enjoying it right away, without setting up a server yourself. Just because you're using one server doesn't mean you can't talk to users on another. Your Jabber ID is in the form username@server, just like an e-mail address, so this ability is intrinsic to the design of Jabber. This is the beauty of a decentralized model.

An excellent Windows client is Exodus. A popular cross-platform client is Psi (based on Qt). Even the ubiquitous GAIM has support for Jabber. And very soon, iChat in Mac OS X will support Jabber! I've even considered making my own cross-platform Jabber client; isn't it great that we have that option? For more information on Jabber in general, visit jabber.org

The most widely used Jabber server software is jabberd 1.4. It is usable in Linux and Windows. For a concise comparison of open-source servers, click here. For a comprehensive list of Jabber servers (both open and commerial), click here.

NOW HEAR THIS -- Start using Jabber!

Folks, it is time to start putting your letters in an envelope. You can no longer trust the letter carrier to protect your privacy. Envelopes are cheap...so start using them.

In light of this anti-personal freedom act on the part of AOL, I would like to give a shameless plug to my project, the Free Secure Instant Messaging Protocol. Please, do not be sparse in criticisms, and if you have any, please help to fix them. The only way it can succeed is through the communities feedback and suggestions.

It's supported by the Unichrome sourceforge project.

Some motherboard chipsets are better-supported than the others. I have a motherboard based on the VIA PM800 chipset, but at the time I tried, I couldn't get it to work with the driver since PM800 support was experimental. While the VESA driver works, I had to install a cheap AGP card since I needed gamma correction to compensate for my (cheap) overbright LCD panel.

I just checked again and someone got the PM800 working. I'll try that when I reinstall my box (soon).

It's supported by the Unichrome sourceforge project.

Some motherboard chipsets are better-supported than the others. I have a motherboard based on the VIA PM800 chipset, but at the time I tried, I couldn't get it to work with the driver since PM800 support was experimental. While the VESA driver works, I had to install a cheap AGP card since I needed gamma correction to compensate for my (cheap) overbright LCD panel.

I just checked again and someone got the PM800 working. I'll try that when I reinstall my box (soon).

1. Open Source, Free
2. Really Cool Looking Display
3. Easy to add to
4. Easy to use API
5. Suited to my work ( Biology )

MP3Gain is the best program I've found. It doesn't normalize like other programs do. 'Instead, MP3Gain uses David Robinson's Replay Gain algorithm to calculate how loud the file actually sounds to a human's ears.'

This is what I use and it works like a charm...

CEWolf

there already exists a Gnome fork although it doesn't seem very active: http://goneme.sourceforge.net/

I'd rather just use AWstats locally than ask someone else for my site's traffic statistics.

Though the interface is nothing like Explorer's, ROX is quite a bit lighter than Nautilus.
It uses GTK2, optionally manages icons on your desktop, has a host of software which was designed for use with it, and (imo) is quite easy to use.

Though the interface is nothing like Explorer's, ROX is quite a bit lighter than Nautilus.
It uses GTK2, optionally manages icons on your desktop, has a host of software which was designed for use with it, and (imo) is quite easy to use.

Well, if it runs Linux, then it can run Bochs... And then Bochs could run Doom3...

That would be pretty damn slow though! Doom3 in slow-motion!

and you can make it even more error prone using network with proxy servers. And proxy does not always mean low performance - read http://larytet.sourceforge.net/rodiAnonymity.shtml

This batch file removes from your disk sensitive material and then fills the disk with some pattern you specify. http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/larytet/CVSR OOT/rodi/java/tools/bigRedButton.bat?rev=1.5&view= log

If you're looking for a cheaper solution, check out the Ultimate Boot CD. It has tools to test memory, CPUs, hard disks, and so much more.

It's definitely something to keep handy and is much cheaper than an iPod.

lets say that i use network containing proxys. lets assume also that performance of the network is comparable to BT. If adversary comes to me (and i am lucky enough to destroy my hard disk using something like this BAT file http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/larytet/CVSR OOT/rodi/java/tools/bigRedButton.bat?rev=1.5&view= log) i can argue that my desktop is only a bouncer (proxy) and in case of Rodi network my desktop is proxy only for the control packets and not even for the "sensitive" data.

After a couple of cases like these the evidence will not be considered "sufficient". Adversary will have to tap (log) the whole icnoming and outgoing traffic from multiple nodes and this can not be done en mase using device on the edge of the network. it will require cooperation of ISPs and warrants on wiretapping ala those which FBI receives

such network exists (not network, but fully functional client) http://larytet.sourceforge.net/rodiAnonymity.shtml

lets say that i use network containing proxys. lets assume also that performance of the network is comparable to BT. If adversary comes to me (and i am lucky enough to destroy my hard disk using something like this BAT file http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/larytet/CVSR OOT/rodi/java/tools/bigRedButton.bat?rev=1.5&view= log) i can argue that my desktop is only a bouncer (proxy) and in case of Rodi network my desktop is proxy only for the control packets and not even for the "sensitive" data.

After a couple of cases like these the evidence will not be considered "sufficient". Adversary will have to tap (log) the whole icnoming and outgoing traffic from multiple nodes and this can not be done en mase using device on the edge of the network. it will require cooperation of ISPs and warrants on wiretapping ala those which FBI receives

such network exists (not network, but fully functional client) http://larytet.sourceforge.net/rodiAnonymity.shtml

I'm almost tempted to buy a mac mini just so I can get this functionality without the windows factor.

The Mac Mini is great for trying out OS X, but I am really underwhelmed by the performance. I've got the faster processor version, and still iTunes skips quite often (the music pauses for a second). It's really quite pathetic since I haven't experienced that sort of thing since I owned a Pentium1 166. It's still really cool to have an OS X box to compliment my Linux box (and Synergy makes this really slick), but I'd rather have a dual-G5 to run OS X but it just really isn't worth the money for me, Linux is and will continue to be my primary OS.

use WinSCP... here's a link.. http://winscp.sourceforge.net/eng/index.php

VLevel is exactly what you want. It works by continuously but gradually changing the gain throughout the file. It has a lookahead buffer of a few seconds, so unlike a compressor, it never has to change the gain too quickly. This preserves "contrast," so for example if a quiet part was being made loud, the gain will decrease a little while before the big bombastic crescendo, so you'll still get the effect.

For Windows, the best way to use it is with the plugin for Foobar2000, an awesome windows audio player. On Linux, you can use it as a LADSPA filter, which can be plugged into XMMS.

Assuming that raid become common practice in the future of the internet, one may actually be surprised that P2P apps are trying to work their way out of having their owners IP addresses traced.

I was surprised (but really, should I be?) to see these kinds of projects. Check out the MUTE project here.

The Dr. Dobb's article didn't seem to do it justice. If you want to learn more about HME, go to the HME Sourceforge homepage and try it out. You can also check out most of the early apps at pvrblog.

http://tivohme.sourceforge.net/

http://hme.pvrblog.com/applications

SOX has a compand operator that lets you tune this stuff and parameters that let you tweak how fast it responds, how hard it attempts to correct the sound, and how fast it "lets go." Put this in line with your CD RIP process after you run a few through a test bed.

Don't forget to specify settings for each channel (normally two).

If you're willing to forego ID3 tags, or can hack them in yourself with mp3info, you can use cdda2wav to do sox processing: cdda2wav -O wav -t 7 -D /dev/cdrom - | sox [sox options] | lame - foo.mp3

there is a third kind - Rodi.

you go to the key server and download list of unique nicknames and public keys. you give a try to everyone of them. you find one or more reliable. that's it. and no, key server does not keep any personal information and not even IP address, but range of IP addresses which is probably IP range of the bouncer(s) and not the publisher. and no, bouncer does not come at performance cocsts

see http://larytet.sourceforge.net/rodiAnonymity.shtml

VLevel keeps your music from making you jump out of your seat, and it keeps you from having to fiddle with the volume constantly. It's different from other dynamic compressors because it looks ahead. You can think of VLevel as someone who knows your music by heart, and turns the volume up during quiet passages, but smoothly turns it back down when he knows a loud part is coming. It's great for making CDs to listen to in your car, or to play background music on your computer.

There is an XMMS plugin I stumbled on a while ago called simply 'volnorm' that you might find useful. Not exactly perfect, but it works for me... get it here. Or emerge xmms-volnorm in gentoo ;)

Geez...I'm surprised nobody brought this up yet. MP3gain normalizes MP3's, but it NOT based on an average of the entire song. Read the site for more info. This is exactly the solution you are looking for.

MP3 Gain at Sourceforge

Sangloth
I'd appreciate any comment with a logical basis...it doesn't even have to agree with me.

Have you tried using Replay Gain? It finds the psychoacoustic level of the music and calculates an appropriate gain correction. Replay gain is supported by foobar2000. MP3Gain is a tool that computes the replay gain for a track and changes the overall gain of the file.

What you want is a compressor. Audacity (GPL software for Linux, Mac, Windows) includes a simple built-in compressor, and also works with compressor plug-ins like SC4 by Steve Harris. (You can get SC4 by installing the swh-plugins collection on Linux or Unix; it's also included with the Windows version of Audacity).

I've used normalizer plugins in both XMMS and Winamp. They aren't perfect, but they're generally alright.

Check out http://volnorm.sourceforge.net/ for an XMMS plugin, or one of the many Winamp plugins here.

If you want to run things locally, you can use sync4j. This is what scheduleworld uses on their servers. You can sync between your PocketPC, Outlook, Evolution, and some other stuff. Scheduleworld is just easier to get started with, and it includes a stand-alone client. Also, look at MultiSync and SynCE if you use linux.

here aren't any OSS tax solutions.
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/turbocash/

free open source (GPL), tax and accounting software for many countries inc uk/us/nl/sa

go read the heated debates they had releasing it, but in the end OSS won
http://www.turbocash.co.za/
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/turbocash/

so go contribute (all languages and many countries supported), its the only free open source dedicated accounting package that you can actually do buisness on

Open Tax Solver is the only F/OSS tax program worth mentioning. It is better than doing it by hand but (if you are used to handholding from TaxCut, TurboTax, and similar products) you will need to be ready for a shock. It is under active development & started out as merely a simple calculator. You would feed in a text file of what numbers you would put on which lines & it would spit out what to put on all of the other lines. So you still need to be familiar with how to do your taxes by hand--you just don't need to have a calculator when you do this. The advantage of this is that it is very flexible--the same program can and is being used for state and other taxes than the US Federal 1040. The disadvantage, of course, is that you need to know a little something & be able to edit that text file.

Someone has since developed a GUI for it, but it is still quite new & somewhat untested. I haven't a clue if the GUI is as flexible as the CLI program.

The output is a textfile. They suggest you sit down with the text file open & fill out a fillable PDF form by hand. Acroread 7 supposedly supports filling in form data from a text file, so that will be the next big improvement to OTS. The catch is you still have to print out the form & mail it in. I don't know how likely efile will be--just as with the open source personal finance programs downloading bank statements, there is generally a lack of information sharing unless you are Intuit or H&R Block.

Don't like this? Then use a free (as in beer) web service through freefile. They list dozens of sites where you can complete and efile federal and some state taxes. Most allow you to keep a PDF of the filed forms for your own records or for a snailmail submission.

gnuTaxes is looking hopeful, if you're still living in 1999. From their "future release section":
1.0.0 - release gnuTax application with complete tax system definitions by end of 2000..

Seriously, these applications are not simple to write, and they change quite a bit, every year. Further, there's probably a certain amount of liability involved. You're better off sticking with one of the big commercial applications, or a web filing service. Hopefully they'll eventually write one in Java...

This would have been better answered with a search on Freshmeat (see here) but the first hit seems like something mildly useful if you want to do some work that isn't necessarily point and click.

OpenTaxSolver with a screenshot here.

Me? I'd pay the $175 to a real live person. They usually save you at least two times what they are worth over a commercial software package. YMMV.

This would have been better answered with a search on Freshmeat (see here) but the first hit seems like something mildly useful if you want to do some work that isn't necessarily point and click.

OpenTaxSolver with a screenshot here.

Me? I'd pay the $175 to a real live person. They usually save you at least two times what they are worth over a commercial software package. YMMV.

Open Tax Solver

>- the software support isn't there. No CATIA, no
>ProE, no etc. Can't be an engineer using Linux
>alone.

They sound like rather obscure/unusual applications. What is their function?

>it is still fucking slow. Hate to break it to
>you, but as a long time xfce4 user, XP is still
>faster.

Get a 2.6 series kernel, and compile it with the pre-emptible feature turned on, and SMTP support turned off if you've only got one processor. Make sure you also have a swap partition. In terms of distributions, this one might interest you.

In terms of window managers, if speed is important to you, don't use KDE. Compile a stripped down version of Enlightenment and use fbpanel in conjunction with it. I will be very surprised after you've done that if your RAM usage (before any other applications) is above 50 Mb. What hardware are you using?

>But it's slower for getting things done because
>double-clicking an icon is easier than typing
>/usr/share/baoeu/otehu/ -x -die. Pressing a
>flurry of keys might feel faster, but it isn't
>actually faster.

I strongly recommend that you familiarise yourself with the contents of this document, and also this one, if you have not already done so. You can download a version of make compatible with that tutorial from here.
You may also be interested in downloading this program and learning about its use.

If after having a look at some of these tools and taking some time to learn/evaluate them, you still desire to remain GUI based, that's fine. Some people genuinely *are* more visually oriented, neurologically. But in order merely to set the record straight that use of the command line can indeed be remarkably powerful for those who are oriented towards it, I would invite you to as I said at least evaluate the above documents and tools. The command line takes some time and mental effort to become confident with, but once you are familiar with it, the levels of flexibility and automation it can offer you truly are unavailable anywhere else.

The Firefox interface is all XUL - not minimised at all, just with fewer features. It's what allows themes to change the interface, and extensions. If you want a XUL-less browser, try K-Meleon.

Mozilla has become a well-known name (through its history and through Firefox), while the Gecko engine is relatively unheard of. Similarly, people know Internet Explorer instead of Trident or Tasman, Opera instead of Presto, and so on.

Thats right. Mozilla did have a nice marketing but due to the recent layoffs it was no wonder. Also people on the Open Source architecture get more and more settled to either KDE or GNOME desktop environments and thus like a Browser that smoothly embedds into their overall environment which is slick and easy to use.

While Firefox was the right approach in this direction it still is a huge monster compared to solutions such as KHTML (Apple WebCore or GTK+ WebCore).

People want small solutions that does the trick such as Atlantis Screenshots from Atlantis Homepage.

Atlantis is planned to become Open Source soon (as soon as the code gets cleaned up) and hope fully will lead a unified Browsing experience amongst KDE and GNOME by using the technological same Rendering Engine as well as sharing the same Bookmarks System.

Its in consumer's best interests to force them to upgrade lest they be left behind and forgotten.

Normally this is standard MS mentality but I disagree in this case. Here's why:

Hard drive space is friggin' cheap. Look closely there. The 80GB unit is $55 while the 40GB unit is $48. Wow... For that kind of bang/buck, manufacturers might want to start bundling Linux with Windows in a dual-boot configuration. And coming soon, virtualization - you'll be able to run Linux and Windows simultaneously on the same damn PC.

What better method of migrating people from Windows?

WinFS, however, throws a monkey wrench in that. While linux NTFS is coming along nicely, Microsoft is fearing the loss of the proprietary-ness that has locked them in for so long.

Linux on the desktop is close (though ever so frustrating at this point). WinFS is Microsoft's last ditch at thwarting it for another couple years.

Do you need a pretty GUI, or do you just want the new functionality etc.?

We may not need a good GUI, but we usually prefer it. Got a problem with that? Why bother with the command-line client, shouldn't you just be recreating a BT client by hand in assembly every time you want to download something?

Now, all you Mac users, go download Azureus. It's the best BT client for the Mac I've seen. Very comprehensive, easy to use, lets you limit the upload/download rates so you don't saturate the connection. It actually works now, as opposed to when I downloaded it a few months back. It's the first BT client I've seen on any platform that doesn't suck.

Azureus. Get it. I'm sure they will be updating internally to the new BitTorrent release before long, but it already works great. Cross platform, too. You'll need the latest Java installed.

Do you need a pretty GUI, or do you just want the new functionality etc.?

We may not need a good GUI, but we usually prefer it. Got a problem with that? Why bother with the command-line client, shouldn't you just be recreating a BT client by hand in assembly every time you want to download something?

Now, all you Mac users, go download Azureus. It's the best BT client for the Mac I've seen. Very comprehensive, easy to use, lets you limit the upload/download rates so you don't saturate the connection. It actually works now, as opposed to when I downloaded it a few months back. It's the first BT client I've seen on any platform that doesn't suck.

Azureus. Get it. I'm sure they will be updating internally to the new BitTorrent release before long, but it already works great. Cross platform, too. You'll need the latest Java installed.