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Apparently so..

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?threa d_id=6402677&forum_id=8577

I have been trying to use linux alone at home without a problem. At work, Its a different issue. Of course there are 3rd party windows programs that are inescable save companies like netraverse and codeweavers. My problem has been PPTP and VPN client software. pptpconfig by James Cameron http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/, is a start, but not a good solution. It esentially doesn't work for most VPN servers that aren't a microsoft product. So for that reason, I can't depend on linux exclusively, nor can I sell the idea to my boss very well. Wish I could, Josh

Download your copy from here. It's significantly non-trivial to install. Despite the URL, that's with native graphics, not through CygWin's X server, an implementation which also exists.

This is more what I'm talking about, except I'd like it to be as ubiquitous as .gif or .jpeg: so that I can right click it, save it to my desktop, drop it into a presentation (with proper citation of course :-)). Right now it just seems too...specialized I guess. It's a whole java applet that takes care of the visualization, not just a data format. I dunno...maybe I'm being too picky. At least there is some kind of option. It just seems like the technology is all there for a simple, straight forward 3-D standard, it's just a matter of getting it all together and a critical mass of people using it so that most 3-D visualization programs would have an option to output to that format, even if it means loss of some information, and programs that can embed graphics would be expected to be able to embed the format. To extend the .png analogy: if you made a pretty picture in the GIMP, you wouldn't normally bother to post the original .xcf file. Even if you didn't mind people taking your work and modifying it, it just wouldn't be a safe assumption that most people viewing your website have the GIMP or even know what it is. And how many will bother to install it just because you included a link to http://www.gimp.org/? Instead you'd convert to .png and post that. Yes you lose some of the original information when you do that and if you go back to .xcf, you won't have the original layering etc, but then it's also a safe assumption that most people just want to see the picture and aren't interested in the original source.

I'll have to echo this myself. I remember using Winamp in the days of Napster when it was just a baby (both were). It was the best in the day and is still the best (for audio). For video I normally use Media Player Classic.

MayaVi is also quite nice. And it's Python.

It would be cool if someone ported this to Darwin so Apple users could play with it.

That was exactly my first reaction. But then, I started worndering. That GNU-Darwin people decides not to link to proprietary libraries is, of course, a result of them using the GNU Public License so extensively and now because of that decision the primary Darwin development platform is no longer supported in this project!

This makes me shake my head and wonder WTF? This project is not only shooting itself in the foot by choosing a platform not fully supported by the OS, but is also screwing over the real meat of Darwin's userbase: PowerPC owners. This move is akin to opening a car garage (in America) whose mechanics are all experienced in servicing American cars, and then changing policy months later, stating that the garage will only work on foreign models. Where is the logic here?

Seriously, am I the only one who is wondering who the Hell is in charge at that project? Kool-Aid Man? This move makes so little sense I can't tell if the people at GNU-Darwin are really that stupid, or if I am waking up in alternate realities every damn morning. I almost kind of hope for the latter. This is the GPL in action, Mac faithful. Get down on your knees and kiss Apple's butt for choosing the BSD license.

Could that be the reason we might never see the Ambient Desktop ported this to Darwin? Or maybe the Ambient Desktop is one of those apps that you complain there are none by saying: "I always thought MorphOS looked great, just no apps"? Good question.

For a sound editor, I would recommend rezound. It has all the features that you could ask for of a professional sound editor, with a pretty interesting interface to boot.

I think OpenDX is a bit more than just a tool-kit. It also has a great GUI for doing visualization, without the need for too much coding (somewhat analagous to LabView, I suppose). I have found I really like MayaVI, which is a GUI for VTK. MayaVI/VTK are python scriptable, which is great.

"[We, the Science Musuem of Minnesota,] are frustrated by a lack of consolidated resources and discussion about open-source, scientific visualization development tools"

• OpenDX - powerful data visualisation software
  • Open source but downloading requires you to register and to acknowledge their patents. This software became open-source in 1999
  • as first discussed here on Slashdot (why does Slashdot still use the same old Slashcode which even after 7 years of development still destroys the nesting of all its archived articles after 2 weeks???)
  
  
• Vis5d - has a unique interface for explicit 5d data visualisation
  • Open source but development has ceased.
  
  
• Webwinds - 3d data visualisation software
  • Open source, Java.
  
  
• LinkWinds - 3d data visualisation software
  • Open source but restricted download and development has ceased.
  
  
• OpenQVIS - 3d realtime volume visualisation on commodity desktop computers
  • Open source.

"[We, the Science Musuem of Minnesota,] are frustrated by a lack of consolidated resources and discussion about open-source, scientific visualization development tools"

• OpenDX - powerful data visualisation software
  • Open source but downloading requires you to register and to acknowledge their patents. This software became open-source in 1999
  • as first discussed here on Slashdot (why does Slashdot still use the same old Slashcode which even after 7 years of development still destroys the nesting of all its archived articles after 2 weeks???)
  
  
• Vis5d - has a unique interface for explicit 5d data visualisation
  • Open source but development has ceased.
  
  
• Webwinds - 3d data visualisation software
  • Open source, Java.
  
  
• LinkWinds - 3d data visualisation software
  • Open source but restricted download and development has ceased.
  
  
• OpenQVIS - 3d realtime volume visualisation on commodity desktop computers
  • Open source.

you mean like this file, looks like BSD style license to me. Or maybe this one, which also looks like BSD style license.

And those random web pages are their official pages that they refer to themselves.

you mean like this file, looks like BSD style license to me. Or maybe this one, which also looks like BSD style license.

And those random web pages are their official pages that they refer to themselves.

There is actually a quite practical way for anonymous, secure p2p filesharing - Freenet and Frost.

The Freenet system is designed to be completely decentralized, and it should be nigh impossible to track data paths over the nodes - no one knows which node originally requested the information, and the requesting node doesn't know where it's coming from. Also, all communications between the freenodes are encrypted, and everything in a freenode is stored in encrypted form as well. The owner of a freenode has no way of knowing what's stored in it.

All parts of the system are open-source and thus can be reviewed and trusted, unlike this eXeem garbage. As a bonus, it's written in Java and runs on a variety of platforms.

Finally, as you may have guessed by now - the system is slow as molasses flowing uphill in winter. Also, the freenode should best be running 24/7, which certainly is impractical for most.

But secure, anonymous filesharing is possible, today, with existing software.

There is actually a quite practical way for anonymous, secure p2p filesharing - Freenet and Frost.

The Freenet system is designed to be completely decentralized, and it should be nigh impossible to track data paths over the nodes - no one knows which node originally requested the information, and the requesting node doesn't know where it's coming from. Also, all communications between the freenodes are encrypted, and everything in a freenode is stored in encrypted form as well. The owner of a freenode has no way of knowing what's stored in it.

All parts of the system are open-source and thus can be reviewed and trusted, unlike this eXeem garbage. As a bonus, it's written in Java and runs on a variety of platforms.

Finally, as you may have guessed by now - the system is slow as molasses flowing uphill in winter. Also, the freenode should best be running 24/7, which certainly is impractical for most.

But secure, anonymous filesharing is possible, today, with existing software.

You do realise that "RPM v apt" is not really a valid comparison? RPM is a packaging system. Apt is a dependancy resolver that sits on top of the packaging system.

I use apt with my RPM based systems every day. apt4rpm works find on Mandrake -- Assuming you can find a repository of course. Even if you can't, making your own isn't had.

Mod parent up, from the sources files it's clear that it's BSD-style licence.

To expand upon what canon006 said, by default the "root" account is disabled in OS X. For security reasons, it's not recommended that you enable it unless you really, really need it. If you need to run a command as root, you can type "sudo [command name]", and when it asks for a password, type in your own password, assuming your account is considered an Admin account in the system preferences.

By the way, if you're new to OS X, I'd recommend checking out Fink. It's basically a package manager for UNIX software that is known to compile on OS X; it works somewhat like Debian's apt-get (it uses the .deb package format, even). If you're a long-time Linux user, there are probably a lot of little programs in there that you'll find useful.

That's funny, but according to the manual libtorrent is under a BSD license, so no source code required.

For some reason freshmeat lists it as GPL, but that contradicts the sourceforge home page and their own manual.

Have you considered smartmontools?

From the libtorrent documentation: libtorrent is released under the BSD-license.

I don't see any COPYING file in the archive, and the source files contain the following:

Copyright (c) 2003, Arvid Norberg, Daniel Wallin
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
are met:

* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
* Neither the name of the author nor the names of its
contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
from this software without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

I saw this post on the libtorrent mailing list a while ago.
If its true, the authors of Exeem modified libtorrent and used it in their application. I am sure that the authors of libtorrent are quite happy that some people can earn money by advertising using some of their work.

I saw this post on the libtorrent mailing list a while ago.
If its true, the authors of Exeem modified libtorrent and used it in their application. I am sure that the authors of libtorrent are quite happy that some people can earn money by advertising using some of their work.

One word....Fink

http://fink.sourceforge.net/

I grabbed the X11 server from fink, compiled it locally, and had WindowMaker running on it in a couple hours (well the X11 compile took ~12 hrs, but it was a Grape iMac (90MHz G3) my G4-400 can do it in ~3-4 hrs).

I haven't been back for a few months to see if the X11 is from Xfree86 or X.org, but either way, fink has it AND instructions on getting it functional.

Anyone out there able to help?

The truth is that Linux is a very capable video production platform, but also requires a more significant investment of time in lieu of an investment of money.

Kino is a good entry level one-track editor and has excellent video capture capabilities.

Cinelerra is an excellent advanced editor and compositor, supporting a multitude of professional features on an unlimited number of video and audio tracks.

DvdAuthor together with the gimp is a great solution for authoring DVDs. Its home page lists a number of gui front ends that have come a long way in the last year.

The best part of these applications is the excellent support offered by the developers. Scott at dvdauthor has responded to my email questions in under an hour before and averages less than 8 hours for a response. I witnessed a conversation on the cinelerra IRC channel in which a user mentioned wanting professional timecode support, and within an hour the requirements were clarified and preliminary work had already begun. Try getting that kind of response from Adobe, Sony, or Ulead. I myself will welcome emails anytime with questions about how everything fits together.

As an example of what is possible using only GPL software on Linux, let me tell you about my last wedding video. It was done all in 16:9 widescreen using two synchronized miniDV cameras captured via firewire. The full motion and sound menus on the DVD provide a choice of stereo or 5.1 surround, long or short versions of the video, full scene selection, and viewing of all the still photos taken at the wedding using the menu buttons. Effects include smooth transitions from black and white to color, animated picture-in-picture, slow motion, deinterlacing, color correction, and scrolling credits in my choice of true-type font.

I can't comment on ease of use compared to Windows or Mac because I haven't edited video on Windows since before XP came out and have never tried a Mac for video editing, but you can see from my example that it is possible to produce professional quality results with only GPL software and some investment of time to learn how to use it. My offer to help you get started via email always stands.

libtorrent is released under the BSD-license.

See: http://libtorrent.sourceforge.net/manual.html

If GPL'ed, it probably would not have been used in eXeem (it's probably quite difficult to make a spyware ridden application from a GPL'ed app...).

I think if Macintosh actually became a credible, commonly used platform for X11 applications, the theming and behavior would take care of itself: it would approximate Macintosh native as closely as users generally desire.

he ability to create your own 'torrents' is what will really set this service apart.

Azureus, a Java BitTorrent client, makes it a snap for the user to create torrents.

Exeem uses libtorrent as its codebase, with extra coding for the decentralized tracker. Libtorrent is an open source GPL'd C++ implementation of the bittorrent protocol. The only requirements for compiling it are support for STL and the latest Boost. This means it works in Windows, Linux, Mac OSX... even cygwin! It's also a library, so it can be plugged into any application.

I've had many communications with the creator, and he's a very cool guy and quite dedicated to the work. I helped a little with debugging, etc, but my main interest at the time was using it to in my own graphical interface. I never completed the project, but I still feel a good connection to libtorrent.

You can run your CDE off your Solaris or OpenVMS box, then display the X11 on your Mac desktop. The Gimp works pretty nice too. Version 2.2! Now if only there was better clipboard support...

Link:
http://www.buzzmachine.com/archives/2004_10_26.htm l#008280

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http://cinepaint.sourceforge.net/ CinePaint is painting and retouching software primarily used for motion picture frame-by-frame retouching and dust-busting http://www.linux1394.org/ For Firewire Tools

No, no, see, the iPod can also sync under MacOS X.

(And, of course, there's also this or this, but it's not Apple-supported so it doesn't really count.)

See! I knew it! Linux DOES have a registry!

It sure does! And the Elektra Project even admits it!

See! I knew it! Linux DOES have a registry!

It sure does! And the Elektra Project even admits it!

How are you forced to use AAC (with the iPod)?

The iPod plays MP3's no problem which you can download, purchase or create yourself.

Nobody is forcing you to use AAC. Even the iTunes software gives you the option to "rip" in many formats ...

I use IRC for legit purposes, too. Not so much business purposes, though.

I had two problems. Firstly, my (personal) server was at work, on a dynamic IP on a DSL line. The other was that I also have a dynamic IP at home (well, more accurately, my neighbours have a dynamic IP :-)), so I can't very well put up much of a personal site.

The solution was IRC. I always have a screened IRC session going on the box at work, so all I have to do is /whois that client, and to do that I'd need to be connected anyway, so I may as well grab my own IP while I'm grabbing the box's at work.

So I ended up scripting all that and hooking it into a Gaim script that updates my AIM userinfo whenever a file in my home directory is modified.

Somewhere in there I also manage to communicate with friends.

First, all the Mac users out there seem to praise the user interface, and say that they can not find a single flaw in it, and then proceed to tweak the heck out of it by a gazillion third party programs.

First, all the Mac users out there seem to praise the user interface, and say that they can not find a single flaw in it, and then proceed to tweak the heck out of it by a gazillion third party programs.

I hope this does not break Hotway. Which also worked with Lycos and Spray and even worked within Cygwin.

To me, this is more evidence that the less you have to do with non-free jerks like M$, the less pain you will suffer. It's not enough that they loaded Hotmail with four or six frames of blinking adverts. It's not enough that they put tagline adverts into your mail. Confronted with superior competition from Google, M$ responds by removing features.

Kenosis-enabled BitTorrent is not anonymous. But anonymous P2P is being worked on.

We made one for non-technical users. We use the "Kronos" time clock/door lock system, and we made a documentation project with a wiki. We locked the main pages made by us, and created an unlocked page for additional notes branched off of that that can be modified by anyone. We used wiki tikki tavi. Works well, and installs fast.

We won't even tell you when we change it, you should spend half an hour (each time you start the program) comparing the old text with the new to spot and keep yourself updated with changes

It's being worked on. [via]

The first is treatment of concurrency based on join-calculus.

The second is type system for XML. There is a lot of research in CS for strongly-typed XML processing (check XDuce for one).

TFA actually does a good job of presenting most important concepts of those for people not quite familiar with undelying theory.

For some time now, linux drivers for the ipw2200 and older ipw2200 wlan chipsets have been usable. ipw2200 is now moving towards 1.0, beginning with a feature freeze.

You mean for the 2100 and 2200 chipsets?

You mean for the 2100 and 2200 chipsets?

For IM, use GAIM and get the GAIM encryption plug-in. Nice, seamless encryption over anyone's IM service. Only issue - your friends also need to be running Gaim with the encryption module.