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I see CinePaint (aka Film Gimp) already has 8/16/32 bits per channel.

Why not merge that code back into the main trunk?

I use assp (http://assp.sourceforge.net/) tweaked into a whitelist only mode, though I'm sure other mail proxies can be configured similarly. A nice feature of assp is that it automatically whitelists the recipent of oubound mail so replies from them aren't rejected.

Any message that does not match one of my whitelist criteria is not accepted. The 500 error response contains a URL, so any real people trying to email me will receive a message that will direct them to a web page containing instructions on how to get mail though to me. Anyone too stupid to follow those instructions is probably not someone I want to receive email from anyway. ;)

I now receive less than 1 spam per month (down from about 50 or more per day), and that's only when they happen to match one of my whitelisted keywords by accident.

A hard core solution perhaps, and one not suitable for everyone. However, for my home mail server it's ideal.

"MPlayer is a movie player for Linux (runs on many other Unices, and non-x86 CPUs, see the documentation). It plays most MPEG, VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, FLI, RM, NuppelVideo, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs. You can watch VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5 and even WMV movies, too (without the avifile library)."

I have personally used it on my Powerbood and it runs great. Sounds good? You can download it from here

Actually,there is a JIT compiler for Python called psyco.

PIMP is taken, twice: as an older name for NSIS, and as part of the name of a Usenet UA for the GNOME desktop.

A P2P-ish RSS system that:
* Attempts to make each client capable (but not always used) of functioning as a caching server for the feed
* Has a top-level owner of a feed who has sole rights to update the feed. Perhaps passing public/private keys with the feed to ensure no tampering. Anyone who wanted to subscribe to the feed would need to connect to the top-level one time to get the keys before using RSS-P2P caches.

Like this one?

This is just retarded. Do the GIMP developers actually want their software to gain wider acceptance? It does not need a new splash screen, it needs a NEW NAME! Imagine trying to get someone to try the GIMP:

User: Can you get me a copy of Photoshop?
Advocate: No, but I can give you a copy of The GIMP, its a free alternative to Photoshop, and its really good!
User: The GIMP? What kind of a name is that? I'll get hold of Photoshop thanks!

I mean come on, GIMP developers - we all know its a great piece of software but you have to admit that marketing matters. Look at FilmGIMP - they changed their name to CinePaint. Why? "This change will present a more professional name", it says on their site.

The GIMP team would be much better off holding a new name contest than a splash screen contest.

There's also the Vega Strike B5 Mod, which is in the unusual position of having a lot of models and nobody to do the plot/scripting.

There's some really good eye candy in the VS B5 forum.

All browsers?

I think not!

-Bill
(And I didn't even mention telnet'ing to port 80!)

No it isn't.

I still use Opera in Win&Linux on fast&slow machines for three big reasons:

1. It's MUCH faster than FireFox, especially when using mouse rockers to go backwards and forwards through cached browser pages; with Opera it's instantaneous, but extremely sluggish in FireFox.
2. A session saver that always works. If Opera crashes, or my computer freezes and reboots, Opera NEVER fails to restore my previous session of open tabs, page positions, etc. The "Session Saver" extension for FireFox, on the other hand, doesn't work nearly as well, and it's buggy - if the last open window is a popup, and firefox crashes, you end up with an unusable UI when you relaunch.
3. The handy F12 Quickmenu for toggling my privoxy proxy on/off, user agent string, animated GIFs, etc.
4. Opera's faster.

The only thing I use FireFox for is web development and viewing flash and other embedded media (w/ the MPlayer plugin).

One more thing to try: AbiWord for Thumb Drives

AbiWord for Thumb Drives is an UNOFFICIAL version designed for use on USB Thumb/Pen Drives. It was created by Craigweb (Me).

To import OpenOffice documents you will need to also download the ImportExport-2.2.1 plugins.

Not only is it not the first time, there are even homebrew, opensource versions.

Try the OpenEEG Project. You can even partial or complete hardware from Olimex, a circuit board manufacturer.

I'm waiting for someone to write a Winamp or WMP plugin that takes input from an OpenEEG feed :)

If they were only selling modded XBoxes and not doing anything with copied games, I hope a geek group like the EFF defends them.

In a perfect world, it'd be easy to make a case that there are substantial, non-infringing uses for a mod chip, but it seems that convincing judges that copyright isn't an absolute property right is an uphill battle.

• "As a programmer for over 20 years, I have never been concerned with what a 'type system' is."
  
• "Every programming language I am familiar with has the same basic concept: values and expressions may or may not have a type."
  
• "The concept of "term" is irrelevant to the implementation, design and use of programming languages."

But let`s be honest. 99% of modded Xbox and PS1/2 serve a lone purpose : playing games without paying for them

Absolutely everyone I know know who has an xbox, has XBMC on there. Yes, some of these people no doubt also play pirated games but your 99% [...] lone purpose figure is either made up or a Microsoft statistic - <obligatory-ms-bash>Opps, I repeated myself</obligatory-ms-bash>.

http://openeeg.sourceforge.net/

The X-Box was built as a gaming console, not a Linux box. It was recieved well on slashdot.

The iPod was built to be an MP3 player, not a Linux box. On slashdot, while some people were perplexed, others/many thought it was great.

I don't see the difference. Any talk of "purpose" is moot in the Linux community. People generally applaud putting (or attempting to put) Linux "where it doesn't belong." It doesn't make sense to give this guy a hard time for trying.

Now, if you want to give him a hard time for FAILING, that is another story, esp. when it appears that the OS is on a removable flash card or on the harddrive, both of which could be put in the other PC with the same chip and installed there and swapped back, assuming the CMOS and the OS aren't tied together.

Some of the volunteers of the Indian Linux Project, along with team members of a few other South Asian Linux localization projects are trying to get Linux running on a low cost Geode based system. Join the indlinux-group mailing list if you are interested in helping out. The latest Indlinux Newsletter mentions this effort briefly.

I used to run BeOS on an upgraded PowerMac 7500 and had high hopes that it would take off.... which it did... into oblivion. I'm not sure if it can be put into GPL, but there is an OpenBeOS project. Check them out at OpenBeOS Project

The fact that i have to use internet explorer to me is not the greatest idea. Secondly i refuse to install the interactual player when my dvd-drive came with better software and yet i still prefer Media Player Classic for dvd playback. Awesome concept the fact that i have to install software to get it to work is not that great.

My verdict: keep it but realize that some of us refuse to install software for that functionality.

So how come K9 is not in the list of tested products? It is small, ultra efficient and it doesn't cost a thing. Same goes with POPFile which uses Bayes to classify not only spam from ham but also works as a smart filtering proxy.

... see "sha1" above -- the standard doesn't define which hash algorithm to use.

... see "sha1" above -- the standard doesn't define which hash algorithm to use.

I use nzbget (defunct) and nzb's mostly. There's a patch for nget. Binaries ahoy!

Mutt

One word: GNUStep

Just because nobody has completely implemented the OS X APIs doesn't mean they're not open. Eventually, you may be able to develop an app, GUI and all, on OS X then compile and run it on Linux/BSD/Solaris and *gasp* even Windows.

And if being able to compile all kinds of Unix apps on OS X doesn't make it Unix, I don't now what does.

here is a beta version of DSpam for Windows/Exchange.

Oops--here's the link for Mahogany. Of all those I posted, it sounds like the most promising: it is being built ground-up as an IMAP client and it has Python bindings.

Well, in addition to mutt, elm, gnus, and cygwin ports of KMail, Sylpheed, etc, there are a few lesser-known native open source MUAs on win32. Some are useful, some aren't:

Phoenix Mail
Mahogany
JoeEmail
Python IMAP Email Client

Well, in addition to mutt, elm, gnus, and cygwin ports of KMail, Sylpheed, etc, there are a few lesser-known native open source MUAs on win32. Some are useful, some aren't:

Phoenix Mail
Mahogany
JoeEmail
Python IMAP Email Client

Well, in addition to mutt, elm, gnus, and cygwin ports of KMail, Sylpheed, etc, there are a few lesser-known native open source MUAs on win32. Some are useful, some aren't:

Phoenix Mail
Mahogany
JoeEmail
Python IMAP Email Client

Just an e-mail client which has a *G*UI. Evolution, and KMail cannot run on Windows.

I know ATI makes the flakiest drivers in Windows but the hardware rocks.
ATI supposedly has linux drivers but they don't support AIW cards very well. ATI instead refers you to the gatos project which seems to be under-manned.
Until ATI does make linux drivers for AIW cards or puts an ATI engineer on the Gatos project, Linux-based PVRs will continue to be hit and miss in terms of hardware.

Don't forget Freevo... works great!

Linux is not an operating system, it's the kernel on which multiple operating systems are built.

J.

http://sylpheed-claws.sourceforge.net/win32/

"The problem is communication and perhaps marketing. How is Joe User supposed to know Bearshare is spyware but eMule isn't?"

Honest, this isn't a troll, but:

Emule
# Development Status: 4 - Beta, 5 - Production/Stable
# Intended Audience: End Users/Desktop
# License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
# Operating System: 32-bit MS Windows (95/98), 32-bit MS Windows (NT/2000/XP), All 32-bit MS Windows (95/98/NT/2000/XP), Win2K, WinXP
# Programming Language: C++
# Topic: File Sharing

Bearshare
The license granted under this Agreement prohibits you from doing any of the following...

The message seems to be quite clear - you can trust GPL software. As you say, it's a marketing problem. I didn't know anything about those two fileshare programs until a moment ago, but a quick look at the license for each strongly suggests which one is trustworthy.

BearShare has an EULA with restrictions on use, eMule has an optional distribution license, with no restrictions on use. If anyone is teaching relatives how to recognise trustworthy software, this is one good test to let people know about.

Look again.

you can find it here It has native linux support. If you want a free product you can look at CinePaint

Yes you can run OSX on normal PC hardware using the open source PearPC emulator. It's no speed demon but it works fine.

http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/

Why not do both? Play some perl golf.

Before I moved to Gmail I used POPFile. Not only as a spam filter, but to classify mail into categories. After a week of training it almost never got anything wrong.

Depends on where one is looking. My personal favorite for this kind of thing is irate radio. While still pretty rough around the edges, I think it has great potential as a method of getting information to people about what kind of indie bands they might enjoy.

Every time my son says photoshop is better because it does X and Gimp doesn't, I've been able to show him that Gimp does do X. I'm not sure which is better my self, but I can say that having learned Gimp first, I'm much better at using photoshop than he is at using Gimp after learning Photshop. He loves the PS UI much better because "everything is right there" and I go faster using the keyboard accelerators in both programs. I figure if your a pro, your time is too valuable to waste on clicking icons.

I don't always use Gimp, sometimes I use Cinepaint because it handles 8, 16 and 32-bits per channel color and exotic professional formats like Cineon and OpenEXR. If you try cinepaint be warned it has a few warts, download the stable source, then overwrite the unsharp masking files with the unsharp masking files from cvs at sf.net and unsharp masking will work.

What about CinePaint?

Here's a linuxdevcenter article

-bill!

• 8/16/32-bits of color per channel (up to 128-bits RGBA)
• Motion picture file formats: Kodak Cineon, ILM OpenEXR, Maya IFF, 32-bit TIFF

For those not familiar, picture a filesystem that can be mounted on 2 or more hosts at once instead of mounted from one then NFS-exported (or Samba, either way) from one host to all the others.

Serious question: At work i do some testing with iSCSI (SCSI over TCP/IP). The target-device is being provided by a Linux-PC (see Linux Enterprise Target for details). We tried a little and were able to mount that target at three different Windows 2000/XP machines using Microsofts iSCSI Initiator.

We had the same filesystem on three PCs and could read / write / erase.
Is this quite similar or were there other features in tru64 clustering that one would miss in todays OS'es (Linux/BSD/Windows)?

Without the HPIJS or GIMP-print drivers, my HP's would basically be paper weights, HP's drivers are so bad.

Still, after a long history with them, I've switched to Epson. Never buying HP again. I love that the open source community makes my HP stuff work, but when I pay for "Mac supported" hardware, I don't want to have to rely on the goodwill of others to make it work.