April 2012
Dragora is a trustworthy GNU/Linux distribution based on the concept of simplicity with the goal of being a multi-purpose operating system. Dragora respects the freedom of the user with the values of Free Software and provides control to those who use it. It is developed entirely by volunteers and it is published under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
Release Notes: Highlights of this release are Linux-Libre 3.2.15, GCC 4.5.3, built with special care, GLIBC 2.13+ (git version), Chinese Input support through fcitx 3.6.3 and wqy-zenhei 0.8.38, xorg-server 1.11.4, Xfce 4.8+, IceWM 1.3.7, and ScrotWM 0.10.0, support for the new XCB API, the Nouveau video driver, IceCat 10, IcedTea6, HAL (from git) with support for hibernation and suspension, Polkit, Consolekit, Udisks, and Upower. Support for Cgroups and HugeTLB filesystems was added. "/run" is now supported for Udev 175. All components have been upgraded, and there were many bugfixes and further improvements.
expect-lite is an quick and easy command line automation tool. Written in expect, it is designed to directly map an interactive terminal session into an automation script. expect-lite scripts use special character(s) at the beginning of each line to indicate the action. Basic expect-lite scripts can be created by simply cutting and pasting text from a terminal window into a script, and adding '>' '<' characters. No knowledge of expect is required. Expect-lite is targeted at the verification testing environment, and will produce a Pass/Fail result at the end of the script. However, its use is not limited to this environment. It includes a powerful debugger with breakpoints, step/skip, and the ability to copy/paste expect-lite lines right into a running script.
Release Notes: User defined help was added (run your script with a -h). Arguments are now passed to include files (e.g. ~login.inc user=root). A new *NOINTERACT directive was added, which is useful for quick regression scripts. A ##Include Result: FAIL message was also added for quick regression scripts.
BitNami Redmine Stack is an easy-to-install distribution of Redmine, a flexible project management Web application. It includes pre-configured, ready-to-run versions of Apache, MySQL, Ruby On Rails, and Subversion, so users can get a Redmine installation up and running in minutes after answering a few questions. Currently, Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X are supported.
Release Notes: Redmine was updated to version 1.4.1.
BitNami MAMPStack Native Installer is an easy-to-install environment to develop and deploy PHP applications. It includes pre-configured, ready-to-run versions of Apache, MySQL, PHP, and phpMyAdmin. Amazon AWS PHP SDK makes it easier to develop PHP applications that run on Amazon Web Services. The AWS PHP SDK includes the AWS PHP library, code samples, and documentation.
Release Notes: This release added phpMyAdmin 3.5.10, CakePHP 2.1.1, Symfony 2.0.12, uploadprogress module 1.0.3.1, and PEAR Console_Table 1.1.4.
BitNami LAMPStack Native Installer is an easy-to-install environment to develop and deploy PHP applications. It includes pre-configured, ready-to-run versions of Apache, MySQL, PHP, and phpMyAdmin. Amazon AWS PHP SDK makes it easier to develop PHP applications that run on Amazon Web Services. The AWS PHP SDK includes the AWS PHP library, code samples, and documentation.
Release Notes: This release included phpMyAdmin 3.5.10, CakePHP 2.1.1, Symfony 2.0.12, uploadprogress module 1.0.3.1, add PEAR Console_Table 1.1.4.
ZABBIX is an enterprise-class distributed monitoring solution designed to monitor and track performance and availability of network servers, devices, and other IT resources. It supports distributed and Web-based monitoring, auto-discovery, real-time monitoring, SLA assurance, trending, and more.
Release Notes: This release introduces support for multiple servers for agent active checks, new macros, and several bugfixes.
Asteroid (just one!) is a modern version of the arcade classic Asteroids, using OpenGL and GLUT. It features a variety of powerups, taunting aliens, 3D textured asteroids, face-melting (and optional) sound effects, infinite playability, and universal portability.
Release Notes: This release features GTK+ dialogs, a desktop file, and no more console interaction.
Window Switch is a tool that allows you to move applications between networked computers. The windows appear where you need them, as they were. You no longer need to save and send documents to move them around; simply move the view of the application to the machine where you need it.
Release Notes: This release added support for the latest xpra features (vpx and x264 video encoding), updated Python to 2.7.3 (on Mac OS X and MS Windows), fixed a bug that prevented preferences from being saved, and ensures that the icons chosen for the menu categories are more appropriate/less generic. Log files are now rotated automatically and custom launchers can be placed in ~/.local/share/applications.
Emergent is a neural network simulator with a built-in scripting language which allows for the creation and analysis of complex, sophisticated models of the brain in the world. Networks and all of their state variables are visually inspected in 3D, allowing quick "visual regression" of network dynamics and robot behavior. Emergent is a direct descendant of the PDP and PDP++ neural network packages.
Release Notes: CSS list comprehension functionality was added and assorted bugs were fixed.
Protracer is a simple raytracer originally written in 1999 as a university course project. Please be aware that, despite the name, there is nothing especially professional about Protracer. The name is meant to be a pun on the Protracker music tracker application. It currently supports a very limited subset of the POV-Ray file format.
Release Notes: This release added support for applying tranformations (translate (move) and rotate) on light sources and cameras.
4MLinux is a miniature Linux distribution focusing on four capabilities: maintenance (by using it as a system rescue live CD), multimedia (for example, for playing video DVDs), miniserver (using the inetd daemon), and mystery (meaning console games).
Release Notes: This release includes all the applications that are present in 4MLinux-3.2, 4MLinux-3.2-rescue-edition, and 4MLinux-3.2-media-edition. XChat 2.8.9 (a popular IRC client) has also been added.
swet (sustained workload and efficiency test) is a portable benchmark for multi-core computers running POSIX and BSD operating systems with multi-thread and multi-process capabilities and flexible, powerful report options.
Release Notes: This release includes intereg-64 bits, and floating-point-64 and -128 bits basic arithmetic tests.
D is a high-level language derived from C and C++ but is not backwards-compatible with either. GDC is a frontend for D written for GCC.
Release Notes: Improved safety of functions and numerous bugfixes.
ImpressCMS Deutschland is a German version of ImpressCMS, a powerful and secure content management system.
Release Notes: This version fixes some annoying bugs in the installation routine and the recover user password functionality. The new banners module is now included with the core distribution. HTMLPurifier 4.4 was integrated. Some more legacy functions have been deprecated. icms.css has been marked for removal. icms_module_header and icms_pagetitle should work, as well as the legacy xoops* Smarty variables. An issue with modules and caching was fixed. The 'deep searching' option now works as expected. Module CSS caching was improved. TinyMCE was upgraded to version 3.4.9. Posting comments no longer generates a fault. Comment editing is no longer possible for anonymous users.
The Expense Submittal System (ESS) is a Web-based solution for the creation of expense reports, expense report approval, payment, and accounting. The complete expense reporting process is covered. ESS provides report entry, approval routing, corporate policy checking, credit card statement importation, and report payment.
Release Notes: ESS now accepts scanned receipt image files via text message, email attachment, or HTML upload. The images are attached to an expense report and can be used in lieu of physical receipts for approval and auditing, creating a paperless process.
Distributed Multiplatform Framework is a component-based programming framework using XML (or currently a hardcoded variant) as the repository. The samples are implemented either in console or wxWidgets. This shows the independence of the GUI or UI.
Release Notes: This release adds a bugfix for the case in which UML attributes are reversed in their order while roundtrip, a feedback mechanism for users, and new settings to support database backend type setting per application and system.
iBodyFat calculates your body fat percentage and keeps a log of your results. Two different calculations are presented for each measurement made. The body fat percentage formulas used by iBodyFat are the girth body fat calculations invented by the U.S. Navy and professional body builder and writer Hugo Rivera. For taking girth body fat measurements, no special equipment is needed. All that is required is a vinyl tape measure.
Release Notes: This is the initial release.
Java Gearman Service is a Java implementation of the gearman service, which provides a generic application framework that farms work out to other machines or processes that are better suited to do the work. It allows you to do work in parallel, to load balance processing, and to call functions in other languages. It can be used in a variety of applications, from high-availability Web sites to the transport of database replication events.
Release Notes: The service now uses the slf4j logging facade, allowing the user to have better control over logging. Persistent background jobs are now supported though an application hook. The API has been updated to be more user friendly, and it makes it easier to create divide-and-conquer/mapreduce applications (breaking the code of previous versions) A .properties file now may be used to set property values and fine-tune the application. The javadocs have been completed. Various bugfixes have been applied.
Vendetta Online is a multi-platform 3D space-combat MMO for Windows, Mac, Linux/32 and Linux/64. The game permits players to interact in a vast online galaxy; fighting, trading, and mining their way to success. A "twitch" type real-time combat model makes true player skill the deciding factor instead of character advancement. Massive capital-ship battles shake the foundations of the major nations at war, while others struggle to push back the encroachment of the AI "Hives". A no-strings free trial is available.
Release Notes: All missions that you can take are now visible, across the galaxy. Each mission shows the nearest station to you which has the mission. The Serco/Itani and Valent/Axia factions are now mutually exclusive above Neutral. All players with characters who violate this are given the option to select on which factions they want keep their standings. Temp KOS now persists across logins and sector jumps for 15 minutes. The release fixes a crash on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) when attempting to use a plugged-in joystick.
DomCore is a set of PHP Foundation classes which are ready to be extended to give basic capabilities to your applications. It features a powerful template replacement engine, a language engine for I18N, an extended debugging mode, enhanced error and exception management, Java-like programming (you can't use a class attribute without declaring it first), serializable class management, mass file operations (full directory copy and delete), shared memory management, multi-level caches on data sources, and implementation of programation patterns.
Release Notes: An error has been corrected in WATemplate: the ?? metaelement was not working as specified. WATemplate has been modified to support path data access into the data array (i.e., ??VAR1>VAR2>VAR3:templateid??), to use hierarchic accessibility on templates (if the template does not exists in a level, it will be searched in the father), and to support a new meta element {{...}} to directly access an entry in the data array. A new example has been added for path data and the {{...}} meta element.
check_logfiles is a plugin for Nagios which checks logfiles for defined patterns. It is capable of detecting logfile rotation. If you tell it how the rotated archives look, it will also examine these files. Unlike check_logfiles, traditional logfile plugins were not aware of the gap which could occur, so under some circumstances they ignored what had happened between their checks. A configuration file is used to specify where to search, what to search, and what to do if a matching line is found.
Release Notes: The parameter --timeout now aborts running searches in a controlled manner.
pf-kernel is a fork of the Linux kernel. It provides useful features which are not merged into the mainline, including the BFS CPU scheduler, the BFQ I/O scheduler, and TuxOnIce.
Release Notes: The kernel has been updated to version 3.3.3. LinuxIMQ has been updated.
Padre is an IDE for Perl developers. It provides syntax highlighting for many languages, but for Perl it also provides refactoring tools.
Release Notes: Improvements to debugger support. Stability improvements (fewer segfaults). Many GUI improvements.
HPCC (High Performance Computing Cluster) stores and processes large quantities of data, processing billions of records per second using massive parallel processing technology. Large amounts of data across disparate data sources can be accessed, analyzed, and manipulated in fractions of seconds. HPCC functions as both a processing and a distributed data storage environment capable of analyzing terabytes of information.
Release Notes: This release includes enhanced security with full LDAP support, improvements to ECL IDE and Client Tools, updates to Packaged Documentation and Graph Control, plus the latest HPCC VM Image and much more.
Monitorix is a lightweight system monitoring tool designed to monitor as many services and system resources as possible. It has been created to be used under production Linux/UNIX servers, but due to its simplicity and small size may also be used on embedded devices as well.
Release Notes: This is mainly a maintenance version with some bugfixes, the most important for a bug which prevented monitoring multiple MySQL servers. It supports using the socket file for the connection to the MySQL server and the new option IMAP_DATE_LOG_FORMAT to help match with the Dovecot date log format.
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