Linux

Knoppix 6.0...

KNOPPIX is a bootable Live system on CD or DVD, consisting of a representative collection of GNU/Linux software, automatic hardware detection, and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals. KNOPPIX can be used as a productive Linux system for the desktop, educational CD, rescue system, or adapted and used as a platform for commercial software product demos. It is not necessary to install anything on a hard disk. Due to on-the-fly decompression, the CD can have up to 2 GB of executable software installed on it.
Sep 14 2009

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Bet...

Ubuntu is a community developed, Linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need - a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more. Ubuntu is a community developed operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. Whether you use it at home, at school or at work Ubuntu contains all the applications you'll ever need, from word processing and email applications, to web server software and programming tools.

Features :

  • OpenOffice.org
  • Integrated email and calendaring
  • Easy note-taking with Tomboy
  • Safe, easy and tabbed web browsing with Firefox
  • Easy editing and uploading of photos
  • Music and videos with Rhythmbox
Sep 14 2009

openSUSE 11.2 - Fina...

openSUSE is a general purpose operating system built on the Linux kernel, It is a community-developed Operating System sponsored by Novell. openSUSE is a free and Linux-based operating system for your PC, Laptop or Server. You can surf the web, manage your e-mails and photos, do office work, play videos or music and have a lot of fun!

Softwares included :

  • KDE 4 and Gnome
  • AppArmor
  • YaST Control Center
  • ZYpp package management
  • Window Maker
  • Blackbox
  • Compiz Fusion
  • Beagle
  • OpenOffice.org
  • K3B
  • Amarok
  • Kaffeine
  • Xen
  • Virtualbox
  • KVM and Qemu
Sep 14 2009

BeeThink IP Blocker...

Block IP addresses based on IP blocklists.

BeeThink IP Blocker blocks unwanted IP addresses based on IP blocklists. It monitors network activities in real-time and prevents the connection between a server/website and certain IP addresses or ranges of addresses. BeeThink IP Blocker is designed for P2P users and anyone else who wants to protect his or her computer from unauthorized searches instigated by private agencies and corporations. It keeps safe when using P2P programmes such as Limewire or any of the various BitTorrent programmes. This programme supports many IP list formats, such as P2P filter plaintext format file, Emule IP filter data file, and Apache's .htaccess file. If users want to know where their computers communicate, the 'IP address look up' programme will tell them more. Meanwhile, users can easily build up their blacklist or whitelist by simply clicking. Version 1.1 supports Windows 2000, XP, 2003, 2008, Vista, Windows 7, in 32-bit and 64-bit.

Features:

  • Block IP addresses based on IP blocklists.
  • Support P2P filter plaintext format file, Emule IP filter data file, and Apache's .htaccess file.
  • Block country IP addresses with Apache's .htaccess file,  ban undesired connections from those computers to a website, mail server, or other Internet server.
  • Support 64-bit Windows Operating System, such as 64-bit Windows 2008, 64-bit Windows Vista, and 64-bit Windows 7.

 

Sep 14 2009

Linux Kernal 2.6.34 ...

This version adds USB 3.0 support, a equivalent of FUSE for character devices used for proxying OSS sound to ALSA, some memory management changes that improve interactivity in desktops, readahead improvements, ATI Radeon Modesetting support, support for Intel's Wireless Multicomm 3200 Wifi devices, kernel support and a userspace tool for performance counters, gcov support, a memory checker for unitialized memory, a memory leak detector, a reimplementation of inotify and dnotify on top of a new filesystem notification infrastructure, btrfs improvements, support for the IEEE 802.15.4 network standard, IPv4 over Firewire, many new drivers, small improvements and fixes.
Sep 14 2009

Java 6 Update - A Es...

Java SE 6 is the current major release of the Java SE platform, with full support from NetBeans IDE. Sun endeavors to foster the highest level of transparency and collaboration on the platform with the Java community through Project JDK 6, resulting in the following key features. Sun's Java Multi-Platform Support, Training, and Certification can provide you the peace of mind to develop and deploy Java solutions with confidence.

Advantages to running applications on Java SE 6 :

  • Applications run faster on the desktop and servers
  • New 'Dynamic Attach' diagnostics simplify troubleshooting
  • Expanded Solaris DTrace support provides additional value on Solaris
  • Improved 'native' look and feel across Solaris, Linux, and Windows
  • First Java platform with full support for Windows Vista

Benefits in upgrading developer environments to Sun's Java SE 6

  • JavaScript integrated and included with the platform
  • Scripting languages framework extends support for Ruby, Python, and other languages
  • Complete light-weight platform for web services, right out of the box
  • Simplified GUI design and expanded native platform support
  • Full JDBC4 implementation providing improved XML support for Databases
  • Java DB included with the JDK, a free to use and deploy Java Database
  • Full support by NetBeans IDE 5.5
  • Sun Developer Services available to help build more robust applications

Improved User Experience : 

  • Look-and-feel updates to better match underlying operating system
  • Improved desktop performance and integration
  • Enhanced internationalization support
  • Improved performance
  • Upwards binary compatibility

Security Features and Enhancements :

  • Native platform Security (GSS/Kerberos) integration.
  • Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) login module that employs LDAP authentication
  • New Smart Card I/O API
  • Native security services technical article

Integrated Web Services : 

  • New API for XML digital signature services for secure web services
  • New Client and Core Java Architecture for XML-Web Services (JAX-WS) 2.0 APIs
  • New support for Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) 2.0
  • XML home page

Scripting Language Support (JSR 223) :

  • New framework and API for scripting languages
  • Mozilla Rhino engine for JavaScript built into the platform
  • Scripting for the Java Platform technical article

Enhanced Management and Serviceability : 

  • Improved JMX Monitoring API
  • Runtime Support for dTrace (Solaris 10 and future Solaris OS releases only)
  • Improved memory usage analysis and leak detection
  • Monitoring and Management technical article

Increased Developer Productivity :

  • JDBC 4.0 support (JSR 221)
  • Significant library improvements
  • Improvements to the Java Platform Debug Architecture (JPDA) & JVM Tool Interface

 

Sep 12 2009

get_iplayer 2.32...

get_iplayer 2.32 details

This PERL script can list, record and stream BBC iPlayer TV & Radio programs, plus other programs via 3rd-party plugins

About get_iplayer
This tool allows you to search, index and record/stream:


 key features of "get_iplayer":

· Recording/Streaming of TV, Radio and Podcasts from BBC, ITV sites
· Recording/Streaming of Live BBC iPlayer TV & Radio
· Recording/Streaming of Embedded media in BBC Learning Zone, Archive and News sites
· PVR functionality allows predefined searches to be recorded from a scheduler such as cron or Windows scheduler
· Queuing of programmes for batched recording or for recording off-peak
· Resume recordings of partially recorded content
· Stream iPlayer or podcast content via mplayer or xine while recording it
· Allow multiple programmes to be recorded in one command
· Indexing of all available programmes
· Script update capability
· Advanced Searching on programme name, episode, description, channel or category, etc
· Limit search by programmes made available after a specific number of hours
· Removal of recorded content which is more than 30 days old
· Meta-tagging of recorded iPlayer iPhone/H.264 and mp3 files for importing into iTunes
· Plug-in based architecture to allow new channels and sites to be added by 3rd-parties

 

Requirements:

· Perl
· libwww-perl
· MPlayer
· LAME
· rtmpdump

Sep 12 2009

Secure Data Manager ...

Secure Data Manager project is a manager for passwords and other private data. Secure Data Manager (SDM) is a full-featured password manager application written entirely in Java (so it can run on Unix or Windows). It encrypts logins and other private information for Web sites, computers, credit cards, etc.

Main features:

  • Many great features and more coming each month based on user feedback!
  •  No limit to how you use the product or how often!
  • Trusted since you and everyone else can see the code that protects your passwords -- keeping the application clear of any trojans or bad business practices.
  •  Open source -- so if you know how to write code, you can add any feature you want!
  • Free.
Sep 11 2009

Frugalware 1.1 avail...

Frugalware Developer Team has released their eleventh stable Frugalware updated verion that is Frugalware 1.1 with improved network configuration functions and DHCP support for autoconfiguration. There are some more imprevements that can be much helpful like new artwork in Desktop and a changed Gnome Theme.In addition, the installer has an improved layout and the icons were changed.

Package updates:

  • GNU C library 2.10.1
  • Linux kernel 2.6.30
  • Xorg 7.4 with xorg-server 1.6
  • GNOME 2.26.3
  • Xfce 4.6.1
  • GCC 4.4.0
  • More than 980 package updates
  • More than 100 new packages

You are also gonna get an x86_64 flash plugin with the default installation.

Sep 09 2009

BackTrack 3...

BackTrack 3 is a Linux distribution distributed as a Live CD which resulted from the merger of WHAX and the Auditor Security Collection, which is used for Penetration testing. It allows the user to include customizable scripts, additional tools and configurable kernels in personalized distributions. The BackTrack project was created by Mati Aharoni and Max Moser and is a collaborative effort involving the community. BackTrack 2 was released on March 6, 2007 and includes over 300 security tools. A beta version of BackTrack 3 was released on December 14, 2007, but it was announced that its main focus was to support more and newer hardware as well as provide more flexibility and modularity.
Jul 11 2009

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