Free beta 3 software for linux

SIVE, short from Simple iPod Video Encoder, is a graphical tool to make video conversion for iPod Video real simple.
SIVE is a GTK2 frontend to mplayer, mencoder and mp4creator. With it, you convert your movies to play them on your iPod very easily. It currently works under unix OSes (yes, including your linux distro) ); im thinking about Windows porting but thats far from being a priority, since similar tools already exist in the Windows world (and I dont like Windows programming, too).
Its usefulness is pretty clear : it makes converting videos for playing on iPod Video real simple, allowing to select audio tracks and subtitles tracks. No need for end users to browse manpages and documentation to learn how to convert their videos to read them on iPod, which might make them think "geez, its so easy under MacOS and Windows and so difficult in Linux/Unix". This simple GUI does the job.
SIVE produces iPod compliant H.124 videos, by using mencoder to encode and mp4creator to create a container iPod Video can use. It generates the options to be passed to these command line tools in order to create what the user asked (bitrate, audio track, subtitles, resolution, scale, crop). It shows the commands and their results in an embedded terminal so the user can learn how to use these tools manually.
It does not do any conversion itself : this tricky job is left to the tools which are known for doing it well.
At the moment, SIVE supports :
Input formats :
- MKV
- AVI
- (other common formats mencoder can handle will be added soon)
Output format :
- H.124, "baseline profile level 1.3" (these are iPod requirements ; understand "the videos play on iPod Video")
Input subtitles formats :
- embedded in input file (MKV)
- .sub file
- .srt file
- (other formats will be added soon)
- Audio track selection (MKV)
- Batch conversion
- Desktop integration
Translations :
- English
- French
- Chinese coming very soon
- Other languages coming

Kompile project is a KDE interface for automatic execution of configurations, compilation and installation of source tarball.
When you compile and install Kompile sources (with normal steps "configure && make && make install") sone new voices are added to konqueror action menu for tar-based compressed archives (.tar, .tar.gz, .tar.bz, .tar.bz2).
Main features:
- One-click tarball installation with default commands (decpression -> compile && make && make install).
- One-click uninstall of installed application from tarball with default commands (decompression -> compile && make uninstall).
- Integration in Konquerors actions menu for commons source archives.
- System traybar minimization.
- Informations about installation progress from trybar icon.
- Console output view for optional check installation progress details.
Usage
Instead to command line usage you can selct operations directly form konqueror action menu voices:
- Automatic package install : Install package with default configuration and bulding options (defaults are "configure && make && make install). Its equivalent to type ~]#kompile /archive/path/sourcetarball.tar.bz2
- Automatic package uninstall : Unnstall package with default configuration options (defaults are "configure && make uninstall); Its equivalent to type ~]#kompile --uninstall /archive/path/sourcetarball.tar.bz2
Enhancements:
- Profiles managemnt dialog redesigned.
- Performance improved.
- Corrected some bugs in profle creation for default install operation.
- Fixed sintax problems in checkinstall invocation.
- Minor bugs fixing
- Polish language translation (Thanks to Bogusz Linda)

Datalus allows the user to build complicated Web applications using simple XML descriptions and short scripts. Datalus abstracts much of the back end tedium from the process in an effort to prevent constant duplication of effort.
Datalus is a PHP based Web API designed to streamline object handling (loading, saving, querying, displaying, and editing), abstract the data from both its display structure and layout, and allow the target data to be delivered to any supported format without special handling logic or translation.
Enhancements:
- Data Primitives: Text Block, File, Float, Image, Instant, Instant (in time), Location, Reference, String, User
- Datasource Plug-ins: File, MySQL (may have multiples)
- Encodings for any primitive: AES, SHA, MD5
- XSL transformations support output to any output format through the core object XML dialect
- Commenting via OpenID on any object, RSS available on any object
- Built-in session, account management with menus
Default scripts
- Forum with flat and threaded views
- script for integrated use of Morevil web chat
- blog, photoblog, and static content scripts.
- multi-criterion search script generated from object descriptions.
Enhancements:
- added delicious library script
- added multiple logos for IE compatibility
- added itunes script (uses XSL transformations by Chris Veness)
- fixed result output error on users, menus
- fixed error in multipage list display selection (search errors on pages > 1)
- removed automatic RSS feed output link on lists

HTTPGate project is a filtering HTTP Gateway originally intended to enchange users privacy when surfing on the net, but it can also be used to avoid censorware systems in web browsing.

HTTPGate operates on a user definable internet port where the user connects using a web browser.

The main page shows a text box and a set of options user can choose to avoid transmitting some information during client/server negotiation.

FileTrack is a Web-enabled communication log, keeping track of all your inbound and outbound documents. The project supports multiple logs, auto-archiving of older entries, and generates simple reports based on multiple criteria.

One or more log entries, contacts, or documents can be grouped together into an issue for easier monitoring.

AsterFax is an email to fax gateway for the transmission of faxes using Asterisk.
Asterisk is an Open Source PABX (or PBX) which provides all of the functionality of a high end PBX, free of charge.
AsterFax builds on the services provided by Asterisk to provide a full fledged email based Fax Gateway.
What that means is that with AsterFax and Asterisk you can send faxes from your desktop using your standard email client without have to install any software on your desktop.
AsterFax can translate a normal email message into a fax message. You simply enter the destination phone number in the To address, compose your email message and click send. Its that easy.
For more formal correspondence AsterFax also supports a growing number of file formats such as PDF, Tiff, Postscript, MS-Word and OpenOffice Writer. You can either attach the file to your email message or for applications such as MS-Word and OpenOffice you can fax directly from the applications by using the Send Email option. The resulting email is sent as a fax message.
If any errors occurring during transmission a error report is sent back to your inbox.
You can also preview how the fax will look by sending email to the special preview address, which simply formats the message ready for transmission and then sends it back to you via email for previewing before the fax is sent.
AsterFax supports a growing list of file types such as Tiff, PDF, postscript, MS-Word, MS-Excel and the OpenOffice Writer. AsterFax is also extensible in that you can easily add support for additional file formats via the AsterFax.xml configuration file providing that you have access to a third party product that can convert your required file format to one of the supported file formats such as PDF or tiffg3.
Additional file formats will follow shortly (see the Roadmap).
For the technically minded AsterFax is written in pure Java and utilizes the Asterisk Manager API to submit jobs.
AsterFax uses external applications to perform the conversion of attachments to the required tiff format for transmission.
AsterFax can be extended via a simple xml configuration file to convert and transmit any other file format providing a suitable conversion application is available.
AsterFax includes a simple standalone SMTP gateway which handles the receipt of emails. AsterFax is not a complete SMTP gateway in that it will only accept messages which are to be faxed. Alternatively AsterFax can be integrated with your existing SMTP server (Sendmail. Postfix, Exchange Server) by way of tools such as Procmail.
AsterFax requires Asterisk@Home or Asterisk with the spandsp (txfax, rvfax) extensions.
Main features:
- Built as an extension to Asterisk.
- Integrated SMTP gateway provides a simple one stop install.
- Support for a number of file formats including: Tiffg3, Postscript, PDF, Word, OpenOffice Writer.
- Preview mode allows previewing of rendered faxes before they are sent.
- Support for multiple Asterisk Channels as well as group channels (e.g. Zap/g0).
- Send faxes without specialised Fax Modems (just use your existing Asterisk/Digium hardware).
- Send faxes directly from MS-Word and OpenOffice Writer
- No client side install required.
- Send standard email (text or html) as fax or attach a Word, PDF, Writer etc.. for transmission as a fax.
- Email body used as a Coversheet to attachments
- Send to multiple recipients in a single message by providing multiple To addresses.
- No special formatting required in the email.
- Extensible support for additional file formats via simple xml configuration file.
- Built-in test suite to aid in configuration and installation.
- Automatic Archiving of all faxes to a designated mailbox.
- Automatic Delivery receipts.
Whats New in 1.0 Stable Release:
- This release is the culmination of months of effort and includes a number of bug fixes as well as a few new features.
- Most notably this is the first release of AsterFax Free Edition.
- The free edition includes all the features of any other edition but will only transmit a single fax at a time.
- Thanks to everyone that has given us feedback and helped make the product what it is today.
- We look forward to working with you all on this release.
Whats New in 1.1 Beta 3 Development Release:
- This release includes an enhancement that allows the header and footer to vary with the destination fax number.
- A different company name and header and footer format can be used for each destination fax number.
- It also adds a new ReturnFaxNumber property, which is included in the header and footer with a %R parameter.
- There is no need to change any configuration files to use beta 3, but AsterFax.xml must be modified according to the release notes to make use of the feature.