Free candy cruncher software for linux

cdenc lets you encode whole audio CDs in a special directory which can be burned on CDROM afterwards.
For other mp3 players like WinAmp the mp3 info tags are set correctly, so that you also get there the full title infos. Additionally you could generate long filenames, so that you could play the music via a shell or explorer environment. Last not least, cdenc generates html files to let you browse through with a normal html browser (but then you cant play more titles on one time).
Furthermore cdenc generates by using Gimp and mpeg2encode bitmaps for the osd of Yamakawa/Raite DVD/MP3 player. cdenc doesnt have a graphical user interfaces. As a clean commandline script, it is designed also to run on machines without X11 (number cruncher) and can work backgrounded. Once correct configured, the work with cdenc reduce to the insertion of an audio CD and the subsequent call of "cdenc -medname mp3cd001", which makes cdenc test if the CD ist not already on another media and if not starts the complete grabbing, compression and index generation.
Unfortunaly cda(xmcd) and gimp have changed a lot so that cdenc wont run with the actual versions. I will change the code to use libaudiocd, but that will take some time. Sorry for that.
Enhancements:
- replaced routine "double" through sprintf (thx to Travis Whitton)
- made cdenc ready to work with Gimp 1.1.18

MythDora 3.0 is now using FC5 along with MythTV-0.20 all on DVD. This DVD will install on various PVR builds. A few changes have been made since the 2.32 version. Hopefully good ones. One big change is that version 3.0 now runs on an SMP kernel. Another big change is that MythDora-3.0 now uses KDE and goes onto a DVD rather than a CD. With change and additions, things just couldnt fit on a CD any longer. The ISO size isnt too much bigger, about 940mb total.
There will no longer be any need for a Unichrome version as the needed bits are now in the modular Xorg-7.0. What is now being used is a single Openchrome Via rpm from the Epia repository at washington.kelkoo.net. This should be enough to allow hardware acceleration for Epia mainboards and S3 video card users.
Please read the F.A.Q. if you have any initial questions. Also look over the README file thats located on your disk. This is where you will find instructions on certain parts of MythDora. There is also an Install Notes at the top of this page which gives you a general idea of how to set things up in mythtvsetup.
MythDora 3.0 uses an auto installer that allows your system to install only on the first hard drive and not on your remaining physical hard drives. The installer uses LVM which will allow you to add another HD to your volume group if you so choose.
For those of you new to MythDora, the easiest way to install would be to use the auto install feature. This will install every package on the disk, automatically format your disk(s), create a user mythtv, setup networking, setup MythTV etc., all on the fly. When mythtvsetup finishes, mythfilldatabase will automatically start but only if you have chosen an all-in-one setup and have a valid Data Direct subscription. XMLTV users will need to run mythfilldatabase --manual in the provided xterm screen if need be. After that a reboot will take place as this seems to install your tuner card(s) a little better.
Please be sure to make the appropriate changes in the frontend setup in order for things to work correctly. This may include sound working properly, bitrate adjustment, resolution or changing channels etc.
One thing you need to make sure of is when you install in either auto or custom, please make sure you disable selinux during install !!!
Its also recommended that you do not do an "apt-get dist-upgrade" , "apt-get upgrade" or "yum upgrade" as you run the risk of breaking something. You have been warned!!.
I really want to thank those of you who gave me feedback during the beta testing. This couldnt have been done without. I really appreciate it.
Also I want to thank one of our members here, inm8, for creating the kickass new logo for MythDora. He did an outstanding job and I dont think youll be disappointed. I also added in some more eye candy for your viewing pleasure.
Enhancements:
This is a second bugfix release to version 3.0. Hopefully the last. This is mainly to give Nvidia users the chance to install Legacy drivers for older video cards. I also included a new mythstreamtv rpm with corrected code that should allow you to kill the vlc stream now. Thanks to Jeffrey Kosowsky.
- Added older 8776 Nvidia drivers
- Corrected mythstreamtv
- Updated to latest stable kernel 2.6.18-1.2257.fc5smp
- Updated to MythTV 0.20-148
- Updated ivtv 0.8.2-123
- Added two new remotes (Nebula & Technisat)

Fireworkx project is a pyrotechnic eye-candy simulator.
Fireworkx is a pyrotechnic eye-candy simulation that explodes in both X and SVGAlib atmospheres.
Fireworks is ported to Linux by September, 2004. It never bores me, because it explodes..! :) The code is re-written in C instead of assembly language, Hmm.. for portability, BTW.. Coding in C was a little more Comfortable and Creative. Fireworkx is fireworks for X11. The program requires a fast machine with true color graphics to function effectively.
The most painful fact was that the machine used to develop fireworkx was a Celeron(P2)-333MHz, overclocked to 343MHz :) , in which it looks like snail-works :) fireworkx will run faster on slower machines if the light effect is turned off, read the documentation available with the package.
There is also a dry version of fireworks, named FireworkZ; which explodes in svgalib atmosphere, at 640x480,16 colors. Most linux boxes should support it. You can use it also on machines where X is not installed. SVGAlib is a low level graphics library for Linux which enables access of video hardware. It comes with most Linux distributions or may be downloaded from the website svgalib.org
Both the X11 and SVGAlib versions (fireworkx & fireworkz) comes in the same package.
Enhancements:
- This version has an assembly language optimized MMX blur which runs 2-3 times faster.
- "Glow" mode was introduced, which makes the explosions more beautiful even without light-flash effect.

Martini is a powerful file manager. Martini was written with performance and user-friendliness in mind.
Martini is a file manager for linux, it is written in c and only need Imlib2, glib and fam to work. Martini was written with speed and user-friendly in mind.
The core make use of plugin to display different view (icons, list, image, ecc..). In this way its very simple to add new views and to use the program in different environment. In fact dont depend by any specific desktop such as gnome or kde.
Martini try to be more freedesktop standard as possible and follow this specification: mime-spec, icon-theme, thumbnail-spec.
For now I have quite finish the GtkIcon and GtkList plugin. There are also, but in really early stage, an Icon plugin that use the new EFL for the best eye-candy experience and a text plugin for all the console lovers.
Martini is really small and fast and dont make use of any special Desktop Environment facilities. It can be used in any environment such gnome, kde, enlightenment, and so on.
The program as an integrated image thumbnailer, and can make use of external thumbnailer helper.
Main features:
Performance
- Martini is really small and fast and dont make use of any special Desktop
Environment facilities.
- It can be used in any environment such gnome, kde, enlightenment, and so on.
Standard
- Martini follow this standards to be more compatible as possible:
- X Window System Drag and Drop Protocol
- Freedesktop.org MIME Shared Info
- Freedesktop.org Thumbnail
- Freedesktop.org Icon Theme
- Rox Application Directory
- Freedesktop.org Trash Spec (not yet implemented)
- This is the list of the standard drafts that will be implemented when they become more stable.
- Freedesktop.org Startup Notification
- Freedesktop.org Desktop Entry
- Freedesktop.org Clipboard
Device Automouter
- Martini make the mount process of any storage device transparent to the user.
- You just have to connect your USB-Stick (or any other device) to have it appear in the goto menu
- If a device is not yet mounted then pmount is executed trasparently.
- HAL is used to find filesystems attached to the system, also when they are not mounted end not listed in the fstab file.
Thumbnails
- The program as an integrated image thumbnailer, and can make use of external thumbnailer helper.
- As you can see in the screenshots section the image thumbnailer engine can apply fancy (themable) border to the miniature.
- The thumbnail are Freedesktop compliant.
File Monitor
- Martini use FAM to monitor change made on the filesystem.
Script
- Martini use script like nautilus do.
Application Directory
- Application directory are self contained applications.
- Read more about Application Directory on the Rox Wiki
XWindow Primary Clipboard
- Martini support the primary linux-style copy/paste operation.
- If you select some file and press the mouse middle button in another directory then the selected file will copyed to the new location in one-click

SuperKaramba is, in simple terms, a tool that allows you to easily create interactive eye-candy on your KDE desktop.
SuperKaramba is a tool that allows anyone to easily create and run little interactive widgets on a KDE desktop. Widgets are defined in a simple text file and can be augmented with Python code to make them interactive. Current widgets include everything from simple news headline displays to complete custom replacements for kicker, the KDE toolbar.
Currently SuperKaramba is made only for linux.
Theme writers create themes, or text files that define their widget. Then, they can optionally add python scripting to make their widget interactive. The possibilities are endless!
Main features:
- Display system information such as CPU Usage, MP3 playing, etc.
- Create cool custom toolbars that work any way imaginable
- Create little games or virtual pets that live on your desktop
- Display information from the internet, such as weather and headlines
The possibilities really are endless!
Enhancements:
- Themes now go to the background correctly when opening multiple themes at the same time
- itemDropped() callback now has x/y cooridinates
- Fixed the New Stuff dialogs installed status check marks for failed downloads
- Dont pop up the Theme Dialog when restoring a session and there arent any themes saved in the session
- Local themes can now be removed from the theme dialog, although we dont delete the theme out from underneath the user. It is delisted so that they can change their mind later and run it again.
- Downloaded themes from New Stuff get moved to trash:/ when a user clicks uninstall so they can restore it if they wish.
- Better checks for libknewstuff when compiling.
- Using New Stuff where theme authors post url links instead of file downloads will now open in a browser window for the user. Beware that closing this without downloading a package will still leave it as installed as far as New Stuff is concerned. (shortcoming of KNewStuff)
- new format options for things like kilobits, kilobytes and gigabytes as listed on our sensor information page: http://netdragon.sourceforge.net/ssensors.html
- Many new functions added and the examples of how to use them:
- callTheme - Pass a string to another theme
- changeInterval - Change the refresh interval of the theme
- createServiceClickArea - Create a Service-named Click Area Sensor
- getIncomingData - Get incoming data passed from another theme
- getPrettyThemeName - Get the pretty name of the theme
- getServiceGroups - Get KDE Service Groups
- getSystraySize - Get the size of the Systray
- getUpdateTime - Get last updated time
- managementPopup - Activates the Management Popup menu (i.e. SK right click config menu)
- openNamedTheme - Open a new theme giving it a new name
- removeClickArea - Remove a Click Area Sensor
- run - Execute a command with KRun
- setIncomingData - Set incoming data passed in another theme
- setUpdateTime - Set last updated time
- setWantRightButton - Set to 1 to deactivate management popups (i.e. SK right click config menu)
- setWidgetOnTop - changes on top status