Free control systems research software for linux

Open Journal Systems (OJS) is a journal management and publishing system that has been developed by the Public Knowledge Project through its federally funded efforts to expand and improve access to research.
Main features:
- OJS is installed locally and locally controlled.
- Editors configure requirements, sections, review process, etc.
- Online submission and management of all content.
- Subscription module with delayed open access options.
- Comprehensive indexing of content part of global system.
- Reading Tools for content, based on field and editors choice.
- Email notification and commenting ability for readers.
- Complete context-sensitive online Help support.
OJS assists with every stage of the refereed publishing process, from submissions through to online publication and indexing. Through its management systems, its finely grained indexing of research, and the context it provides for research, OJS seeks to improve both the scholarly and public quality of referred research.
OJS is open source software made freely available to journals worldwide for the purpose of making open access publishing a viable option for more journals, as open access can increase a journals readership as well as its contribution to the public good on a global scale (see PKP Publications).

A Simple Version Control System is an easy to install and easy to to use version/revision control system.
ASVCS differs from most other version control systems in that ASVCS is designed to keep track of files in place. ASVCS does not allow any changes to be made to files, all changes require the users to change files externally with FTP or SSH access.
ASVCS is very easy to setup and use. Users do not need to work with repository, branches, commit and check-out files. All a user needs to do is upload the changes files and click Update or if enabled just wait for it to be updated automatically.
ASVCS is ideal for small projects or personal use, though it can also be used by large project how do not need or want the complexity of most version control systems.
Main features:
- asy to install and use
- Written in PHP
- Can track binary or text files
- Automatic file tracking (requires cron support)
- Diffs of revisions
- Easy user access management
- Entirely Web based
- Skinable
- Open source (MIT/expat license)

Automated Revision Control System is used to automatically monitor remote and local git, subversion, CVS, and even rsync repositories.
It notices changes and updates the local and remote repositories almost automatically. It requires either git, subversion, rsync, or CVS, and can be used for Web site maintainance, backup, communications, and many other purposes.
Enhancements:
- This release generally works a lot better to the extent that the authors are starting to using it for everyday file syncing and backup.

Distributed Access Control System is a complete, light-weight, single sign-on and role-based access control system distributed under an open source license. It provides:
- extended authentication and role-based access control capabilities for Apache-based web services, CGI programs, and virtually any program or script;
- a wide array of flexible, modular, and efficient authentication methods, including two-factor authentication and hardware tokens;
- powerful, rule-based authorization checking that can be applied transparently to any resource or activity (such as web services, web content, and program features) by Apache-based web services and CGI programs, or virtually any program or script;
- an Apache 2.0/2.2 module, suite of CGI programs, and collection of command line tools for Unix-type platforms, such as Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris.
Enhancements:
- This release includes an important bugfix to local_passwd_authenticate that prevents invalid passwords from being accepted.
- Some minor bugs have also been addressed, including some problems with dacs.quick(7).

MPEG Menu System Version2 is a menu system for easy movie, audio, and image playback. It supports many common file formats, including MP3, OGG, DivX, XviD, VCD, SVCD, DVD, JPEG, PNG, and GIF.
MPEG Menu System 2 is controlled using a remote control, USB device, or keyboard. It supports DXR3, DVB, X11, SDL, and framebuffer output.
Enhancements:
- Many small bugfixes and new "play now" functionality.

ir-root-controller is a small daemon which listens to the LIRC (Linux Infrared Remote Control) daemon and executes system events.
ir-root-controller is intended to be run as a system daemon and does not require any user to have set up LIRC or events for LIRC.
An example application would be changing the global system volume irrespective of what applications are running or which users (if any) are logged in.
Enhancements:
- Fixes a bug in the build system.

Distributed Concurrent Versioning System (DCVS) project extends the well-known version control system CVS and the file distribution and synchronization program CVSup with functionality to distribute CVS repositories with local lines of development and handle synchronization of the distributed repositories automatically in the background.
Development lines (branches) are owned by a repository server, repository servers efficiently update each other via CVSup, and CVS ensures correct server use on checkin and branch creation.
Enhancements:
- This release adds miscellaneous bugfixes and the security patches of CVS 1.12.13.
- There are now installation packages for Windows to be installed on Cygwin, for SUSE Linux 10, for FreeBSD 4, 5, and 6, and for Fedora Core 4.

ResearchMaster project has been designed to make working a little easier. Specifically, the application can be either a storage facility for all of your precious, miscellaneous digital information, or for just some of it. The project began as a way for the author to [1] have a centralized library for all the papers and various snippets he collects, and [2] to have some powerful, built-in support for BibTeX, the LaTeX bibliography system ( The LaTeX bibliography system, as described in the Leslie Lamport book. ISBN 0-201-52983-1).
When the application starts up, it creates a virtual filesystem (vfs) from information contained in records. Each record appends itself under at least one folder in the vfs, and the vfs is represented by a tree-widget system of folders and records. The application is divided into folder controls (left) and record controls (right).
Each record is actually a set of three python dictionaries, stored in a flat ascii text file. The three dictionaries correspond to [1] BibTex information corresponding to the record, [2] Meta information (eg. isbn, call number, url, membership) and [3] an endless notes file. When a record is selected from the tree widget, the corresponding three dictionaries are presented in a three-tabbed notebook widget on the right side of the application.
New records are created via a button on the records toolbar. When you create a new record the application pops a filechooser and you are given the opportunity to import a single file. Perhaps the imported file is a pdf copy of a research paper that you dont want to lose. ResearchMaster is a good place to store it. First, the record and the imported file now have each other. Now you can keep a log of your involvement with the file in the notes portion of the record. The Meta portion of the record contains non-BibTex information, such as which folders the record is a member of. The application accesses the records BibTex information whenever the record has membership within the subtree of a particular folder for which a recursive bibliography is being generated.
Heres a typical example: Say you create a folder for some project. Lets say that after six months your folder now has several subtrees of folders and records, all arranged according to the scheme that happened. Now imagine there are twenty records with BibTex information strewn throughout the projects subtree, side-by-side with other records that dont have BibTex information (notes, whatever). By pushing the Create Bibliography button on the left toolbar the application will produce a perfectly formatted BibTex file with all twenty records.
Each record can be made a member of any folder simply by adding the folders path to the membership list in the Meta portion of the record. The tree widget is dynamically constructed by recursively examining a directory tree (corresponding to the folders of the tree-widget) and the membership list contained in each record. This is done so that we only have one physical copy of each record, despite the fact that the record might show up in fifty different places throughout the tree widget.
The file that gets imported with a record can be any file of any format. You can tell ResearchMaster to launch the file as an argument to any external application, based on the filenames suffix (.gif, .avi, .mpg, .mp3). Then, select the record from the tree, push the launch button (on the records toolbar), and voila! The associated application brings up your file. Thats one feature that makes working a little easier.
Enhancements:
- Small correction was needed on line 1140 of ResearchMaster_wxuser.py, where "researchmaster" needed to be "ReseaerchMaster" for preferences initialization.