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Dream DRM Receiver 1.6.25
Dream DRM Receiver is an implementation of Digital Radio Mondiale. more>>
The standard was formed by a consortium in co-operation with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The new system offers the radio stations and new service providers access to the multimedia age with small bit rates for large target areas and long distances.
The bandwidth of a DRM bandpass signal is less than 20 kHz and the number of carriers used in the OFDM-modulation is relatively small (max. 460). These features motivate a real-time software implementation of a DRM-receiver on a conventional personal computer (PC) using the sound card as the input and output device. A long, medium and short wave front-end with an intermediate frequency (IF) between 5 kHz and 15 kHz is used to receive the DRM signal.
Any commercial front-end with an IF of 455 kHz should be usable by adding a 455 kHz to 12 kHz adaptor (assumed the receiver bandwidth is sufficient for a DRM signal).
With this software project we intend to implement a working software receiver with, at least, the basic features. Since this project is created at a university and the fundamental idea of such an institution is to teach and stimulate the creativity, this source-code is free under the GNU-General Public License (GPL).
Dream is a development project which uses the open source model to improve DRM technology. The main aim of this project is to implement and test new research results on an existing system, whereby the synchronization and channel estimation is of special interest.
The programming-language is C++. The code runs under Microsoft Windows and Linux. Start of the project was June 2001.
Although this software is going to be distributed as free software under the terms of the GPL this does not mean that its use is free of rights of others. The use may infringe third party IP and thus may not be legal in some countries.
The intended audience of the Dream software are people who are interested in how to decode a DRM stream and want to learn from the algorithms used in this software and people who want to help us improving the performance of the receiver and the source code.
Dreams Eternal 0.1
Dreams Eternal project is a story-driven FPS game that is set in the dream world. more>>
Dreams Eternal is an FPS game that focuses on a strong story line and puzzle solving. It is set in the dream world.
The very short summary of the story is that a scientific experiment went wrong and everybody is stuck in the dream world.
You have to end this experiment by hopping from dream to dream. In every dream you have to find clues to try to find out how the experiment can be aborted.
My Knoppix - Digital Home Edition 20060818
My Knoppix - Digital Home Edition is aimed to be a smart and centerised OS that can implement at home. more>>
Video sharing using NX technology is also possible where you can play and watch different movies using different pc or pda at home. This CD also comes with videolan program where you can broadcast video or music throughout the network.
With the help of the NX technology, you can have a diskless PC that direct connect to the server and share application and files. Therefore server can play the movie on plasma tv while you can write document with openoffice using diskless pc that connect to the server.

Mandriva Linux 2008
Mandriva Linux One 2008 is the best way to start using Linux. more>> Mandriva Linux One 2008 is the best way to start using Linux. A full Linux operating system on a single CD for both new and experienced Linux users, it is fast to download and install, and also safe to try with a live mode. One is really the one CD you need!
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Myrinix Digital Home Edition 2007-04 v3
Myrinix - Digital Home Edition is meant to be a smart and centralized OS that can be implemented in a home environment. more>>
Myrinix Digital Home Edition can be connected to a TV or other large screen to record and play DVD movies and surf the Internet. It also implements video sharing with the NX technology, and includes the videolan program for broadcasting video or music throughout the network.
Diskless client computers can connect with the server as it performs other tasks. Myrinix - Digital Home Edition is a bootable CD derived from Kanotix.
Enhancements:
- This release fixed a DBUS hang at startup on some computers and detection of USB drives as home at startup.
- An easy USB portable drive installer was added along with a locale changer for quick and easy language changes.
DVD Home Video Project 0.4.0.1
DVD Home Video Project is a tool that provides a simple, quick way to transform video on a DV camcorder into a DVD. more>>
File::Save::Home 0.08
File::Save::Home is a Perl module to place file safely under user home directory. more>>
SYNOPSIS
use File::Save::Home qw(
get_home_directory
get_subhome_directory_status
make_subhome_directory
restore_subhome_directory_status
conceal_target_file
reveal_target_file
make_subhome_temp_directory
);
$home_dir = get_home_directory();
$desired_dir_ref = get_subhome_directory_status("desired/directory");
$desired_dir_ref = get_subhome_directory_status(
"desired/directory",
"pseudohome/directory", # two-argument version
);
$desired_dir = make_subhome_directory($desired_dir_ref);
restore_subhome_directory_status($desired_dir_ref);
$target_ref = conceal_target_file( {
dir => $desired_dir,
file => file_to_be_checked,
test => 0,
} );
reveal_target_file($target_ref);
$tmpdir = make_subhome_temp_directory();
$tmpdir = make_subhome_temp_directory(
"pseudohome/directory", # optional argument version
);
In the course of deploying an application on another users system, you sometimes need to place a file in or underneath that users home directory. Can you do so safely?
This Perl extension provides several functions which try to determine whether you can, indeed, safely create directories and files underneath a users home directory. Among other things, if you are placing a file in such a location only temporarily -- say, for testing purposes -- you can temporarily hide any already existing file with the same name and restore it to its original name and timestamps when you are done.
create Image 1.0
create Image is an amarok script that can create an image of the current playlist and save the files to an iso image. more>>
The iso image is found in the respective home folders.
Gentoox Home 5.0
Gentoox is an adaptation of the popular Linux distribution called Gentoo. more>>
"Magic" (as I have labelled it) allows users to install new software, upgrade their kernel and fix bugs. To learn more about magic, run "magic usage" once you have installed Gentoox.
Gentoox runs along side games - you get 3 choices during installation: E, F and Native. Both E and F create a loopback filesystem meaning that none of your drives are formatted during installation (except for cache partitions). If you choose "Native", then your F: partition is formatted to ReiserFS (making it inaccessible to Xbox applications).
Gentoox can be loaded via a .xbe file, or from a Cromwell based BIOS (which can be flashed to your modchip during installation). When using E or F installations, you are totally risk free - if you dont like Gentoox, simply delete all the files it installs (about 7 in total) and its gone.
There are three versions of Gentoox: Pro Edition, Home Edition and Media Center Edition. All three are 100% free and opensource, the difference between Home and Pro is that the Home Edition has many software packages preinstalled and preconfigured for instant usablity straight out of the box where as Pro doesnt even have a graphical user interface let alone any "useful" applications.
Pro is a bare minimum installation for booting the system, the entire customisation of the OS is left in the users hands with Pro. Media Center edition is more of a "Plugin" than a separate distribution. It allows you to have a Media Center along with Gentoox Home or Pro.
DREAM Tool 0.7 Beta
DREAM Tool is a generic framework that aims at providing a common semantic domain. more>>
The semantic domain has an executable C++ model which has been semantically anchored to the hybrid automata formalism. Although the model of computation corresponds to hybrid automata, so far we have been successful in analyzing the models by conservative approximation using timed automata on moderate size systems.
To deal with large-scale examples the user has the ability to use the simulation/testing interface on the executable C++ model before implementing the system. We plan to extend the genetic algorithms to solve a large number of problems.
DREAM is a simulation and verification framework which provides a formal model and analysis of your system in less than a day. Systems in DREAM are specified using XML in a straightforward way. I hope you find it useful.
Real-time middleware provides dependable and efficient platforms supporting key functional and quality of service (QoS) needs of distributed real-time embedded (DRE) systems.
Key challenges in DRE system developments include safe composition of system components and mapping the functional specifications onto the target platform. Model-based technologies help address these issues by enabling design-time analysis and providing the means for the rapid evaluation of design alternatives with respect to end-to-end QoS properties, predictability and performance measures before committing to a specific platform.
The Distributed Real-time Embedded Analysis Method DREAM is an open-source tool and method for optimizing multiple quality of service (QoS) properties of distributed real-time embedded (DRE) systems. The project focuses on the practical application of formal analysis methods to real-time middleware to automate the verification, development, configuration, and integration of middleware-based DRE systems.
Enhancements:
- This version implemented several optimizations for improved model checking performance, resulting in impressive performance gains of at least 2-3 times.
- There are no known memory leaks present in the current release.
- Balanced AVL trees are now used, resulting in exponential speedups in several steps of the model checking method.
- XML Schema validation was implemented.
- Verification time reporting was upgraded to include data on the simulation speeds.
- Random simulation-based testing now provides an execution trace when a deadline is missed.
Ultimate++ IDE for liunx 2008.1
A set of libraries (GUI, SQL, etc..), and an integrated development environment. more>> Ultimate++ is a C++ cross-platform rapid application development suite focused on programmers productivity. It includes a set of libraries (GUI, SQL, etc..), and an integrated development environment.
Rapid development is achieved by the smart and aggressive use of C++ rather than through fancy code generators. In this respect, U++ competes with popular scripting languages while preserving C/C++ runtime characteristics.
The U++ integrated development environment, TheIDE, introduces modular concepts to C++ programming. It features BLITZ-build technology to speedup C++ rebuilds up to 4 times, Visual designers for U++ libraries, Topic++ system for documenting code and creating rich text resources for applications (like help and code documentation) and Assist++ - a powerful C++ code analyzer that provides features like code completion, navigation and transformation
TheIDE can work with GCC, MinGW and Visual C++ 7.1 or 8.0 compilers (including free Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 and Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition) and contains a full featured debugger. TheIDE can also be used to develop non-U++ applications.
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Maitreyas Dream 4.2.3
Maitreyas Dream is a free software for Vedic and western astrology. more>>
The program supports:
- Many features for the daily work of Vedic and western astrologers.
- A large number of calculation options that make the program a stable basis for research purposes.
- High precision calculation.
- Several platforms including Windows 32, Linux and UNIX.
Maitreya is the ardent disciple of Maharishi Parasara, the author of the Hora Shastra, the supreme standard text of Vedic astrology.
Installation:
Type
./configure
to execute the configure script. You must have installed wxWindows 2.6 or
higher (including the headers.
wxWindows 2.4 and 2.5 do NOT compile anymore.
Type
make (hope that everythings going right)
su (enter your root password)
make install
You may start the Application using the command
/usr/local/bin/maitreya
If you dont want to run make install (or you dont have the permission), just run the programm by entering
./gui/maitreya
Enhancements:
- Bugfix: Multiple views
Lime Wire 2008 4.18.8
Download unlimited mp3s, movies, videos, music, games, applications, ebooks and more! http://lime.wire-2008.com Written in the Java programming language, LimeWire is able to run on any computer with Java Virtual Machine installed. Installers are provided for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. more>>
Lime Wire 2008 - Download unlimited mp3s, movies, videos, music, games, applications, ebooks and more! http://lime.wire-2008.com
Protection Against Identity Theft
New ways to control your sensitive material.
Even Better Control Over Shared Files
Easily see and control what files you are sharing.
Built-In Browser
Browse the Web, right from LimeWire!
NO BUNDLED SOFTWARE OF ANY KIND!
No spyware. No adware. Guaranteed.
Firewall to Firewall Transfers.
Since about 60 percent of users are currently firewalled, this feature greatly increases the amount of content on the network.
Faster network connections.
Using new "UDP Host Caches", LimeWire starts up and connects faster than ever before!
Universal Plug N Play.
UPnP support allows LimeWire to find more search results and have faster downloads.
iTunes Integration.
Windows and Mac users can now take advantage of LimeWires iTunes integration.
Creative Commons Integration.
LimeWire now recognizes OGGs and MP3s licensed under a Creative Commons License.
Users can browse the network for the most recent content additions.
Search drill down results.
Searches in LimeWire now immediately display information that fully describes files.
Proxy support.
Users can now use web proxies to route their downloads to protect their identity.
Support for International searches and International groups.
Users can now search in any language, and LimeWire ensures that a user will be connected to other users with their own language to aide international users to receive search results in their native language and to find content from sources that are close to home
Enhancements:
Version 4.18.8
none
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Work-At-Home 1.0
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Asterisk@Home 2.8
The Asterisk@Home project enables the home user to quickly set up a VOIP Asterisk PBX. more>>
Main features:
- Asterisk 1.0.9
- Flash Operator Panel 0.21
- Festival Speech Engine version 1.95
- weather agi scripts
- wakeup calls
- Integrated WebMeetMe GUI
- AMP-1.10.008
- CentOS 3.5
- SugarCRM with Cisco XML Services interface + Click to Dial
- Music On Hold (mpg123)
- Fax support (spanDSP)
- xPL support
- Digium card auto-config
AMP (Asterisk Management Portal)
- AMP is a web GUI that allows the configuration of Asterisk without the need for editing config files. If you use AMP be careful not to make manual changes to the config files that will affect AMP?s operation.
Flash Operator Panel
- Flash Operator Panel is a real-time web interface to Asterisk. You can see what all of your extensions, trunks, and conferences are doing. We have extension 200 set up for testing. This is a live extension and will work as soon as a phone is registered to ext 200. The rest of the buttons are dummy objects for examples.
- The op_buttons.conf file has all of the configs for each button in Flash Operator Panel you can edit this using the Config Edit button on the maint menu. You must reboot the Asterisk or restart the panel service after you make changes. The normal config files for Flash Operator Panel end in .cfg we changed them to .conf so they would match the other Asterisk files.
Cisco XML Services
- Asterisk@Home has a Cisco XML Services that can be used to look up contacts in a database. Click on Web Address Book from the Asterisk@Home main menu. (user: admin password: password) and enter all of your contacts and their phone numbers.
Music On Hold (mpg123)
- Asterisk@Home has now uses mpg123 for music on hold. Put a call on hold and they hear music not dead air!
Fax support (SpanDSP)
- SpanDSP allows Asterisk to receive faxes. You can set this up in AMP.