Free institutional settings software for linux

jSettings package is meant to provide a Java library for dealing with program settings. (I use "settings" as just another synonym for preferences, properties, etc but I chose the word settings because of the already existing Preferences and Properties frameworks in Java). It wants to be a powerful tool for the developers of Java programs that want to manipulate structures of settings.
The code (as well as this page) is at an early development and testing stage. On top of that, I am only doing it as a means to teach myself Java (Im an economist by training and by profession) , so even at later stages you can expect the quality of the code to be quite low.
If you feel like any part of the design, code, Javadoc, examples etc is silly please dont hesitate to let me know about it. Also, I would also be happy to include requested features as long as I can understand the need for them and I also know how to do it. So please write to me if you have anything to say about this project!
Main features:
- Handles INI and FSTAB type of files and settings. There is no XML support yet, but I plan to do it if it seems to be requested.
- INI settings are specified by a setting = value pair.
- FSTAB settings are defined by an array of settings, each in a predefined field. I call them like this because the structure is similar to the fstab file in UNIX environments. Logical structure is quite similar to that of XML files.
- Settings can be logically structured into sections.
- There are two degrees of hierarchy available, called hierarchical and non-hierarchical. For example, in a hierarchical organization, the settings in a file called settings.ini, containing the following lines:
[section1]
setting1=value1
[[section1-2]] //Notice the double brackets
setting1-2=value1-2
would be refered to as
settings:section1:setting1
and
settings:section1:section1-2:setting1-2
In a non-hierarchical structure they would be
settings:section1:setting1
and
settings:section1-2:setting1-2 (section1-2 is not a child of section1 anymore).
- Loads settings from external files, either from individual files in ASCII format or from archives containing several settings files.
- Includes support for default values for settings, both for ini and fstab settings.
- The advantage is that the actual ini and fstab files will only contain the deviations from the defaults.
- Includes support for system-wide and user-specific settings, for multi-user environments.
- A program would first load the defaults, then the system-wide settings and then the user-specific ones. Also when modifying the settings, there is a choice between doing it at user and at system level.
- Support for adding/modifying/deleting settings.
- Default support for validating the settings.
- Each ini-type setting and each fstab-type field have a validation rule in the form of a regular expression. When loading the value for that setting/field, it is being checked against the rule and only accepted if it confirms to the rule. Of course, if the user wants it she can have .* as the rule for each setting.
- Support for flushing the changes made to the settings to the external files.
- Extensive logging/debug messages.

gnome-settings-visualeffects allows the control of the xcompmgr composite manager, it provides the user with control of the shadow radius,opacity,offsets and colour, and the speed of fades and where they are applied.
Main features:
- Splitting shadow configuration into active and inactive windows
- Adding a path locator and version checker for xcompmgr/transset
- Incorporating window translucency (decided on a minimum of 25%)
- Window translucency can be added to active/inactive windows by single windows or window types i.e. File Chooser, applications or application children, and Im hoping that I can make this persistent.
- Increase compatibility with gdesklets
- Propose to luminocity developers a configuration standard for these types of settings, therefore improving the future of the project.
- Incorporate code from xcompmgr/transset to reduce reliance on what are intended to be demos rather than real life tools.
- Notification area tool/Panel applet for accessing effects quickly.

Fedora Digital Object Repository is an open source software which gives organizations a flexible service-oriented architecture for managing and delivering their digital content. At its core is a powerful digital object model that supports multiple views of each digital object and the relationships among digital objects.
Digital objects can encapsulate locally-managed content or make reference to remote content. Dynamic views are possible by associating web services with objects. Digital objects exist within a repository architecture that supports a variety of management functions. All functions of Fedora, both at the object and repository level, are exposed as web services. These functions can be protected with fine-grained access control policies.
This unique combination of features makes Fedora an attractive solution in a variety of domains. Some examples of applications that are built upon Fedora include library collections management, multimedia authoring systems, archival repositories, institutional repositories, and digital libraries for education.
Enhancements:
- This is a significant release of Fedora that includes a complete repackaging as a proper Web application.
- A new installer application makes it easy to setup and run.
- It now uses Servlet Filters for authentication.
- The Fedora repository can also be configured to calculate and store checksums for content.
- The RDF-based Resource Index has been tuned for better performance.
- A new high-performing RDBMS-backed triplestore has been developed that can now be plugged into the RI.

Lipstik is a fast and clean style for KDE3 with many options to tune your desktop look.

Just try it!

INSTALLATION:

Please read the INSTALL file.

CONFIGURATION:

You can find many options in the styles configuration panel. Go to Settings/Appearance & Themes/Style and click on the configure button.

BUGS:

Read the BUGS file; if the issue is not reported, post a comment below, Ill try to read them often.

multicolumn is a Firefox extension that sllows web pages to be configured to display in multiple columns using Firefox 1.5 (Gecko 1.8) CSS property -moz-column-count, inspired by the draft CSS3 module: Multi-column layout. Make better use of high res screen real estate.

To see it in operation, install it, restart firefox, and then try visiting digg, slashdot, or google (for google, you need to do a search before youll see anything).

To change the number of columns to suit your screen or to configure it for another site, go into the settings tab (thin strip at the top of the browser window - click "more previews" above too see this highlighted on a screenshot).

Note that the tabs will only appear on sites which are configured (eg digg, slashdot, google).

To stop this extension from affecting a particular website, uncheck the relevant checkbox on the settings tab.

Further documentation is available on the settings tab.

KTrafficAnalyzer is meant to provide visual feedback of your current network traffic, similar to tools like DU-Meter. In addition it provides statistics with total down- and upload sums.
Of course feedback is more than welcome. There is still more than enough room for improvements. Also checkout the TODO file what Im already planning - maybe you have ideas what I can add or what ight be useful too!
Enhancements:
- Re-Designed some more settings dialogs to look better and make more space for fonts.
- Added Double-buffering
- Changed the interface-icon in the settings dialog to use the "hwinfo" icon
- Adjusted the Makefile to automatically build on Ubuntu systems

AudioFormat is a simple, unobtrusive audio format converter for your GNOME desktop. The project integrates with Nautilus and the desktop-wide audio profile settings.

AudioFormat is available under the terms of the BSD License.