Free magnetic strip card reader and encoder software for linux

Imagero Reader is a Java library for reading image files. Supported file types include BMP, GIF, TIFF, PNG, JNG, MNG, JPEG (including 12-bit grey), PSD, PBM, PGM, PPM, TGA, EPS, EPSI, and EPSF.
The following RAW file types are also supported, at least partially: MRW, CRW, NEF, DCR, and DNG. It can read thumbnails, read metadata (IPTC, EXIF, and XMP), edit metadata, get image width and height, get the number of images contained in a file, define an area to read, add a ProgressListener, choose an image channel to read, set a scale factor, set subsampling (JPEG only), and read an image (or channel) directly into an array.
Supported file types are:
- BMP 1, 4, 8, 16, 24 and 32 bit uncompressed; 4 and 8 bit compressed
- GIF
- TIFF 1, 4, 8, 16, 32, 48 and 64 bit per pixel; bilevel, grayscale, palette, RGB, CMYC, Cie Lab, YCrCb color spaces; CCIT1D, G3, G4, ZIP, JPEG, LZW and PackBits compression
- PNG, JNG, MNG
- JPEG inclusive CMYC and 12-bit grey
- PSD
- PBM, PGM, PPM
- TGA
- read embedded images from EPS, EPSI, EPSF
Supported RAW files:
- MRW
- CRW*, CR2*, THM
- NEF*
- DCR*
- DNG*
- Full resolution image cant be yet read, but thumbnail, preview and metadata can be read.
Main features:
- read thumbnails
- read/edit metadata
- any metadata contained in ImageResourceBlock ( PSD, JPEG, TIFF) and ImageFileDirectrory entry ( TIFF, NEF, DNG, DCR) can be edited full control over JPEG metadata
- get image width and height
- get number of images, contained in file
- define an area to read
- add a ProgressListener
- estimate JPEG compression/quality
- read an image channel
- set a scale factor
- set subsampling (JPEG only)
- read an image (or channel) directly into an array
- easy IPTC handling with IPTCParser and IPTCEditor
Whats New in 1.9.6 Stable Release:
- The EPS parser was partially rewritten and made more generic and easy to use.
- It may be used now to parse nearly every kind of data (as a programmable parser).
- Thumbnails are read from AI (Illustrator) files.
- Disc based image caching was implemented (but is beta).
- New methods were added to TiffUtils: insert IFDEntry, remove IFDEntry, and create and insert IFDEntry with IPTC data.
- Two utility classes were added for creating and adding EXIF and GPS data to TIFF images.
- An important bug in XMPApp1 concerning wrong field length was fixed.
Whats New in 2.0.0 RC3 Development Release:
- It is possible to write TIFF images now. TiffWriter can currently write RGB, ARGB, CMYK, and grayscale (8 bit) images.
- Supported compression schemes are uncompressed, PackBits, and ZIP.
- Bugfixes were made.

iPod Video Encoder is a command line tool for convenient encoding of video files for use on iPod video. iPod Video Encoder project uses the ffmpeg tool for the actual encoding.
It features recursive encoding of all files in a directory, and generating a podcast.xml file for convenient use in iTunes.
It can be used in a cron job that periodically checks directories for new files and encodes them without user intervention.
Main features:
- Encoding of single files
- Optional specification of a/v bitrates
- Recursively encode all files in a directory
- Generating a podcast.xml for convenient use in iTunes
Options:
--version show programs version number and exit
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-R, --recursive Process directories recusively
-f, --force Force re-encode existing iPod videos
-t, --test Only encode first 10 seconds, to produce test videos
-e EXTENSIONS, --extensions=EXTENSIONS
Comma separated list of input extensions. Default: avi
-i IPODEXT, --ipodext=IPODEXT
iPod extension. Default: .ipod.mp4
-b VIDEO_RATE, --video-rate=VIDEO_RATE
Video bit rate, in kbps (default: 1024)
-a AUDIO_RATE, --audio-rate=AUDIO_RATE
Audio bit rate, in kbps (128)
-W WIDTH, --width=WIDTH
Video width, in pixels (default: 320)
-H HEIGHT, --height=HEIGHT
Video height, in pixels (default: 240)
-P, --pretend Do not really encode, just print out the ffmpeg
commands which would be executed
-v, --verbose Enable verbose output
Podcast options:
-p, --podcast Generate a podcast.xml file for each directory.
--podcast-documentroot=PODCAST_DOCUMENTROOT
Podcast document root; eg. /var/data/Movies/
--podcast-baseurl=PODCAST_BASEURL
Podcast base URL; eg. http://localhost/
Enhancements:
- Only uses the -e option for processing directories.
- The default ipod extension is now _ipod.mp4 for Windows compatibility.
- The README file has been extended with information on the .ipod-encoder settings file.
- The program no longer crashes when HOME is not set on Windows.
- --width and --height parameters have been added.

Gunner News Reader project is a console-based news reader.
Gunner is a console-based Usenet news reader which is easy to configure. It supports multiple users, multiple servers, and color consoles. It supports most of the NNTP protocol.
WHAT IS IT?
Gunner is a free Usenet news reader. It was built on a code base provided by Howard Bensons SimpleNews 0.20 with a user interface design patterned after the great Mutt mail client. It supports color terminals, the NNTP protocol, multiple news feeds and multiple users. Gunner is supported on most contemporary UNIX platforms. The Gunner philosophy is similar to Mutts: All news readers suck, were just hoping to make this one suck less.
WHERE IS IT?
Currently there is only one gunner repository. The latest version of gunner may be obtained via anonymous ftp: North America East Coast. This is a source code distribution. There are currently no binaries available. See Installation below for compilation and installation instructions.
INSTALLATION
Gunner was built with the GNU autotools. If you are familiar with GNU software, then you should be comfortable installing gunner. In a nutshell, built it like this:
./configure --prefix=/some/directory
make
make install
edit ~/.gunnerrc
Enhancements:
- Added bounds checking and code stabilization.
- Added support for color terminals.
- Remade the gunnerrc file.

Google Reader Watcher is a Firefox extension that will check your Google Reader for unread feeds and if you have, the plugin will display them on your browsers statusbar.

Magnetic Poetry project is a networked magnetic poetry toy for your desktop.
Magnetic Poetry for Perl/Tk gives you a window full of draggable words with which you can satisfy your muse.
Your window is linked to a similar window on the desktop of everyone else running the program.
Enhancements:
- fixed distribution package to actually include magpo.pgp and point at the new server

Yet Another RSS Reader provides a RSS aggregator and reader that displays its results in the system tray.

Yet Another RSS Reader is an RSS aggregator and reader that displays its results in the GNOME notification area. To view the contents of the feed just click the menu-item and it will launch in your favorite browser. It is written in Perl and uses gtk2-perl for its interface.

PHP PSD reader reads .PSD files (Adobe Photoshop Documents) using only PHP4 or PHP5 and GD. The project comes with imagecreatefrompsd (a function that returns an image handle just like the native PHP imagecreatefrom functions).

It supports documents from Adobe Photoshop 3.0 up to version CS3, where compatibility has been enabled. The class is also usefull for retrieving basic data from a Photoshop document.

You can use this script for a portfolio gallery, or to see the contents of a .psd file when Photoshop is not available.