Free marco polo software for linux

ModVB is a Apache module which aims to provide an JScript/VBScript/ASP compatibility layer for your web-pages. In other words it allows you to run with none or little modifications your ASP pages on your Linux server running Apache.

A bit of perspective

ModVB is based on the work done by Marco Ridoni (mod_gb) and Michael Meeks, Ravi Pratap and other people on Gnome Basic which was meant to be a VB work-alike for Linux. After the successful launch of Mono, Gnome Basic was officially declared "dead".

A few months later Marco Ridoni decided to start mod_gb, dropping (even if not completely) the support for GUI elements (Forms, Buttons, etc.) and adding external "class libraries" which could be used to expand the language in real ASP-fashion.

The ModVB project was started to improve upon Marco Ridonis work and create a full featured IIS clone with possible JScript support as well as more objects than supported by standard IIS/ASP

Current state

ModVB is currently alpha-quality software, maybe even a step behind that. Its nowhere near ready to be installed and run by the faint-hearted, let alone on a production server. If you decide to download, compile and install it, just dont say we never warned you.

ruleCore provides a rule engine for event pattern detection.

The ruleCore Engine is an event-driven rule engine that manages and executes reaction rules. The rules are event-condition-action (ECA) style of rules.

The ruleCore Engine provides capabilities for detection of complex patterns of events, called situations. Events can be combined with logical and temporal operators in order to describe complex situations.

When a situation is detected, the ruleCore Engine can execute an action to alert external applications or users of the situation. The ruleCore Engine is fed with events through connectors.

Currently, connector implementations exist for plain sockets, XML-RPC, IBM WebSphere MQ, and TIBCO Rendezvous. Experimental support exists for running the engine within Zope and calling Zope methods when a rule triggers its action.

ImageInfo is a free Java class to retrieve properties from image files.

The following file formats are currently supported: JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, PCX, IFF, RAS, PBM, PGM, PPM and PSD (read why TIFF is not included). ImageInfo can recognize these formats, and in addition determine image width, height and color depth (bits per pixel).

Also check out ffident, my file format (group) and MIME type identification library. It extracts less information than ImageInfo (it only recognizes the format, no metadata), but it supports more formats and new formats can be added by editing a text file. Similar to file(1) / magic(5).

Using ImageInfo from within a Java application or applet

The image file can be any InputStream object or an instance of a class implementing DataInput (like RandomAccessFile). Here is some sample code on how to use the class:

ImageInfo ii = new ImageInfo();
// in can be InputStream or RandomAccessFile (or DataInput)
ii.setInput(in);
/* if you want to know how many images there are in a file,
uncomment the following line; will slow down ImageInfo
with animated GIFs */
//ii.setDetermineImageNumber(true);

// check does the actual work, you wont get results before
// you have called it
if (!ii.check())
{
System.err.println("Not a supported image file format.");
}
else
{
System.out.println(
ii.getFormatName() + ", " +
ii.getMimeType() + ", " +
ii.getWidth() + " x " + ii.getHeight() + " pixels, " +
ii.getBitsPerPixel() + " bits per pixel, " +
ii.getNumberOfImages() + " image(s).");
// there are other properties, check out the API documentation
}

Using ImageInfo as a command line program

ImageInfo also has a main method that makes it a command line tool. Assuming that ImageInfo.class is in your classpath, giving the class to java with some file names as arguments will be sufficient. Here is an example call including output:

$ java ImageInfo test.jpg
test.jpg
File format: JPEG
MIME type: image/jpeg
Width (pixels): 1556
Height (pixels): 2048
Bits per pixel: 24
Progressive: false
Number of images: 1
Physical width (dpi): 300
Physical height (dpi): 300
Physical width (inches): 5.1866665
Physical height (inches): 6.826667

BullHAmachi is a non-realtime GUI for Hamachi. It can do everything Hamachi does from console. The good thing of it is that youll allways see the output of whats happening.

1) download the latest Hamachi 0.9.9.9-20. unzip it and run "sudo make install" from konsole
2) now open BullAmachi and click on "Start Hamachi". the first time it will configure Hamachi.
3) insert a Nickname and if you want you can immediatley join an existing Channel

PerSeO is the official, Knoppix-based Linux distribution of the CeSeNA group. The version currently under development is v0.1 beta Live Professional, which will be accessible from both the command line and a remote administration interface.
Main features:
- KDE 3.2: the famous user-friendly graphical interface
- Network Tools: several network-related applications (e.g. nmap, ethereal, wireless tools etc.)
- Messenger software: could be useful
- Commonly used servers: Samba, Apache, DHCP, etc.
- IENA: an innovative, security-oriented software (a PerSeO exclusive) created by Marco Ramilli
- RoboAdmin: an original tool for securing remote administration based on IRC protocol (a PerSeO exclusive) created by Marco Ramilli
- SpamAssassin: the best anti-spam tool
- ClamAV: a powerful and open-source antivirus software

Cgmail is a fresh and shiny gmail checker and notifier that integrate well into gnome desktop.

Cgmail is a new gmail checker for gnome desktop. It integrate well into the environment with supporting gnome keyring and dbus for notifications. Give it a try.

Why it is different?

Ive used gmail-notify for a lot of time but gmail-notify is an old software. Cgmail is a new shiny gmail notifier that integrate well into gnome desktop. Cgmail will use gnome keyring to store your credentials for security enanchments instead of storing it on plain text files.

Cgmail use a fresh dbus notification to tell you that a new message is into your gmail inbox.

Mediainlinux is a complete Linux distribution targeted at multimedia production, wich consist in a live cd (knoppix derived) containing more than 200 graphical application and thousands of command line tools for:

* Acquisition
* Conversion
* Editing
* Compression
* PostProduction in the Audio, 2D and 3D graphics and Video domain.

Mediainlinux distribution is a working prototype of a Debian Multimedia Distribution, based on the last version (3.4) of the Knoppix Linux Live Cd.

Our CD supports most of the graphic, audio and tv/satellite computer card on the consumer and prosumer market GNU/Linux compatible and has more than 200 graphical applications and hundreds (nearly 1000) of command line tools for covering all the complexity of the multimedia process of production: acquisition, conversion, compression and mastering.

Most of the Multimedia in the GNU/Linux world is covered, but there are some tools which we dont want to distribute together with Mediainlinux for legal reason and mainly because we are not sure about the integrity of the code, which could be stolen or covered by copyrights and so on.

You can install this applications after Mediainlinux is installed on the hard disk, because they will be present in the Synaptic interface (because we added the sources to the sources file).

Technical Goals:

1.Multimedia Kernel (modified to gain more reactivity from the system) and especially in the graphic (drivers for consumer and prosumer video cards) and audio (firmware for professional audio cards) subsystems, applying many patches like the low latency, preemption, real time e capabilities patches and reach a better recognizing of peripherals.

2.Boot splash: cover the Knoppix Live Cd initialization (which is oldish and bad looking, in our opinion) with an animation and some informations about the project.

3.Develop customized multimedia cd and application.

4.OpenMosix enabled kernel to make distributed rendering with Blender and Yafray.

Non technical goals:

1.Include applications which are not already part of the Debian distribution: speed in the free software world creates a situation in which hundreds of projects starts in a year and the ones which survive with an active development the first year and get developed for two or three years have a good chance to continue and be included in the major distributions. Sometimes it needs to anticipate this process and “discover” some applications which are not already shipped with a major distribution, before they become famous and encouraging their diffusion putting them in Mediainlinux. This has a double effect: makes the software better testing it and reporting bugs, suggestions and ideas and making better the whole Mediainlinux itself.

2.Support package maintainer to promote the diffusion of applications that havent already been debianized: programmers that transform the source code of a certain software in a Debian .deb, ready to be installed on a computer with a Debian GNU/Linux distribution (or a Debian compatible one like Mediainlinux) are often volunteers doing this work just as an hobby. For some other software there are already some sponsorships from some facilities and one of the goals of Mediainlinux is to find economic support for this programmers in the multimedia field of application.

3.Organizations: we had contacts with some organizations like ONU and UNESCO and with Italian (Turin, Padova, Bologna, Siena) and international (Bristol, Oslo, Zlin, Tampere, Georgia) universities and with some other organizations in the audio and video fields like FESTPACO or African Women Media Center. In all this places Mediainlinux has been introduced and in some also experimented, still limiting to single tests. With all this entities we would like to set up a collaboration that goes from simple testing and reporting of bugs, to requests for new characteristics and development of additional software.

4.Art Academies: many institutions like MULTIDAMS of Turin, the school of Art and Media of Tampere or the Brera Academy of Art in Milan has a double role: public places for experimentation (and so contamination between technology and art) and possible producers of demonstrations and examples of use, artist and collaborators.

User side goals:

1.Make Mediainlinux a better looking distribution: the look of Mediainlinux is a key aspect of the whole project. The more the distribution will be stylish (from the cd to the manual, from the Internet site to an exhibition stand) in the design and in its graphic and artistic ideas, the more it will gain success between the Linux Artists and the Macintosh community. Then we need to surpass the look of proprietary systems, using all the widgets that can simulate the most stylish looking applets and so we must need graphics to create icons, desktop themes, wallpapers, screen savers and audio video materials (like desktop sounds or video tutorials).

2.Make Mediainlinux simpler: we need to do more integration between different applications, in the way that for a .ogg vorbis file we will have a contextual menu to play, edit, record it etc. etc. This should be done for most of the file formats in the multimedia field and its an operation very intensive of configuring, programming, experimenting and daily use.

3.Make better configuration tools: most of all we need a good configuration of auto mounter to create automatically the icons of peripherals on the desktop.

4.Documentation: we need a manual for the primary applications (mostly done) and its translation in English, French, Spanish and German.

5.Training: we are organizing many courses on subsystems included in Mediainlinux and especially for audio and video streaming, 2D and 3D graphic, musical composition and less common training lessons in multimedia installations and physical and acoustic simulation.

6.Support: make concrete a way to support our users with a mailing list, a forum and a satellite program with tutorials, examples and demonstrations of creativity.