Free maybe software for linux

cd player is a really small cd player for Linux with a curses-like user interface.
Main features:
- mcdp is a small (maybe the smallest) cd-player for _linux_
- it compiles/runs out off the box
- it can be compiled against dietlibc (~16kb static!)
- working play methods: reapeat cd, repeat track and intro
- since version 0.3a, minimal cddb title download is also included

Orakle is an oracle for the desktop to ease choices.

It works similar to the Magic 8 Ball Konfabulator widget.

Dont get too much addicted.

TODO:
* add more answers
* 2/3 lines per text
- maybe resize the theme

Shake project is a defragmenter that runs in userspace, without the need of patching the kernel and while the systems is used.
There is nothing magic in that : it just works by rewriting fragmented files. But it has some heuristics that could make it more efficient than other tools, including defrag and, maybe, xfs_fsr.
As root, call shake my_dir, and go do something usefull or pleasant until it complete. Then my_dir should be less fragmented.
For better results, you should call Shake on the whole partition, when youre not using it.
If you just wanted to see the fragmentation, call shake --pretend --verbose --verbose my_dir, alias shake -pvv my_dir.
Enhancements:
- A PPC target was added to the ebuild.
- A workaround for a reiser4 bug was added.
- Copyright notices and some comments were corrected.

blueMarine project is about an open source workflow for digital photography.

What does it mean?

Start thinking of an opensource application like Aperture or Lightroom that enables you to organize, develop, print and publish your photos. Pretty standard stuff nowadays. Opensource, at first sight, means that the application is free. Now think of an application written with the Java™ language: the application runs everywhere, Mac OS X, Linux, Windows. Now think of a community of people that adds code, plugins, crazy ideas, integrating some of the latest, cool technologies around, such as GPS positioning or geo-mapping.

Well, this is just the core concept of the blueMarine project.

Lets go on and lets think of the workflow. For the existing commercial applications the workflow starts just after shooting the photo and ends with a print on paper, the photo archived and maybe a web gallery published.

Just for a starter, we could do these things in innovative ways. For instance, trip reports could take advantage of GPS positioning data and Google Maps. Galleries could be presented in form of a virtual 3d gallery with walls and pictures hang on them.

Thinking of it twice, there are holes in workflows supported by current commercial applications. For instance, if you want to filter your images with a sophisticated noise reduction algorithm or if you want to create a bigger composite photo out of several shots, you likely have to use an external application. Some communities, such as amateur astrophotographers, need some very special processing that is usually performed by means of specific software. Wouldnt be better to have all of these facilities integrated in a single front end?

Now, lets broaden our workflow horizon. It can extend well beyond the print or the archival. For instance, an ornithologist usually manages field notes about the bird observed and photographed: directly binding them to photos and maybe GPS positioning data is much better than keeping a separate Excel sheet. It can also start much before shooting the photo. Think of trip planning: maybe you travel to nice places and spot interesting subjects, but not all the conditions are favorable: the weather, the light, the sun position, or the season (snow, blossomed flowers, foliage colors). Maybe you take some photos but at home you decide: hey, Im going to return there next Fall when the trees are reddish. Wouldnt be cool if a software application could allow you to easily manage all of these wanna-shoot-again photos, maybe providing assistance to guess which will be the sun position in a certain day and hour and integrating weather forecasts? And synthetising a trip program that can be uploaded on your palm gear?

Theres a further point with opensource photo workflow. Its related to the world of camera raw formats, that is the way professional DSLR cameras work. They provide you with the raw bits from the sensor that need to be extensively cooked, or developed, for getting a good image. This approach gives a tremendous amount of control to the photographers - too bad that most formats are proprietary and not documented. blueMarine supports the OpenRAW initiative and provide an opensource implementation of developing tools for camera raw formats from an ever increasing number of vendors.

Well, all of this and more is the aim of the blueMarine project.

QAddress is a small and lightweight address book. QAddress aims to be simple and easy to use, with only the features really needed (and really used). This minimalistic approach is meant to make QAddress fast and reliable.
Main features:
- Search function (maybe even incremental)
- Integrated backup function
- User-defined main view
- Different profiles (maybe)
Enhancements:
- changed tabhandling in the Add/Edit-Widget
- added search function
- minor changes in the user interface

Cool Blue is a desktop widget for SuperKaramba for system monitoring.

It has cool blue translucent background (which I made with help of Karbon14, Krita and the mighty Gimp) and displays everything I need (and probably what you need too).

It can interact with XMMS. Well, its a matter of personal taste, but I still like XMMS more than AmaroK...

Anyway, if you want, it should be easy changing it to use amaroK. Maybe even Ill do this if I have free time and appropriate mood.

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