Free multi software for linux

Multi Distro is a CD that contains multiple small linux distributions. Multi Distro is a compilation of several live, bootable, distributions.
Its based on R.I.P. It uses GRUB, as bootloader. It goes in one, 700MB CD.
Enhancements:
- 11.04.06 RIP from 11.6 to 15.2
- DSL from 0.9.3 to 2.3
- GeexBOX from 0.98.5 to 0.98.7
- INSERT from 1.2.18 to 1.3.6
- SLAX from 4.2.0 to 5.1.0 (PE version)
- added Olive 0.2
- added Mpentoo 2006.0
- added Grafpup 1.0.2
- added Limp 2.2
- released as Multi Distro v2.5

Tk::Multi::Manager is a Tk composite widget managing Tk::Multi slaves.

SYNOPSIS

use Tk::Multi::Manager ;
use Tk::Multi::Text ; # if you use MultiText as a slave

my $manager = yourWindow -> MultiManager
(
menu => $menu_ref , # optionnal
title => "windows", # optionnal
help => "Explain what your set of widget do" #optionnal
) -> pack ();

# Dont pack it, the managet will do it
my $w1 = $manager -> newSlave
(
type => MultiText,
title => a_label,
help => "Explain what your slave widget does" #optionnal
);

The manager is a composite widget made of a menu cascade of check buttons and slaves which can be Tk::Multi::Text.

The user can add windows to the manager. Each window visibility is controled by a check button in the menu cascade. The check button actually tells the packer to forget the window. note that the window object is not destroyed.

The main menu bar will feature a Help menu on the right. If the main help which explain the purpose of the Multi::Manager and its slaves is provided when creating the widget, the Help sub-menu will feature a global label.

Each slave widget which is created with a help will have its own label in the help menu.

Multi Gnome Terminal is an enhanced version of gnome-terminal, with many powerful new features and extensions. The most notable enhancement is the ability to run multiple terminals within the same window.
Each terminal may be accessed by its "tab", through keyboard shortcuts, or menu selections. Inactive terminals provide an alert when the buffer changes by changing the color of the tab labels.
Other enhancements include a toolbar, a buttonbar, flexible command options to launch new terminals, tabs, and shells from either the GUI or command line, customizable key bindings for MGT functions and other uses, font shadowing, the ability to "split" terminals so that each window can simultaneously multiple terminals, the ability to "view" or "bond" terminals with other terminals, and various other improvements
Main features:
- Multiple terminals may be opened within the same Window.
- Each terminal Window is "Tabbed" for easy navigation.
- The terminal Window may be "split" vertically and/or horizontally. And also unsplit, or the split terminal can be moved to its own "Tab", or even another Window.
- Terminals may be "bonded" so that the output of a command in one terminal is echoed to all the "bonded" terminals.
- Terminals may be moved from one Multi Gnome Terminal Window to another.
- Notification that an inactive terminal buffer has changed, or is in the process of changing, via colors on Tab labels.
- Extensive keyboard shortcuts for most Multi Gnome Terminal features, and configurable key bindings for these features and other uses.
- Shading, tinting and psuedo-transparency of the Multi Gnome Terminal Window background.
- Gamma corrrection and contrast controls for background pixmaps.
- Configurable "Commands" for initializing new terminals, accessible from within the Multi Gnome Terminal GUI interface, or as command line options.
- Adds a Toolbar and Buttonbar, which can be disabled like the other GUI components. The Toolbar can be repositioned too.
- Search the scrollback buffer.
- Font "shadowing" for better contrast on transparent or pixmapped backgrounds.
- Improved terminal emulation capabilities, including support for VT52.
- Improved support for launching URLs direct from the terminal Window.
- A flexible command line for creating new Windows and Tabs.
- Bold fonts can be a different font, and different color.
- Support for pseudo-graphics characters (like xterm).
- Greatly improved Class handling (configuration profiles) with many available configuration options.

PSPL Multi Select Box is an enhanced implementation of the HTML form input element for selecting multiple items from a list.

Users can select multiple choices without having to press the ALT button like a normal "select multiple" box. It is easy to customize, and you can easily modify the visual style of PSPL Multi Select Box to match your Web site design or theme.

The project is also compliant to W3C standards, and has been tested with most recent browsers. Unlike normal "select multiple" boxes, PSPL Multi Select Box follows the layer design in IE.

Translate! (multi-language) is a Google-based, over-the-network translation desktop widget.

It automatically supports all languages translate.google.com supports as of the moment you start the widget.

(Double-)Click the Wrench button on the middle to chose the language pair.

Multi-Cursor Window Manager is a modified Unix window manager which provides multiple cursors. This allows multiple users to simultaneously interact with a Unix desktop environment.

Using a modified x2x client users can capture the keyboard and mouse input from their workstation and send to their personal cursor on a shared computer display. Multiple cursors are distinguished by different colors, and users can simultaneously interact with separate windows.

There are 7 uniquely colored cursors available. The current multi-cursor window manager is based on a modified version of IceWM 1.2.13

The multi-cursor window manager works by time-slicing the system cursor to provide the appearance of multiple independent cursors.

Compiling the Software:

To compile Ice Window Manager:

>cd icewm
>./configure --without-imlib
>make
>make install

Note: there is a preferences file in the icewm directory ("icewm/preferences"). Move this file to the installation preferences directory. It has some default choices that work well for multi-user interaction. Also, use the "nice" theme in IceWM.

To compile the x2x client:

>cd x2x-mp
>xmkmf
>make

Multi-Simulator Interface, in shrot MSI, is a simulation interconnection engine. In other words it is a program that connects simulations together by synchronizing their clocks and data. Multi-Simulation Interface serves the same purpose as HLA and supports most of HLAs functionality (and more).
The MSI is an HLA alternative. The major motivating factors in the design of the MSI are speed, interoperability, and ease of use.
The MSI was written as a cutting edge distributed simulation component to connect multiple instances of ATLs premiere simulation software, CSIM, and it can be used to interface any compatible simulations.
How does the MSI compare to HLA?
The MSI was originally created to be just a light weight HLA RTI. However, as it was written, limitations in HLA were discovered. The MSI is an improvement on both the design and implementation of HLA. Some highlights include:
A 1,536 to 1 reduction in size over the publicly available (until late 2002) HLA RTI.
At least one order of magnitude of bandwidth consumption less than the publicly available (until late 2002) HLA RTI.
The ability to subscribe to an object name in addition to a type.
Time synchronization that allows for proper causality when used with discrete event simulators.
Support for systems-of-systems (SoS) and hierarchically organized simulations.
Availability for many platforms.
MSI Concept - A Synchronized Data Broker
The concept behind MSI is the synchronized data broker. There are many connected software systems that posses state data that changes over the life of that system. In the case where these systems need to exchange this changing data with other systems and the other systems will exhibit the effects of this data on their own state, the synchronization of this data may need to be managed.
Historically the management of this data has been as simple as tagging it with the time of its release. If there is any conflict in the data the most recent version of the data is used. If the data is late an extrapolation can potentially be used. In SQL relational databases transactions and locking are used to ensure data integrity. Most data brokering services offer little or no sychronization, only delivery.
MSI Setup and Use
The MSI uses a XML stream through a direct socket connection for communications. This enables the MSI to be used from any programming language that can use sockets (C, C++, Java, Ada, Lisp, Perl, etc.). Also, the MSI was written with cross-platform libraries that make it portable to all the major OS platforms (Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, IRIX, HPUX, etc.).
The MSI is a single executable file and is distributed with example code for the simulator/federate side interface.
MSI Time Synchronization
The MSI time synchronizer can mix unconstrained with time constrained simulations. Each constrained simulation reports the time of the next event that will occur in that simulation/federate. This time may be artificially inflated to cause loose synchronization (less overhead but less guarantee of accuracy). The simulations/federates will advance to the announced time.
MSI Data Synchronization
The MSI implements a publish/subscribe data broker. The MSI is presently not validating, therefore it does not require a separate data format specification (like the HLA FOM). When data format validation is implemented, it will be an optional feature and not written in Lisp. This greatly reduces MSIs setup time. Also, not being locked to a predetermined data format allows for dynamic data types.
There are five commands associated with the MSI data broker: publish, subscribe, update, unsubscribe, destroy (destroy is not implemented yet). Simulations/federates may subscribe to object names in addition to object types. This allows simulations to subscribe to specific objects of a type without needing to receive updates of all objects of that type. The update command is both an incoming and outgoing command. When a simulation/federate receives an update command, it is expected to reflect the new values of that object.
The MSI has a very flexible publish and subscribe system. A federate may subscribe to an object type or an object name. In addition a federate may specify particular attributes of an object or object type. For example, if an object has attributes name, x, y, and z, a federate that only considers two dimensions may choose to subscribe only to name, x, and y.
The MSI also supports systems of systems and object hierarchy in simulations. A publishing federate may designate a parent object. Subscribers may then subscribe to the objects children.
MSI Messaging
The MSI allows simulations/federates to send messages (interactions in HLA) to each other. These messages can contain multiple attributes and be multicast to a specific group of simulations.
Recently Added Features
Removed external library dependencies to improve the portability and fragility of the MSI.
Added a better client library.
Improved documentation.
Enhancements:
- An XML parsing bug in the utilities library was fixed.
- The socket library was enhanced with more protocols, Win32 tricks, and the ability to key off of addresses as well as names.
- The --wait-for command line argument was added.
- Several internal bugs were fixed.
- More of the client library and the CSIM interface were flushed out.
- All standard functionality was tested.

Multi-Agent Grid Engine library is an experiment aimed to make a programming tool for creation of autonomic systems.