Free read more software for linux

bandwidth project is an artificial benchmark for measuring memory bandwidth, useful for identifying a computers weak areas.
It tests several types of memory:
- Main memory read accesses
- Main memory write accesses
- Level 2 cache read accesses
- Level 2 cache write accesses
- Framebuffer read accesses
- Framebuffer write accesses
- String library routines
Enhancements:
- 64-bit support has been added.

Rawstudio is an open source raw-image converter written in GTK+.
Rawstudio can read and convert RAW-images from many different cameras, including Nikon and Canon. It uses dcraw.
Main features:
- Reads all dcraw supported formats
- Internal 16bit rgb
- Various post-shot controls (white balance, saturation and exposure compensation among others)
- Realtime histogram

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.

Sound Converter project can convert sound files to other formats.

A simple sound converter application for the GNOME environment. It reads anything the GStreamer library can read, and writes WAV, FLAC, MP3, and Ogg Vorbis files.

tracx project reads and stores any kind of XML data using a dedicated programming language. Read XML structure can be traced and changed.

Unix Shell and JDBC database escapes allows you to retrieve data and store it into the XML structure. Implementations based on C++ and Java are available.

bcr harms takes a model of the quantum harmonic oscillator and adapts it as a soft synth. A little while ago I came across this pretty cool applet that simulates the coherent states (so called Glauber states) of the quantum harmonic oscillator. You can read more about quantum harmonic oscillators on Wikipedia, or perhaps a quantum physics textbook. bcr harms takes this model and turns it into a soft synth. The interface is again based on the BCR2000s knobs and buttons.

There is an applet version for playing with, but the standalone version will definitely perform better.

Instructions:

Download and run with java -jar bcr-harms.jar.

The top row of knobs lets you set the relative amplitude of the first 8 states of the harmonic oscillator. The first row of buttons will select single states. With the bottom left hand knob you can set the average energy and force a Glauber state. Importantly, the stop/start button is situated on the right hand side, where the BCR2000 store button is. There are a few other parameters to play around with too. Furthermore you can select single states by sending MIDI note on messages to the application, this lets you play it somewhat like an instrument.