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Os-Cafe 0.9
Os-Cafe is a system for administering a cybercafe running exclusively Linux for clients and the server. more>> <<less
1-Box Cafe 3.0
Internet Cafe in a box: Allows ten users to work simultaneously off one computer box by simply connecting extra video cards, monitors, keyboards and mice. This unique, all-in-one, robust computer prod more>>
Provides an ?instant? ten station Internet cafe. It is the fastest, simplest, and most portable way to provide sponsored Internet kiosks for conferences, trade shows, and conventions. By adding extra video cards, up to ten users can simultaneously browse the Internet, send email, and run a wide variety of business and productivity software, independently, with no significant loss in performance. Each workstation requires only a standard monitor, USB keyboard and mouse. This reduces hardware, software, and maintenance costs, which lowers the total cost of ownership by as much as ninety per cent. Furthermore, only one IP address is required, saving substantially on costly service fees at conference, trade show, and convention venues. It offers full public access protection and is virtually immune to all viruses. In short, Userfuls 1-Box Cafe provides affordable, worry-free, and brandable-by-sponsor, computer stations for meetings, conventions, conferences, and trade shows.
Whats new in this version: Initial Public Release
<<lessCluster Live 1.0
Cluster Live is a live cd that boots a cluster of diskless Thin Clients. more>>
- Boots a cluster of diskless Thin Clients.
- Automatically loads a Web browser.
- Share workload between Thin Clients.
Why?
- No individual installations required.
- Fast deployment of centralised software over multiple computers.
- No need to access the hard disk of your existing system.
- Portable yet scalable infrastructure.
- Less spending on high end computer hardware such as hard drives, processors and memory.
Who can benefit from it?
- Public kiosk
- Internet cafe
- Home, Office and other intranet premises
- Training centre
- Government sectors, and other organisations requiring large deployment of dedicated applications.
- Ideal for academics in developing countries to make use of computers cost effectively.
- Open Source developers can freely create their own Cluster Live CDs.
How does it work?
- A server gets booted by a Cluster Live CD.
- The clients BIOS is configured to boot through the LAN by default.
- When the server has finished the bootup sequence, the client can be booted through the LAN.
What was it tested with?
- IBM Thinkpad T30 (CPU: Pentium 4 - 1GHz; RAM: 512MB)
- Virtual Machines (Software to allow running of multiple O.S. simultaneously)
- IDE CDRW (To rewrite the ISO image on to the CD for testing)
- A hub with several LAN cables connecting the infrastructure.
- Source built with Red Hat Fedora Core 3 Linux
Overgod 1.0
Overgod is a 2D shooter with multiplayer support based on Allegro. more>>
For too long has humanity been ruled by cruel and disputatious gods! Fly through the various layers of the Celestial Oversphere to unseat those who control the universe.
This is my latest game, Overgod. Its similar to my last game, Lacewing, but better in almost every way. Basically, you control a little vehicle in the middle of the screen and fly around and shoot things - a bit like asteroids, but the asteroids move independently and shoot back. You can also upgrade your vehicle in various ways.
Main features:
- Over 100 different enemies
- Lots of randomness and chaos
- Various different modes and unlockable challenges
- 1 or 2 players (splitscreen)
- Pretty low system requirements (about 300MHz is plenty, and it doesnt need any kind of fancy graphics card)
- Days of fun!
It should compile on any platform supported by Allegro. Windows and Mac binaries are provided at the moment, as is source code (its under the GPL). The links are all to sourceforge, which is a little cumbersome, but for various reasons Im releasing this through Internet cafes and the Library so thats what you get. Have fun!
(Thanks to Michael Faerber for helping with Linuxisation and pointing out bugs, and Peter Hull for helping with the Mac version and finding another bug)
OutKafe 5.2.0
OutKafe project is a complete internet cafe management suite. more>>
OutKafe (formerly ZybaCafe) is a next-generation free and open-source internet cafe management suite. OutKafe was forked from ZybaCafe by the original developers to be a 100% free and open-source project. The first 5.0.0 release is based on the last 4.x ZybaCafe release with some bugfixes and rebranding. The next phase of the project will replace all the closed-source parts of ZybaCafe including the windows client with GPLd replacements.
OutKafe comprises a server-side administration suite, as well as clients to manage time-control on machines. The standard version uses postgresql as an RDBMS but porting it to other database systems should not be very difficult.
OutKafe has a powerful plugin architecture allowing for easy extensibility and integration with other tools such as accounting packages and CRM systems.
Enhancements:
- A powerful theme system for the login screens was added.
- Multilingual support was added through gettext.
- Afrikaans and Portuguese translations are already available.
- Several critical bugs were fixed.
- The Windows client is no longer considered beta.
Webconverger 2.29
Webconverger project is an evolution of the hybrid client for deployments in places like offices or Internet cafes. more>>
Unlike thin or hybrid clients, Webconverger is faster and more responsive by providing a Web browser that runs locally.
Main features:
- Ideal just for Web applications
- Free & open software
- Low system requirements
- Good security
- Painless to deploy and setup
- Features a Web standards compliant browser
- Cost effective
- Does not require registration or accounts
- Flash and a PDF viewer installed by default
- Easy for new users to learn and use
- Low maintenance costs
- Long term support
Enhancements:
- The latest security updates to Iceweasel (Firefox) rebuild 2.0.0.6 have been applied.
- Previous versions of Webconverger will upgrade nonetheless with somewhat delayed startups.
BSFlite 0.82
BSFlite is a minimalistic, line-based AIM client for Unix. more>>
Instead of having a full screen console interface, BSFlite employs a command line interface that allows your fingers to do all of the work without needlessly sifting through windows.
BSFlite runs on UNIX (including Linux, all of the BSDs, Solaris, etc.), Zeta (and possibly BeOS), Windows, DOS, Mac OS X, and Plan 9.
Well, minimalistic doesnt necessarily mean sparse. Lets call it, say, nimble. BSFlite supports most standard AIM features, with the notable exceptions of chat rooms and block lists.
For casual day-to-day chat, its perfect, if for nothing else than one important feature: once your fingers learn the commands, it doesnt matter if your brain remembers them or not. Youll be amazed at how efficiently you can juggle conversations with BSFlite. Seriously.
Main features:
- Runs on just about any UNIX machine of any speed
- Uses very few resources, even compared to other console clients
- Very portable codebase with BSD-licensed AIM library for use in your own projects
- Windows port with tiny binary size - put it on a floppy or USB stick and load it up when you need AIM at an Internet cafe or public terminal
- Works great with screen, so you can leave your AIM session logged in when youre not physically at your terminal
- Not affiliated with America Online in any way
Enhancements:
- Several memory leaks and bugs were fixed.
- Better color support and the ability to reconnect were added.
- A man page is now available.
CafePilot 2.4
CafePilot is a cross-platform (Windows and Linux) client/server software suite that makes managing an Internet cafe of any size a breeze. CafePilot s... more>> <<less
ZybaCafe 4.0.3
ZybaCafe is a next-generation free and open-source internet cafe management suite. more>>
ZybaCafe comprises a server-side administration suite, as well as clients to manage time-control on machines. The standard version uses postgresql as an RDBMS but porting it to other database systems should not be very difficult.
ZybaCafe has a powerful plugin architecture allowing for easy extensibility and integration with other tools such as accounting packages and CRM systems.
OpenKiosk 2.0.6
OpenKiosk is a multi-platform kiosk management software. more>>
Openkiosk aims to be one of the best kiosk software available in the open-souce community. The following prototype screenshots of the OpenKiosk client reflects its evolution towards the goal of acheiving simplicity and elegance in kiosk terminals.
OpenKiosk, is a system made up of a collection of programs that work together in a local network of inter-connected computers. It is a centralized management software for kiosks. It assumes that the resources are shared and centralized as well, including the Internet connection. This implies that the shared Internet connection to the outside world is assumed to be always on at some point within the local network, perhaps a NAT server. It is up to the client program to automatically limit customers individually from accessing the Internet.
When a customer walks in and uses a kiosk or a workstation, the client program obtains his/her login/user account information. It then sends this login information to the server, which in turn, verifies this data and if valid, returns the access rights and duration of use for the customer back to the client program.
The client program at this point, handles the restrictions transparently including preventing running new programs and making it appear that the Internet connection is down if the time limit is reached or if the administrator manually stopped a customer from continuing to use a kiosk/workstation.
OpenKiosk is primarily designed with the multi-user network in mind. From a library containing 20 public browsing terminals to a large internet cafe or convention center containing hundreds to thousands of kiosks or workstations, OpenKiosk is built with components that are designed to scale up. It is not meant to be used on a single stand-alone computer
The Openkiosk system is basically composed of two parts. The first program is called NodeView. It acts as the OpenKiosk central server containing the client information database. It is responsible for administering all the clients on the network either automatically or manually. Monitoring and controlling the workstations can be done locally via the graphical user interfaces or remotely from a Java Applet in a browser.
The second part is simply called "The Client". It is the actual program that sits between the customer and the operating system interface on the workstations. It is the software which physically limits the users access to the Internet, network resources, the local programs on the workstation itself.
For automatic usage, it can take in membership card login. It is also possible to interface to much more advanced hardware readers such as smart card readers. The client is also capable of simple but important tasks such as remote shutdown, instant messaging, file updates and much more.
Presently, there are two versions of clients. The X11 Linux/Unix version, which is an applet that sits on top of the KDE panel (requires at least KDE 3.X) and the Windows version (Windows 95,98,NT,2000,XP).
Chess::PGN::Filter 0.13
Chess::PGN::Filter is a Perl extension for converting PGN files to other formats. more>>
SYNOPSIS
use Chess::PGN::Filter;
filter(source => $pgn,filtertype => XML);
OR
my %substitutions = (
hsmyers => Myers, Hugh S (ID),
);
my @exclude = qw(
WhiteElo
BlackElo
EventDate
);
filter(
source => $pgn,
filtertype => TEXT,
substitutions => %substitutions,
nags => yes,
exclude => @exclude,
);
OR
filter(
source => $pgn,
filtertype => DOM,
);
OR
$dom = filter(
source => $pgn,
filtertype => DOM,
verbose => 0,
);
This is a typical text in one side, different text out the otherside filter module. There are as of this writing, the following supported choices:
1. XML -- Converts from .pgn to .xml using the included pgn.dtd as the validation document. This is for the most part a one to one transliteration of the PGN standard into XMLese. It does have the additional virtue of allowing positions to be encoded within the XML output. These are generated by an embedded NAG of {0} and automatically (user controlled) at the end of each game. As a kind of adjunct to the position diagrams, pgn.dtd optionally allows each move to include its FEN string. This allows scripted animation for web pages generated this information.
2. TEXT -- Although the PGN standard is widely available, many program that generate .pgn do so in an ill-formed way. This mode is an attempt to normalize away the various flaws found in the wild! This includes things like game text all on a single line without a preceding blank line. Or castling indicated with zeros rather than the letter O. There is at least one application that carefully indents the first move! The list of oddities is probably as long as the list of applications.
3. DOM -- A Document Object Model (DOM) makes for a very convenient interim form, common to all other filter types. Useful in both the design and debugging phases of filter construction. By way of self-documentation, here is an example of a single game that shows all of the obvious features of the DOM:
$VAR1 = {
Tags => {
Site => Boise (ID),
Event => Cabin Fever Open,
Round => 1,
ECO => ?,
Date => 1997.??.??,
White => Barrett Curtis,
Black => Myers Hugh S,
Result => 1-0
},
Gametext => [
{
Movenumber => 1,
Epd => rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq e3,
Movetext => e4
},
{
Movenumber => 2,
Epd => rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/3p4/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq d6,
Movetext => d5
},
{
Movenumber => 3,
Epd => rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/3pP3/8/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq -,
Movetext => e5
},
{
Movenumber => 4,
Comment => Playing ...Bf5 before closing the c8-h3 diagonal has some positive features.,
Epd => rnbqkbnr/ppp2ppp/4p3/3pP3/8/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq -,
Movetext => e6
},
{
Movenumber => 5,
Epd => rnbqkbnr/ppp2ppp/4p3/3pP3/3P4/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq d3,
Movetext => d4
},
{
Movenumber => 6,
Comment => Time to think like a Frenchie - c7-c5!,
Epd => r1bqkbnr/ppp2ppp/2n1p3/3pP3/3P4/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq -,
Movetext => Nc6,
Rav => [
{
Movenumber => 6,
Epd => rnbqkbnr/pp3ppp/4p3/2ppP3/3P4/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq c6,
Movetext => c5
}
]
},
.
.
.
{
Movenumber => 29,
Comment => (Bxe5) Black could still kick for a while if he had played ...Bxe5.,
Epd => r1bq1rk1/2p1npb1/2n1p2P/pp1pP1p1/3P2P1/2P4Q/PP2BP2/RNB1K2R b KQ -,
Movetext => h6
}
]
};
YAWICA 0.01
YAWICA stands for Yet Another Wavelet based Image Compression Algorithm, it is the result of my diploma thesis. more>>
So it is neither optimized for speed nor does it accept other image material than PGM images with 256 grey levels. It is intended for photo realistic images and will give a poor performance on bilevel ones.
Here some PSNR-values in dB for different images transformed with the 9/7-wavelet with 0.5 bpp in comparsion to SPIHT and EBCOT.
picture resolution SPIHT EBCOT YAWICA
lena.pgm 512x512 37.25 dB 37.32 dB 37.68 dB
barbara.pgm 512x512 31.40 dB 32.31 dB 32.25 dB
goldhill.pgm 512x512 33.13 dB 33.24 dB 33.49 dB
mandrill.pgm 512x512 25.65 dB 25.58 dB 25.82 dB
bike.pgm 2048x2560 33.01 dB 33.55 dB 33.66 dB
cafe.pgm 2048x2560 26.49 dB 26.84 dB 27.24 dB
woman.pgm 2048x2560 33.59 dB 33.65 dB 33.95 dB
webERP 3.071
webERP is an integrated suite of web-based business management software. more>>
- Complete commitment to the reliability and integrity of the data
- Accessibility that only internet based software can afford
- Flexibility that comes with having the freedom to the software and with code written so accessibly
- No license or maintenance costs! Courtesy of an active open-source community backing the ongoing development of the system
Reliability is the Number One Priority
An accounting system, more than any other system, needs to be reliable. Without reliability and solid integrition, business management software becomes the source of confusion rather than the authority on what is happening in the business. For this reason "reliability" and the integrity of the data produced is the primary focus of the development team.
A key advantage in ensuring that this fundamental requirement of business software is acheived is the extraordinary scrutiny of critical and highly skilled coders that has been given to webERPs open-source code-base.
Since the intial release of the code in 2003, webERP has been refined and extended but always closely controlled keeping strictly to the original aims - chief among them being reliability!
webERP is built upon the most enduring and solid of software infrastructure - dependencies are deliberately minimised. The PHP scripting language now one of the worlds most popular languages - itself an open-source language which has grown alongside the legendary Apache web-server. webERP uses the PHP native interfaces to Postgres or Mysql RDBMS interfaces for the absolute maximum speed and efficiency to the most respected names in the RDBMS industry. Mysql particularly runs some of the largest web-based databases in the world.
Accessibility for Employees and Customers from Anywhere
- 75% of all people in the world have access to the internet.
- It pervades our daily lives now having quietly infiltrated over the last decade.
- There are internet cafes in most cities of the world and many cell-phones/PDAs have internet access that business people carry.
- A web-browser now represents a very familiar environment for most users.
- A web-based system avoids the requirement for expensive VPN type infrastructure and represents the most accessible network for everyone.
The convenience and value of being able to get the correct business answers literally from anywhere in the world is a major driver for most business software now turning to web-based applications - especially due to the increasing globalisation of business.
Flexibility for Companies, Employees and Customers
With so little dependency on operating systems or hardware webERP can be installed on any operating system that can run PHP - that means a choice of any the main operating systems - Microsoft, Macintosh, Sun, Sco, HP or any Linux distribution.
- The business is not limited or restricted to one hardware or software vendor - avoiding vendor lock in
- Open-source code means that the code itself is available to the business to adapt to its requirements or extend to work in just the way the business wishes it to work. In proprietary systems the code is not available and it is prohibatively expensive to adapt the system to work for the business
- Extensive community of knowlege about the workings of webERP is available to tap into
- As PHP is one of the worlds most popular scripting languages - there are many with the skills to learn webERP code. Indeed a primary objective of webERP is to make the code as understandable as possible to business people.
Enhancements:
- This release fixes a couple of bugs - one that would not allow manufactured items cost updates and another that prevented new stock categories from being added.
Ark Linux Live 2007.1
Ark Linux Live is a Live CD edition of Ark Linux. more>>
The Ark Linux team is pleased to announce the release of a first version of Ark Linux Live, a Live CD version of the Ark Linux operating system.
Ark Linux Live is designed to be as close to the "normal" version of Ark Linux as possible - and is built from the same source code.
There are a couple of known problems with this CD image, most notably non-English languages are not working in non-KDE applications, and the kernel spews some [harmless but dangerous looking] error messages at bootup. These (and other bugs that will possibly show up) will be fixed before the release of Ark Linux Live 2006.1.
The primary uses of a Live CD are:
- Recovering a normal system after a big hardware or software failure (Ark Linux will launch a special live CD for this purpose later, with more recovery tools and fewer other tools)
- Checking the system out without any risk
- Showing others what Linux is like, on their own hardware
- Taking your favorite operating system with you - e.g. to get on the net with Linux even if youre on vacation and the only internet cafe in town is a Microsoft shop
While it is possible to use Ark Linux Live as your primary operating system, that is not recommended - use Ark Linux Home instead.
Ark Linux is a Linux distribution designed especially for desktop use, primarily for people without prior Linux experience. Ark Linuxs main goal is ease of use, and the inclusion of many tools end users will need.
Ark Linux is fully Open Source and Free Software, meaning, basically, you can freely redistribute it in both modified and unmodified form.
Enhancements:
- The Ark Linux team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Ark Linux 2007.1, the latest version of its multi-purpose desktop operating system. Ark Linux can be used for office/school work, desktop publishing, graphics, multimedia entertainment/editing, gaming, software development, and more.
Ark Linux is very adaptable and responsive to the users needs without being overly complicated and/or bloated or difficult to install (all a basic installation takes is 3 mouse clicks). For a more customized install, use the expert mode, which makes it possible to manually set up the partitions you wish to install Ark Linux into.
There have been many more changes since the 2006.1 release - all components have been updated to current versions. For example, Ark Linux 2007.1 includes the KDE 3.5.7 desktop, the OpenOffice.org 2.2.1 office suite and the Amarok music player 1.4.7. It also includes the latest underlying technologies such as Linux kernel 2.6.22.3, glibc 2.6.1, and has been built completely with gcc 4.2.1, resulting in a faster system and quicker response times.
A new and better integrated version of the wine Windows emulator makes it possible to run more Windows applications on Linux than before.
In addition to this, hardware detection has been improved, many new drivers are included, support for encrypted wireless networks has been improved and many additional applications and games have been added to the software repository.
We also have good news for developers and OEMs: The Ark Linux build system has been extended to allow customized builds of both Ark Linux and Ark Linux Live including your packages of choice - making it easier than ever to build your own Linux distribution. All details on the new build system can be found at http://wiki.arklinux.org/index.php/Customized_Ark_Linux_CDs-.
Ark Linux 2007.1 and various add-on CDs can be downloaded at http://www.arklinux.org/. Free live support is available using the web chat at http://www.arklinux.org/content/en/Live+Support
Hikarunix 0.4
Hikarunix is a Linux live CD based on Damn Small Linux and dedicated to Go - a popular Asian strategy game. more>>
Shut the machine down, pop the CD out, reboot and youll find yourself back with the same old OS that you started with. No installation or partitioning necessary. The fact that it fits on a pocket sized miniCD and can boot on just about any machine makes it extremely portable. Internet cafes, Library computers, a borrowed laptop can all be your personal, temporary Go workstation. If you wish you can also install it to your harddrive.
The name was inspired by the Japanese manga and anime series Hikaru No Go. Its about the world of Professional Go as seen by Junior High School student Hikaru and his ghost Go mentor Sai. Its a lot better then I make it sound, besides, admit it, reading comics is still fun. Pick up a copy of the English translation of the comic here.
Hikarunix itself and any additions Ive made are covered by the GNU General Public License, although the individual packages installed in Hikarunix retain their original licenses. This means that Hikarunix is entirely free. Feel welcome to make copies for your friends, family and co-workers, start a Go club and hand it out to all members. I put this CD together to open this great game to a wider audience, so the more copies that are out there the better.
Hikarunix will always be free, but if youd like to contribute to the cause you might consider donating to the project. You can also pick up an "official" miniCD, a Hikarunix USB drive, or a plethora of mugs and tshirts from our store. I also an just a beginner at Go and am still terrible at the game. If anyone would like to donate a Go lesson I can be found on most Go servers as t1ckt0ck.
Enhancements:
- firefox updated to 1.0.6 with support for Chinese/Japanese/Korean fonts
- Kogos Joseki updated to 27.Mar.2005
- Local snapshot of Senseis Library updated to 3.Jan.2005
- GNUGo updated to 3.7.4
- Jacoto 1.2.15 added as primary SGF manager
- Quarry updated to 0.1.14
- CGoban updated to 2.6.12
- sgf2misc updated to 2.9.2
- simple GUIs for easier access to sgf2misc, sgfmerger, and sgfsplit
- GoGrinder updated to 1.11
- Jago updated to 4.6
- PANDA-glGo updated to 1.3.1
- qGo updated to 1.0.2
- K3s UGF/SGF/NGF Conversion tool added
- Now over 9300 Go Problems (3400+ than 0.3)
- Now over 8500 Game records (2600+ than 0.3)
- Simplified/Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean locales and fonts (experimental)
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