Free beyond software for linux

Daedalus provides a simple mechanism for running programs in response to the output of "check programs".

In practice Daedalus is generally used to provide an automated restart service for programs by checking the output of “ps axww” and running a start script when a particular program fails to appear.

However, it can be used for any occasion where you want to automate an action based on an event in the system.

Beyond simple restarting of systems, it can be used to send alerts, clean up files, or even start one program when another finishes or reaches a certain point.

VCR is a program which enables you to record a program using a video grabber card thats supported by the video4linux drivers. It doesnt require a graphical environment, and you can use all popupular windows codecs (like DivX, Indeo Video 5, etc) because VCR is built around the avifile library.
Now, you can finally record your favourite program from a remote place, because Murphys law dictates that you remember to record it when youre as far away from your home as possible...
System requirements:
- Depending on the codec used, a fast CPU (My celeron-466 CPU copes well enough to record divx low-motion @ 25fps, just occasional frame drops)
- Diskspace (you can never have enough of that!)
- Avifile library: http://divx.euro.ru/
- XawTV: http://www.strusel007.de/linux/xawtv/ (you can do without, but if you want to use tuner presets, you want to read the manual on how to make a .xawtv config file)
- Aumix: http://jpj.net/~trevor/aumix.html (Its not required either, but its very useful to set the recording device for your soundcard (which you probably want if you want to record sound from the soundcards line-in!))
Enhancements:
- Updated source to match avifile-0.7.37, and possibly beyond.
- New configuration directive vflip, with which you can flip the image vertically.
- Support for custom sound device (config file directive sound-device)
- Applied patches from debian/unstable that fix some outstanding bugs and include other improvements. Thanks guys, you rock!
- A/V Syncing improved for longer recordings, thanks to a tip from Alexander Rawass.

Kaspaliste is a knowledge database which handles all types of books, articles, journals, webpages, etc.
This program is BETA software! It is based on a reliable database server, so complete data loss is not very likely. But other (hopefully minor) problems may occur. BACKUP YOUR DATABASE FRREQUENTLY AND KEEP OLD BACKUPS! I think its obvious: Im not a native english speaker. Corrections are welcome.
Kaspaliste is a literature database. It handles all kinds of books, articles, journals, webpages etc. The database goes beyond storing bibliographical information. There is the possibility to create annotated links between pieces of information (like the content of a book chapter) and to group links into categories.
The user interface works just like a web browser: You may follow the links to open records. You may walk back and forward through previously edited records, change fields, and create or delete links, publication, authors etc. on the fly with just one mouseclick.
Kaspaliste does not only store pieces of information about publications. It stores files as well. Kaspaliste handels various formats like html, pdf, ps, dvi and pictures (depends on your KDE-installation since the kpart-technology is used). You can for example store ocred parts of interesting publications. The fulltext search covers these files.
Another feature is the automatic generation of BibTex files.
Enhancements:
- circumvents a bug in the pdf-KPart.
- bugfix release for kde 3.2

Privateer gives you the freedom to carve your own path in the Wing Commander universe. Opportunity abounds in the Gemini Sector.
Wedged between the unknown frontier and the Kilrathi Empire, Gemini is home to various competing factions with which you can choose to align yourself.
Upgrade your ship or trade it in to deal with the demands of a Privateer. Find your fortune by logging into the mission computer, or take your chances with seedy characters in bars.
Meet up with Sandoval in New Detroit, tilt back a glass with Demetria in a Munchen bar in the Tingerhoff System. Make your way as a trader, traitor, bounty hunter, or pirate. Only you can imagine what you might encounter beyond the frontier.
Enhancements:
- New Refinery, Mining Base, Kamekh, Drayman, and Orion art was added.
- The targetting system was redone and is now more like the original.
- Radar range was reduced and all ships now have 2D wireframe HUD images and damage is shown by quadrant.
- The ship dealer now also functions as he did in the original.
- The auto-light now turns off when you are close to your destination.
- When a ship that is communicating with you is destroyed, its message now gets cut off. Asteroids can now be destroyed and mined.
- The repair bot was fixed.
- Unknown ships are there for the Righteous Fire campaign.

JOrbis is a pure Java Ogg Vorbis decoder.
JOrbis accepts Ogg Vorbis bitstreams and decodes them to raw PCM.
Vorbis is a general purpose audio and music encoding format contemporary to MPEG-4s AAC and TwinVQ, the next generation beyond MPEG audio layer 3. Unlike the MPEG sponsored formats (and other proprietary formats such as RealAudio G2 and Windows flavor of the month), the Vorbis CODEC specification belongs to the public domain. All the technical details are published and documented, and any software entity may make full use of the format without royalty or patent concerns.
We sympathize the aim of the Ogg project. JOrbis is our contribution to the Ogg project in our style. We think the ubiquity of Vorbis decoder will leverage the popularity of Ogg Vorbis. We hope JOrbis will run on any platform, any devices and any web browsers, which support Java and every people will enjoy streamed musics without patent or royalty concerns about codec.
Main features:
- JOrbis is in pure Java.
- JOrbis will run on JDK1.0.* or higher.
- JOrbis is under LGPL.
- JOrbis includes the pure Java Ogg Vorbis player, JOrbisPlayer.
- To enjoy this player, your JVM must support Java Sound API. JOrbisPlayer is under GPL.
- JOrbisPlayer can play Ogg Vorbis live streams on UDP broadcast packets from JRoar.
- JOrbis includes very simple pure Java Ogg Vorbis comment editor, JOrbisComment.
Enhancements:
- added a property jorbis.player.playonstartup to JOrbisPlayer applet to play given stream at the start-up time. Refer to play/JOrbisPlayer.html.

WAusers application is one component of the WAhelper Web accessibility testing suite.

WAusers serves for managing Web accessibility testing sites where users can register, create their own Web accessibility testing projects, and log into all their projects using a single global password.

Web pages are often designed without handicapped users in mind. Despite there exist Web accessibility guidelines such as W3C Accessibility Guidelines or U.S. Section 508 law, many Web designers are not aware about problems they cause to handicapped visitors of their pages. And even when a Web designer tries to make Web pages accessible, he may not be aware about all the obstacles handicapped users can meet.

- Software tools can be helpful here. Several Web accessibility checking tools already exist, but they have various problems:
Most of them are non-free and you cant use them freely to evaluate accessibility of your website effectively. Making things accessible means removing barriers and it is important to make the barriers as low as possible.
- New tests usually cant be added easily. An easily extensible and freely modifiable tool is needed so that its features can be improved efficiently. A good and maintained tool can make the whole process of making Web pages accessible more effective.
- The tools often dont try to go beyond semi-automated tests. But there are many accessibility problems which cant be detected, diagnosed and reported without human assistance. A tool helping humans with the testing process is needed.

Lua Messaging Engine (LuME) is a set of scripts that offer abstract functions for communication via AOLs OSCAR protocol (as used by ICQ and AIM clients), Microsoft Messengers MSNP, and Yahoos YIM protocol. Lua Messaging Engine also includes utility functions for string operations, SHA hashing, and basic HTTPS communication.

An increasing number of software developers are making use of the simplicity and power behind employing a Lua script interface.

Meetroduction, LLC has been using a Lua script interface as a core design concept for the multi protocol messaging component of its proximity based people finder client: Meetro. Beyond that, the interface offers its users a flexible way to vastly extend the clients functionality.

SDL_gui is a library written in C++ for displaying and controlling user interface elements in an SDL application. SDL_gui has the following set of widgets: Screen, ToggleButton, Button, Label, Picture, Panel, TextEntry, CardStack and ProgressBar.

Older versions of SDL_gui were written in C, and the C api has been preserved in version 0.10.0. Versions beyond 0.11.0 may not include the older API in its current form.

It also provides wrapper objects for SDL_Surface, TTF_Font, and a callback mechanism. The wrapper objects allow reference counting, so that the widgets can share these resources easily.

One interesting note - this library does no drawing of its own. It expects you to provide all the graphics. It provides a hierarchy of objects which you can feed surfaces into for drawing, and the event handling and behavior.

The primary focus is the behavior. I dont want to tie it to a specific look and feel, since that would make it useless for games. For example, you give it images of what you want the buttons to look like when pressed, highlighted, normal, and disabled, and it manages the events and displays the appropriate image. It is intended to be a mid-level interface to SDL.