Free rebuilt software for linux

rpmrebuild project is a tool to build an RPM file from a package that has already been installed in a basic use, rpmrebuild use do not require any rpm building knowledge (On debian, the equivalent product is dpkg-repack).
Enhancements:
- remove commented tags (PAYLOAD*, INSTALLTID, OPTFLAGS, PLATFORM, SIGSIZE) to solve bug for rpm 3.x
- add more info to bugreport (issues, warnings)
- add choice of email addresse for bug report
- send bug report to new rpmrebuild-bugreport list

debian-builder is a simple Perl script which is designed to rebuild a Debian package from its source. Some distributions such as Gentoo are focussed upon building packages from source code to give speed benefits, but that is not the aim of this program.
Ive been experimenting with a version of GCC which is patched to include stack smashing (buffer overflow) protection. One common approach to this problem is to use a modified compiler which will perform some kind of safety checking in potentially vulnerable source code - this usually involves applying a patch to the GCC compiler.
Usage:
Usage is fairly straight-forward and obvious simply run "debian-builder foo" to rebuild package foo.
If all goes well you will see some progress reports (more with --verbose) and a .deb file should eventually appear in /var/cache/debian-builder/deb.
The script will take care of installing all the packages which are required to build the named package, and then removing anything it installed afterwards.
Installation:
Simply download the tarball and run make install, alternatively you may download it from my apt-getable repository.
Enhancements:
- The handling of build dependencies is now much improved, allowing a greater number of Debian packages, including complex ones such as GNU Emacs and Mozilla Firefox.

Array-util project was tested on: It gives you an overview of all logical and physical drives, including basic information on sizes etc. It is supposed to become a configuration tool in the future. Note that it only works with SmartArray driver version 1.0.1+
Array-util project was tested on:
- Compaq Proliant 2500 with SmartArray 2DH
- Compaq Proliant 1600 with SmartArray 2DH
- Compaq Proliant ML350 with an additional Smart Array 431-Controller (thanks to Christian Bauer)
- Compaq Proliant DL380 with Internal SmartArray controller (thanks to Jason Sturgeon)
- Compaq Proliant ML370 with Integrated SmartArray (thanks to Brian Rossmeisl)
- Compaq Proliant 5500 with a SmartArray 3200 (thanks to Andrew A. Neuschwander)
- Compaq Proliant 1850R with a SmartArray 3200 (thanks to Brian Towles)
- Compaq Proliant 6400R with a SmartArray 3200 (thanks to Brian Towles)
- Compaq Proliant 3000 with a SmartArray 3200 (thanks to Brian Towles)
- Compaq Proliant DL580 with two SmartArray 4200 (thanks to Dietmar Stein)
Known bugs:
Array-util: Blinking is not working on a DL380.
Array-util: Hotspares are not listed in array-util.
Array-util: There is no progess indicator of the rebuild process.

jBrout is a photo manager. It can manage albums and photos, tag photos with IPTC keywords, use internal JPEG thumbnails, add comments to photos and albums, losslessly rotate JPEG files and internal JPEG thumbnails, and use EXIF info.
It uses plugins to add a variety of features such as exporting to HTML, acting like an HTTP server, and exporting to email. It works without a database, and has been tested with a collection of over 20,000 photos.
Main features:
- manage albums/photos (= folders/files)
- tag photos with IPTC keywords
- use internal jpeg thumbnail
- comment photos (with jpeg comment) and album (textfile in folder)
- rotate loss-less jpeg (and internal jpeg thumbnail)
- use EXIF info (date, size ..)
- search pictures (tags, comment, date, ...) (not implemented yet)
- use plugins (to export to html/gallery, to act like a httpserver, to export pictures to be mailed, ...)
- work without database ! (just a xmlfile which can be rebuild from scratch)
- handle a lot of photos (me : more than 20000)
Enhancements:
- localized version

slackware spam filter allows you to install spam filtering capabilities onto a slackware 9.1 box.

this is a very simple way to install spam filtering capabilities onto a slackware 9.1 box. its pretty simple: install.sh will install/upgrade a few packages in the packages/ directory. then itll patch the system and the installed packages to work together and filter that evil spam.

finally there are some scripts in the scripts/ directory which you can use to maintain your spam filter and stuff. when the system is patched there will also be a few new tools for you to use;

sa-learn-md-wrapper is used by the spam filter as an easy way to learn spam from inside a maildrop filter, and sa-rebuild is an easy tool to rebuild the bayesian filtering index for a couple of users or all of them at once.

run install.sh to install the packages and revised configuration for each
package.

run enable_mail_for_user.sh with users to add and the script will add users and enable them for use with the mail system.

run create_fetchmail_config.sh to create (or add onto) a fetchmail config file in a users home directory. then run fetchmail for that user if you intend on using fetchmail

MicroAlbum project is a photo gallery script written in PHP, with an emphasis on simplicity, ease of installation and usage. It does not have a million features, nor does it have a thousand configurations, skins or plugins. It is intended to be small, simple and fast.
It works on the principle that you create one folder for each photo album, and you put the pictures you want into that folder. The script does the rest.
Main features:
- Just One File, minimal configuration and installation required
- Just create a folder of images for each album, simplicity itself
- Automatic building/rebuilding of thumbnails and previews
- Customisable CSS, html header and footer
- Most popular images smart-album
- Rotate individual images, add captions
- Sort albums by date, filename or custom order
- Password protected administration functions
MicroAlbum offers some customisation features to let you change the look and feel of the album; you can add your own stylesheet, and customise the headers and footers.

CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor.
CentOS conforms fully with the upstream vendors redistribution policy and aims to be 100% binary compatible. (CentOS mainly changes packages to remove upstream vendor branding and artwork.) CentOS is free, however, we ask for a small contribution. CentOS is a project of the cAos Foundation.
CentOS is developed by a small but growing team of core developers. In turn the core developers are supported by an active user community including system administrators, network administrators, enterprise users, managers, core Linux contributors and Linux enthusiasts from around the world.
CentOS has numerous advantages over some of the other clone projects including: an active and growing user community, quickly rebuilt, tested, and QAed errata packages, an extensive mirror network, developers who are contactable and responsive, multiple free support avenues including IRC Chat, Mailing Lists, Forums, a dynamic FAQ. Commercial support is offered via a number of vendors.
CentOS exists to provide a free enterprise class computing platform to anyone who wishes to use it. CentOS 2 and 3 are fully compatible rebuilds of RHEL 2 and 3 respectively. CentOS 2 and 3 are reproduced from RHEL sources that are freely distributed by RedHat.
Redistributed packages and sources comply fully with RedHats redistribution requirements. CentOS 2 and 3 are designed for people who need an enterprise class OS without the cost, support, certification, or brand name of RedHat.
Main features:
- easy maintenance
- suitability for long term use in production environments
- friendly environment for users and package maintainers
- long-term support of the core
- active development
- community infrastructure
- open management
- open business model
- commercial support - offered by a partner vendor
Enhancements:
- We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of CentOS 5 for the i386 and x86_64 architectures. CentOS 5 is based on the upstream release 5, and includes packages from all variants including Server and Client. All upstream repositories have been combined into one, to make it easier for end users to work with. Major changes in CentOS 5 compared to CentOS 4 include: updated software versions; better desktop support with Compiz and AIGLX; virtualization provided by the Xen hypervisor with Virtual Machine Manager and libvirt; Sabayon to simplify the construction of user profiles.

Data recovery program for NTFS file systems. Reads each block of the hard disk to and retrieves rebuilds file system tree on another partition.
I wrote this program when one of my friends lost valuable data on an NTFS drive. It been used since then in several cases, but not thoroughly tested, especially not WRT the fact that its a data recovery program.
You should have your partition information stored away in advance. This allows reliable retrieval of file info.
Enhancements:
- Dont exit on error reading source drive
- Fixed core dump when attribute list, but no MFT loaded