Free software as a service software for linux

The Simple RSS Service (SRSSS) generates and serves RSS feeds through a common interface via CGI-enabled webservers. It uses modules to extract items for feeds from various sources, and has a virtual filesystem where feeds can be read by CGI-clients.
The package contains everything needed to start providing RSS feeds, including server and CGI programs, and has support for PostgreSQL, MySQL and MimerSQL.
Main features:
- Modular and clean design based on object oriented C++
- Resource-friendly functions that keeps the load down on web- and database-servers by only parsing data and generate new feeds when required, instead of at every request.
- Interface for run-time loading of modules for data-extraction
- A virtual filesystem stored in shared memory
- Feed extraction via CGI program for easy integration in any CGI-enabled webserver
- A trigger-system that allows external sources to trigger daemon software to fetch new updates
- Easy configuration via a configfiles
- Designed for easy integration towards SQL servers etc
- Support for NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Linux.
Modules:
These modules are currently available for RSS item extraction:
mod_pgsql
This module allows the RSS daemon (rssd) to extract items for RSS feeds from a PostgreSQL database. It can select an entire column as description field for the feed, or base it on a pre-formated string in which variables are replaced with values from columns returned in the SQL query.
This module also support triggering, where any client connected to the same database is able to trigger RSSD to fetch a new update via the SQL LISTEN and NOTIFY functions.
mod_mysql
This module integrates RSSD with the MySQL database, allowing it to produce RSS feeds based on any information stored in databases running on MySQL. The module allows the user to run just about any SQL query supported by the database to extract the needed information to create a feed.
Mod_mysql does also support pre-formated strings to generate the description for each RSS item it produces.
mod_mimersql
This module allows the RSS daemon to fetch items from the MimerSQL database.
The module allows the user to run just about any SQL query supported by the database to extract the needed information to create a feed.
Mod_mimersql does also support pre-formated strings to generate the description for each RSS item it produces.
mod_template
This is a template-module that can be used as a starting-point when developing new modules. It is usable, but does not really provide a usable feature.

LaTeX Service project is a small service which converts LaTeX into an image.
It returns a LaTeX rendering of selected text as a TIFF image.
Enhancements:
- Many things could be improved, its just a 0.1 release... but it works

Ktxt2tags Service Menu is a KDE service menu for KTxt2tags software.

sv-ktxt2tags is a ServiceMenu for [KTxt2tags http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=48474]

KTxt2tags is a GPL front-end for [txt2tags http://txt2tags.sf.net]

Installation:

Make a simbolic link to the ktxt2tags script in /usr/bin/.

Copy the file sv-ktxt2tags.desktop in /.kde/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus.

Copy the icon txt2tags.png in /usr/share/pixmaps.

MOV, MP4 conversion service is final and working version of my script, which I use to convert files supported by ffmpeg to MOV / MP4 format, supported by my iPod Video G5.

Everything was tested to be easy to use (finally, after installation). If You have any problems with it, just let me know - Ill try to help as far as I can.

INSTALLATION:

Just download "avi2mov" script, and save it in /usr/sbin/ directory (You can save it in any directory, but take care later, because i assume, youve saved it in /usr/sbin/ :) ).

After this, You need to set proper permissions, so use chmod:

chmod +x /usr/sbin/avi2mov

Finally, You need to add this converter to Service Menu. Create file

/usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/convert-avi-to-mov.desktop

with Kate for example, and copy and paste this code:

[Desktop Action MediaConvertFile]
Exec=/usr/sbin/avi2mov %U
Icon=reload
Name=Convert selected file to mov / mp4 ...
[Desktop Entry]
Actions=MediaConvertFile
Encoding=UTF-8
Icon=reload
ServiceTypes=video/*
ExcludeServiceTypes=kdedevice

Thunderbird Service Menu is a service menu that will allow you to right click on a file and attach it to a new E-mail from Thunderbird.

Just extract the "AttachToThunderbirdMail" config file to "/usr/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus" and it should work.

epstools service menu is used to create a tiff preview inside an eps file.

If a preview exists, it is replaced by the created one.

Attach to Email Service Menu is a service menu for Konqueror that works in conjunction with a python script to allow the user to select multiple files and add them as attachments to an email using whatever mail client is configured. If a directory is selected, then its contents will be attached to the email recursively.
Installation:
0) tar -jxf attach-to-email-servicemenu.tar.bz2
1) cd attach-to-email-servicemenu
2) ./install.sh --remove-old
#Get rid of previous installations.
3) ./install.sh [--global-install|--local-install]
#Depending on whether you want system-wide or not.
The Readme file included explains how to set this up for different email clients.
Enhancements:
- New Italian translation by Giurerro.

KGpg Shredder Service Menu is a service menu for shredder function of KGpg. Im sick of dragging files to the icon (See SS).
I dont know if you need to install the shredder onto your desktop or not (probably not).
Either way, extract and place in ~/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus and re-open Konqueror. Comment or email me for improvements. Addy can be found in the file.
Enhancements:
- Thanks to Dr. Pavri for bringing shred command to my attention.
- The archive now has two files.
- shred.desktop is for shred command, kgpg-shred.desktop is for kgpg command.