appliance trial software / shareware for linux

YAFPC-Appliance is a CD-ROM image based on KNOPPIX technology and the PDF composer/printer/mailer YAFPC.
Any PC booted from this CD can act as a PDF print server and provide an unlimited number of network shared virtual PDF printers. The system requirements are low. System configuration can be done via a Web browser from any workstation in your network.
Virtual shared printers can be configured to apply letterheads, watermarks, and appendices to all printed documents. After printing, a document is sent to its owner by email, or can be accessed in a shared folder on the server. Deployment is very simple.
Main features:
- No installation required: The YAFPC-Appliance CD-ROM contains a complete Operating System that can be booted on every PC. Automatic hardware recognition and automatic installation of all required software components are done without any user interaction.
- No client installation required: Each time a client accesses a network shared printer from the YAFPC-Appliance PDF Server the first time, the required printer driver is installed automatically to the clients workstation.
- No user account management required: Each time a user accesses a network shared printer from the YAFPC-Appliance PDF Server the first time, a user account is created "on the fly" and a network shared "home folder" is provided to this user. The user can access this folder to obtain her/his printed PDF documents. Also an email account is created "on the fly". The PDF document is additionally sent to this email account.
- Unlimited number of network shared PDF Printers: The YAFPC-Appliance administrator can create an unlimited number of network shared PDF Printers via the easy to use Browser Interface for Administration. Each PDF Printer can be configured to apply page numbers, special letterheads, watermarks and appendixes to each printed document and encrypt the document for protection against manipulations.
- Unlimited number of different letterheads, watermarks and appendixes: The YAFPC-Appliance administrator can upload multiple files to the YAFPC-Appliance PDF Server to be assigned to each PDF Printer for composing documents.
- Easy creation of email aliases: For printed documents to be sent to the printing user, the users email address is automatically created "on the fly" from her/his username and the given domain name. In case the usernames dont match their email addresses in a network, the YAFPC-Appliance administrator can create an email alias for each user. Aliases are of the form "alice: a.smith@foo.bar".
- Low system requirements: A PC with a Pentium 500 MHz, 256MB RAM and a 1GB Harddrive, a bootable CD-ROM drive and a network interface can act as a YAFPC-Appliance PDF Server in a network with hundreds of users to print and mail their documents. So any PC out of Your "heap of scrap" will do it.
Version restrictions:
- 30-day test license
Enhancements:
- A new "Install to Disk" function was added.
- The system can run as a live CD, installed on a hard disk, or in a virtual machine now.
- The file naming option for virtual printers can be set up to suppress original file extensions in document titles.

Spatializer StreamFX is an 3D surround plugin for both XMMS developed by Spatializer Labs and 4Front Technologies.

XMMS users can now experience the same Spatializer StreamFX enhancements available for WinAmp and provides a very compelling audio package for the growing Internet Appliance market.

StreamFX provides rich 3D audio, enhanced bass support and support for headphone/speaker audio adjustment, adding rich, immersive audio to the already powerful XMMS player.

Installation:

1. Read LICENSE file

2. Run xminstall.sh

3. Run XMMS

Click on the Effects/General Plugin tab folder, click on the Effects selector button and you should see the Spatializer StreamFX plugin as one of the options If you dont see StreamFX as one of the options then please check your XMMS installation and locate the correct directory where your XMMS plugins are stored. You may also need to upgrade to the latest version of XMMS. High-light the option and click on the Enable Plugin button on the Effects Plugin panel.

Click the Configure button and this will bring up the StreamFX control panel. You can now start playing your mp3, wav, mod file and start changing various values on the StreamFX control panel

Usage:

3D-Stereo

Space: controls the amount of 3D-stereo sound
Center: controls the amount of monaural (center) sound

V.i.B.E.

Bass: controls the amount of conventional bass-boost
Virt. Bass: controls the amount of virtual bass-boost
Color: controls the timbre of the virtual bass

Headphones (only used when listening over headphones)
Angle: adjusts the position of "virtual loudspeakers". Slider full left is both directly in front (mono); middle is about +/-45 degrees, full right is about +/-90 degrees.

CacheGuard OS is a Linux based operating system dedicated to Web traffic control and optimization. It transforms an x86 based machine to a powerful, affordable Web gateway appliance.
It allows you to control all Web traffic that passes through a CacheGuard appliance. It proxies HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP. It supports HTTP transparent implementation, HTTP compression methods, caching technologies, and user-defined black and white lists.
It features a fireWall with NAT and PAT, bandwidth management (QoS), Web-based and SSH-based administration interfaces, and high availability through a VRRP implementation.
Optimize Web traffics by:
- Saving your Internet Bandwidth
- WAN/WIFI Optimisation
- Protecting your privacy against intrusions
- Managing Web Access QoS (Quality of Service)
- Bandwidth Shaping & Scheduling
- Guarding against undesirable URLS (content filtering)
- Controlling and Examining Web Access
- Accelerating Web Access
Main features:
- HTTP Transparent Implementation
- User Defined Balck Lists & White Lists
- Light-Weight Administration
- Scalability & Load Balancing
- Caching and HTTP Compression methods
- Web oriented Firewall with NAT & PAT
- Redundancy & High Availability
- Load Sharing
Enhancements:
- The network installation and its documentation are improved (Mainly: the TFTP IP Address is guessed and if the installation fails, the installation environment is properly reset to give the possibility to launch the installation again).