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Projects of the Week, August 4, 2014

Here are the projects that we’re featuring this week on the front page of SourceForge.net:


BitCoin


Bitcoin is a decentralized P2P electronic cash system without a
central server or trusted parties. Users hold the crypto keys to their
own money and transact directly with each other, with the help of the
network to check for double-spending.


[ Download BitCoin ]


XOOPS


XOOPS is one of world’s leading open source CMS and portal systems,
written in PHP for the MySQL database. Its object orientation makes it
an ideal tool for developing small or large community websites, intra
company and corporate portals, weblogs and much more.


[ Download XOOPS ]


CMDBuild


CMDBuild is the most flexible software to configure a custom database
of assets (CMDB stands for “Configuration and Data Base Management”)
and design related workflow processes. The purpose is to let operators
have full control of the assets, knowing their composition, location,
functional relations and the changes over time. CMDBuild allows you to
design ITIL compliant workflows.


[ Download CMDBuild ]


PortableApps


PortableApps.com
is the world’s most popular portable software solution allowing you to
take your favorite software with you. A fully open source and free
platform, it works on any portable storage device (USB flash drive,
iPod, memory card, portable hard drive, etc). With millions of users all
over the world and a full collection of open source software (as well
as freeware and commercial software), PortableApps.com is the most complete solution for life on the go.


[ Download PortableApps ]


Octave Forge


GNU Octave is a programming language for numerical computations.
Octave-Forge is a central location for the collaborative development of
packages for GNU Octave.
The Octave Forge packages contains the source for all the functions and
are designed to work with the Octave package system. In general the
packages are designed to work with the latest development version of
Octave, but it should be possible to use most packages with earlier
versions.


[ Download Octave Forge ]


Filezilla


FileZilla is a (GPL-GNU) cross-platform FTP, SFTP, and FTPS file
management tool that supports Windows,  Mac OS X, and Linux.
FileZilla’s dynamic tools help you move files between your local machine
and your Web site’s server effortlessly. For example, Filezilla lets
you compare your files with in-directory server files to manage file
syncing. You can also tab browse between servers and transfer files to
them simultaneously, as well as edit server files on the go. And
Filezilla is available in 47 languages worldwide!


[ Download Filezilla ]


Clam AntiVirus


ClamAV is an open source (GPL) antivirus engine designed for
detecting Trojans, viruses, malware and other malicious threats. It is
the de facto standard for mail gateway scanning. It provides a high
performance mutli-threaded scanning daemon, command line utilities for
on demand file scanning, and an intelligent tool for automatic signature
updates. The core ClamAV library provides numerous file format
detection mechanisms, file unpacking support, archive support, and
multiple signature languages for detecting threats. The core ClamAV
library is utilized in Immunet 3.0, powered by ClamAV, which is a fast,
fully featured Desktop AV solution for Windows.


[ Download Clam AntiVirus ]


TurnKey Linux


Turnkey GNU/Linux is a free Debian based library of system images that pre-integrates and polishes the best free software components into secure, easy to use solutions. TurnKey was started in 2008 by Alon Swartz and Liraz Siri
who were inspired by a belief in the democratizing power of free
software, like science, to promote the progress of a free & humane
society. Without the freedom to freely distribute, tinker and learn from
free software the Internet as we know it would not exist. Free software
is the silent, often invisible power behind the greatest technological
marvel of our era.


[ TurnKey Linux ]


SMSPlayer


SMPlayer is a free media player for Windows and Linux with built-in
codecs that can also play and download Youtube videos. One of the most
interesting features of SMPlayer is that it remembers the settings of
all files you play. SMPlayer is a graphical user interface (GUI) for the
award-winning MPlayer, which is capable of playing almost all known
video and audio formats. But apart from providing access for the most
common and useful options of MPlayer, SMPlayer adds other interesting
features like the possibility to play Youtube videos or download
subtitles.


[ Download SMSPlayer ]

Projects of the Week, May 12, 2014

Here’s the projects that we’re featuring this week:

Clam AntiVirus Clam AntiVirus is a GPL antivirus toolkit for UNIX. The main purpose of this software is the integration with mail servers. It provides a flexible and scalable multi-threaded daemon, a command line scanner and a virus database that is kept up to date
[ Download Clam AntiVirus ]
XML Copy Editor
XML Copy Editor is a fast, free, validating XML editor.
[ Download XML Copy Editor ]
orDrumbox Java Software Drum Machine
Software Drum Machine and Audio Sequencer in Java. Create songs, use Drum Kits and give creative automatic compositions features, step sequencer, drumkit manager, midi import/export, wav import/export, soft synth, piano roll, arpeggiators
[ Download orDrumbox Java Software Drum Machine ]
Super Audio CD Decoder
Super Audio CD Decoder input plugin for foobar2000. Decoder is capable of playing back Super Audio CD ISO images, DSDIFF and DSF files. Direct DSD playback for compatible devices.
[ Download Super Audio CD Decoder ]
MPlayer for Win32
Binary builds of MPlayer/MEncoder for win32, FFmpeg MinGW related packages and MinGW toolchains
[ Download MPlayer for Win32 ]
TCPDF – PHP class for PDF
TCPDF is a PHP class for generating PDF documents without requiring external extensions. TCPDF Supports UTF-8, Unicode, RTL languages, XHTML, Javascript, digital signatures, barcodes and much more.
[ Download TCPDF - PHP class for PDF ]
Windows 8 App Remover
-News, May 10th 2014- As some functions aren’t working as I intended, my next goal is to convert the tool from cmd.exe-base to powershell. So if you’re having trouble now – the next release should clear up some stuff. Although it could take a while, since I don’t have much time at the moment. Version 0.55 is out, with Windows 8.1 Update 1 support. I set up a small page: <http://www.f-tools.eu/> The Windows 8 App Remover is a GUI for the Windows own tool “dism.exe”. With my GUI you can easily read out which Apps are installed and remove the ones you want.
[ Download Windows 8 App Remover ]
cx_Freeze
cx_Freeze is a set of utilities for freezing Python scripts into executables using many of the techniques found in Thomas Heller’s py2exe, Gordon McMillan’s Installer and the Freeze utility that ships with Python itself
[ Download cx_Freeze ]
Sky Chart / Cartes du Ciel
SkyChart is a software to draw chart of the night sky for the amateur astronomer from a bunch of stars and nebulae catalogs. See main web page for full download
[ Download Sky Chart / Cartes du Ciel ]

Projects of the Week, April 1, 2014

Here’s the projects that we’re featuring this week:
devkitPro
This project is for homebrew console development tools based on the gnu compiler collection with additional tools and libraries to aid programming each supported console. The windows variants are built with MinGW.
[ Download devkitPro ]
calibre
calibre – Ebook management
[ Download calibre ]
digiCamControl
digiCamControl is an free and open source (GPL) software. This allows you to save time by transferring images directly from your camera to your computer as you take each shot and allow to control camera shooting parameters.
[ Download digiCamControl ]
D-Fend Reloaded
D-Fend Reloaded is a graphical environment for DOSBox. D-Fend Reloaded is a successor of the discontinued D-Fend. Both environments look alike and D-Fend Reloaded contains all features of D-Fend. Even the D-Fend config files can be used.
[ Download D-Fend Reloaded ]
Grisbi
Grisbi is a very functional personal financial management program with a reasonable set of homefinance features.
[ Download Grisbi ]
Areca Backup
Areca-Backup is a file backup software that supports incremental, image and delta backup on local drives or FTP servers. Areca-Backup also allows you to browse your backups and navigate among different version of the files contained in your archives.
[ Download Areca Backup ]
Uniform Server
The Uniform Server is a lightweight server solution for running a web server under the WindowsOS. Less than 24MB! Modular design, includes the latest versions of Apache2, Perl5, PHP (switch between PHP53, PHP54, PHP55 or PHP56), MySQL5 or MariaDB5, phpMyAdmin or Adminer4. Run from either hard drive or USB memory stick… NO INSTALLATION REQUIRED! NO REGISTRY DUST! Just UNPACK and FIRE UP!
[ Download Uniform Server ]
Maxima — GPL CAS based on DOE-MACSYMA
Maxima is a fairly complete computer algebra system written in Common Lisp with an emphasis on symbolic computation. It is based on DOE-MACSYMA and licensed under the GPL. Its abilities include symbolic integration, 3D plotting, and an ODE solver.
[ Download Maxima -- GPL CAS based on DOE-MACSYMA ]
FOG – A Free Cloning Solution
FOG is a free open-source cloning/imaging solution/rescue suite. A alt. solution used to image Windows XP, Vista PCs using PXE, PartImage, and a Web GUI to tie it together. Includes featues like memory and disk test, disk wipe, av scan & task scheduling.
[ Download FOG - A Free Cloning Solution ]

Open source wins the day once again in Munich

Summary: The City of Munich, famous for dropping Windows for a Linux OS, has chosen open-source software to handle mail and calendar for its staff. 




The authority running the German city of Munich, famous for ditching Windows in favour of a home-grown Linux OS, has chosen an open-source software suite to handle email and calendar for its staff.
The City of Munich has chosen to use the Kolab Enterprise groupware software to manage mail, calendar, task, and contact lists.
The decision comes soon after the council completed a nine year project to migrate more than 14,800 of its PCs from Windows to Limux, a custom build of Ubuntu — a choice the project lead described as not being about saving money, but about freedom from lock-in.
Limux project lead Peter Hofmann signalled at the time that the city of Munich would do its best not to let itself become too dependent on a single technology vendor again.
"We saw from the start that if you're only relying on one contributor to supply your operating system, your office system and your infrastructure, you're stuck with it," he said.
The switch to Kolab is part of the council's MigMak project and is planned to be complete by the end of 2014, according to tender documents. The migration will be managed by Kolab partner ESG.

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The council's Limux and remaining Windows PCs — which it has kept for compatibility reasons — will run Kolab Enterprise 13's desktop and web client.
Kolab Enterprise 13 was released in December for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, with support for other platforms to be added later.
The groupware suite from Kolab Systems AG in Switzerland, was originally developed for the German Federal Office for Information Security.
Even though Munich's decision to leave Windows wasn't financially motivated, Munich said the move to open source software saved it more than €10m.
HP produced a report on behalf of Microsoft that claimed the shift to Limux and OpenOffice would cost Munich three times more than official figures – although Munich pointed out the report was based on a number of flawed assumptions, such as significantly overestimating the number of staff working on the project.
However, Limux project lead Hofmann admitted shifting away from Windows had been a difficult process, as the council wrestled with reconfiguring an infrastructure littered with proprietary formats and protocols to play nicely with LiMux and free software.

Mozilla launches Future of Mobile Privacy project for Firefox OS

Mozilla launches Future of Mobile Privacy project for Firefox OS

Mozilla has revealed an ongoing scheme to provide security to users of its mobile
operating system Firefox
OS.  

The open source
organisation has been working with mobile operator Deutsche Telekom for the past year on the Future
of Mobile Privacy project, developing new features to roll out within updates of Firefox OS in the
coming years.

“We have been working with our partners at Deutsche
Telekom for the past year, thinking about what are the concerns of the basic user and the
advanced user as it relates to mobile privacy and security,” said Alex Fowler, global privacy and
public policy leader at Mozilla.

“This all began before the Edward Snowden revelations but it was good timing in that
in a sense it has increased the relevance of the topic significantly.”

The project is focused on the emerging markets – the main target audience of the
Firefox OS – and through user groups and customer research, Mozilla discovered while data security
and government hacking was a concern, there were still other priorities within the regions.

“Those types of questions about government
access to network communications wasn’t as prevalent when we first started the project,” said
Fowler. “They were there but not the main thrust of the conversation. Now it is part of every
conversation but it is still not the thing your first time user of a smartphone is most anxious
about.”

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“What we found in countries like Brazil and those in South East Asia is that theft and
loss of device is still one of the most prevalent concerns. If this is your primary mode of
accessing the internet and it has all of your personal data on it, the experience becomes one of
deep worry when you lose it or have it stolen.”

As a result, Firefox is rolling out remote wipe capabilities into its OS either in its
next release or the consequential one, though Fowler promised it by the end of the year.

“The other thing is sharing devices between friends and family members,” he said. “One
of the concerns is that if this is your primary mode of communication, with just the touch of an
app you can see all their email communications, text messages, the pictures taken and that is very
personal and very unique to that individual.”

“So sharing becomes a little bit of an anxiety producing experience depending on what
apps you have got. Even the apps you have installed can say something to the person you are handing
it to.”

In response to this, Mozilla has designed a way to lock the device and offer guest
access to apps predefined by the user with a green light to allow anyone to use them. All other
apps will remain behind a password protected wall until the primary user changes the settings.

While he Future of Mobile Privacy project has been running for a year, Fowler promised
it would be ongoing and hoped many more people within the industry will get involved.

“What we are announcing is that this is an official Mozilla project,” he said. “All
the work that Deutsche Telekom and their engineers have put into this will go into the overall open
source project – none of this is proprietary so other carriers and manufacturers can bring this to
their products.”

“We are also going to be calling on the privacy and security community to start
dreaming up what they think are exciting features and services, and we want to prototype and make
those part of future releases as well.”

UK citizens to Microsoft: Oi. We WANT ODF as our doc standard • The Channel

Open source zealots beat down on OOXML as consultation continues

Even if Microsoft bosses collectively whistled
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life they'd still struggle to drown
out people backing Cabinet Office proposals to adopt the Open Document
Format as the official standard for UK.gov missives.

The good folk of Blighty have until 26 February to make their position known as part of an open consultation.

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Of the 192 who have logged an opinion so far, many want to see an end to proprietary file formats.

"By
using a format like ODF, you gain the benefits of future-proofing the
data, supporting open standard for everyone, saving tens or hundreds of
millions on needless software licensing, opening the way to improve
software removing a single point of failure, [and] reducing reliance on
huge companies which abuse their market position," said JJ Beard.

Microsoft last week wrote to channel partners via the Partner Blog asking them to respond to draft proposals; not that it was telling them to vote in favour of ODF or Open XML. Oh no.

It
did, however, say the ODF route will "likely... increase costs, cause
dissatisfaction amongst citizens and businesses, add complexity to the
process of dealing with government and negatively impact some suppliers
to government".

The people at Microsoft initially branded the
government position as "ill conceived" but this draft of the blog was
not officially signed off, Microsoft's PRs tell us, and the post was
duly updated to remove those words.

Some 34 comments have been
posted below the Partner Blog, but it seems the detractors flooded this
forum too, with those in favour of open source branding OOXML as not
being very, er, open.

"I agree we should be heard," said one user
under the handle “UK Subject”. "Let's email in and say how wonderful it
is that the UK is embracing openness and freedom by ditching the
proprietary and closed OOXML."

The XML documents Microsoft
developed since 2007 as default standard for Office, but various people
on both forums dismissed it: "ODF is a vendor neutral standard… its
universally supported".

The open source brigade didn't have it
entirely all their own way, with some mentioning costs of training and
document conversion in moving to ODF, but they were rapidly shot down
and corrected.

In the war of words, it is 1-0 to the open source zealots

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