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KDE Ships 'Codename'
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:27:16 -0400
The KDE community has released KDE 4.1.2, which is code-named Codename. KDE 4.1.2 is a monthly update to the KDE 4.1 series of the popular free Linux desktop environment. The community will continue with monthly updates, ultimately reaching the next major release, KDE 4.2, in January 2009. - The KDE community has announced quot;Codename, quot; which is actually the code name for KDE 4.1.2, the latest version of the popular free desktop for Linux. Officials at KDE, the nonprofit organization that represents the KDE Project, said KDE 4.1.2 is a bug fix and maintenance update for the ...
OpenOffice.org Grows Up
Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:10:31 -0400
Nine years after Sun Microsystems bought StarOffice, the resulting OpenOffice.org project is ready to roll out its 3.0 release. Enhanced format compatibility and features put it on par with Microsoft Office. - When Sun Microsystems bought the little-known StarOffice productivity suite in 1999, and soon thereafter released the product's code base as open-source software, it was unclear how far the arguably quixotic initiative might reach and what damage it could possibly wreak on Microsoft's ironclad ...
Financial Crisis Offers Opportunity for Linux, Open Source
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:22:31 -0400
Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, says technologies such as Linux and open-source software can help enterprises cut costs during tough economic times. Zemlin says users should look to open source and Linux, systems management tools, and virtualization technology to keep budgets in line. - In lean times, look for technologies such as Linux and open source to do well. The current financial crisis may just be one of those times. Well, you might expect to hear that from the leader of one of the most influential Linux organizations around. But in an interview with eWEEK, Jim Zemlin, exec...
Red Hat's Jim Whitehurst: The Challenges of Competing with Free
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:40:17 -0400
Red Hat's CEO discusses the companys expansion to new platforms and markets, and the challenges around building solid business models for products that can be obtained for free. - Red Hat, which bills itself as the worlds leading open-source solutions provider, has managed to make free software pay by gathering, extending and packaging Linux and complementary open-source components into certified and supported products that are ready for enterprise consumption. As the fo...
Google's Sergey Brin Denies Chrome Is OS for Web Apps
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:23:41 -0400
Google co-founder Sergey Brin says the new Chrome Web browser is not the Web operating system many people see it as, but acknowledges it will get more robust through the open-source community under the Chromium project. Microsoft and other search engines and Web services providers must be wary about this evolution in application development. Google may be treading lightly with Chrome now, but the browser, combined with Google's search and Apps, could end up being a big threat to Microsoft Windows' market share. - Despite attempts by reporters to goad Google into spiking Microsoft, Google co-founder Sergey Brin denied that Google views its new Chrome browser as an operating system for Web applications. quot;I would not call Chrome the operating system of Web apps, quot; Brin said after a demo of Chrome...
Enterprises Tap Open Source via Eclipse
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:12:09 -0400
Enterprise organizations are tapping the benefits not only of using open-source software, but of contributing to it by using the Eclipse model. The Eclipse Swordfish, Tigerstripe, Open Financial Market Platform and Open System Engineering Environment projects are all based on code contributed by enterprises that use open-source technology. - As an indication that the open-source model is beginning to mature and move beyond just ISVs and into the enterprise, Eclipse Foundation leaders say a new trend in Eclipse indicates that enterprises are beginning to develop and contribute code to Eclipse projects. This means the promise and princip...

 

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500 Hazop Risk Analysis Tool - Servlet-based Risk Analysis Tool. (Java,MySQL)

Achievo - A web-based project management tool. (PHP)
Meta Description: [ Achievo is a flexible web-based project management tool for business-environments. Achievo's project management and resource management capabilities will enable organisations to support their business processes in a simple, but effective manner. ]

404 Bookmarker - A web-based application for managing bookmarks. It allows multiple users to list, search, maintain, and create bookmarks. (PHP)

Coppermine - Multi-lingual photo gallery suite. (PHP) [OS Independent]
Meta Description: [ Coppermine Photo Gallery project - Coppermine is an easily set-up, fast, feature-rich photo gallery script with mySQL database, user management, private galleries, automatic thumbnail creation, ecard feature and a template system for easy customization to match the rest of a site. ]

Douglas Thrift's Search Engine - A search engine for use on small websites. (C++, Perl) [Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Unix]
Meta Description: [ My search engine CGI program. ]

ePoll - ePoll is server side polling software that enables polls to be set up and administered. (Java)
Meta Description: [ Open standards based web polling software, Apache Style Open Source ]

404 Eval - Web and email based survey tool. (C) [GNU/Linux, Unix]

File Editing and Listing In PHP (FELIP) - Web application that allows editing of text files on a web server through a web browser. (PHP)

Gedafe - The Generic Database Frontend is a web-based database frontend for PostgreSQL that is database-application independent. (Perl)

Globe*Trotter - Geographic guestbook where visitors can place messages and comments directly on a map. Requires PHP MySQL. (PHP,JavaScript) [Windows, Unix]

GNU.FREE - An Internet voting system. (Java)
Meta Description: [ jason kitcat, e-voting, voting and e-democracy ]

Group-Office - Groupware suite containing a base system and different modules including scheduler, email, file and projects. (PHP)
Meta Description: [ welcome group-office homepage 30 download professional support contract hosted solution ]

Horde Project - Web applications including webmail. (mainly PHP)

ILIAS - A platform for Web-based training, developed at the University of Cologne/Germany. (PHP4)

IP to Country - Translates IP addresses into country names. (PHP) [OS Independent]

Leafwa - A web-based administration package for the Leafnode news server. (PHP)

Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) - Tool to monitor the traffic load on network-links using UDP and SNMP. Provides information on licensing, development, usage, and credits. (Perl)

MySQL Web-based Chat - MWChat is a Web-based chat system. (PHP4)

NET-SNMP Project - Open source SNMP implementation features news, frequently asked questions, bugs list, patches available, documentation and tutorial, and mailing lists. (C, Perl) [Windows]
Meta Description: [ Net-SNMP ]

NewsViking - Script to collect news articles into a weekly digest. Uses MySQL or MS SQL. (Perl)
Meta Description: [ world, international, us, local and breaking news article harvester Newsviking is a free Opensource program for any operating system for harvesting articles for private viewing. compile weekly digest of news. Please make sure to delete stories after reading per copyright laws in your country. ]

Newswriter 2005 - PHP NewsScript - Administrate and publish news sections for websites, without using a database. (PHP)
Meta Description: [ The easy way to write, administrate, illustrate and to show news on websites without database. Newswriter - PHP NewsScript - News administration Software ]

Open source mailing list manager - PHPlist is a web application that implements a personalised mailing list manager or customer relationship management (CRM) system. (PHP, SQL)

Open WebMail - A webmail system designed to manage very large mail folder files in a memory efficient way. (Perl) [GNU/Linux, Unix]
Meta Description: [ Open WebMail ]

OpenBiblio - Automated library system with OPAC, circulation, cataloging, and staff administration functionality. (PHP)

OpenEFM - An electronic filing manager designed to be used by courts and governmental agencies, to allow the transfer of information in Legal XML. (Java) [Linux/Unix/Cygwin]
Meta Description: [ counterclaim's openEFM, An open source electronic filing manager designed for courts, governments, and the general filing of XML documents. ]

Owl Intranet Engine - A multi-user knowledgebase system for publishing files/documents onto the web. (PHP) [OS Independent]
Meta Description: [ Owl is a multi user document repository (knowledgebase) system for publishing files/documents onto the web for a corporation, small business, group of people, or just for yourself. ]

404 PHPCatalog - A simple e-catalogue system. Customisable using add-on modules. Works with MySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle. (PHP)
Meta Description: [ Powerful, customizable and expandable e-catalog engine ]

phpShop - An opensource PHP-based application serving solution. Comes bundles with an e-Commerce software for building online stores.

Ringlink - Information and download page for Ringlink, an open source CGI Perl program that provides the tools necessary to build and run rings of websites.
Meta Description: [ Free CGI Perl program for running webrings ]

SendMail Network - The site provides information, and community for the users of open source sendmail software.
Meta Description: [ Driven by the industry's most powerful policy engine, Sendmail technology provides protection where 80% of security and compliance violations occur - inbound and outbound messaging. ]

SharpWebMail - A WebMail application that's designed to work with a POP3 server as mailstore, and a SMTP server for sending mail. (ASP.NET, C#)

Simple Browser Proxy - A browser-based proxy server that allows some degree of anonymitiy whilst brosing the World Wide Web. (PHP)

500 Small Object Directory Architecture - An object orientated configuration directory. (PHP) [OS Independent]

404 SourceWell - A software announcement and retrieval system written entirely in PHP3 using a MySQL database. (PHP)

SqWebMail - Small web CGI application that provides webmail access to maildirs. (C, Perl) [GNU/Linux, Unix]

SSID : Wlanscape - Open source software-tool collecting and visualizing the expansion, signal-strength, and status information of wireless networks, including location based services.

uniLETIM - Online Transaction and announcing processing for community exchange groups such as LETS or TimeBank. (PHP/MySQL)
Meta Description: [ open-source web-based tool for LETS & TimeBank announcing and accounting system written in PHP/MySQL ]