Saturday, March 30, 2002

OpenOffice 641d Released, Next Stop: 1.0 OpenOffice 641d Released, Next Stop: 1.0 Posted by Hemos on Saturday March 30, @07:23AM from the moving-towards-office-killer dept. Damek writes "In the spirit of the proliferating news about Office alternatives and 1.0 versions this week, OpenOffice.org has released a new version of OpenOffice, 641d, the last planned release before 1.0. They're calling for help in pinning down and eradicating final bugs before they hit the big milestone: "...we would like you to download it, test it, and finally vote on the feature set.""  [Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters] 2:40:48 PM

Mod_Survey 3.1.6 (Development) Mod_survey is an Apache mod_perl module which allows users to create their own Web questionnaires using an XML-based tag notation. It supports exporting of data into several file formats, including SPSS syntax, semi-colon delimited fields, and SQL script. It also provides limited support for descriptive statistics of the submitted data, and stylesheet customizations of layout.  [freshmeat.net] 2:37:59 PM

Linux and Office: What a Concept. A new program lets Linux users install and use Office without the Windows operating system. It's fast and easy, and it doesn't need an emulator. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News] 2:37:22 PM

OpenVPN 1.0.3 OpenVPN is a robust and highly configurable VPN (Virtual Private Network) daemon which can be used to securely link two or more private networks using an encrypted tunnel over the Internet. You can tunnel any IP subnetwork or virtual ethernet adapter over a single UDP port, use all of the encryption, authentication, and certification features of the OpenSSL library to protect your private network traffic, use any cipher, key size, or HMAC digest (for packet authentication) supported by the OpenSSL library, choose between static-key based conventional encryption or certificate-based public key encryption, use static or TLS-based dynamic key exchange, and tunnel networks whose public endpoints are dynamic such as DHCP clients or dial-in users.  [freshmeat.net] 2:36:02 PM

The XML Windowing Toolkit Hydrogen XWT is the XML Windowing Toolkit. It lets you write remote applications (applications that run on a server, yet can "project" their user interface onto any computer, anywhere on the Internet). Unlike X11/VNC, these applications do not need to generate network traffic when the user manipulates UI widgets, so they are quite responsive even over poor network connections.  [freshmeat.net] 2:32:23 PM

asp2php 0.76.4 asp2php converts WWW Active Server Pages (ASP) files that run on the Microsoft IIS Web Server into PHP pages to run on Apache. [freshmeat.net] 2:24:21 PM

A new macro for your blogging pleasure.  [Scripting News] 1:56:29 PM

Codeweavers runs Office without Windows HOPING TO BREAK down one the biggest barriers to acceptance of Linux on the desktop, Codeweavers unveiled software that allows corporate users to run Microsoft Office and Lotus Notes without a Windows operating system. The product, called CrossOver Office, eliminates the need for a Windows operating systems license as well as a Windows emulator which, traditionally, have tended to weigh down the speed and performance of desktop applications.  [IDG InfoWorld] 1:54:56 PM

Mozilla Kiosk 0.5.0 Mozilla Kiosk is a kiosk-style Web browser. The interface contains only the minimum necessary items, and is easily configurable.  [freshmeat.net] 1:52:28 PM