Tuesday, June 01, 2004

Intel To Open-Source Next-Gen BIOS Code. Intel Corp. said Tuesday that it plans to release the "foundation" code of its Tiano next-generation BIOS code as part of an open-source license. [eWEEK Technology News] 6:21:54 PM

Coccinella 0.94.11. Coccinella is a Jabber client with a whiteboard. The whiteboard is a shared desktop which supports text, drawings, images, and multimedia in a number of formats, such as MP3 and video. It runs in two main modes, a peer-to-peer configuration and a mode compatible with the Jabber Instant Messaging system. A flexible plugin architecture may be used to support additional formats. It should run on any machine that runs Tcl/Tk. [freshmeat.net] 2:57:40 PM

Linux on the Linksys wrt54g 0.5. wrt54g-linux is a mini-distribution for the Linksys wrt54g 802.11b/g access point and router. It includes basic tools such as sh, syslog, telnetd, httpd (with cgi-bin support), vi, snort, mount, insmod, rmmod, top, grep, find, nfs modules, etc. The installation script runs in about 20 seconds and installs strictly to the RAM disk. If you mess anything up, simply reset the box. After installing the distribution you'll be able to telnet in, add Web pages, change iptable rules, change routing, configure snort, etc. [freshmeat.net] 1:56:28 PM

A medical weblog aggregator from Jacob Reider, MD. [Scripting News] 12:00:09 PM

Ultimate Boot CD 2.31. Ultimate Boot CD allows users to run floppy-based diagnostic tools from CDROM drives. [freshmeat.net] 9:12:19 AM

FCKeditor 2.0 Beta 1. This release does not contain all of the features available in version 1.x for now, but introduced Gecko browser compatibility (Mozilla and Netscape), fast startup, skin support, advanced link support, an advanced file browser, and much more. [freshmeat.net] 9:11:46 AM

Play Donkey Kong, go to jail?. LiveCDs -- distributions that allow you to boot a Linux system without installing software on a PC's hard drive -- are popping up faster than Windows security alerts. Riding on the phenomenal success and popularity of Knoppix, LiveCDs for specialized use are available for everything from MythTV to MAME. No, not Auntie Mame, MAME as in Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, which lets you do important things like play Donkey Kong. Believe it or not, there are several LiveCDs focused on the MAME-niche itch. Here's a look at the arcade/system emulator movement and two LiveCDs designed to put you in touch with your inner Donkey Kong: KnoppixMAME and AdvanceCD. I'm happy with game play under both. I only wish I knew more about the legality of using them. [NewsForge] 9:07:19 AM

DevX: Develop Desktop GUI Apps with PHP-GTKPHP-GTK, the Standalone PHP [Linux Today] I'll bet you didn't even know that you could develop stand-alone desktop apps with PHP!  Well, you can and they do work.  Think about it. 9:05:16 AM