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video-entropyd is a program to add entropy data from video4linux devices to the kernel random driver. For security reasons (when doing network traffic or generating secure keys for example) one wants as much entropy-data in the kernel random-driver as possible. The random-driver takes partially...

MultiTail lets you view one or multiple files like the original tail program. The difference is that it creates multiple windows on your console (with ncurses). It can also monitor wildcards: if another file matching the wildcard has a more recent modification date, it will automatically switch...

Protoscope is a utility that aids Web developers by revealing the HTTP communication in their own applications. It is a nice tool for Web developers who want to "look under the hood" as they develop. Protoscope is somehow like a HTTP proxy serve and runs like it. It expects to receive HTTP...


Platforms: *nix

Gentoox Linux is an adaptation of the popular source based Linux distribution called Gentoo. Gentoox Home retains all the features of the original (portage, sysvinit etc...) but has a patch system created from the ground up, by myself, which is specifically designed for Gentoox. "Magic" (as I...


Platforms: *nix

DateTime::Calendar::Pataphysical is a Perl module with dates in the pataphysical calendar. SYNOPSIS use DateTime::Calendar::Pataphysical; $dt = DateTime::Calendar::Pataphysical->new( year => 1752, month => 10, day => 4 ); DateTime::Calendar::Pataphysical is the implementation of the...


Platforms: *nix

MagicBus project is an event framework designed to allow developers to concentrate more on developing application components than the means of inter-component communication. MagicBus project strives to enforce the notion of "loose coupling", the lessening of dependency between components that...


Platforms: *nix

Games::ScottAdams::Manual is the Scott Adams Adventure Compiler Reference Manual. SYNOPSIS # foo.sa - definition file for Scott Adams adventure "foo" %room swamp dismal swamp %exit n meadow %exit e edge %exit w grove %item mud Evil smelling mud %getdrop mud %action take mud here...


Platforms: *nix

ObjStore::Internals is a Perl module with a few notes on the implementation. SYNOPSIS You dont have to understand anything about the technical implementation. Just know that: ObjectStore is outrageously powerful; sophisticated; and even over-engineered. The perl interface is optimized to...


Platforms: *nix

Ext2 compression extension (E2compr) is a small patch against the ext2 filesystem that allows on-the-fly compression and decompression. It compresses only regular files; the administrative data (superblock, inodes, directory files etc.) are not compressed (mainly for safety reasons). Access to...


Platforms: *nix

X::Osd is a Perl extension to the X On Screen Display library (xosd). SYNOPSIS use X::Osd; my $osd = X::Osd->new(NULL, 2); $osd->set_font("-*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-*-*-25-*-*-*-*-*-*"); $osd->set_colour("Green"); $osd->set_timeout(3); $osd->set_pos(XOSD_top);...


Platforms: *nix

Psyco project is a Python extension module which can massively speed up the execution of any Python code. What you can do with it In short: run your existing Python software much faster, with no change in your source. Think of Psyco as a kind of just-in-time (JIT) compiler, a little bit...


Platforms: *nix

DateTime::Astro::Sunrise is a Perl DateTime extension for computing the sunrise/sunset on a given day. SYNOPSIS use DateTime; use DateTime::Astro::Sunrise; ^ my $dt = DateTime->new( year => 2000, month => 6, day => 20, ); my $sunrise = DateTime::Astro::Sunrise ->new(-118,33,undef,1);...


Platforms: *nix

Lingua::Conjunction is Perl module convert Perl lists into linguistic conjunctions. SYNOPSIS use Lingua::Conjunction; # emits "Jack" $name_list = conjunction(Jack); # emits "Jack and Jill" $name_list = conjunction(Jack, Jill); # emits "Jack, Jill, and Spot" $name_list =...


Platforms: *nix

dispatch is a multi-tier architecture object-oriented framework that allows access to methods and variables at the command line and in shell scripts or via a GUI. The project is in an early stage and you will probably not be able to compile it easily or use it for significant work. There are...


Platforms: *nix

Apparix combines the properties of the cdargs utility and the CDPATH shell mechanism for fast navigation through the file system. Apparix is especially useful for visiting and documenting both often- and rarely-used locations. Apparix enables you to attach marks to locations and jump to those...


Platforms: *nix

Aquamarine package contains the KWin themes for the Beryl project. Aquamarine provides support for KDE users who dont want to give up their KWin theme. Featuring full KWin theme support as well as direct integration with KControl, users dont have to know the difference..


Platforms: *nix

Traffic.com Hotspot Widget provides real-time traffic information for the 50 largest cities in the US. The Hotspot Widget uses our exclusive JamFactor scale to give you instant insight into how bad traffic is on the four most congested roads in your city right now.Our people and our technology...


Platforms: Mac

Centered around the invoice and focused on the customer--Nevitium has the tools you need to manage your small business. Create professional invoices (or quotes) and easily track their status and payment history with a powerful invoice manager. Nevitium is equipped with the essential tools you...


Platforms: Windows, Mac, *nix, Java

ElectroChemGraphViewer is designed as a small and handy utility that allows the user to view volt/amper graphs saved to .CRV files. You are also able to mark peaks on these graphs as done by electochemical researches by hand. The "peak" on a graph is actually the difference between the graph...


Platforms: Windows

LilyPond is not unique in making music notation: there are a lot of programs that print music, and nowadays most of the newly printed music is made with computers. Unfortunately, that also shows: just ask any musician that plays classical music: new scores do not look as nice as old ones. What...


Platforms: Mac