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The Sterlingware Fractal generator program has been around for a few years and has become very popular without any Help files or documentation. Ask someone who's been using the program for a few months, they would probably tell you it's so well designed and easy to use that it really doesn't need... Platforms: Windows

Nowadays it+s something truly heroic to find a videogame that+s really new and original, but what is certain is that Crayon Physics has exactly that profile. Here is an explanation of how it works:The objective is to get a sphere up to a star, which is the end of the level. How? Well drawing... Platforms: Windows

Tetris needs no explanation, right? Well, here is an explanation for those that still don+t know it. Place pieces that fall from the top of the screen in order to complete horizontal lines (that then disappear). You have to reach a set number of lines, or keep going for as long as possible... Platforms: Windows

Infinite Password Generator makes secure, random passwords for you to use in applications, web pages and registrations. The advantage is obvious - just remember a master password which is the key to all the others, however many there are.The generating algorithm is based on MD5, and assures you... Platforms: Windows

MB Free Complete Numerology Software is a numerology reading generating software as well as a numerology dictionary software. The numerology reading is based on the Pythagorean system of numerology. It gives an insight to your personality and thus helps you overcome your weaknesses and face life... Platforms: Windows

PostScript::MailLabels are modules for creating PostScript files of mailing address labels. Flexible enough to tackle other printing tasks, basically anything requiring a set fields be printed on a regular grid. Also creates PostScript(tm) code for calibrating and testing mailing label... Platforms: *nix

xscreensaver lock window themes is a replacement for ugly password lock window. XScreenSaver is a ubiquitous program on Unix for preventing the pixels of your monitor from burning in, providing pretty animations and providing password protection. However, the default lock window used for... Platforms: *nix

Text::RewriteRules Perl module contains a system to rewrite text using regexp-based rules. SYNOPSIS use Text::RewriteRules; RULES email .==> DOT @==> AT ENDRULES email("ambs@cpan.org") # returns ambs AT cpan DOT org RULES/m inc (d+)=e=> $1+1 ENDRULE inc("I saw 11 cats and 23... Platforms: *nix

Fair NAT is a script for configuring NAT on dedicated Linux routers. This is the home of my linux router shaper script which allows something like fair bandwidth sharing among clients in the local network. The script is not great or anything - please dont expect the holy grail here - I just... Platforms: *nix

dbxbandmin collects traffic via ipchains/iptables/ipfwadm-rules and writes the data into an Interbase database. It uses Perls DBI-driver and can be extended with support for various database versions. - You need a kernel with firewall-support - you need ipfwadm or ipchains or iptables - you... Platforms: *nix

Linux-PAM project offers a flexible mechanism for authenticating users. For the uninitiated, we begin by considering an example. We take an application that grants some service to users; login is one such program. Login does two things, it first establishes that the requesting user is whom... Platforms: *nix

DOFUS is a popular masive multiplayer RPG online game. Story: A long time ago.... .. a dragon named Bolgrot arrived in the eternal Province of Amakna. The young Rykke Errel was the only one to be courageous enough to face the terrible creature. Instead of reducing him to dust as it could... Platforms: *nix

Devel::GDB is a Perl module to open and communicate a gdb session. SYNOPSIS use Devel::GDB; $gdb = new Devel::GDB(); print $gdb->send_cmd(-environment-path); print $gdb->get(info functions); The old get syntax (of Devel::GDB-1.23) has been deprecated and will not be supported in future... Platforms: *nix

mod_access_referer is a module for the Apache HTTP Server that provides access control based on "Referer" HTTP header content. Why is mod_access_referer useful? Basically, it allow or deny the access based on what page is shown in the Web browser, which means that if you publish a document... Platforms: *nix

b-tektracker is an advanced realtime MIDI step-sequencer with a tracker interface. b-tektracker is a fork of tektracker by Billy Biggs. ttrk is the product of frustration with bad step editors found on pretty much all MIDI sequencers available today. Im a big fan of trackers, and I wanted to be... Platforms: *nix

Raw Print Server project is a "raw" print server that makes it possible for a computer to act as a "Socket API" or "AppSocket" print server. This software would not exist without Sam Rushings excellent asyncore module, nor would it exist without Steve Holdens excellent explanation of that... Platforms: *nix

The lptools suite provides a complete, programming-language independent, literate programming environment. The suite targets XML documentation, but the underlying system has no bias that would disadvantage other documentation languages. Also included, and probably worth the price of admission... Platforms: *nix

NeverNoid is an Arkanoid clone. Although there are tons of free games of this type I felt I could do better (Any programmer can second that) The name NeverNoid is a bit of a wordjoke :) "Nooit" is dutch for "Never" and is pronounced the same way as "Noid". "Never nooit" is also an expression... Platforms: *nix

Sort::Versions is a Perl 5 module for sorting of revision-like numbers. SYNOPSIS use Sort::Versions; @l = sort { versioncmp($a, $b) } qw( 1.2 1.2.0 1.2a.0 1.2.a 1.a 02.a ); ... use Sort::Versions; print lower if versioncmp(1.2, 1.2a) == -1; ... use Sort::Versions; %h = (1 => d, 2... Platforms: *nix

smspasswd software provides two factor authentication via cell phone short message service (SMS). The reason I wrote this was because of all the pesky SSH brute force attacks, which continue to build in numbers. I didn’t want to waste money and time on using tokens because the few people who... Platforms: *nix