Category: Open Source

In case you didn’t know..

eclipse project FAQ
Eclipse is the open source IDE that has been taking the world by storm well not really but it is highly thought of and becoming very well rounded (I am told).
Here is what they say in the FAQ:
The Eclipse Platform is an open extensible IDE for anything and yet nothing in particular. The Eclipse Platform provides building blocks and a foundation for constructing and running integrated software-development tools. The Eclipse Platform allows tool builders to independently develop tools that integrate with other people’s tools so seamlessly you can’t tell where one tool ends and another starts.

Open Source QuickTime for Objective C effort

SourceForge.net: Project Info – QTKit
From the site:
Tired of waiting for Apple to really support QuickTime in Cocoa? QTKit is a project by and for Cocoa developers to provide full access to QuickTime from ObjC.

Somewhat similar to a project that I am involved in, OpenQTJ. In response to Apple’s lame current QuickTime for Java build. Oh yeah, visit https://openqtj.dev.java.net/ for more.

Sharp to release a new Linux PDA

Sharp launches “Enterprise” Zaurus to boldly go… anywhere
From the article:
Sharp plans to ship its Linux-based Zaurus SL-6000 PDA early in 2004, supported by IBM middleware and Sprint wireless services for connecting with enterprise apps from most anywhere. Sharp’s new 640×480 high-brightness VGA display tops the list of hardware enhancements, along with “laptop-like” performance and a ruggedized case.

Includes 64mb flash memory, 400mhz xscale, 802.11 wireless networking, linux, java and more..

DIY Steadycam

$14 Steadycam
From the site:
Why build a cheap steadycam?
Steadycams (or camera stabilizers) are attachtments used to capture smooth looking video even when the camera and camera operator are in motion. The camera operator may walk (or even jog), move through tight hallways and doorways, and even climb up and down stairs without shaking the camera. Unfortunately, professional steadycams cost around $1500. Even the cheap 3rd party ones cost $600 . Not exactly a bargain considering many of us use cameras in that price range. So, I decided to make my own version. It turns out, it only costs $14. Not too bad. And I’ll show you how to build your own right here (or you may simply buy one from me). Whether you are an aspiring filmmaker, a videographer, the family documentarian, or just want more utility out of your video camera, you’ll appreciate a steadycam.

Downtown network for the Arts

downtown network for the arts | about
From the site:
Location One has developed a package of hardware, software and support services that enables artists and cultural organizations to take full advantage of Internet-based technologies for creative interchange, program creation, delivery and promotion, both individually and as an arts-based community.

a GNU GNOME…

GNOME: The Free Software Desktop Project
From the page:
In a release that marks the fruit of six months of hard work from our hackers, maintainers, translators, testers, usability team and accessibility team, the GNOME community has done it again: GNOME 2.6.0 continues the high standards in the areas of usability, accessibility and internationalisation that our users expect from the world’s Free Software desktop.

Posix for Java

Free Software by Gregory Guerin
From the description:
Imagine that you could catch signals, raise resource-limits, get mounted file-system info, manipulate file modes, or change effective user ID from Java. Imagine that many of the other interesting and useful POSIX system-calls were also accessible from Java. Imagine that they were organized in an easily understood and usable class library, which could be implemented for different platforms yet still be used transparently by any API-conforming user program.
Stop imagining and start downloading, because that’s what this class library does. It includes a working implementation for Mac OS X, but anyone with moderate JNI and Unix experience can create an implementation for other Unix platforms. It’s even possible to create implementations for non-Unix platforms, such as that operating system whose name starts with ‘Wind’.

Wrapping it all up…

ffmpegX a VCD, SVCD, CVD, VOB, DivX, XviD encoder for Mac OSX
Wraps all those nice Open Source audio and video encoders and players for MacOS X.
From the site:
ffmpegX is a Mac OS X graphic user interface designed to easily operate more than 20 powerful Unix open-source video and audio processing tools including ffmpeg the “hyper fast video and audio encoder” (http://ffmpeg.sf.net/), mpeg2enc the open-source mpeg-2 encoder and multiplexer (http://mjpeg.sf.net/MacOS/) and mencoder the mpeg-4 encoder with subtitles support (http://sf.net/projects/mplayerosx).

Dyne:bolic gets an update

d y n e . o r g :: dynebolic mailinglist
The description:
Dyne:bolic is shaped on the needs of media activists and artists to stimulate the production and not only the fruition of digital and analog informations. It takes birth as a grassroot effort to spread free software and the spirit of sharing information and knowledge.

This version supports hard drive booting and much much more..