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This episode will cover every block of your hard drive with ddrescue, give you a window into the free and online chess community with Eboard and warp you back to the good old days of Battlechess with Brutal Chess I. system tools : Ddrescue GNU ddrescue is a data recovery tool. It copies data from one file or block device (hard disc, cdrom, etc) to another, trying hard to rescue data in case of read errors. Ddrescue does not truncate the output file if not asked to. So, every time you run it on the same output file, it tries to fill in the gaps. The basic operation of ddrescue is fully automatic. That is, you don't have to wait for an error, stop the program, read the log, run it in reverse mode, etc. If you use the logfile feature of ddrescue, the data is rescued very efficiently (only the needed blocks are read). Also you can interrupt the rescue at any time and resume it later at the same point. www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html II. games : eboard eboard is a chess interface for Unix-like systems (GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, etc.) based on the GTK+ GUI toolkit. It provides a chess board interface to ICS (Internet Chess Servers) like FICS and to chess engines like GNU Chess, Sjeng and Crafty. eboard is under development, and its primary purpose is serving as interface to FICS. eboard is Free Software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. eboard.sourceforge.net www.freechess.org III. the little extra : Brutal Chess The newest release of Brutal Chess is now available for public download just in time for Christmas (direct download link). For now there is only a Windows installer and source tarball available. In the future we should have a Mac package and one’s for other Linux distros. Next up is networking support for Internet chess servers and third party chess engines. As always, bug reports submitted to the Sourceforge tracker are always appreciated. When submitting them please include operating system, gfx card and drivers, and any other applicable information. brutalchess.sourceforge.net music from Atomica on music.podshow.com theme from Brand New Sin on music.podshow.com beer on this episode : Verboden Vrucht

This podcast will let you rediscover your music with Amarok, and transform your complete collection with Mp32ogg. All Open Source Software. I. multimedia software : Amarok Amarok - Rediscover Your Music! Amarok is the music player for Linux and Unix with an intuitive interface. Amarok makes playing the music you love easier than ever before - and looks good doing it. . amarok.kde.org last.fm magnatune.com II. the little extra : mp32ogg A perl script to convert MP3 files to Ogg Vorbis files, retaining ID3 information, bitrate, and optionally renaming the output files, as well as deleting the originals. Requires: mpg123, oggenc, MP3::Info (perl module), and String::ShellQuote (another perl module) faceprint.com music from Babylon Bombs on music.podshow.com theme from Brand New Sin on music.podshow.com beer on this episode : Augustijn

This episode will be all about Webcams and toying with them, software reviewed is Webcam, Hasciicam and Wacaw, for Linux, BSD and MacOSX. All Gnu GPL software. I. multimedia software : Webcam webcam captures images from a video4linux device like bttv, annotates them and and uploads them to a webserver using ftp in a endless loop. linux.bytesex.org/xawtv/ II. multimedia software : (h)asciicam HasciiCam makes it possible to have live ascii video on the web. It captures video from a tv card and renders it into ascii letters, formatting the output into an html page with a refresh tag, or in a live ascii window, or in a simple text file. It gives the possiblity to anybody that has a bttv card, a unix box and a cheap modem line to show live (h)ascii video can be viewed without any need for extra applications, plugins, java etc. ascii.dyne.org dynebolic.org III. multimedia software : wacaw A collection of tools and scripts for processing images and video from attached USB and FireWire webcams on Mac OS X. To start things off, there is a command-line tool for capturing webcam images. sourceforge.net check out my use for the Webcam (xawtv) software : atomic clock (european daytime only, it needs daylight) and here is my setup , snapped with Wacaw ! music from Buju Banton on music.podshow.com theme from Brand New Sin on music.podshow.com beer on this episode : Tourtel Blonde

This episode will be very secure, so secure I can perfectly deny that it has ever been produced. Embrace Truecrypt ! Windows and Linux software for securing your data. Open Source of course. I. system tools : Truecrypt Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows XP/2000/2003 and Linux Main Features: Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk. Encrypts an entire hard disk partition or a storage device such as USB flash drive. Encryption is automatic, real-time (on-the-fly) and transparent. Provides two levels of plausible deniability, in case an adversary forces you to reveal the password: 1) Hidden volume (steganography – more information may be found here). 2) No TrueCrypt volume can be identified (volumes cannot be distinguished from random data). Encryption algorithms: AES-256, Blowfish (448-bit key), CAST5, Serpent, Triple DES, and Twofish. Mode of operation: LRW (CBC supported as legacy). Conceived in 2003. www.truecrypt.org music from Melissa Forbes on music.podshow.com theme from Brand New Sin on music.podshow.com beer on this episode : Mort Subite Kriek Lambic

This episode will be about ripping audio CD's with Sound Juicer, MusicBrainz and the little extra named Blat. Linux,BSD and Microsoft Windows software for Blat. All GNU GPL and public domain software. I. multimedia software : Sound Juicer Sound Juicer is a clean, mean, and lean CD ripper for GNOME 2. It sports a clean interface and simple preferences, aiming to do The Right Thing and What You Mean all of the time. It requires GNOME 2.16 and GStreamer 0.10. www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/sound-juicer musicbrainz.org II. the little extra : Blat Blat is a Public Domain (generous aren't we?) Win32 console utility that sends the contents of a file in an e-mail message using the SMTP protocol. Blat is useful for creating scripts where mail has to be sent automatically (CGI, backups, etc.) To use Blat you must have access to a SMTP server via TCP-IP. Blat can store various default settings in the registry. The command line options override the registry settings. www.blat.net music from Ruby Shüz on music.podshow.com theme from Brand New Sin on music.podshow.com beer on this episode : Ciney Brune

This episode will be concentrated on the flying software with the red cape that comes to your rescue when your system breaks : Mondo Rescue. Ample will be the little extra. All GNU GPL software, for Unix, Linux, and BSD. I. system tools : Mondo Rescue It backs up your GNU/Linux server or workstation to tape, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R[W], DVD+R[W], NFS or hard disk partition. In the event of catastrophic data loss, you will be able to restore all of your data [or as much as you want], from bare metal if necessary. Mondo is in use by Lockheed-Martin, Nortel Networks, Siemens, HP, IBM, NASA's JPL, the US Dept of Agriculture, dozens of smaller companies, and tens of thousands of users. www.mondorescue.org II. the little extra : Ample Ample is an MP3 server written in C. It does not intend to support mixing, radio shows etc. Just an easy way to listen to your MP3's everywhere using the "open location" features already present in XMMS, WinAmp and Media Player. ample.sourceforge.net music from Hungry Lucy on music.podshow.com theme from Brand New Sin on music.podshow.com beer on this episode : Orval

This episode we will take Dia for a test drive and discover the ease of use of quick and clear diagram building. We will also hit Gnu characters and shoot Snort pigs in Wormux. All GNU GPL software, for Unix, Linux, BSD, OSX and Microsoft Windows. I. graphical tools : Dia Dia is a gtk+ based diagram creation program released under the GPL license. Dia is inspired by the commercial Windows program 'Visio', though more geared towards informal diagrams for casual use. It can be used to draw many different kinds of diagrams. It currently has special objects to help draw entity relationship diagrams, UML diagrams, flowcharts, network diagrams, and many other diagrams. It is also possible to add support for new shapes by writing simple XML files, using a subset of SVG to draw the shape. It can load and save diagrams to a custom XML format (gzipped by default, to save space), can export diagrams to a number of formats, including EPS, SVG, XFIG, WMF and PNG, and can print diagrams (including ones that span multiple pages). www.gnome.org/projects/dia II. the little extra : Wormux Have the mascots of your favorite free softwares battle in the Wormux arena. Using dynamite, grenades, baseball bat and others bazookas,... exterminate your opponent in a 2D toon style scenery and a funny environment. Each player (2 minimum, on the same PC) controls the team of his choice (penguin, gnu, firefox, wilber,...) and must destroy his adversary using more or less casual weapons. www.wormux.org music from Brother Love on music.podshow.com theme from Victor Demarko on music.podshow.com beer on this episode : St Bernardus Prior 8

This episode we will be looking at GQview for all our image viewing and organizing. Memtest86 will be the little extra. All GNU GPL software, allmost for all operating systems. I. multimedia tools : GQview GQview is an image viewer for Unix operating systems (developed on Linux). It's key features include single click file viewing, external editor support, thumbnail preview, and zoom features. Some image management features are also included. gqview.sourceforge.net II. the little extra : Memtest86 Memtest86 is thorough, stand alone memory test for x86 architecture computers. BIOS based memory tests are a quick, cursory check and often miss many of the failures that are detected by Memtest86. Memtest86 is released under the terms of the Gnu Public License (GPL). Other than the provisions of the GNU public licence (GPL) there are no restrictions for use, private or commercial. Explicit permission for inclusion of Memtest86 in software compilations and publications is hereby granted. www.memtest86.com music from Brother Love on music.podshow.com theme from Brand New Sin on music.podshow.com beer on this episode : Hapkin

This episode will cover the well known but often underestimated VNC protocol, the application of choice will be TightVNC. The little extra is xplanet. All GNU GPL Licensed. For Linux, BSD, MacOSX and Microsoft Windows I. system tools : TightVNC TightVNC is a free remote control software package derived from the popular VNC software. With TightVNC, you can see the desktop of a remote machine and control it with your local mouse and keyboard, just like you would do it sitting in the front of that computer. - free, GPL-licensed, with full source code available; - useful in remote administration, remote customer support, education, and for many other purposes; - cross-platform, available for Windows and Unix, compatible with other VNC software. www.tightvnc.com II. the little extra : xplanet Xplanet was inspired by Xearth, which renders an image of the earth into the X root window. All of the major planets and most satellites can be drawn, similar to the Solar System Simulator. A number of different map projections are also supported, including azimuthal, Lambert, Mercator, Mollweide, orthographic, and rectangular. xplanet.sourceforge.net music from Shagg on music.podshow.com theme from Brand New Sin on music.podshow.com beer on this episode : Maredsous Brune

In this episode we will look at the grandmaster of synchronisation : Rsync, and we will play with PenguinTV and Java Risk I. system tools : Rsync rsync is a file transfer program for Unix systems. rsync uses the "rsync algorithm" which provides a very fast method for bringing remote files into sync. It does this by sending just the differences in the files across the link, without requiring that both sets of files are present at one of the ends of the link beforehand. samba.anu.edu.au and the Microsoft Windows Spinoffs : Nas Backup Delta Copy II. internet tools : PengiunTV PenguinTV is not just another RSS feed reader. It is designed from the ground up to work seamlessly with podcasts and video blogs, allowing you to easily enjoy the audio, music, and video published around the web in RSS format. One user calls it "hands down the app of choice" for downloading video blogs. penguintv.sourceforge.net III. the little extra : Java Risk JavaRisk v2 is a strategic game roughly based on the board game Risk. The game features network support for multiplayer games, hot-seat sessions for playing with friends on one PC and a challenging Ai. There is also an implementation of the original Risk jrisk.sourceforge.net music from Straight 8s on music.podshow.com theme from Brand New Sin on music.podshow.com beer on this episode : Leffe Radieuse

In this episode we will discuss GParted, XMMS and PDFtk. Great Open Source software, all GNU GPL Licensed. most of this software is available on Linux, BSD, MacOSX and Microsoft Windows. I. system tools : GParted GParted is an industrial-strength package for creating, destroying, resizing, moving, checking and copying partitions, and the filesystems on them. This is useful for creating space for new operating systems, reorganizing disk usage, copying data residing on hard disks and mirroring one partition with another (disk imaging). gparted.sourceforge.net II. multimedia applications : XMMS XMMS is a multimedia player for unix systems. XMMS stands for X MultiMedia System and can play media files such as MP3, MOD's, WAV and others with the use of Input plugins. XMMS is mainly targeted at music playback, but through thirdparty plugins some rudimentary video capabilities exists, but there are much better systems other than XMMS for video support. www.xmms.org III. the little extra : PDFtk If PDF is electronic paper, then pdftk is an electronic staple-remover, hole-punch, binder, secret-decoder-ring, and X-Ray-glasses. Pdftk is a command-line tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents. www.accesspdf.com/pdftk

In this episode we will discuss Openoffice, AFD, Delineate and Electric Sheep. All open source software, ready for you to use on your Linux, BSD, MacOSX, Microsoft Windows machine. Pick your poison ;) I. office applications : OpenOffice OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute. www.openoffice.org II. server applications : AFD The Automatic File Distributor provides a framework for very flexible, non-stop, log and debug-able delivery of an arbitrary amount of files to multiple recipients www.dwd.de/AFD III. multimedia applications : Delineate Delineate is a tool for converting raster images to SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) using AutoTrace or potrace. delineate.sourceforge.net IV. the odd one out : Electric Sheep Electric Sheep is a free, open source screen saver run by thousands of people all over the world. It can be installed on any ordinary PC or Mac. When these computers "sleep", the screen saver comes on and the computers communicate with each other by the internet to share the work of creating morphing abstract animations known as "sheep"electricsheep.org

This is the introduction for Sourcetrunk, check it out if you are using Linux, BSD, MacOSX or Microsoft Windows and are interested in Open Source and Free software.