Mar 30, 2016 

Apache OpenOffice Notice on Extensions

Since 2012 we at SourceForge have been proud partners of the Apache OpenOffice community. We’ve maintained both the Apache OpenOffice Extensions and Templates sites and made sure to spread the word about their latest news and developments.

It’s been reported that extensions that haven’t been updated in a while are displaying this warning message:

“This extension was not updated recently. It might not work with latest versions of OpenOffice.”

For registered users, there’s an additional message that allows them to contact the original author and apply to be a co-maintainer. As co-maintainer they can edit the extension description and create releases.

Improvements for Maintainers
Registration emails and password-related communications can now be delivered in the language of the user’s choice. For those willing to help with translations, .po files can be provided and if needed, localization files may also be uploaded to the Apache Pootle server so that existing translation teams can help.

Password recovery has been simplified to allow users to reset their passwords with just a simple link, and a more efficient anti-spam system has also been set up to improve handling by extension maintainers.

For more information on this and the new Apache OpenOffice sites, you can take a look at the official blog post. See you there!

Mar 28, 2016 

Projects of the Week, March 28, 2016

Here are the featured projects for the week, which appear on the front page of SourceForge.net:

Linux Diagnostic Tools
Project’s goal is to create better tools for diagnosing Linux systems. Diagnostics include first failure data capture, error log analysis, preventative testing, and system inventory gathering.
[ Download Linux Diagnostic Tools ]


TYPO3
TYPO3 is an enterprise class Web CMS written in PHP/MySQL. It’s designed to be extended with custom written backend modules and frontend libraries for special functionality. It has very powerful integration of image manipulation.
[ Download TYPO3 ]


LibreCAD
LibreCAD is a fully comprehensive 2D CAD application that you can download and install for free. There is a large base of satisfied LibreCAD users worldwide, and it is available in more than 30 languages and for all major operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, including Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, Suse, etc. https://github.com/LibreCAD/LibreCAD http://forum.librecad.org/ http://wiki.librecad.org/
[ Download LibreCAD ]


FileBot
FileBot is the ultimate tool for renaming your movies, tv shows or anime and downloading subtitles. It’s smart, streamlined for simplicity and just works. FileBot supports Windows, Linux and Mac, plus there’s a full-featured command-line interface for all sorts of automation.
[ Download FileBot ]


Linux AIO
We bring you some of the major Linux distributions (Ubuntu and flavors, Linux Mint, LMDE, Debian Live, Fedora) with different desktop environments on one ISO file that can be burnt on one DVD / DVD DL or USB 4GB+/8GB+ flash drive. Every one of them can be used as Live system, with no need of installation on hard drive, or can be eventually installed on computer for full system experience.
[ Download Linux AIO ]


jEdit
jEdit is a programmer’s text editor written in Java. It uses the Swing toolkit for the GUI and can be configured as a rather powerful IDE through the use of its plugin architecture.
[ Download jEdit ]


gretl
gretl is a cross-platform software package for econometric analysis, written in the C programming language.
[ Download gretl ]


JasperReports Library
JasperReports Library, the world’s most popular open source business intelligence and reporting engine and JasperReports Server, the most popular open source interactive report server built-on JasperReports Library
[ Download JasperReports Library ]


Vienna
Vienna is an open source Mac OSX RSS reader with support for RSS/Atom feeds, article storage and management via a SQLite database, written in Objective-C and Cocoa. Feeds can be accessed directly, or through a syncing service supporting the Open Reader API, like BazQux.com, FeedHQ.org, InoReader.com or TheOldReader.com. Development now happens on GitHub: https://github.com/ViennaRSS/vienna-rss
[ Download Vienna ]

Mar 25, 2016 

“Community Choice” Project of the Month Vote – May 2016

The vote for May 2016 Community Choice SourceForge Project of the Month is now available, and will run until April 15, 2016 12:00 UTC.


LibreCAD
LibreCAD is a fully comprehensive 2D CAD application that you can download and install for free. There is a large base of satisfied LibreCAD users worldwide, and it is available in more than 20 languages and for all major operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, including Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, Suse, etc.
[ Download LibreCAD ]


berryboot
Berryboot is a simple operating system installer and boot selection screen for ARM devices such as the Raspberry Pi and Cubieboard. It allows you to put multiple Linux distribution on a single SD card.
[ Download berryboot ]


libjpeg-turbo
libjpeg-turbo is a JPEG image codec that uses SIMD instructions (MMX, SSE2, NEON) to accelerate baseline JPEG compression and decompression on x86, x86-64, and ARM systems. On such systems, libjpeg-turbo is generally 2-4x as fast as libjpeg, all else being equal. On other types of systems, libjpeg-turbo can still outperform libjpeg by a significant amount, by virtue of its highly-optimized Huffman coding routines. In many cases, the performance of libjpeg-turbo rivals that of proprietary high-speed JPEG codecs. libjpeg-turbo implements both the traditional libjpeg API as well as the less powerful but more straightforward TurboJPEG API. libjpeg-turbo also features colorspace extensions that allow it to compress from/decompress to 32-bit and big-endian pixel buffers (RGBX, XBGR, etc.), as well as a full-featured Java interface.
[ Download libjpeg-turbo ]


Snappy Driver Installer
Snappy Driver Installer is an application for installing/updating drivers on PCs running Microsoft Windows using driverpacks or included folders with drivers. It can be used to install drivers on newly assembled PCs at places where Internet isn’t available. Users can also use the software to keep their drivers up to date.
[ Download Snappy Driver Installer ]


Linux Diagnostic Tools
Project’s goal is to create better tools for diagnosing Linux systems. Diagnostics include first failure data capture, error log analysis, preventative testing, and system inventory gathering.
[ Download Linux Diagnostic Tools ]


gretl
gretl is a cross-platform software package for econometric analysis, written in the C programming language.
[ Download gretl ]


TYPO3
TYPO3 is an enterprise class Web CMS written in PHP/MySQL. It’s designed to be extended with custom written backend modules and frontend libraries for special functionality. It has very powerful integration of image manipulation.
[ Download TYPO3 ]


jEdit
jEdit is a programmer’s text editor written in Java. It uses the Swing toolkit for the GUI and can be configured as a rather powerful IDE through the use of its plugin architecture.
[ Download jEdit ]


FileBot
FileBot is the ultimate tool for renaming your movies, tv shows or anime and downloading subtitles. It’s smart, streamlined for simplicity and just works. FileBot supports Windows, Linux and Mac, plus there’s a full-featured command-line interface for all sorts of automation.
[ Download FileBot ]

Mar 21, 2016 

Projects of the Week, March 21, 2016

Here are the featured projects for the week, which appear on the front page of SourceForge.net:

GNS3
GNS3 is a graphical network simulator that allows you to design complex network topologies. You may run simulations or configure devices ranging from simple workstations to powerful Cisco routers. It is based on Dynamips, Pemu/Qemu and Dynagen.
[ Download GNS3 ]


Snappy Driver Installer
Snappy Driver Installer is an application for installing/updating drivers on PCs running Microsoft Windows using driverpacks or included folders with drivers. It can be used to install drivers on newly assembled PCs at places where Internet isn’t available. Users can also use the software to keep their drivers up to date.
[ Download Snappy Driver Installer ]


berryboot
Berryboot is a simple operating system installer and boot selection screen for ARM devices such as the Raspberry Pi and Cubieboard. It allows you to put multiple Linux distribution on a single SD card.
[ Download berryboot ]


Maxima — GPL CAS based on DOE-MACSYMA
Maxima is a computer algebra system comparable to commercial systems like Mathematica and Maple. It emphasizes symbolic mathematical computation: algebra, trigonometry, calculus, and much more. For example, Maxima solves x^2-r*x-s^2-r*s=0 giving the symbolic results [x=r+s, x=-s]. Maxima can calculate with exact integers and fractions, native floating-point and high-precision big floats. Maxima has user-friendly front-ends, an on-line manual, plotting commands, and numerical libraries. Users can write programs in its native programming language, and many have contributed useful packages in a variety of areas over the decades. Maxima is GPL-licensed and largely written in Common Lisp. Executables can be downloaded for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android; source code is also available. An active community maintains and extends the system. Maxima is widely used: annual direct downloads exceed 100,000. Many other users receive it through secondary distribution.
[ Download Maxima — GPL CAS based on DOE-MACSYMA ]


KaOSx
An independent small, rolling distribution, fully focused on KDE/Qt. Using pacman as package-manager.
[ Download KaOSx ]


iDempiere
iDempiere = OSGi + ADempiere iDempiere Business Suite ERP/CRM/SCM done the community way. Focus is on the Community that includes Subject Matter Specialists, Implementors and End-Users. iDempiere is based on original Compiere/Adempiere plus a new architecture to use state-of-the-art technologies like OSGi, Buckminster, zk6.
[ Download iDempiere ]


Dolibarr ERP – CRM
Dolibarr ERP – CRM is an easy to use ERP and CRM open source software package (run with a web php server or as standalone software) for businesses, foundations or freelancers (prospect, invoicing, inventory, warehouse, order, shipment, POS, members for foundations, bank accounts…). Dolibarr is also available with auto-installers for users with no technical knowledges to install Dolibarr and all its prerequisites (Apache, Mysql, PHP) with just one package. Available platforms for such packages are: Windows, Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Redhat, Fedora, OpenSuse, Mandriva, Mageia. Other platform can use the generic distribution. This is a modular product, than can be enhanced with tons of external modules (to provide you features not available by default) from http://www.dolistore.com Download Dolibarr ERP – CRM here or sign up for 15-day free trial of the cloud-based application with free updates and support at one of the Cloud providers http://saas.dolibarr.org/
[ Download Dolibarr ERP – CRM ]


Cyberfox Portable Edition
Cyberfox Portable Edition (PortableApp.com Ready!) The Famous Portable Apps Collection Just Got Better With Cyberfox Portable powered by Mozilla Firefox source code. Compatible Windows Operating Systems: Windows Vista SP2 x86 Windows 7/7 SP1 OS x86|x64 Windows 8/8.x OS x86|x64 Windows 10 OS x86|x64 (Windows XP Unsupported, Windows Vista x64 Unsupported) Dedicated support forums. https://8pecxstudios.com/Forums/index.php Dedicated Contact Forms. https://cyberfox.8pecxstudios.com/contact-us Portable Updater: https://8pecxstudios.com/Forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=725 Tell us what you think and write a review. https://8pecxstudios.com/Forums/viewforum.php?f=9 Thank you for your support.
[ Download Cyberfox Portable Edition ]


p7zip
p7zip is a quick port of 7z.exe and 7za.exe (command line version of 7zip, see www.7-zip.org) for Unix. 7-Zip is a file archiver with highest compression ratio. Since 4.10, p7zip (like 7-zip) supports little-endian and big-endian machines.
[ Download p7zip ]

Mar 18, 2016 

Advantages to Open Sourcing a ‘Closed’ Enterprise Software Solution

Open source is moving up in the world. Once despised by many a major tech company, open source software has become so popular that even the major players now rely on it for critical business functions daily. It’s no wonder why so many open source projects are being released every day, and even some closed source ones are becoming open.

If you’ve got a closed source solution and plan to transition from software development to software support, you should definitely consider going open source. While the difference in structure may seem scary at first, there are benefits to it that can take the scare out of switching.

Internal Improvements

One of the biggest benefits to turning open source is increased security. Because more people are looking at the code, there’s a bigger chance of identifying and fixing bugs and security flaws. This is one area where open source has a significant advantage over proprietary software.

Another benefit that can be gained is changes in the code that may improve software performance. Again, because more people are looking at the code, there’s a better chance of finding what works and what doesn’t, and what can be changed to make the software even better and more attuned to users’ needs.

Broader Adoption

For those shifting from closed to open source, there’s a great propensity for increased adoption. This is not only because many are currently using and prefer open source software, but also because open source allows the software’s internal functionality to be improved freely. When people are able to freely customize software to their specific needs, they’re more inclined to use it. And because it’s open source, they’re free and more inclined to share it as well.

Money Matters

Of course there’s the matter of money. Perhaps you’ve been used to earning significantly from being closed source . This does not have to change drastically when moving to open source. There are plenty of ways that open source software can be a lucrative business, and projects like Red Hat, MongoDB, Cloudera and many others can certainly attest to that. And when it comes to costs, open source gives you more freedom and may even help you cut it down to a minimum.

These are some of the benefits to shifting to open source that make it a move worth considering. As with any major project decision however, you need to consider carefully whether it would be more advantageous for your particular project to go open source.

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