September 9, 2010 · Server · (No comments)

MirrorBrain is an open source framework to run a content delivery network using mirror servers. It solves a challenge that many popular open source projects face -- a flood of download requests, often magnitudes more than a single site could practically handle.
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September 9, 2010 · General · (No comments)

Sqlkit provides a GUI named sqledit to edit data in a database, as well as a package (sqlkit) in PyGtk. Sqledit (the application) can be run from the command line with arguments and will pop directly into the table/mask of the data, or without arguments and will present an input mask to write the database URL. Sqlkit (the Python package) provides SqlMask and SqlTable, two widgets for editing database data. It is meant to be used as a base for database desktop applications.
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September 9, 2010 · General · 1 comment

ExpoSong is a presentation software with a focus on Christian Worship Settings.

With ExpoSong you can easily manage your lyrics and you can also create text and image presentations. It has a nice and easy to use background selector which supports image and gradient backgrounds.

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September 8, 2010 · General · 8 comments

Wammu is a mobile phone manager that uses Gammu as its backend. It works with any phone that Gammu supports, including many models from Nokia, Siemens, and Alcatel. It has complete support (read, edit, delete, copy) for contacts, todo, and calendar. It can read, save, and send SMS. It includes an SMS composer for multi-part SMS messages, and it can display SMS messages that include pictures. Currently, only text and predefined bitmaps or sounds can be edited in the SMS composer. It can export messages to an IMAP4 server (or other email storage).
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September 8, 2010 · General · 13 comments

Autodesk Maya is a software application used for 3D animation, 3D modeling, simulation, visual effects, rendering, match moving, and compositing.Maya is used in the film and TV industry, as well as for computer and video games, architectural visualization and design.

The installation packages that come with Maya are .rpm packages. To get this running we need to convert the packages to .deb. For that use Alien.
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