Computing

Software - GNU/Linux Software Projects

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| Software | Linux | Legacy |

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Listed below are some of the projects I have worked on or have packaged to make life a little easier.  Debian/Ubuntu users may add the following APT repository to their sources.list if they wish:

deb http://debian.russecke.net/ ./ deb-src http://debian.russecke.net/ ./

You may also browse the packages here.

Software

• notifier-applet - display notfication messages from UDP packets on the GNOME panel.
• site-upload - quickly upload website changes from the command line.
• SimpleWXR - import posts into WordPress using a simplified WXR XML format.
• helper-scripts - a set of tools to help with the maintenance of Debian-based system.
• synctree - a tool to synchronize two directory trees based on a set of rules.
• bup - yet another easy to use backup tool.

Packages

• lirc-modules - updated LIRC modules packages.
• keyspan - kernel module Debian packages for Keyspan USB to serial converters.
• nedit - my preferred graphical text editor.
• xbox - packages for the Microsoft Xbox.
• misterhouse - a home automation program written in Perl.
• sorune - a tool used to manage the database on the Neuros Audio player.
• cats2procmailrc - a tool generate a procmail recipe from a simple, human readable mail categories file.

helper-scripts 0.18-1

Posted on January 09, 2009.

Version 0.18-1 of helper-scripts has been released.

Changes

• Bundle debian-helper-scripts 0.12 and subversion-helper-scripts 0.6-1 and call it 0.18-1.
• Create ubuntu-helper-scripts to tune debian-helper-scripts for Ubuntu.
• Import cleaned-up versions of some scripts from rknize-tools and make it into a new package: rknize-helper-scripts.

notifier-applet 0.2-2

Posted on January 08, 2009.

Version 0.2-2 of notifier-applet has been released.

Changes

• Add README to explain the message parser.
• Add very primitive message parser to allow more control over notifcation.
• Fix bug with empty messages.

subversion-helper-scripts 0.6-1

Posted on December 16, 2008.

Version 0.6-1 of subversion-helper-scripts has been released.

Changes

• Fix naming convention of config files in tools versus documentation.
• Don't use 'source' in non-bash scripts.

site-upload 0.6-1

Posted on December 16, 2008.

Version 0.6-1 of site-upload has been released.

Changes

• Only check the checksum if the modification time changed.
• Really fix stamp updates when there is an upload failure.
• More stamp updating/checking cleanups.

site-upload 0.5-1

Posted on December 13, 2008.

Version 0.5-1 of site-upload has been released.

Changes

• Add --checksum method of change detection.
• Add --force-stamp option to allow stamp file fix-ups.
• Major cleanup of how stamps get updated.
• Continue uploading if something goes wrong, but don't update that stamp.