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ROX-Filer 2.4 released. See the release notes for defails.
ROX-All 0.4 released. This contains new launchers for AppFactory, Gamma, LGeneral, Clock, Diff, FreeFS, Load, Mem, and Tail.
LinCVS XXL 1.8.1 has been released.
This version fixes two bugs and adds diff side-by-side against tag.
You can download it here.
The complete changelog is available here.
LinCVS 1.4.4 has been released.
This version fixes a lot of bugs. You can find the complete Changelog here.
A Binary is available for Linux/i586. You can download LinCVS from here.
MIME-Editor 0.5 released. This is a minor update to get rid of an annoying warning.
LinCVS XXL 1.8.0 has been released.
New in this version are the dramatically improved performance of diff side-by-side and the possibility
to compare local files. Furthermore there are minor improvements and bugfixes.
You can download it here.
The complete changelog is available here.
ROXmpc 0.1 (initial release)
ROX-Filer 2.4 released. See the release notes for details.
New releases from http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/rox
DownloadManager (http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/2005/interfaces/DownloadManager) 0.0.4. Added applet mode.
Fetch (http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/2005/interfaces/Fetch) 0.1.3. Update of window title now optional.
These should be the last versions of these programs before they are re-written to use the current DBUS, so please test.
Bump. Yay, I'm working part time now. So I have heaps of free time again to do the things I enjoy, such as releasing buggy software that's no use to anyone but me. ROXget and OKM projects are back online. Maybe I'll fix some bugs soon...
The following have been updated and are all available either at http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/rox in the conventional way, or using the Zero Install injector via the interfaces at http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/2005/interfaces.
ROX-CLib 2.1.6
http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/rox/ROX-CLib.html
http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/2005/interfaces/ROX-CLib
AppFactory 2.1.4
http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/rox/appfactory.html
http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/2005/interfaces/AppFactory
Clock 2.1.6
http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/rox/clock.html
http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/2005/interfaces/Clock
Diff 2.1.3
http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/rox/diff.html
http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/2005/interfaces/Diff
FreeFS 2.1.4
http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/rox/freefs.html
http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/2005/interfaces/FreeFS
Load 2.1.3
http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/rox/load.html
http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/2005/interfaces/Load
Mem 2.1.4
http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/rox/mem.html
http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/2005/interfaces/Mem
Tail 2.1.3
http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/rox/tail.html
http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/2005/interfaces/Tail
In addition the interface file for NetStat (http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/2005/interfaces/NetStat) has been fixed.
If you are using the SystemTray application you will need to apply this patch to it.
desktop2AppDir released.
Convert Freedesktop .desktop files to ROX App Dirs.
New releases from http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/rox
DownloadManager (http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/2005/interfaces/DownloadManager) 0.0.3. Switched over to using XDG choices system.
Fetch (http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/2005/interfaces/Fetch) 0.1.2. Switch to XDG choices.
Extra error checks.
Changed layout of window slightly.
Reduce redundant updates of the display and title (4* speed increase in my
connection slowed my desktop down!).
Mail (http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/2005/interfaces/Mail) 0.3.8. Check mtime of inbox before re-counting. Fixed selection of mailers.
VideoThumbnail (http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/2005/interfaces/VideoThumbnail) 0.1.6. MPlayer supports video/x-ogm and application/x-matroska (Yuri
Bongiorno).
Added support for using totem-video-thumbnailer instead of MPlayer
(Torsten Marek).
Also now available via the Zero Install injector is http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/2005/interfaces/FreeFS
http://www.realh.co.uk/roxdbus.html Patch for ROX-Session and new versions of the configlets to support D-BUS 0.3x and newer.
ROX-All 0.3 release. This contains new launchers for the pager applet and five games.
Edit 2.0 released. Major new features include syntax highlighting and a spell checker.
ROX-All 0.2 released. This now includes the Mouse and Keyboard configuration applets.
Archive 2.0 released.
Add App 0.5 released. This one will keep an application's existing menu items and tooltip when creating a launcher.
Add App 0.4 released. This version adds tooltips to the launchers it creates.
The Orobo ROX 0.9.7.7 release came out almost unnoticed last week...
Terminal released.
Terminal is a terminal emulator wrapper App Dir.
ROX-Filer 2.3 released. See the
release notes for full details.
LinCVS 1.4.3 has been released.
This version fixes some Mac-related bugs. For instance cvs via ssh (incl. ssh-agent) works now on Mac OS X.
Also this version comes with a corrected and updated French translation.
You can download it here.
The complete changelog is available here.
ROX-Lib 2.0.2 released. This is a minor bugfix release (installing MIME handlers didn't work).
ROX-Filer 2.3 pre-release available. Please test!
Resolution 0.2 released.
This is a simple screen resolution changer.
Two applications now available using the Zero Install injector:
http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/2005/interfaces/VideoThumbnailhttp://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/2005/interfaces/NetStatMIME-Editor 0.4 released. This adds a French translation, and can now be downloaded and upgraded using Add App.
ROX-Lib 2.0.1 released.
Contacts 0.8.2 released.
Support added for sound, photo, logo, pgp key, timezone, geographical coordinates.
You can get it from
here
or visit the project page for details.
Find Version 004 released. Utility to search files for strings and display/edit the results.
Add App released. Makes installing software easier.
LinCVS 1.4.1 has been released.
This version fixes a lot of bugs inclusive a crash and freezing of GUI.
You can download it here.
The complete changelog is available here.
New releases from http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/rox:
ROX-CLib 2.1.5: Renamed 'Options' to 'Options.xml' and accept "True" as
a synonym for "1" when loading options to be compatible with ROX-Lib2.
Use apsymbols.h if available to reduce problems re-using binary on different
Linux distros.
Also new App releases (some major changes, some very minor) available from http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/rox/utils.html:
All these are also available via Zero Install at /uri/0install/www.kerofin.demon.co.uk
Contacts 0.8.0
Long time no see! Finally a new, greatly enhanced version of the Contacts address book. The impatient can get it immediately from
here
or you can visit the project page for details.
Critical Update:
Contacts didn't start, unless the user had made some change to the options - sorry for that!
Please get the fixed tarball, version has not changed.
On top of this fix, when you type the name into the "Home" tab, now the window title is updated live.
Orobo ROX 0.9.6-13 (bugfixing) release.
New ROX-Lib release, 2.0.0. This is the first stable release of the library which has been in development since July 2002.
New Archive release, 1.9.5. This adds support for Ace and PK00 archives, and .Z compressed files. German and Chinese translations have been added.
New (bugfix) release of RETicker 0.4.5g. Found a memory hole last weeks and repaired it. You can download it here gpg sig
Orobo ROX is available in version 0.9.6-11. This release features some fixes plus a "Show Desktop" function well known from a user interface coming from Redmond and some improvements of the window placement method. Now the focus/raise stuff is finally resolved, too! Try it now!
New ROX-Lib release, 1.9.18.
Orobo ROX 0.9.6-8 is out. Get it while it's hot!
WiFi 001 has been released.
You can download it here.
No-one seems to notice that Guido had put some new Package of Orobo ROX online, currently version 0.9.6-6. Keep up the great work!
PyTraffic 2.0 has been released.
This a Python version of the board game Rush Hour. The goal is to remove the red car out of the grid through the slot on the right.
You need ?Py Game installed for sound and a working gcc toolchain for the hint module. The game is playable without either of those.
LinCVS 1.4.0 has been released.
You can download it here.
The complete changelog is available here.
Memo 1.9.5 released.
MusicBox Version 023
Everything's OK! 0.2.1
Everything's OK! 0.1
A simple event monitor to tell you if everything is in fact OK.
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New Edit release.
New ROX-Filer 2.2.0 stable series released! See the release announcement
for details.
Two updates and one new program available at http://www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/rox/
NetStat version 0.1.0 with alternative (better) display.Fetch version 0.1.0 now (optionally) uses DownloadManager to limit number of active instances.DownloadManager version 0.0.1 uses DBUS to control number of programs downloading at once.All available through Zero Install at /uri/0install/www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/apps
New ROX-Filer release. 2.1.6 is a release candidate for ROX-Filer 2.2.0. Please test!
For developers: the new tasks tutorial shows how to use ROX-Lib's tasks module for a light-weight alternative to threading.
ROX-Lib 1.9.17 released. See the changelog for details.
ROX-Filer 2.1.5 released. Lots of bugfixes, plus new features including:
The second release candidate of LinCVS 1.4.0 (formerly planned as 1.3.3) is
available now. You can download it here.
This is a bugfix release, the complete changelog is available here.
The first release candidate of LinCVS 1.3.3 is available now,
see here.
It's impossible to list all changes. There are a lot of bugfixes and
improvements. One of the most conspicuous changes is the changeover of
the most dialogs. These dialogs are nonmodal now. For instance you can
open many log dialogs at the same time or many commit dialogs.
The complete changelog is available here.
New release of FreeFS 2.1.2. This switches from the old Choices system (CHOICESPATH) to the new XDG system. Expanded the remote SOAP operation to make driving from other programs easier.
Available via Zero Install at /uri/0install/www.kerofin.demon.co.uk/apps/FreeFS.
First of all, a happy new year to everyone!