World's First Integrated Open Source Smart Phone (OpenMoko)

OpenMoko is a GNU / Linux based open software development platform. Developers have full access to OpenMoko source and they can tailor their implementations to underlying hardware platforms.

The Neo 1973 boasts the following hardware specifications

• 2.8" VGA TFT color display
• Touchscreen, usable with stylus or fingers
• 266MHz Samsung System on a Chip (SOC)
• USB 1.1, switchable between Client and Host (unpowered)
• Integrated AGPS
• 2.5G GSM – quad band, voice, CSD, GPRS
• Bluetooth 2.0
• Micro SD slot
• High Quality audio codec

Read more about OpenMoko at http://www.openmoko.com/index.html

How to install Automatix2 on Feisty Fawn(Ubuntu 7.04)

These is the easy step to install Automatix on Ubuntu 7.04:

1. Go to this link http://www.getautomatix.com/wiki/index.php?title=Installation










2. Select your machine architecture. For this example, I choose 2.1 Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty i386) because my machine is i386 base architecture.

3. Click on http://www.getautomatix.com/apt/dists/feisty/main/binary-i386/automatix2_1.1-4.11-7.04feisty_i386.deb
to download the software. See picture.









4. The package installer will pop up like picture below. Choose the default. Open with Gdebi Package Installer













5. Wait until finish. To open Automatix2, go to your desktop and click on Application --> System Tools --> Automatix

Thats all. Easy!

Antivirus, Spyware and Antispam Softwares (open source)

1. ClamWin
ClamWin is a Free Antivirus for Microsoft Windows 98/Me/2000/XP and 2003. Stay virus and Spyware free with ClamWin.
http://www.clamwin.com/

2. OpenAntiVirus
OpenAntiVirus.org is an OpenSource project - if anyone misses features or finds flaws she's welcome to contribute suggestions, criticism, and -even better- superior solutions to the project.
http://www.openantivirus.org/status.php 3.

3. ClamAv
Clam AntiVirus is an open source (GPL) anti-virus toolkit for UNIX, designed especially for e-mail scanning on mail gateways. It provides a number of utilities including a flexible and scalable multi-threaded daemon, a command line scanner and advanced tool for automatic database updates. The core of the package is an anti-virus engine available in a form of shared library.
http://www.clamav.net/

4. Vulnwatch
Vulnwatch is the first open source spyware software.
http://seclists.org/vulnwatch/2005/q2/0015.html

5.Winpooch (Anti spyware and trojan protection)
Winpooch is a Windows watchdog, free and open source. Anti spyware and anti trojan, it gives a full protection against local or external attacks by scanning the activity of programs in real time. Associated with ClamWin antivirus, Winpooch keeps safe your computer against virus.
http://winpooch.free.fr/home/index.php

6. MailScanner
A Free antivirus and Antispam filter. Over 1 million downloads.
http://www.mailscanner.info/

7. SpamBayes
The SpamBayes project is working on developing a statistical (commonly, although a little inaccurately, referred to as Bayesian) anti-spam filter, initially based on the work of Paul Graham. The major difference between this and other, similar projects is the emphasis on testing newer approaches to scoring messages. While most anti-spam projects are still working with the original graham algorithm, we found that a number of alternate methods yielded a more useful response. This is documented on the background page.

SpamBayes is not a single application. The core code is a message classifier, however there are several applications available as part of the SpamBayes project which use the classifier in specific contexts. For the most part, the current crop of applications all operate on the client side of things, however, a number of people have experimented with using SpamBayes on mail servers to classify incoming mail for multiple users. The table below outlines the main applications which are part of the SpamBayes distribution.
http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/

8. SpamPal
SpamPal sits between your email program and your mailbox, checking email as it arrives. Anything identified as spam gets tagged with a special header. Configure your email client to filter anything with this header into a separate folder, and spam is simply and efficiently whisked away. You can review the folder's contents at will or simply dump the stuff unread.
www.spampal.org

Top 10 open source Windows applications

1. Mozilla Firefox (Web browser)
Fast and secure internet browser
http://mozilla.org/firefox/

2. Mozilla Thunderbird (Email client)
Mozilla’s Thunderbird 2 email application is more powerful than ever. It’s now even easier to organize, secure and customize your mail.
http://mozilla.org/thunderbird/

3. Open Office (Office suite)
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.
http://www.openoffice.org/

4. Gaim (Instant messenger)
Chat on any service you'd like - AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN, Jabber, ICQ - with this multi-platform, tabbed IM client.
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/

5. ClamWin (Antivirus)
Norton bugging you again to break out the credit card and subscribe? Uninstall! ClamWin is free anti-virus software with automatic updates and scheduled scans, no credit card required.
http://www.clamwin.com/

6. VLC Media Player (Audio/video player)
Got a video or audio file Windows Media Player or Quicktime can't play? Betcha VLC can.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

7. KeePass (Password manager)
Another app you really don't hear a lot about, but for anyone with more than 6 different passwords, KeePass is indispensable.
http://keepass.sourceforge.net/

8. Cygwin (Unix command line emulator)

That DOS command line just doesn't cut it. Wanna turn into a CLI ninja on your PC? You need Cygwin.
http://cygwin.com/

9. Eraser (Data deletion utility)
Before you donate, sell or trash your hard drive, you want to make sure there are no traces of your private data on it. Eraser uses the same algorithm the government uses to wipe your hard drive clean.
http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/

10. TrueCrypt (File encryption utility)
You've got a folder full of files you don't want anyone to access but you. Lock it (or an entire thumb drive) up with the free TrueCrypt software.
http://www.truecrypt.org/

Some references:
http://lifehacker.com/
www.clamwin.com/
http://softlabsav.softlabs.net/