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27 Aug 2022 12:30:00 -0700 - cbmfs
cbmfs - a fuse filesystem for Commodore disk images. Release 1.1 version for FUSE 3.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/cbmfs

27 Nov 2018 12:00:00 -0700 - multimidicast 1.4
multimidicast sends and receives MIDI from Alsa sequencers over network. The current version fixes network receive buffers.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/multimidicast

6 Mar 2018 06:00:00 -0700 - qtpod 1.2
qtpod - a gui for Line6 POD 2.0 and POD Pro. Released version 1.2 which supports build with QT4.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/qtpod

21 Jul 2017 08:00:00 -0700 - New version of dns_inc_serial
A new version of the dns_inc_serial program is available. This program will update the serial number of bind zones. It comes with a shell script to automate reloading the zone after you've updated it.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/#dns_inc_serial

14 Aug 2017 11:00:00 -0700 - dechexoctbin
Updated dechexoctbin to allow single quote (') separators, so they are compatible with C++14 integer literals.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/#dechexoctbin

8 Jun 2017 10:30:00 -0700 - New SID tools
Added two perl programs to convert SID files from the High Voltage SID Collection into MP3 format.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/#top100

11 Feb 2016 10:30:00 -0700 - New version of makedepend
Makedepend is a port of the program supplied with X11 distributions of the same name, but slightly tweaked to be compiled outside the X11 source tree and usable with Windows and UN*X.
https://llg.cubic.org/docs/vc7.html#makedepend

15 Nov 2015 15:00:00 -0700 - csv2iif.pl
Third release of our PayPal transaction conversion programs. This release adds the new programs paypal2ifx1.pl and paypal2qif.pl
https://llg.cubic.org/csv2iif/

29 Dec 2014 01:00:00 -0800 - few
First announcement of the few program, which is a file viewer with interactive regular expressions.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/few/

21 Jan 2014 16:30:00 -0700 - JUnit XML reporting file format
A description of the JUnit XML file format as used by Jenkins.
https://llg.cubic.org/docs/junit/

29 Sep 2012 00:55:00 -0700 - Message Digest Aggregate Functions for PostgreSQL
Updated release of the Message Digest Aggregate Functions for PostgreSQL to build on OsX and Solaris.
https://llg.cubic.org/pg-mdagg/

4 Jul 2012 23:45:00 -0700 - c++int
Released the first version of c++int, a shebang wrapper to execute C++ code.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/c++int/

17 Mar 2011 12:15:00 -0700 - C++ - erase from a map/set in a loop
Published an article which describes Dirk's preferred style to erase from STL associative containers in a loop when iterating over the container.
https://llg.cubic.org/docs/stlerase.html

27 Nov 2010 13:30:00 -0800 - Canon Lide 25 scan script
Released a Linux shell script to scan from the Canon Lide 25 USB scanner.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/#canonLide25

8 Feb 2010 18:30:00 -0700 - rndls
Third release of rndls with better random distribution.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/#rndls

27 Jan 2010 13:18:00 -0800 - ext3/vfat creation script
Two simple scripts to conveniently create ext3 and VFAT file systems on Linux.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/#ext3create

27 Jan 2010 13:12:00 -0800 - wavinfo
wavinfo is a small tool to print the headers of a .wav file. This release compiles with current GCC compilers.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/#wavinfo

18 Jan 2010 20:30:00 -0800 - IMAP backup with fetchmail
A text showing how to backup IMAP folders/mailboxes to your local machine in mbox format, with the help of fetchmail.
https://llg.cubic.org/docs/imapbackup.html

30 Dec 2009 14:20:00 -0800 - CVS Repository MD5 File Checks
New release of our CVS Repository MD5 File Checks program.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/cvsmd5.html

30 Dec 2009 03:50:00 -0800 - recursive add/commit for CVS
A shell script to add files and directories recursively to a checked-out CVS directory.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/#cvsadd

31 Jul 2009 18:27:33 -0700 - VMware kernel configurations
Started a webpage to collect kernel configurations for VMware guest setups.
https://llg.cubic.org/docs/vmware/

08 Jul 2009 02:23:00 -0700 - Unified command line handling for CVS, SVN, GIT
A shell script to unify some commonly used version control commands for the stressed developer who works with multiple version control systems.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/#vc

22 Jun 2009 00:24:00 -0700 - buildapache2
Our favourite tool to compile the Apache HTTP server and some modules now supports Apache 2.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/#buildapache

6 Jan 2009 04:00:00 -0800 - trycatch C exception/signal handling library
First public release of the trycatch library. It simplifies signal handling of UN*X/Posix signals with C/C++ and provides custom exception handling similar to C++'s try/catch blocks for the C language.
https://llg.cubic.org/trycatch/

9 Oct 2008 16:30:00 -0700 - linux setproctitle library
An enhanced version of the linux setproctitle library which implements the function call of the same name.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/#setproctitle

9 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0700 - Sony RM-X1S infra-red conversion
A description how to convert a Sony RM-X1S car radio remote control to a full featured infra-red remote control.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/sonyrm/rm-x1s.html

23 Jun 2008 18:00:00 -0700 - cmi
a shell script to aid configuring, makeing, installing program from source. Now with Makefile.PL support to install perl programs or libs.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/#cmi

12 May 2008 18:00:00 -0700 - PostgreSQL replication
The initial release of our asynchronous multi-master replication system for PostgreSQL.
https://llg.cubic.org/pg_trompe

25 Apr 2008 16:41:00 -0700 - Apache 1.3.41 compilation
A shell script to compile Apache 1.3.41, modperl 1.30, Embperl 1.3.6, mod_ssl 2.8.31, mod_gzip 1.3.26 and PHP 5.2.5 from sources.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/#buildapache

8 Jan 2008 14:01:02 +0200 - scsiadd 1.96
scsiadd lets you add and remove scsi devices from a linux system.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/index.html#scsiadd

16 Oct 2007 12:50:00 -0800 - HP SK-2960 multimedia keyboard and linux/X11
Description how to set up the hp sk-2960 multimedia keyboard with linux and X11.
https://llg.cubic.org/docs/sk2960.html

28 Sep 2007 15:30:00 +0200 - new release of mp3recode.pl
mp3recode is a perl program to encode audio files into mp3 format. If can encode from different filetypes, like mp3, ogg, wav, wma.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/#mp3recode

14 Sep 2007 22:30:00 +0200 - DMX4Linux 2.6 released
DMX4Linux is a driver and software collection for lighting. This is the first release for the Linux 2.6 kernel series.
https://llg.cubic.org/dmx4linux

22 Jun 2007 12:30:00 +0200 - connect() wrapper library
Initial version of the socket connect() wrapper library, which can set a arbitraty timeout for socket connects.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/connect_wrapper/

21 Jun 2007 13:09:00 +0200 - killcr
Released the latest version of killcr with more default extensions.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/#killcr

26 Jul 2006 21:00:00 +0200 - Generic audio handler for Mozilla Applications
A patch to the mozilla source codes to play back audio via any command line audio player.
https://llg.cubic.org/patches/mozillaaudio/

23 Jul 2006 16:20:00 +0200 - Empty A4 sheets for music
4 different (empty) sheets in A4 format to notate your musical ideas are available.
https://llg.cubic.org/docs/sheets

23 May 2006 18:45:00 +0200 - fixreaw.pl
A small procmail filter written in perl to fix endless cascades of "Re:" strings in your email subjects.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/#fixreaw

05 May 2006 22:30:00 +0200 - Sony RM-X2S XMMS driver
A XMMS plugin, which lets you control XMMS with a Sony RM-X2S control joystick. Released version 1.3
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/sonyrm

03 Mar 2006 21:15:00 +0100 - openurl
This script will open a URL or file in an already running instance of mozilla or similar browsers. Now starts a new browser if no running instance was found.
https://llg.cubic.org/docs/mozilla.html#openurl

23 Feb 2006 19:36:00 +0100 - audiowrapperplugin
A new version of my audio plugin wrapper for mozplugger was released which improves calling xmms and audacious.
https://llg.cubic.org/docs/mozilla.html#audiowrapper

27 Jan 2006 00:33:00 +0100 - htmltable2latex.pm
A perl module to convert html tables to LaTeX code.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/htmltable2latex.html

25 Jan 2006 10:00:00 +0100 - Character entity to LaTeX conversion
A perl module to convert ISO/XML/HTML character entities to LaTeX code.
https://llg.cubic.org/docs/ent2latex.html

5 Dec 2005 23:00:00 +0100 - pas2ps
pas2ps is a pascal to postscript compiler.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/pas2ps

5 Dec 2005 19:00:00 +0100 - wavshaper
wavshaper amplifies a .wav file according to the siluette read from an image file.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/wavshaper

2 Dec 2005 18:11:00 +0100 - truncate
A new version of our truncate tool, which truncates/expands files to a specific size. Filesizes now can be greater than 2G.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/#truncate

1 Dec 2005 01:00:00 +0100 - Cisco XML services
We announced some xml services for Cisco VoIP phones.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/cisco.html

17 Nov 2005 18:00:00 +0100 - Gnome 2.12 compilation
A shell script to compile Gnome 2.12 from sources.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/#gnomecomp

17 Nov 2005 00:36:00 +0100 - sample2ps tools
The sample2ps tools are three programs which draw graphic representations of samples as postscript.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/sample2ps

27 Jul 2005 21:51:00 +0300 - Perl like regular expressions for SQLite3
A function to add support for perl5 like regular expressions for SQLite3.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/#sqlite3pcre

13 Jul 2005 11:05:00 +0300 - German keymap for QT/Embedded
New version of the patch for QT/Embedded which provides a german keyboard mapping.
https://llg.cubic.org/patches/qtegerman.html

5 Jul 2005 03:40:00 +0300 - t64dump - a c64 tape archive dumper
t64dump will dump all files contained in a t64 file. Optionally it can convert the t64 into a d64 image.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/#t64dump

19 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0300 - Cisco Image (cip) converter
pgm2cip will convert grayscale images into cisco's cip format
https://llg.cubic.org/tools#pgm2cip

21 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0200 - beeper
beeper is a shell script which will beep every second
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/index.html#beeper

9 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0200 - New script mount.nrg
mount.nrg will mount Nero Burning ROM images as iso9660 volumes on linux.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/index.html#mountnrg

22 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0200 - new dojstream release
dojstream is a c++ iostream library intended for systems which do not ship a iostream library by default.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/dojstream/

14 May 2004 00:00:00 +0200 - m3u / pls conversion
Two perl scripts to convert between m3u ans pls playlists.
https://llg.cubic.org/tools/#m3upls

14 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0200 - Booten eines Linux-Kernels mittels des VxWorks Bootloaders
Gegenstand dieser Studienarbeit ist ein ARM-basierter Rechner der Firma ADS. Es handelt sich dabei um den ADS-Graphics Client Plus. Dieser Rechner verfuegt ueber einen Bootloader, der in der Lage ist, einen VxWorks-Kernel zu laden. Ziel dieser Studienarbeit ist es, dieses Board in die Lage zu versetzen, einen Linux-Kernel zu laden, ohne dass etwas an der Hardware oder der Firmware des Systems veraendert wird. Die Aufgabe besteht darin, den Linux-Kernel derart anzupassen, dass er von einem VxWorks-Bootloader geladen und gestartet werden kann, und ihn derart zu konfigurieren, dass er sein Netzwerk-Interface mittels BOOTP oder DHCP konfiguriert und sein Root-Filesystem ueber NFS mounted.
https://llg.cubic.org/docs/vxworkslinux.html

7 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0200 - RSS News feed for LLG
The news section is now feed via an rss news feed. Use https://llg.cubic.org/news.xml in your feed reader.
https://llg.cubic.org

5 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0200 - XFree86 compilation guide
A guide how to compile and install your own/new version of XFree86 avoiding many pitfalls with bad font libraries.
https://llg.cubic.org/docs/xfree86.html

19 Mar 2004 00:00:00 +0200 - XFree86 Configuration for 7 Button USB Mouse
We have published a description how to use a 7 button usb mouse with XFree86.
https://llg.cubic.org/docs/mouse.html

19 Mar 2004 00:00:00 +0200 - Design and Evolution of Lighting Protocols
We have published a new document describing early lighting protocols used by Siemens which have similarities with today DMX.
https://llg.cubic.org/docs/evolution

15 Feb 2004 00:00:00 +0200 - Linux 2.6 driver for LED project
The Linux 2.6.x series drivers for our LED project are available.
https://llg.cubic.org/led

1 Feb 2004 00:00:00 +0200 - Linux 2.6 driver for Catweasel
The Catweasel Linux driver for the 2.6.x series are released.
https://llg.cubic.org/cw

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