Treviño’s Tumblelog

Ieri sera (21 aprile) sono stati pubblicati i progetti accettati dal GSoC 2008, appuntamento che da ormai qualche anno permette a centinaia di sviluppatori di collaborare con le tante organizzazioni che supportano e producono software libero con l’aiuto, non solo economico, di Google.

Quest’evento è sicuramente molto importante non solo per gli studenti (che hanno una “spinta in più”) e per chi lavora attivamente ai singoli progetti, ma anche per i normali utenti che potranno godere di nuove funzionalità provenienti da questo collettivo sforzo estivo.

Ecco una lista dei progetti più interessanti dal mio personale punto di vista:

• Debian
  • Usability improvements and GTK+ GUI for Aptitude
  • Merging of configuration files during updates
  • debexpo: generic web-based Debian package repository to suit the needs of many
• Fedora
  • Non linear ogg editor/ Screencast helper
• ffmpeg
  • AAC-LC Encoder
  • Windows Media Audio Professional Decoder
  • Apple Lossless Encoder for FFmpeg
• Gallery2
  • Facebook / Flickr Style Image Region Based Tagging
• GIMP
  • Tagging of GIMP Resources
  • Improving the text-tool in GIMP
  • Search-based Menu Browsing
• GNOME
  • Google Reader Integration with Liferea
  • Add Mobile Device Synchronization to Conduit Using SyncML
  • Cheese integration into Gnome
  • Modern Download Manager for GNOME
  • Developping the VoIP features of Telepathy/Empathy with a focus on video conference, both in the backend and the interface
  • Full iPod support for Conduit
  • Tagging and Emblems on the GNOME Desktop
  • Extend Cheese with OpenGL effects
  • Integrated printer management: getting the [print] job done!
  • Integrated Media Management for GNOME
  • Record Speech as Tomboy Note
  • Using libempathy and the telepathy ‘stack’, create a stand-alone IRC client for the GNOME desktop
• GNU
  • GRUB2: USB Support
  • GRUB Fancy menu interface
• GNUmeric
  • Adding 3D plots support for Gnumeric/GOffice
• GStreamer
  • QuicktimeMP4Muxer
  • Media service to transcode video and audio in different formats
  • PiTiVi Open-Source Video Editor
  • Farsight 2: Plugins for proprietary IM protocols
• Inkscape
  • SVG Fonts
• KDE
  • A Plan for Automatic Playlists in Amarok
  • Amarok and UPnP: rediscover your music
  • Improve ISO OpenDocument support
  • Integrate Decibel into the KDE 4 environment
  • Vi-like, modal editing mode for Kate
  • Easy monitor hot-plug support in KDE
  • KDE/Plasma for small form-factor devices
  • Jingle video and voice chat in Kopete
  • Nepomuk Collection-Plugin for Amarok
  • Video frame capture device support in Phonon
  • Kobby, collaborative editor
  • Desktop Cube Effect for KWin
  • A content fetching plugin for KGet
  • KIO improvements
• Mono
  • MonoShell: A PowerShell-like object oriented shell
• Mozilla
  • Google Contacts Extension for Thunderbird
• Openmoko
  • PIM storage for the mobile world
  • OpenMoko Mail
  • Accelerometer Gestures
  • SMS middleware
  • odeviced: Open Device Daemon for FreeRunner/Neo1973 complying with freesmartphone.org specs
  • Implementation of a OpenMoko remote controller
  • Flexible answering machine
  • IM/VoIP using telepathy
  • Speech recognition facility in open moko
  • A ‘targeted’ SELinux Policy For OpenMoko
• OpenStreetMap
  • Improved GPS workflow In Java Open Street Map Editor or JOSM
  • Osmarender’s WYSIWYG GUI frontend: an hybrid web / standalone-user / developer oriented architecture approach
• Pidgin
  • YAVVA – Yet Another Voice & Video Application
  • Master password support for pidgin
  • Pidgin Theme and Interface Improvements
• Simple DirectMedia Layer
  • Force Feedback for SDL
  • Refresh pointing device support
• Rockbox
  • Rockbox as an application on a Unix based smart phone
• VideoLAN
  • Qt Improvements
  • DLNA UPnP A/V integration in VLC media player
  • Panorama Viewing
  • GUI interfaces for the browsers plug-ins
• Wine
  • Improving Wine MSXML implementation
  • Print Dialog
  • Implementing proper Control Panel support for Wine
  • DirectPlay implementation
  • Improve GDI+ Implementation
• WordPress
  • Integrate Plugin installation via web interface. #6015