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"GNU ed is a line-oriented text editor. It is used to create, display, modify and otherwise manipulate text files, both interactively and via shell scripts. A restricted version of ed, red, can only edit files in the current directory and cannot execute shell commands. Ed is the "standard" text editor in the sense that it is the original editor for Unix, and thus widely available.
"The version Amaya 11.1 is now available.The main reason of that release is to fix buffer overflows that might be exploited by remote attackers ..." -- NB: Amaya is free software licensed under the
"I am pleased to announce the new version of GNUbik. GNUbik is a 3D single player game, which renders a cube similar to the traditional "Rubik Cube" and invites the player to solve it..."
"Emacs is a text editor which is far more powerful than most of its users realize. It can be (1) customized extensively to suit one's needs, (2) automated to save time and reduce tedium, and (3) extended to do virtually anything.
"Gnu FreeFont is a free family of scalable outline fonts, suitable for general use on computers and for desktop publishing. It is Unicode-encoded for compatability with all modern operating systems..." -- via http://www.gnu.org/software/freefont/ --
"Following the release of Plumi 0.2.2 last month, EngageMedia’s tech team is pleased to announce the release of a new version of its video-sharing application, Plumi 0.2.3 [...] Further down the track we will be exploring Firefogg integration (ogg transcoding / publishing via Firefox to Plumi), BitTorrent and many other exciting improvem
"The greatest single thing about Emacs is it's extensibility. If you think Emacs is missing something, or don't like how something works, you can change it. But that's true of any free software.