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The Free Software Bazaar: where people pay for free software development

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 6, 1998

Submitted to c.o.l.a. by Axel Boldt.

Bounties are currently being offered for the following
projects:

* Reverse engineer the ICA protocol
* Write a Linux WYSIWYG hebrew text editor
* Make leafnode run faster
* X11 client for the RDP protocol
* FreeBSD driver for the General Instruments SB1000 Surfboard cable
  modem
* Enhance LinCity to allow for multiplayer games
* Patch pine to allow for saved impap password
* XFree GLX drivers for various video cards
* Extend standard LaTeX2e document classes to allow for more layout
  flexibility
* Patch mozilla to suppress banner ads
* Patch emacs to allow for dynamically linked binary modules
* Enhance gIDE
* Port Linux to the Mac IIfx
* GTK theme with OpenLook look and feel
* Linux driver for IBM ServeRAID SCSI Adapter
* Port Wolfenstein to Linux
* FreeBSD driver for Parallel Port Syquest SparQ1.0GB drives
* Implement a report writing package
* Linux program similar to Impulse Tracker for DOS
* Patch the screen program to allow for multiple windows per screen
* Clone of "Allaire Cold-Fusion 4.0" for Linux
* Enhance killustrator to import/export DXF files
* Typing tutor game for kids
* Free replacement for the QT library

Visit the Free
Software Bazaar
.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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