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Handling messages to users can be a hassle, certainly when the same module is used for command-line and in a graphical interfaces, and has to cope with internationalization at the same time; this set of modules tries to simplify this. Log::Report combines gettext features with Log::Dispatch-like features. However, you can also use this module to do only translations or only message dispatching.

Pod::Usage provides the function "pod2usage()" to print usage messages for a Perl script based on its embedded pod documentation. Pod::Usage is a subclass of Pod::PlainText. Please see the POD documentation for this module (embedded in the file "Usage.pm") for more details. The pod2usage() function is probably the most generally useful function in this entire distribution since it is useful to just about any Perl5 script that is invoked from the command-line.

For Perl 6 we've been promised a "yada yada yada" operator, which makes '...' valid syntax for "I'll fill this bit in later.", allowing the code to compile, but issue a run-time warning. But, like many of the other things that may or may not happen in Perl 6, we can already make this happen in Perl 5. All you need is to 'use Yada::Yada::Yada' and off you go ...

The ancestor of all 4x (expand/explore/exploit/exterminate) games. VMS-Empire is a simulation of a full-scale war between two emperors, the computer and you. Naturally, there is only room for one, so the object of the game is to destroy the other. The computer plays by the same rules that you do. This game is the ancestor of all the multiplayer 4X simulations out there, including Civilization and Master of Orion.

Xtic is a board game designed for the X windows environment. The game is a two-player game, although for the moment,it is only possible to play against the computer. The board is composed of 4x4 squares and 16 pieces. Each piece has four properties: black or brown, horizontal or vertical, solid or hollow, round or square. This makes up 16 possible combinations and there is exactly one piece for each possibility. This is version 1.12.

Ding is a Dictionary lookup program for X windows/Unix. It comes with a German-English Dictionary with ca. 120,000 entries. It is an offline version of the dictionary found at: <URL:http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/>. It is based on Tk version >= 8.3 and uses the agrep for searching. It has many configuration options, such as search preferences, interface language (English or German), colors. It has history and help functions and comes with useful key and mouse bindings for quick and easy lookups.

matplotlib is a python 2D plotting library which produces publication quality figures using in a variety of hardcopy formats (PNG, JPG, PS, SVG) and interactive GUI environments (WX, GTK, Tkinter) across platforms. matplotlib can be used in python scripts, interactively from the python shell (ala matlab or mathematica), in web application servers generating dynamic charts, or embedded in GTK, Tk or WX applications; see backends.

Tox is a decentralized, secure messenger with audio and video chat capabilities. You can see it as an alternative to Skype. This is only the core library. To use it, you have to install a client, like e.g. net-im/toxic, net-im/qTox or net-im/uTox. Tox isn't complete yet, but we encourage you to contribute to help make us awesome!

Skylable Sx is a reliable, fully distributed cluster solution for your data storage needs. With Sx you can aggregate the disk space available on multiple servers and merge it into a single storage system. The cluster makes sure that your data is always replicated over multiple nodes (the exact number of copies is defined by the sysadmin) and synchronized. Additionally Sx has built-in support for deduplication, client-side encryption, on-the-fly compression and much more.

Suck and blow are simple companion utilities for sending data over a TCP socket. They are easy to use and appropriate when FTP is unavailable, or too much of a hassle, e.g., in single-user mode, from within shell scripts, etc. Blow reads the data from standard input, while suck writes it to standard output. Either program may originate the TCP connection, and the TCP port may be specified if desired.