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A list of good quality and useful [[free and open-source software]]. There is plenty of other high quality open-source software out there, this list is an introductory sample for those who are new to it. Many of these programs and tools are cross-platform, meaning they can be installed on MS Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
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A list of good quality [[free and open-source software]]. There is plenty of other high quality open-source software out there, this list is an introductory sample for those who are new to it. Many of these programs and tools are cross-platform, meaning they can be installed on MS Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
  
 
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Revision as of 02:00, 15 January 2007

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A list of good quality free and open-source software. There is plenty of other high quality open-source software out there, this list is an introductory sample for those who are new to it. Many of these programs and tools are cross-platform, meaning they can be installed on MS Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

See also screenshots at the bottom of the page
Links below are external to this website

Operating systems and Desktop environments

  • Linux - Operating system kernel
  • Ubuntu Linux - Linux distribution with full compliment of software for everyday use
  • BSD - Operating system
  • Darwin - The core of Apple's Mac OS X operating system
  • GNOME desktop environment for Linux
  • KDE desktop environment for Linux

Graphics and multimedia

  • GIMP - Bitmap graphics editor, similar to Adobe Photoshop
  • Inkscape - Vector graphics editor
  • VNC - cross-platform remote desktop utility. For example it enables a Mac to control a Windows or a Linux PC (or vice-versa)
  • Blender - Advanced 3D modelling and rendering application. Gallery
  • Art of Illusion - Java-based 3D modelling and rendering application with an intuitive user interface. Gallery
  • VideoLAN - cross-platform media player capable of playing most video filetypes
  • Democracy player - cross-platform media player that can automatically download videos from RSS-based "channels" and play videos sequentially from a playlist
  • Songbird - similar to iTunes with built-in browser. Screencast

Office software

  • OpenOffice - office productivity software. Comparable to Microsoft Office. As well as having using an open file format it can read and write Microsoft Office files
  • KOffice - office suite for KDE desktop (Unix / Linux)
  • AbiWord - word processor

Internet related software

Other

  • MediaWiki - wiki content management software. This website is powered by MediaWiki
  • Celestia realtime space simulation software. For an overview of what it can do select 'Run demo' from the 'Help' menu. See also Celestia gallery for some screenshots
  • NASA worldwind - virtual Earth software

Programming related

  • Eclipse - software framework and Java IDE
  • GTK - Popular widget toolkit for the X Window System, for creating graphical user interfaces
  • QT toolkit - cross-platform application development framework
  • KDevelop - Programming IDE for Linux / Unix
  • PHP - server-side programming language
  • PERL - Dynamic programming language
  • Python - programming language
  • GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)
  • MySQL - Database management system
  • Java - Programming language

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