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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. | + | 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. Most of these programs and tools are cross-platform, meaning they can be installed on MS Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. All links below point to external websites. |
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Revision as of 22:12, 16 January 2007
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. Most of these programs and tools are cross-platform, meaning they can be installed on MS Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. All links below point to external websites.
- See screenshots at the bottom of the page
Contents
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
- Xara Xtreme - 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
- Evolution - personal information manager
- Apache webserver - web server
- BitTorrent - distributed file-sharing
- Mozilla Foundation
- Mozilla Firefox - web browser
- Mozilla Thunderbird - mail client
- NVU - HTML composer
- Sendmail - email transfer agent
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
- Audacity - digital audio editor
- FreeMind - mind mapping software
- K3b - CD and DVD authoring application for Linux
- 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
