OPEN SOURCE RESOURCES

# OPEN SOURCE RESOURCES

The OpenCD Project
www.theopencd.org

The Free/Open Source Research Community
http://opensource.mit.edu/online_papers.php

Open SOurces: Voices from the Open Source Revolution
www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensource/book/toc.html

Stable, Open SOurce Apps - Discussion forum Open

Source & Linux
www.osdir.com

The Open Directory Project(ODP)
Also called: (DMOZ - Directory Mozilla)
http://dmoz.org/Computers/Open_Source


"The OSSwin project : Open Source for Windows!" A

MUST TO VISIT SITE
http://osswin.sourceforge.net

Tim O'Reilly's Articles
http://tim.oreilly.com/opensource/index.csp


For Web Authoring (New View, No Dreamweaver)
www.nvu.com/index.php


A list of best FOSS for windows
www.opensourcewindows.org

Open Source Gaming
http://osgaming.net/modules/news

DesktopLinux.com
www.desktoplinux.com

Producing OSS book
http://producingoss.com

Writing on Open Source Hardware
www.opencollector.org/Whyfree


Shifting to LINUX, Start Here
http://freshmeat.net


Google Open Source Directory
www.google.com/Top/Computers/Open_Source

FUN STUFFS

# FUN STUFFS

Games

TORCS
The Open Source Car Simulator
http://torcs.sourceforge.net

FreeCol
(Clone of Colonization game)
www.freecol.com

Super Maryo Chronicles (rel Super Mario)
www.secretmaryo.org

DESKTOP BOOSTERS

Karsten Slide Show (KSS) (Try out)
Windows platform
http://karsten.sourceforge.net

Vital Desktop
(Turn Screen saver into Wallpaper)
http://vital-desktop.sourceforge.net

Daves AV Screensaver
http://sourceforge.net/projects/daves-av-ss

Virtual Dimension
http://virt-dimension.sourceforge.net


Launchy (u can say Open Google Desktop) (windows)
www.launchy.net


Data Crow (to record ur personal data) (windows)
www.datacrow.net

aTunes 1.1 (iTuners try this) (windows)
http://atunes.sourceforge.net

Album List for Winamp (A plugin for winamp)(windows)
http://albumlist.sourceforge.net

EDUCATIONAL TOOLS

# EDUCATIONAL TOOLS

Celestia
www.shatters.net/celestia/download.html

Euler (I prefer)
http://mathsrv.ku-

eichstaett.de/MGF/homes/grothmann/euler/Download/eul

er95i.exe

Fractint
http://spanky.triumf.ca/pub/fractals/programs/ibmpc/

windows/winf1821.zip

Fractal Information
www.cs.wisc.edu/~ergreen/honors_thesis/fractal.html


GCompris (for Children)
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?

group_id=6865&package_id=183403&release_id=449233

GeoGebra
www.geogebra.at/download/InstData/Windows/NoVM/geoge

bra_setup.exe


HNSKY (No Telescope required)
Hallo Northern Sky
www.hnsky.org/software.htm#hnsky


KSEG (Geometric Construction)
www.mit.edu/~ibaran/kseg-0.401.zip


Logisim (JAVA Based)
Logic Circuits Simulator
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?

group_id=143273&package_id=168171&release_id=424211


Stellarium (Your Binocular, your eye - see the

planets)
www.stellarium.org


TypeFaster (Touch Type - a fix key for a fix finger)
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/typefaster/TypeFa

sterv0.4.2-install.exe?download

SECURITY

# SECURITY


Anti-Virus

CalmWin AntiVirus
CalmAV
www.calmwin.com/content/view/18/46

Anyi-Spyware

Winpooch Watchdog
http://winpooch.free.fr/page/home.php?

lang=en&page=home
(Coded in C)


RootKits Hunters
Info: http://en.wikipeaid.org/wiki/Rootkits
Hunter: http://sourceforge.net/projects/rkhunter


Ad-blockers & Popup Eliminators

PopUp Killer (For Windows)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/puk


AKiller (Windows)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/akiller


Spam and Phishing tools

Spamato (JAVA based)
www.spamato.net
(JRE required)


Anti Phishing (attacks from social engineering site)

Open Phishing Database Project
http://opdb.berlios.de

SpoofStick
www.spoofstick.com

SpoofGuard
http://crypto.standford.edu/SpoofGuard




Firewalls


WIPFW
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wipfw (Shell)
http://wipfw.sourceforge.net/doc.html (QT Firewall -

GUI)

Firewall PAPI/FHK
www.txakynetwork.com/pages/downloads.htm

iSafer Winsock Firewall
http://winsockfirewall.sourceforge.net

Firestarter
http://www.fs-security.com

Wiki(A modifiable web page) Engines

Wiki(A modifiable web page) Engines


MoinMoin
http://oinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de
(written in Python)


WikiWikiWeb
www.c2.com/cgi/wiki
(first wiki in Perl)

Zwiki
www.zwiki.org


FlexWiki
www.flexwiki.com

WEB Servers

WEB Servers

Apache Web Server
www.apache.org
(80% of Present WEB runs on it)


Cherokee Web Server
www.0x50.org

OpenOffice.Org

OpenOffice.Org
- Base : Database Manipulator
- Calc : Spreadsheets
- Draw : Graphics
- Impress : Presentation
- Math : Mathematical Equations
- Writer : Word Processor

Networking and the Internet Tools

Networking and the Internet Tools


Web Browsers


Mozilla FireFox
www.mozilla.com/firefox

FireFox Themes
https://addons.mozilla.org/mozilla/themes
http://themes.mozdev.org
http://themse.freshmeat.net


Amaya (Web Editor plus a browser)
www.w3.org/Amaya


GhostZilla - interesting to test
www.ghostzilla.com

Konqueror
www.konqueror.org
(File Manager, Viewer Plus a Web Browser)

K-Meleon (Very Light)
http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net
http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/download.php


Browser Add-Ons
eg. extra toolbars


McAfee SiteAdviser Plug-In for FireFox
www.siteadvisor.com/download/ff_preinstall.html

Stumble Upon
(Get what u want, always while surfing)
www.stumbleupon.com

Mouse Gestures
http://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/39
(Control Page Back and Forward with mouse)



IM - Instant Messaging

Miranda Instant Messenger
www.miranda-im.org


Gaim
http://gaim.sourceforge.net
(All in one)



FTP Clients:


FileZilla
http://filezilla.sourceforge.net
(FTP, SFTP, FTPS - Secure FTP i.e Over SSL/TLS)
DN: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?

group_id=21558


gFTP
http://gftp.seul.org
(to know everything betn file transfer)


Secure FTP
http://secureftp.glub.com

CyberDuck
http://cyberduck.ch
(for MAC)





Mail Clients

Mozilla Thunderbird
www.mozilla.com/thunderbird

Novell Evolution
www.novel.com/products/desktop/features/evolution.ht

ml


PhpGmailDrive (PGD) (Total size of PHP Script 100KB)
http://pgd.sourceforge.net
(PHP written to Share Gmail file Attachment)

Daffodil Organizer
www.daffodildb.com/daffodil-organizer.html
(JVM required, uses RDBMS)



RSS Readers

RSS Bandit
www.rssbandit.org

RSSOwl
www.rssowl.org


RSS Feed Generators

ListGarden
www.softwaregarden.com/products/listgarden
http://127.0.0.1:6555

AgileRss
www.agilerss.com



Network Analysis Tools


Ethereal
www.etheral.com
(analyses N/w packets)

SNMPStat
http://snmpstat.sourceforge.net


WEB Authoring

NVU
www.nvu.com

Bluefish
http://bluefish.openoffice.nl

Present Open Source Projects List

Present Open Source Projects List:
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System (Backup tool)
http://areca.sourceforge.net


Personal Information Managers(PIMs)

Nomad PIM
http://www.nomadpim.org

Mozilla Sunbird (Calender Manager)
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calender/sunbird

Aethera
http://www.thekompany.com/projects/aethera
PIM +Email Client



Collaboration Tools - Check Once


Zimbra
http://www.zimbra.com

Egroupware
http://www.egroupware.org



Project Management Tools


OpenWorkbench
http://www.openworkbench.org

Achievo
http://www.achievo.org

GanttPV
http://www.pureviolet.net/ganttpv


Accounting Tools


Grisbi
http://www.grisbi.org


TurboCash
http://www.turbocashuk.com

CD/DVD Writing and Password Management

Present Open Source Projects List:
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#CD/DVD Writing

Burn At Once
http://burnatonce.net

Burrrn
www.burrrn.net


#Password Management

KeePass Password Safe
http://keepass.sourceforge.net

Password Safe
www.schneier.com/passsafe.html

Universal Password Manager
http://sourceforge.net/projects/upm

KeePassX
http://keepassx.sourceforge.net

Password Maker
http://passwordmaker.org

OFFICE TOOLS - DOC, PDF...

Present Open Source Projects List:
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#OFFICE TOOLS

Word Processors

Abiword
http://www.abisource.com
I prefer it, i say it's light weight.

Lyx - Document Processor
http://www.lyx.org


Spreadsheets

Gnumeric
http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric
(Excel +154 features)


PDF Tools
(Portable Digital Format)
-device independent
-cross platform

PDFCreator
http://www.pdfforge.org
(Print as PDF)

Doc2pdf
http://doc2pdf.sourceforge.net
(MS-office attachment in inbox - converted into PDF)

GhostWord
http://ghostword.sourceforge.net

Compression

Present Open Source Projects List:
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#Compression

BZip2
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/bzip2.htm

ZipGenius
www.zipgenius.it

7-Zip
www.7-zip.org

Benchmarking Tools

Present Open Source Projects List:
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#Benchmarking Tools
(To determine the BEST)

Memtest86
www.memtest85.com
to test RAM

Prime95
www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm
to test PC hardware (Option->Torture Test)

SystemTap GUI
http://sourceware.org/systemtap

System Tools

Present Open Source Projects List:
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# System Tools

Disk/Partition Management:

TestDisk - recovers llost partitions, repairs non-

booting OS
www.cgsecurity.org/testdisk.html
(DOS Version)

Partition Logic
http://partitionlogic.org.uk

GParted
http://gparted.sourceforge.net

VIDEO

#VIDEO

Players

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack (Bundle of video codecs)

Media Player Classic (MPC)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli

VLC Media Player
http://www.videolan.org


Video Encoder (changing compression format of video

stream):

Media Coder(MC) (Anything to Anything)
http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net

DVDx 2.5 (DVD encoder)
www.labdv.com/dvdx/index.php

Dr DivX - To DivX(AVI)
http://sourceforge.net/project/drdivx/

DVD Flick (DVD5 3.5GB and DVD9 8GB Creator)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvdflick


Video Editors:

VirtualDub(VD) - for AVI files
www.virtualdub.org



# 2D Graphics

InkScape
Editor SVG (Scalable Vecotr Graphics) w3c's standard

XML format for vector graphics in WEB
(Alternative to Adobe Illustrator or CorelDraw)
www.inkscape.org

Dia (Flocharting tool)
Alternate to VISIO
www.gnome.org/project/dia

SodiPodi
SVG editor for web graphics
www.sodipodi.com

The GIMP (GNU Image Manupulation Program)
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html

# 2D Animation Tools

UIRA (UIRA Isn't a Recursive Acronym)
www.uira.org

Synfig
www.synfig.com

KToon
(Linux Version)

# 3D Graphics

Blender (Excellent Open Source Tool Ever)
www.blender.org

Wings 3D
www.wings3d.com

FREE!Ship
www.freeship.org

POV-Ray (the Persistence of Vision Raytracer)
for retracing 3D scenes not modelling
Uses SDL (Scene Description Language)
www.povray.org
http://mysite.verizon.net/sfg0000/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/yaprm

Open AUDIO

Present Open Source Projects List:
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#Open AUDIO

Audio Formats and Codecs

Ogg Vorbis:
www.vorbis.com

FLAC
flac.sourceforge.net

LAME (LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder)
lame.sourceforge.net
www.mp3dev.org

Speex (for Speech Compression)
www.speex.org

Players

Mplayer
www.mplayerhq.hu

Mplayer Themes
http://themes.freshmeat.net/search/?q=mplayer§ion=projects

Zinf (Audio Player)
www.zinf.org

VLC Media Player (VideoLAN Client)
www.videolan.org

Audio Editors

Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net

dyne:bolic (An entire Linux distro for multimedia enthusiasts)
www.dynebolic.org
http://dynebolic.org/manual/x152.htm

Free Open Source Software or FOSS

Before the Start:

Paid Software: a software that is bought for a fee
Free software: software that is available free of cost, also called as freeware

source code: the human readable text that is written in the syntax of the programming language and consosts of the logic and commands of the program.

compiler: a program that prepares a soirce code and converts it into machine readable form

binary/executable: this is created ftom the source code by compiling it. in this form the program cannot be read by humans.

open source: software whose source code is not available

Proprietary software: this would obviously mean a software that has a proprietor. But the term is usually used for paid, closed-source software. we shall continue in the same vein. the opposite would be free open source software or FOSS.

Commercial Software: commercial softwares means softwares used in commercial enterprises. But the term is also used for closed source, paid softwares. Non commercial softwares usually applies to softwares used for not for profit purpose and personal use.

Software vendors: refers to the software creatoes/owner and sellers.


Open Source movements:
OSS (Open Source Softwares) Vs PS (Proprietaary Softwares)
Richard Stallman (the Xerox Printer Story)
Linus Torvalds (MSc Thesis, Linux : A Portable OS)
Open SOurce Initiative, By Eric Raymond and Bruce Perens
GNU - "GNU's Not UNIX"
GPL - General Public Licence

"free" is "freedom of choice - use, modify and distribute" but not exactly "free of cost". Considerable charge can be taken...

Linux is OSS but UNIX is PS.


X11 or X Windows (PS) but when accepted with OSL (Open Source License liberals) later became free as Xfree86

SUGGESTION:
Slowly Shift towards the OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARES and OSes..
Better start with the Application you use...

PS OSS
Office Application MS- OFFICE OpenOffice.Org
Graphics Editor Adobe Photoshop The GIMP
Vector Graphics Corel Draw InkScape
Media Player WMP, Winamp, Power DVD Media Player Classic, VLC


Refer:
SourceForge.Net
http://www.sourceforge.net