There was so much positive feedback to my recent post "
20 Great Open Source Downloads" I decided to rummage through my treasures to find even
more goodies for you to use! If you missed the first installment of free downloads, here's the link:
http://ablakeforum.com/index.php/topic,1071.msg4729.html#msg4729And now... for my next 20 Awesome Open Source Downloads! ENJOY!!
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MagentoMagento is a professional open-source e-Commerce solution offering unprecedented flexibility and control. Magento is awesome, I would never believe it is an open-source project. It features clean urls and SEO from the start. Everything is designed in a clean and simple way. Magento also features unlimited flexibility, completely scalable architecture, professional and community support, and smooth integration with 3rd party apps.
Download - http://www.magentocommerce.comMacLibreMacLibre installs a pack of great open source apps and keeps them updated for you. Featured applications include: Audacity, Blender, Gimp, Inkscape, Adium, Colloquy, Cyberduck, Fire, Firefox, Nvu, Thunderbird, Vienna, HandBrake, MPlayer, VLC, AbiWord, NeoOffice, ClamXav, DesktopManager, iTerm, VirtueDesktops and X11.
Download - http://www.maclibre.com/FreeMindFreeMind is mind-mapping software written in Java. A mind map is a diagram that takes a central concept and maps words, ideas and other information around it. They are generally used for brainstorming, memorization and problem solving.
Download - http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_PageMP3GainTired of constantly adjusting the volume on your MP3 player? MP3Gain uses statistical analysis to gauge how loud songs sound in the human ear, and then modifies the volume appropriately without degrading the quality of playback. OS independent.
Download - http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/Super KarambaThis project is designed to help users with little or no programming experience develop desktop widgets. Super Karamba lets you build cool widgets such as an MP3 player, toolbars that display your favorite apps with custom icons, and Internet content widgets that display things like weather reports, headlines or sports scores.
Download - http://netdragon.sourceforge.net/ssuperkaramba.htmlVirtual DimensionThis open source project is intended to enhance the Microsoft Window Manager. By adding virtual desktops and other features that make application management easier, especially for power users with many applications open at once, Virtual Dimension promises to bring the Window Manager up to the level of the UNIX Window Manager.
Download - http://virt-dimension.sourceforge.net/XMeetingXMeeting is a powerful Mac OS X video conferencing solution, the first H.323 compatible video conferencing client for Mac OS X. In addition, XMeeting also supports the popular SIP protocol used by many VoIP applications. The client is highly compatible and has many additional features, so that it can be used for most private and business video conferencing tasks.
Download - http://xmeeting.sourceforge.net/pages/index.phpgPhoto2Digital cameras and open-source software don’t work together well. Many camera manufacturers keep their specs secret, tying them to Windows or Mac. gPhoto2 provides the bridge between digital cameras and open platforms. Supporting more than 900 cameras, gPhoto2’s features include image retrieval, USB image capture and remote control via PC.
Download - http://www.gphoto.org/QuicksilverQuicksilver lets you start applications (and do just about everything) with just a few quick clicks of your mouse. Start using Quicksilver and you won’t be able to imagine using a Mac without it.
Download - http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14831INSERTINSERT (Inside Security Rescue Toolkit) is a disaster recovery and network analysis system that runs from a CD-ROM or USB drive.
Download - http://www.inside-security.de/insert_en.htmlSquirrelMailSquirrelMail is a Webmail project written in PHP. It includes PHP support for the IMAP and SMTP protocols, while all pages render in HTML 4.0. SquirrelMail offers the typical range of email client features, including address book, folder management and SPAM filters.
Download - http://squirrelmail.org/JBidwatcherDo you spend way too much time on eBay and other auction sites? JBidwatcher won’t help you break the addiction, but it will help you to automate it. A Java-based application, JBidwatcher monitors auctions, submit bids, snipes (bids at the last moment), and otherwise tracks various auction sites.
Download - http://www.jbidwatcher.com/KeePass Password SafeKeePass Password Safe is a free, open source, light-weight and easy-to-use password manager for Windows. You can store your passwords in a highly-encrypted database, which is locked with one master password or key file.
Download - http://sourceforge.net/projects/keepassPortableAppsPortableApps is a complete collection of portable apps including a web browser, email client, office suite, calendar/scheduler, instant messaging client, antivirus, audio player, sudoku game, password manager, PDF reader, minesweeper clone, backup utility and integrated menu, all preconfigured to work portably. Just drop it on your portable device and you're ready to go.
Download - http://portableapps.com/suiteXBMC Media CenterXBMC media center is a free software cross-platform media player jukebox and entertainment hub. XBMC is capable of playing back almost all known video, audio and picture formats from a computers harddrive, DVD-ROM drive, a local-network, and the internet.
Download - http://sourceforge.net/projects/xbmcSynergyDo you have multiple PCs going at once? Then Synergy is for you. Synergy allows you to share a single mouse and keyboard among multiple computers with different operating systems. Redirecting the mouse and keyboard is as simple as moving the mouse off the edge of the screen. Synergy also merges the clipboards of all the systems into one, allowing for cut-and-paste between systems. It also synchronizes screen savers so they all start and stop together. If screen locking is enabled, only one screen requires a password to unlock them all.
Download - http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ImpressCMSImpressCMS is a community developed Content Management System for easily building and maintaining a dynamic web site. Keep your web site up to date with this easy to use, secure and flexible system. It is the ideal tool for a wide range of users: from business to community users, from large enterprises to people who want a simple, easy to use blogging tool. ImpressCMS is a powerful system that gets outstanding results!
Download - http://impresscms.org/FluxBBFluxBB is a free open source forum application designed to be fast, light and user friendly. Version 1.3 of FluxBB, currently under development, adds a powerful extension system enabling you to create the forum that you really need.
Download - http://fluxbb.org/Tine 2.0Working with Tine 2.0 is fun and eases the workaday life! Due to its enormous user acceptance it activates synergies in your whole organisation. This is achieved by providing an easy to use interface and enjoyable user experience on the basis of a stable, secure and scalable infrastructure. Tine 2.0 is an open source business collaboration software covering groupware, CRM and ERP aspects. The Server component is build as a service provider where the client run as Rich Internet Applications in the any web-browser. Tine 2.0 is mainly written in PHP and Javascript.
Download - http://www.tine20.org/LimeSurveyLimeSurvey - THE Online Survey Tool (formerly PHPSurveyor) is a PHP survey software to create online surveys. Features open/closed surveys, branching, participant administration, quotas, WYSIWYG HTML editor, email invitations & reminders, assessments, basic statistics and more.
Download - http://sourceforge.net/projects/limesurveyDo you have any favourite free or Open Source products to add to these lists? Feel free to post them here!!
I hope you all find this useful.