Entries from MediaBin tagged with 'OSS'
Gnu Privacy Guard: gnuPG
Have you studied encryption? Do you occasionally need to send "private conversations," to friends? GNU's Privacy Guard is the ticket. It's free. Works on any platform. Only problem may be setup, learning the way to use it, and "getting a...
Gnumeric for Windows
Have you heard of Gnumeric? No, it isn't about Microsoft or Excel. It is about freedom. There was a time, a Spread Sheet had nothing to do with MS Excel, remember Lotus, Quattro Pro, and Wingz? = Use something different,...
GnuCash
Need an open Checkbook program? Can't find your Microsoft Money. Don't want to hook-up with Quicken. Want some time, to try things out, before spending your cold hard cash? Give GnuCash a try. GnuCash is personal and small-business financial-accounting software,...
Photoshop with GIMP
Have you heard of Gimpshop. What is it? Why use it? Once, again, it is free. Uses the GIMP - Photo Editor. Also free. The interface is tailored very similar, not identical though, to Photoshop's Menu Layout. If you want...
Build a Home Cluster
Take an Ikea Helmer steel cabinet for $40, and turn it into a massive Beowolf cabinet. Freelance animator Janne needed a cheap way to do a whole lot of CPU-intensive 3D rendering, so he built a Linux cluster into an...
Open Office v3.0 New Release
Open Office has a new release with even more extras and still free. Download OpenOffice or just go to the download page, and wait till it notices your OS, and prompts to save the package for you. What is improved...
GIMP Photo Editor
Counting down my list of useful and free software, we have finally arrived on the Gimp. An impressive graphics editing / creation application, all free and open source, multi-platform, too. = Capabilities: extensible, advanced graphics manipulation, painting & effects, plug-ins,...
Ghostscript, GSview
What is Ghostscript? Why use Ghostscript? = It is free and an open suite of software for making, printing, displaying, and sharing the Portable Document Format (PDF) and PostScript (page description) languages. = If you "truly want" your writing to...
Google's Chrome
Google just announced their new browser - Chrome. Google Chrome (BETA) for Windows Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. Why use it? First, I never...
Next: GanttPV
Another angle on Gannt Charts, GanntPV. = This requires a server, includes the client, and "allows web reports" from the server, too. Simple Software for Project Management GanttPV is named for a report that has become almost synonymous with project...
GanttProject
Plan and collect Progress Reports in Gannt charts. Some businesses live by these. Assuming your milestones aren't broken and solutions are timely, in finding. The way the big boys, do it. GanttProject is a free and easy to use Gantt...
Thunderbird: Pull Down Email
Thunderbird is a great email client. If you are "inclined" to download your email, off your server?, as I do. There is a special setting, you need to know about. Description of Thunderbird Keep Your Vital Information Organized Secure and...
Pidgin: IM Client
An Instant Messaging Client, originally based on AOL's IM protocol, now supports most anything. Unless, you are locked into MS Messenger, Yahoo IMsger, AOL's too? Try at "free open sourced" versioned Instant Messenger. Pidgin is a multi-protocol Instant Messaging client...
FullSync
FullSync: Publishing, Backup, Synchronization FullSync is a universal file synchronization and backup tool which is highly customizable and expandable. It is especially for developers, but the basic functionality is easy enough for everyone. This will only work in a network...
Freemind
Indispensible, try-it, think it, read Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals (Robert Pirsig) + Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert Pirsig). FreeMind - free mind mapping software Authors Of Freemind Releases: Jörg Müller Daniel Polansky Petr Novak Dimitri Polivaev...
FlashDevelop
Need an ActionScript web development system? Summary FlashDevelop is a popular open source ActionScript 2/3 and web development environment. FlashDevelop seemlessly integrates with Adobe Flash IDE, Adobe Flex SDK, Mtasc, Haxe and Swfmill. Main Features AS3 Project management with seamless...
Firefox Release 3
Web Browers: Firefox = Highly highly recommended, your number one way, to stay very secure on the Internet, 'nough said. Welcome to the Cutting Edge The Web is all about innovation, and Firefox 3 sets the pace with dozens of...
Firebug: Firefox Extension
Need to debug your web pages? (CSS, JavaScript, HTML, or Ajax) Learn about Firebug, also free! FireBug lets you explore the far corners of the DOM by keyboard or mouse. All of the tools you need to poke, prod, and...
Firebird SQL
Another (one of the few!) open sourced SQL DB implementations, out there. Firebird is a relational database offering many ANSI SQL standard features that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms. Firebird offers excellent concurrency, high performance,...
FileZilla FTP
Think I have mentioned this before. However, I'll say it again. = Best Free FTP (for Windows) file utility out there. Plus, "even if" you are considering purchase of a FTP program. Don't! Unless, their is a company order, or...
Wireshark
Looking for a packet sniffer? Need to check out your network. Wondering, what is happening on your local VPN? Check out Wireshark. (Previously named Ethereal.) Just put you network card into promiscuous mode. Wireshark is the world's foremost network protocol...
Eraser
Need to clean your hard drive, before tossing it, or selling? Better wipe it clean. Best way is to use a secure data removal tool. True, formatting utterly several times, is almost just as good. Though, you really need something...
Vi, Vim, Gvim, Ed: Which Editor?
Lastly, there is Vim. Ed was first. Then Vi came along. Followed by Vim Next, Emacs and XEmacs appeared. Besides, several others. Vim and GVim (it's GUI version) is also quite useful. Available for almost any platform. A small executable...
XEmacs Editor
Since, I mentioned Emacs. Now, I'll mention XEmacs. Why do I like it? Very powerful Runs on any platform It has more extensibility (capability) than Vim. It's extensions for instance. Easy to add my own Keyboard Definitions (bindings). What don't...
Emacs: GNU Emacs
Why do I call a text editor, a tool? Basically, on a Linux system most configuration files are plain text. Also, part of the minimalist tradition of Linux is? Use text for textual things, such as words. Emacs is the...
Eclipse
The ultimate developer's package, environment, editor, and more! Eclipse - An Open Development Platform Curious about "what is Eclipse?" See developerworks @ ibm. Eclipse is made for Java development, first. However, several plug-ins exist for other language programming environments. Eclipse...
DVDisaster: Find When to Duplicate
This utility does not "fix will not fix" don't copy or broken DVDs / CDs. However, it is another way, to create codes, to tell when a disc is going bad. Then, you should duplicate it, before too long. Archival...
Doxygen
A sophisticated make documentation from source code files. Create HTML for online docs or Latex for off-line. Doxygen is a documentation system for C++, C, Java, Objective-C, Python, IDL (Corba and Microsoft flavors), Fortran, VHDL, PHP, C#, and to some...
Dia: Diagram Drawer App
Dia a flowchart making app. Dia is roughly inspired by the commercial Windows program 'Visio', though more geared towards informal diagrams for casual use. It can be used to draw many different kinds of diagrams. It currently has special objects...
Bloodshed's Dev-C++
Looking for a C++ compiler "full" package, runs on Windows. Look no further. Support GCC-based compilers Integrated debugging (using GDB) Support for multiple languages (localization) Class Browser Code Completion Debug variable Browser Project Manager Customizable syntax highlighting editor Quickly create...
MoinMoin Desktop
Looking for a local served Windows Wiki. MoinMoin Desktop is one great choice. MoinMoin makes it very easy to run in what we call "desktop mode", which makes it great for evaluating, demonstrating, or simply using as a personal wiki....
Miro: Free Internet TV
Originally, the Democracy Video player, now Miro. Interested in watching videos - World-Wide? Give it a try. Uses the VLC Player. with Windows or Xine Media Player on Linux. Con: However, the Community web sites like Youtube and Revver, are...
DeltaCopy
Another, incremental File Copying program. Quite similar to Cobian and rsync, though another Independent Developer's effort at it. In general terms, DeltaCopy is an open source, fast incremental backup program. Let's say you have to backup one file that is...
DB Designer 4
There are "few OSS" or free Database (full!) Applications, out there. DB Designer is one of them. Borland was? open releasing Interbase, as Firebird? However, they seemed to have changed their mind. Otherwise, MySQL and postgreSQL are others. Though, they...
Cygwin: Linux on Windows
= Well, you cannot run Linux on Windows with Cygwin. Though, Cygwin is "how to run" a large amount of Linux apps, tools, GUI Apps, and utilitiles on Windows, inside Windows. • Google Cygwin. You'll learn a lot. No point,...
Windows Rsync: cwRsync
What is cwRsync? Originally a command from Unix. Stands for remote synchronize. Why use it? It is the more direct way to "remote copy" / match your files, with multiple computers accessing the same data set. = How is this...
Compendium
More Mind Mapping software, OSS, and free. Try it out. Helpful for looking at things, differently. Compendium is a software tool for visual thinking. You can use it to cluster and connect icons linked to ideas, concepts, arguments, websites and...
Cobian Backup
Cobian a free Backup client program, for Windows. (Or server / service, also!) You can give it a schedule and "at a specified time," it will perform the backup to a networked drive or FTP - it as well. I'm...
Clonespy: Squash Duplicates
= Is your filesystem overfillled? = Do you "seem to repeat" grabbing the same files, over and over again? = Do you wish, you could run a utility to "check for duplicate files?" Then, Clonepath is for you. Do read...
ClipPath Utility
Interesting utlity, a Windows Shell Extension, allows you to "paste the path" of a selected file, to the clipboard. A classic time saver. ClipPath Why is this useful? Because, moving, grabbing, selecting, then pasting the path - from the address...
ClamWin: Anti-Virus
ClamWin. Need a free anti-virus program, even in a Corporate environment. Scanning scheduler. Automatic virus database updates on a regular basis. Standalone virus-scanner. Context menu integration for Windows Explorer. Add-in for Microsoft Outlook. A portable version that can be used...
CD Music Extractor
Enter the stage for CDex. CDex can extract the data directly (digital) from an Audio CD, which is generally called a CD Ripper or a CDDA utility. The resulting audio file can be a plain WAV file (useful for making...
Camstudio
A nice free useful Video Capturing with sound app. Ergo, CamStudio is the best. This provides almost anything a normal person could ask for, and you can install it anywhere, open source software. Here are just a few ways you...
RSS Feeds & Blogbridge
Tracking your feeds, checking, then reading the lists of titles - takes a lot of time. Blogbridge helps you manage the mess and organize. BlogBridge is for true info-junkies who want a better way to wrangle all their RSS feeds...
Blender!!!
Can you tell? I'm excited. Blender is a fantastic 3D application. The U-I takes a bit of training. However, it has changed a lot, since when. It was a commercial product. (User Interface) Yes, it was a commercial App, before...
Azureus: Peer-to-Peer
First, I want to clear something up. Everyone sees the word peer-to-peer and assumes. It must be illegal or something? It is not. It is "what someone" users it for. There are several perfectly good reasons, to share files, and...
WAV File Editor
Audacity, no not the word! It is a priceless Windows & Linux sound editor and free, also. Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other...
Windows Aspell Utility
GNU Aspell (Win32 version) = Looking for a spell checker, Unix-like, for Windows. Doesn't require Cygwin. Have nothing against Cygwin, just don't like installing all the overhead, it requires. Why use Aspell? Aspell is an Open Source spell checker designed...
Firefox 2.0 Add-ons
Some call them add-ons. I prefer Extensions. Same thing. Here is a comprehensive list at mozilla.org • Firefox Add-ons: Browse Extensions by Category Which ones do I recommend? Google Toolbar Web Developer Toolbar NoScript Firebug Fetch Text URL Evernote Web...
Functional Language: DrScheme
Interested in knowing more, than just "Directing a traffic cop?" Learn a Functional Language. The only way to program. DrScheme from (originally) Rice University - Houston, Texas. Lots of features, all free, even several books - free to print and...
Plug-ins And Extensions
The tag list in MediaBin is large enough. I don't like to add more tags, without a good reason. The "plugs tag" is such a case. My Definition: An object facilitating a connection between two devices, or as in this...
Abiword
Looking for an interesting Word Processor. Don't want to buy MS Office? Perhaps, not interested in OpenOffice.org? Looking for interesting plug-ins? Look no further - Abiword = AbiWord Highlights AbiWord is rapidly becoming a state of the art Word Processor,...
Crimson Editor: Win32
Crimson Editor is a professional source code editor for Windows. This program is not only fast in loading time, but also small in size (so small that it can be copied in one floppy disk). While it can serve as...
7-Zip: Explorer Add-on
Handling zip files is a regular problem for any user. Most the time on Windows, I'll use 7-Zip, to open them, look inside, or create an archive. The main features of 7-Zip * High compression ratio in new 7z format...
VirtuaWin for Windows
VirtuaWin the best (free) multiple screen Window Manager for Microsoft Windows platforms, I have seen. VirtuaWin is a virtual desktop manager for the Windows operating system (Win9x/ME/NT/Win2K/XP/Win2003/Vista). A virtual desktop manager lets you organize applications over several virtual desktops (also...
Using Gnuplot
Gnuplot is a free graphing App. A good example for applying it are? Election results. So, we can see the results in graphs - visually. I'll have to setup a Graph Docket and you are welcome to the data files,...
Tryout KDE4 Live CD
The Debian people have done it again. Want to see the newest KDE4 XWindows system, on a live Debian CD? The Debian KDE Maintainers website. = I'm going to try it out, this weekend. Glen...
List Next: Inkscape
= Have you heard of Inkscape? + Why would you use it? - What if you don't like being an Artist? + It is free - afterall. Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator,...
TopicScape
Have you seen this one? = Not to replace Freemind. Actually, a good companion program to it. Plus, fantastic visuals. It is still a work in progress. However, it runs well, and look at the recommendations. People using it for...
List Next: OpenOffice
Check out OpenOffice. It keeps getting better. = Guess what, they are doing now. Something Microsoft would never consider! Adding a report engine onto it. You see there is this Open Source Database project called - Pentaho. Open Source Business...
Freemind: Topic Maps
Why do I use FreeMind? Anything with a highly erratic structure, it's the best way to store, retrieve, and re-organize information. = Trying to manage what to do on the weekends & things - I hardly get to work on....
Evolution for Windows
What is Evolution? No, this has nothing to do with Charles Darwin or monkeys. It is a long established email client program on Linux and Gnome desktop Unix systems. Now, they've made a Windows port. Yes, it actually runs on...
Using Konqueror
It is KDE's in-built file manager application - konqueror. If only Microsoft could make explorer match it? Then, I would have a reason to upgrade to Vista. = There are times, handling files visually is easier than textually. Yet, I...
Vim Version 7
A new release of Vim is out now. Yep, a new release of VIM interesting. Although, the headaches for every SysAdmin to switch their current installs to the new release, rather perplexing. Personally, I hate pulling an old release out,...
Making Thumbnails
Ever had a situation you need to convert 100 pcitures from JPG to PNG? Image Magick to the rescue. First, you will need it installed on your Linux system. Most have it installed, by default. However, how do you access...
Gnuplot, Linux, and Graphing
If you've been following my blog? It has rather waned, for a few months. So, my apologies for the pause. All I can say, is "things have been crazy busy." The blog hasn't petered out. However, I've certainly pushed quite...
Gnuplot Home
First, let's get it straight. Gnuplot's name is not related to Gnu or a Gnu-plotter program. The home page has a slightly unusual URL, here it is. If you're interested, check out this link. Gnuplot was licensed under the FSF....
Non-GNU Ural Project
= Need a way to collect your bookmarks? Store them up for a few days. View them anywhere? Read on. • Visit my Ural Project All the info is there. Anyway with a comment and "wanting" a more direct way...
GIMP
Have you heard of GIMP? Are you afraid of the GIMP? You shouldn't be. • GIMP stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is the Photoshop for Linux. However, it runs on Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, and is...
The Only Way to PostScript
How to draw nice drawings? Why use PostScript? Well, if you didn't know. It is the most powerful graphics language in the world. = Yes, believe it or not, some people actually write in PS by hand. I never have...
Open Source & Leaving Messed-Up Office
Irving Berger and John Patrick's blogs on - These links connect to their corresponding authors, from above. The first title says it all. The second link is about open file formats, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and getting away from Microsoft...
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