Life is like a bowl of candy

Hardware Devices that Support GNU/Linux

Knowing which hardware devices support GNU/Linux is important not only for practical reasons---you want your hardware to work with the software that you want to use---but also for ethical and political reasons. You can help the free software movement by purchasing hardware from manufacturers who support our goals and not purchasing from those who don't.

If you have a contribution to make to this section, please send it to <hardware@fsf.org>. For example, if you are using gNewSense with a hardware device that isn't listed here, let us know. Because gNewSense does not distribute binary firmware, if a device works with it, then that means we should have that device listed here.

We also want to include information about devices that are confirmed to not work with free software. Please send us those reports as well.

We are looking for volunteers to help us maintain this section, by doing research and reviewing reports we receive. If you would like to volunteer to help build this important resource, let us know at the above address.

Our effort focuses on the GNU/Linux operating system. However, if we receive information regarding compatibility with other free operating systems, like those from the BSD family, we will be happy to include that information as well.

Read our contributor's guidelines for what information should be included in a report.

You may also find some useful information at Vendor Watch, although this site takes into account other concerns along with free software compatibility.

Ryan's Linux Inventory Aggregator may also be useful for you to easily gather information about the hardware on your system.

Here is a list of Linux drivers that require proprietary firmware. If you are shopping for hardware, you should avoid anything that requires a driver on this list.

Ubuntu's Free Software Drivers page provides a scoring system rating various vendors on their support for free software operating systems.

Best Open Source Project?

1.	Firefox http://www.getfirefox.com/	214 votes 3982 pts
2.	Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...i/Wikipedia Wikipedia is an international Web-based cooperative free-content encyclopedia. It exists...	194 votes 3536 pts
3.	Apache Server Even if you think you've never used Apache, you have. Apache serves 70% of all websites on the internet. http://www.apache.org/	114 votes 1877 pts
4.	Linux (GNU/Linux) Linux (also known as GNU/Linux) is a Unix-like computer operating system. It is one of the most prominent examples of open source...	108 votes 1847 pts
5.	Ubuntu Linux http://www.ubuntu.com/ Linux for human beings! The Ubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the Ubuntu Philosophy:...	100 votes 1722 pts
6.	PHP http://www.php.net PHP: Widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be... http://www.php.net PHP: Widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. [show less]	76 votes 1141 pts
7.	VLC http://www.videolan.org/vlc/	69 votes 1039 pts
8.	OpenOffice A free, open source replacement for MS office, and it mostly works well with MS documents. Download at http://www.openoffice.org/	66 votes 965 pts
9.	Python http://www.python.org/ Python is a dynamic object-oriented programming language that can be used for many kinds of software... http://www.python.org/ Python is a dynamic object-oriented programming language that can be used for many kinds of software development. It offers strong support for integration with other languages and tools, comes with extensive standard libraries, and can be learned in a few days. Many Python programmers report substantial productivity gains and feel the language encourages the development of higher quality, more maintainable code. [show less]	57 votes 955 pts
10.	Eclipse http://www.eclipse.org/ Eclipse is an open source IDE project that can be used for all sorts of development. I have been using...	52 votes 822 pts
11.	MySQL MySQL is the fast, simple-to-use database engine driving the vast majority of open source-powered websites, for which its ...	61 votes 799 pts
12.	Blender 3D Blender is the open source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback....	52 votes 779 pts
13.	FreeBASIC FreeBASIC - as the name suggests - is a completely free, open-source, 32-bit BASIC compiler, with the syntax the most compatible...	39 votes 778 pts
14.	Debian http://www.debian.org/ The universal operating system. This distribution is the rock on which Ubuntu, Knoppix, DSL, and many...	51 votes 771 pts
15.	BitTorrent http://www.bittorrent.com/ BitTorrent is a peer-assisted, digital content delivery platform that provides the fastest, most...	58 votes 756 pts
16.	Drupal More than just a CMS, perhaps the finest constructed middleware application server platform in all of Open Source-dom.	43 votes 712 pts
17.	Gimp http://www.gimp.org/	53 votes 709 pts
18.	Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/ Creative Commons defines the spectrum of possibilities between full copyright " all rights reserved "... http://creativecommons.org/ Creative Commons defines the spectrum of possibilities between full copyright " all rights reserved " and the public domain " no rights reserved. Our licenses help you keep your copyright while inviting certain uses of your work " a "some rights reserved" copyright. [show less]	43 votes 662 pts
19.	SourceForge.net http://sourceforge.net/	49 votes 636 pts
20.	GCC - GNU Compiler Collection, http://gcc.gnu.org Open source would not have gotten far without free and open source compilers. GCC has front-ends for C, C++, Fortran, and more,... Open source would not have gotten far without free and open source compilers. GCC has front-ends for C, C++, Fortran, and more, back-ends for all the popular platforms, and ones you've never heard of. [show less]	42 votes 589 pts
21.	PostgreSQL The World's most advanced open-source database. Highly scalable, SQL compliant, open source object-relational database management... The World's most advanced open-source database. Highly scalable, SQL compliant, open source object-relational database management system. [show less]	38 votes 531 pts
22.	Joomla Joomla! is one of the most powerful Open Source Content Management Systems on the planet. It is used all over the world for... Joomla! is one of the most powerful Open Source Content Management Systems on the planet. It is used all over the world for everything from simple websites to complex corporate applications. Joomla! is easy to install, simple to manage, and reliable. [show less]	28 votes 507 pts
23.	Java Yes, Java is going open source! Sun started a revolution with Java technology 10 years ago. With a free runtime, an open... Yes, Java is going open source! Sun started a revolution with Java technology 10 years ago. With a free runtime, an open specification, and a platform-independent promise of compatibility, Java technology became a gold standard in embedded devices, mobile phones, on the desktop and within the enterprise. Now, in 2006, Sun is open sourcing its implementations of Java technology as Free/Libre software. Project Page : http://java.sun.com/ [show less]	41 votes 504 pts
24.	Thunderbird An awesome free mail client, and a great alternative to Outlook. Calendar and other extensions are available.... An awesome free mail client, and a great alternative to Outlook. Calendar and other extensions are available. http://www.mozilla.com/thun...hunderbird/ [show less]	40 votes 501 pts
25.	Ruby on Rails http://www.rubyonrails.org Ruby on Rails is an open-source web framework that's optimized for programmer happiness and... http://www.rubyonrails.org Ruby on Rails is an open-source web framework that's optimized for programmer happiness and sustainable productivity. It lets you write beautiful code by favoring convention over configuration. [show less]	34 votes 495 pts
26.	Amarok Rediscover your music! Consistently voted best music player on Linux. Coming to Windows next year. Try it... Rediscover your music! Consistently voted best music player on Linux. Coming to Windows next year. Try it out. http://amarok.kde.org [show less]	31 votes 479 pts
27.	Wordpress A fantastically dynamic blogging software.	34 votes 437 pts
28.	Subversion Subversion (SVN) is an open source application for revision control. It is designed specifically to be a modern replacement for... Subversion (SVN) is an open source application for revision control. It is designed specifically to be a modern replacement for CVS, is superior to most commercial cm systems, and controls the code of much of the open source world. [show less]	35 votes 423 pts
29.	FreeBSD FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for x86 compatible, amd64 compatible, ARM, IA-64, PC-98 and UltraSPARC architectures. It... FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for x86 compatible, amd64 compatible, ARM, IA-64, PC-98 and UltraSPARC architectures. It is derived from BSD, the version of UNIX developed at the University of California, Berkeley, and is developed and maintained by a large team of individuals. FreeBSD offers advanced networking, performance, security and compatibility features today which are still missing in other operating systems, even some of the best commercial ones. FreeBSD provides robust network services under the heaviest loads and uses memory efficiently to maintain good response times for thousands of simultaneous user processes. [show less]	24 votes 341 pts
30.	MIT's OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu/ A free education from MIT!	25 votes 334 pts

31.	Del.icio.us http://del.icio.us/ Collaborative social tagging/bookmarking site, with that oh-so-catchy url spelling.	26 votes 320 pts
32.	MPlayerMEncoder The Movie Player and Movie Encoder supporting binary DLLs, skins, filters, browser embedding, all possible media, and all... The Movie Player and Movie Encoder supporting binary DLLs, skins, filters, browser embedding, all possible media, and all imaginable filetypes, as well as conversion between formats. [show less]	23 votes 318 pts
33.	Adium X Adium is a free instant messaging application for Mac OS X that can connect to AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, and more.	22 votes 299 pts
34.	Inkscape Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using... Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. [show less]	22 votes 251 pts
35.	XviD if you are into video compression technology and have a understanding of C this might be for you.	22 votes 245 pts
36.	Digg.com http://www.Digg.com/ The poster child for user moderated news. Although the software is not technically "open source" (although... http://www.Digg.com/ The poster child for user moderated news. Although the software is not technically "open source" (although they do host on Debian), the manner that the frontpage news is decided by the users embodies the open source philosophy [show less]	24 votes 241 pts
37.	Gaim Instant messenger for AIM/ICQ, Gadu-Gadu, GroupWise, IRC, Jabber, MSN, Napster, SILC, and Yahoo.	24 votes 235 pts
38.	Perl http://www.perl.com \ Perl is a general-purpose programming language originally developed for text manipulation and now used for a... http://www.perl.com Perl is a general-purpose programming language originally developed for text manipulation and now used for a wide range of tasks including system administration, web development, network programming, GUI development, and more. [show less]	19 votes 223 pts
39.	Stumble Upon - Social Bookmarking Tool "Stumbleupon is a brilliant downloadable toolbar that beds into your browser and gives you the chance to surf through thousands of... "Stumbleupon is a brilliant downloadable toolbar that beds into your browser and gives you the chance to surf through thousands of excellent pages that have been stumbled upon by other web-users" . . . BBC [show less]	17 votes 205 pts
40.	Samba http://www.samba.org Connecting the Unix and Windows world.	19 votes 193 pts
41.	KDE Multiplatform Window Manager	14 votes 189 pts
42.	Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge...eforge.net/	18 votes 181 pts
43.	Grupthink http://www.grupthink.com/ recursion at work :o)	15 votes 176 pts
44.	Celtx Media Pre-Production Software Film/Video/Theatre/M achinima/Gaming Start your story, write a screenplay, do a breakdown, organize... Media Pre-Production Software Film/Video/Theatre/Machinima/Gaming Start your story, write a screenplay, do a breakdown, organize your production, collaborate with others, publish your Project [show less]	12 votes 173 pts
45.	Putty PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator. License... PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator. License info: The PuTTY executables and source code are distributed under the MIT licence, which is similar in effect to the BSD licence. (This licence is Open Source certified and complies with the Debian Free Software Guidelines.) Project page: http://www.chiark.greenend....tham/putty/ [show less]	16 votes 168 pts
46.	The GPL http://www.gnu.org/copyleft...ft/gpl.html The GNU General Public License; what started it all...	16 votes 163 pts
47.	Beryl Open source window manager that utilizes OpenGL to create interesting and useful effects.	13 votes 161 pts
48.	Django Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.... Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. http://djangoproject.com [show less]	10 votes 161 pts
49.	Moodle http://www.moodle.org	11 votes 159 pts
50.	GNOME Desktop Free, usable, accessible, international, developer-friendly, organized, support for all dists and worldwide community Desktop.	12 votes 153 pts
51.	Trac Trac is an enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects. Trac uses a minimalistic approach to... Trac is an enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects. Trac uses a minimalistic approach to web-based software project management. Our mission is to help developers write great software while staying out of the way. [show less]	11 votes 148 pts
52.	OpenBSD http://www.openbsd.org The OpenBSD project produces a FREE, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. Our efforts... http://www.openbsd.org The OpenBSD project produces a FREE, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. Our efforts emphasize portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography. OpenBSD supports binary emulation of most programs from SVR4 (Solaris), FreeBSD, Linux, BSD/OS, SunOS and HP-UX. [show less]	12 votes 144 pts
53.	Democracy Player http://getdemocracy.com/	14 votes 124 pts
54.	Asterisk Asterisk is a complete PBX in software. It runs on Linux, BSD and MacOSX and provides all of the features you would expect from a... Asterisk is a complete PBX in software. It runs on Linux, BSD and MacOSX and provides all of the features you would expect from a PBX and more. Asterisk does voice over IP in many protocols, and can interoperate with almost all standards-based telephony equipment using relatively inexpensive hardware. [show less]	12 votes 122 pts
55.	Cygwin # Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows. It consists of two parts: A DLL (cygwin1.dll) which acts as a Linux API... # Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows. It consists of two parts: A DLL (cygwin1.dll) which acts as a Linux API emulation layer providing substantial Linux API functionality. # A collection of tools which provide Linux look and feel. Project Page: http://www.cygwin.com/ [show less]	15 votes 119 pts
56.	Ffmpeg An open source media format converter. Converting more than thousands of video, audio and graphic formats to one another.... An open source media format converter. Converting more than thousands of video, audio and graphic formats to one another. Command-line interface to make batch conversion easier. [show less]	11 votes 118 pts
57.	Gallery http://gallery.sf.net is the next generation of open source photo sharing web applications. Gallery gives you an intuitive way to... http://gallery.sf.net is the next generation of open source photo sharing web applications. Gallery gives you an intuitive way to blend photo management seamlessly into your own website whether you're running a small personal site or a large community site. Hundreds of thousands of people and organizations are using Gallery to create personalized photo albums on their websites. [show less]	10 votes 114 pts
58.	Free1x2 Free1x2 is the first free program of sports lotteries in Spain and of opened code (GPL). With Free1x2 you will be able to realize... Free1x2 is the first free program of sports lotteries in Spain and of opened code (GPL). With Free1x2 you will be able to realize sophisticated combinations of sports lotteries, thanks to his great quantity of conditions and an extensive list of utilities. You can find it at http://www.1x2occidente.com [show less]	5 votes 100 pts
59.	TWiki TWiki (http://www.twiki.org) is definitely in this list ! TWiki is a flexible and easy to use enterprise collaboration platform... TWiki (http://www.twiki.org) is definitely in this list ! TWiki is a flexible and easy to use enterprise collaboration platform and knowledge management system. [show less]	9 votes 99 pts
60.	MythTV An open source PVR project.	11 votes 97 pts

61.	OpenJDK https://openjdk.dev.java.net/	9 votes 96 pts
62.	ReactOS ReactOS is an advanced free open source operating system providing a ground-up implementation of a Microsoft Windows XP compatible... ReactOS is an advanced free open source operating system providing a ground-up implementation of a Microsoft Windows XP compatible operating system. ReactOS aims to achieve complete binary compatibility with both applications and device drivers meant for NT and XP operating systems, by using a similar architecture and providing a complete and equivalent public interface. [show less]	7 votes 93 pts
63.	Yoism http://yoism.org/ The world's first open source religion	7 votes 92 pts
64.	Cyberduck http://cyberduck.ch/	7 votes 88 pts
65.	FileZilla FileZilla is a fast FTP and SFTP client for Windows with a lot of features. FileZilla Server is a reliable FTP server.	13 votes 85 pts
66.	Azureus Arguably the best bittorrent client. http://azureus.sourceforge....eforge.net/ Azureus is a BitTorrent client written in Java. The... Arguably the best bittorrent client. http://azureus.sourceforge....eforge.net/ Azureus is a BitTorrent client written in Java. The BitTorrent protocol is a new way of exchanging or distributing data over the internet. Downloading also means uploading, and the amounts of each are linked, to ensure fairness and rapidity in the spread of the file at hand. To be able to download a file, you first need to get the associated .torrent file. This file, usually a dozen KB in size, is the signature of the much bigger file to be downloaded, and it needs special software to be read properly. Azureus is one of those types of software. If you want to host files yourself, you need a tracker, which is basically a central server coordinating the connections between peers. Azureus can provide a tracker too. You will find, as you discover its functionality, that it easy to customize your copy of Azureus to exactly fit your needs. This guide is being developed on basis of an older User Guide and the 2.4.0.2 version of Azureus (Windows and Macintosh versions). [show less]	12 votes 85 pts
67.	Kopete Kopete is an instant messenger supporting AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, Jabber, IRC, Gadu-Gadu, Novell GroupWise Messenger, and more. It... Kopete is an instant messenger supporting AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, Jabber, IRC, Gadu-Gadu, Novell GroupWise Messenger, and more. It is designed to be a flexible and extensible multi-protocol system suitable for personal and enterprise use. [show less]	7 votes 84 pts
68.	TinyMCE TinyMCE is a platform independent web based Javascript HTML WYSIWYG editor control released as Open Source under LGPL by Moxiecode... TinyMCE is a platform independent web based Javascript HTML WYSIWYG editor control released as Open Source under LGPL by Moxiecode Systems AB. It has the ability to convert HTML TEXTAREA fields or other HTML elements to editor instances. TinyMCE is very easy to integrate and a lot of Open Source CMS use TinyMCE. [show less]	11 votes 83 pts
69.	Human Genome Project Begun formally in 1990, the U.S. Human Genome Project was a 13-year effort coordinated by the U.S. Department of Energy and the... Begun formally in 1990, the U.S. Human Genome Project was a 13-year effort coordinated by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health. The project originally was planned to last 15 years, but rapid technological advances accelerated the completion date to 2003. Project goals were to * identify all the approximately 20,000-25,000 genes in human DNA, * determine the sequences of the 3 billion chemical base pairs that make up human DNA, * store this information in databases, * improve tools for data analysis, * transfer related technologies to the private sector, and * address the ethical, legal, and social issues (ELSI) that may arise from the project. To help achieve these goals, researchers also studied the genetic makeup of several nonhuman organisms. These include the common human gut bacterium Escherichia coli, the fruit fly, and the laboratory mouse. Sequence and analysis of the human genome working draft was published in February 2001 and April 2003 issues of Nature and Science. See an index of these papers and learn more about the insights gained from them. [show less]	8 votes 82 pts
70.	Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/wi...i/Main_Page Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer of free ebooks on the Internet. Our collection... http://www.gutenberg.org/wi...i/Main_Page Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer of free ebooks on the Internet. Our collection was produced by hundreds of volunteers. It's a large colection of free books. This archive contains almost 10.000 books. The application sources are available for download from sourceforge.net website. hosted by Ibiblio http://www.ibiblio.org/ [show less]	9 votes 80 pts
71.	Foobar 2000 Extremely powerful but good looking music library thing	6 votes 79 pts
72.	Webmin web front end to linux admin functions	8 votes 78 pts
73.	DokuWiki DokuWiki is a standards compliant, simple to use Wiki, mainly aimed at creating documentation of any kind. It is targeted at... DokuWiki is a standards compliant, simple to use Wiki, mainly aimed at creating documentation of any kind. It is targeted at developer teams, workgroups and small companies. It has a simple but powerful syntax which makes sure the datafiles remain readable outside the Wiki and eases the creation of structured texts. All data is stored in plain text files " no database is required. [show less]	7 votes 77 pts
74.	XBMC - Xbox Media Center http://www.xboxmediacenter....center.com/ XboxMediaCenter is a free open source (GPL) multimedia player for the Xbox from Microsoft.... http://www.xboxmediacenter....center.com/ XboxMediaCenter is a free open source (GPL) multimedia player for the Xbox from Microsoft. Currently XboxMediaCenter can be used to play/view most common video/audio/picture formats such as MPEG-1/2/4, DivX, XviD, MP3, AAC, JPG, GIF plus many more less known formats directly from a CD/DVD in Xbox DVD-ROM drive or of Xbox hard-drive, XBMC can also stream files from a PC over a local network and even stream media streams directly from the internet. XBMC has playlist and slideshow functions, a weather forecast and many audio visualizations. All these features enable the Xbox running XboxMediaCenter to fully function as a multimedia jukebox. XBMC is easy to install and use, it's very convenient and flexible plus offers a great price/performance ratio. XBMC is of also course completely free of any adware or spyware. [show less]	6 votes 75 pts
75.	Gentoo Linux A special flavor of Linux that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need. Extreme... A special flavor of Linux that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need. Extreme performance, configurability and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience. [show less]	6 votes 74 pts
76.	Keepass Keepass password manager. Project page: http://keepass.sourceforge....eforge.net/ Today you need to remember many passwords. You need a... Keepass password manager. Project page: http://keepass.sourceforge....eforge.net/ Today you need to remember many passwords. You need a password for the Windows network logon, your e-mail account, your homepage's ftp password, online passwords (like CodeProject member account), etc. etc. etc. The list is endless. Also, you should use different passwords for each account. Because if you use only one password everywhere and someone gets this password you have a problem... A serious problem. The thief would have access to your e-mail account, homepage, etc. Unimaginable. KeePass is a free/open-source password manager or safe which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key-disk. So you only have to remember one single master password or insert the key-disk to unlock the whole database. The databases are encrypted using the best and most secure encryption algorithms currently known (AES and Twofish). For more information, see the features page. Project page: http://keepass.sourceforge....eforge.net/ [show less]	5 votes 71 pts
77.	Okopipi - Successor to Blue Frog http://www.okopipi.org/ - This is an Open Source project to create a distributed Anti-Spam opt out network. It's in the design... http://www.okopipi.org/ - This is an Open Source project to create a distributed Anti-Spam opt out network. It's in the design stages at the moment. But this project could really do some major damage to spammers. [show less]	5 votes 69 pts
78.	Microsoft Windows The **tiest operating system in the world - the machine code that makes it up is so easily exploited that countless virus makers... The **tiest operating system in the world - the machine code that makes it up is so easily exploited that countless virus makers poke holes in it every day - driving people to find other open source operating systems. [show less]	5 votes 67 pts
79.	LimeWire www.limewire.org	7 votes 65 pts
80.	Truecrypt.org Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows XP/2000/2003 and Linux	5 votes 64 pts
81.	Coppermine Photo Gallery Coppermine is a multi-purpose fully-featured and integrated web picture gallery script written in PHP using GD or ImageMagick as... Coppermine is a multi-purpose fully-featured and integrated web picture gallery script written in PHP using GD or ImageMagick as image library with a MySQL backend. [show less]	4 votes 63 pts
82.	CakePHP Cake is a rapid development framework for PHP which uses commonly known design patterns like ActiveRecord, Association Data... Cake is a rapid development framework for PHP which uses commonly known design patterns like ActiveRecord, Association Data Mapping, Front Controller and MVC. Our primary goal is to provide a structured framework that enables PHP users at all levels to rapidly develop robust web applications, without any loss to flexibility. [show less]	5 votes 63 pts
83.	Fedora Project The Fedora Project is a Red Hat sponsored and community supported open source project. Its goal? The rapid progress of Free and... The Fedora Project is a Red Hat sponsored and community supported open source project. Its goal? The rapid progress of Free and Open Source software and content. Public forums. Open processes. Rapid innovation. Meritocracy and transparency. All in pursuit of the best operating system and platform that Free software can provide. [show less]	6 votes 62 pts
84.	CamStudio CamStudio records all screen and audio activity on your Windows computer, creating industry-standard AVI video files. If you need... CamStudio records all screen and audio activity on your Windows computer, creating industry-standard AVI video files. If you need to put the videos online, you can use its built-in Producer and them into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos. [show less]	4 votes 60 pts
85.	Darwin http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...ting_system) http://www.opensource.apple...rwinsource/	6 votes 60 pts
86.	Community Builder Framework to build a website for a Community, with member links, integration of blogs, guestbooks, forum posts, private messaging,... Framework to build a website for a Community, with member links, integration of blogs, guestbooks, forum posts, private messaging, user profiles, photo gallery on top of the Joomla! CMS open-source framework. [show less]	6 votes 60 pts
87.	Turbogears TurboGears is a Python web application framework consisting of several underlying components such as MochiKit, SQLObject, CherryPy... TurboGears is a Python web application framework consisting of several underlying components such as MochiKit, SQLObject, CherryPy and Kid. TurboGears was created in 2005 by Kevin Dangoor as the framework behind the as yet unreleased Zesty News product. When he released it as an open source framework in the end of September 2005, it received more than 30,000 screencast downloads in the first 3 months.[citation needed] As of March 2006, there were nearly 1,500 users on the high traffic TurboGears mailing list, a book from Prentice Hall in the works, and a number of open source TurboGears applications under development. TurboGears is designed around the Model-view-controller architecture, much like Struts or Ruby on Rails, designed to make rapid web application development in Python easier and more maintainable. [show less]	4 votes 59 pts
88.	Free Beer Open source beer? Yes, I am for real. http://www.freebeer.org/blo...r.org/blog/	6 votes 59 pts
89.	Winscp What is WinSCP? WinSCP is an open source SFTP client for Windows. Its main function is the secure file transfer between a local... What is WinSCP? WinSCP is an open source SFTP client for Windows. Its main function is the secure file transfer between a local and a remote computer. Beyond this, WinSCP offers basic file manager functionality. It uses Secure Shell (SSH) and supports, in addition to Secure FTP, also legacy SCP protocol. [More] WinSCP is also available as a plugin to two file managers, FAR and Servant Salamander. Project Page: http://winscp.net/eng/index...g/index.php [show less]	5 votes 58 pts
90.	NeoOffice http://www.planamesa.com/ne...n/index.php	6 votes 57 pts

91.	FCKeditor Online text editor (DHTML editor), for ASP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, PHP, Java and JavaScript brings to the web many of the powerful... Online text editor (DHTML editor), for ASP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, PHP, Java and JavaScript brings to the web many of the powerful features of known desktop editors like Word. It's XHTML compliant and works with Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape and IE. This HTML text editor brings to the web many of the powerful functionalities of desktop editors like MS Word. It's lightweight and doesn't require any kind of installation on the client computer. [show less]	5 votes 57 pts
92.	OpenHuman OpenSouring Human Beings... That's the best...	3 votes 56 pts
93.	Postfix http://www.postfix.org Postfix: It is Wietse Venema's mailer that started life as an alternative to the widely-used Sendmail... http://www.postfix.org Postfix: It is Wietse Venema's mailer that started life as an alternative to the widely-used Sendmail program. Postfix attempts to be fast, easy to administer, and secure, while at the same time being sendmail compatible enough to not upset existing users. Thus, the outside has a sendmail-ish flavor, but the inside is completely different. [show less]	5 votes 52 pts
94.	Xgl/AIGLX & Compiz/Beryl/Cairo Until the introduction of Xgl and Compiz, Linux always suffered from a (partially true) reputation of not being user-friendly or... Until the introduction of Xgl and Compiz, Linux always suffered from a (partially true) reputation of not being user-friendly or having a good GUI. Xgl ended all that in a single heartbeat. While AIGLX has eclipsed Xgl as a more practical solution, the two are similar enough to both be collectively called "XGL" and they bring to Linux what Quartz Extreme brought to the Mac, only XGL even out-shines Apple in terms of user-friendliness and elegant implementation. All of us who've seen videos of XGL can remember their first reaction. [show less]	6 votes 52 pts
95.	FreeDOS - the alternative OS for old and new PC's . 50 KB kernel, cca 1 MB compact distro, cca 10 MB medium distro, cca 30 MB generous distro size. MS-DOG is dead now. Some... 50 KB kernel, cca 1 MB compact distro, cca 10 MB medium distro, cca 30 MB generous distro size. MS-DOG is dead now. Some Win32 apps do run in FreeDOS also. [show less]	3 votes 52 pts
96.	Plone Plone is a ready-to-run content management system that is built on the powerful and free Zope application server. Plone is easy to... Plone is a ready-to-run content management system that is built on the powerful and free Zope application server. Plone is easy to set up, extremely flexible, and provides you with a system for managing web content that is ideal for project groups, communities, web sites, extranets and intranets. [show less]	5 votes 45 pts
97.	OpenWetWare http://openwetware.org OpenWetWare is an effort to promote the sharing of information, know-how, and wisdom among researchers and... http://openwetware.org OpenWetWare is an effort to promote the sharing of information, know-how, and wisdom among researchers and groups who are working in biology & biological engineering. [show less]	3 votes 41 pts
98.	Gnutella http://www.gnutella.com/ Open source, distributed, p2p filesharing protocol. The framework for Phex, Limewire, BearShare,... http://www.gnutella.com/ Open source, distributed, p2p filesharing protocol. The framework for Phex, Limewire, BearShare, Morpheus, and many others. [show less]	4 votes 41 pts
99.	Glassfish Sun's open source implementation of JavaEE 5.	5 votes 39 pts
100.	Http://www.sourcekibi tzer.org - metrics for open source Online Metrics portal for Java Open Source Projects	2 votes 39 pts
101.	CoLinux Cooperative Linux is the first working free and open source method for optimally running Linux on Microsoft Windows natively.	2 votes 37 pts
102.	Mediawiki Powerful wiki engine, designed for Wikipedia. Now it's used for a lot of projects http://www.mediawiki.org	5 votes 37 pts
103.	SciPy/NumPy Solve the world's scientific/numerical computing problems and pay no licensing fees. Reproduces much of the functionality found... Solve the world's scientific/numerical computing problems and pay no licensing fees. Reproduces much of the functionality found in other (expensive) tools like Matlab, IDL, etc.---but with the added benefit of a real OO language underneath (Python!). [show less]	4 votes 35 pts
104.	Vienna - Mac OSX newsreader reader Vienna is a freeware, open source RSS/Atom newsreader for the Mac OS X operating system. A summary of some of its features: ... Vienna is a freeware, open source RSS/Atom newsreader for the Mac OS X operating system. A summary of some of its features: * Subscribe to Atom/RSS news feeds and podcasts. * Simple and intuitive user interface. * Built-in tabbed browser. * Smart folders for organising related feed articles. * Custom article display styles. * Three separate reading layouts. * Blogging integration. * Filter the displayed articles. * Manual reordering of the subscription list. * Full AppleScript support. * Localised into several languages. [show less]	2 votes 34 pts
105.	Symfony Project PHP Framework with lots of great characacteristics	2 votes 31 pts
106.	Wikibooks Free and collectively written books. Sister projet of Wikipedia	2 votes 29 pts
107.	MusikCube musikCube is an open source music library and player.	3 votes 28 pts
108.	Napster File Share OG	2 votes 28 pts
109.	Amule aMule p2p software.	3 votes 26 pts
110.	Nvu - fantastic html and css editor A complete Web Authoring System for Linux desktop users as well as Microsoft Windows and Macintosh users to rival programs like... A complete Web Authoring System for Linux desktop users as well as Microsoft Windows and Macintosh users to rival programs like FrontPage and Dreamweaver. [show less]	7 votes 25 pts
111.	Miranda IM one of the best, smallest and most customizable multi-protocol messenger clients around.	2 votes 25 pts
112.	SongBird http://www.songbirdnest.com/ SongBird is a free music player based on the Mozilla engine.	5 votes 25 pts
113.	The Church Of Reality http://www.churchofreality....ligion.html The Church of Reality is an Open Source... http://www.churchofreality....ligion.html The Church of Reality is an Open Source Religion. The term first used by the religion Yoism, is analogous to open source software projects where people come together as a group to create software and allow everyone access to the source code and giving the opportunity to anyone who wants to become part of the project to participate in it's development. The Kernel which is the doctrine of the Church of Reality is open and evolving. We are the result of minds coming together to form a project to write the Operating System of Life. The project is evolutionary and it never ends. It allows our doctrine to change and evolve in the Sacred Direction. All knowledge of the Church of Reality is freely available for anyone to use under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Any derivative work of the Church of Reality must also be open source. [show less]	2 votes 22 pts
114.	Ardour Ardour is a digital audio workstation. You can use it to record, edit and mix multi-track audio. Produce your own CD's. Mix video... Ardour is a digital audio workstation. You can use it to record, edit and mix multi-track audio. Produce your own CD's. Mix video soundtracks. Experiment with new ideas about music and sound. Generate sound installations for 12 speaker gallery shows. Have Fun. [show less]	3 votes 22 pts
115.	Metadot Portal Server Open source portal server / wiki. www.metadot.com.	2 votes 22 pts
116.	OpenCroquet a new open source software platform for creating deeply collaborative multi-user online applications. It features a network... a new open source software platform for creating deeply collaborative multi-user online applications. It features a network architecture that supports communication, collaboration, resource sharing, and synchronous computation among multiple users. Using Croquet, software developers can create powerful and highly collaborative multi-user 2D and 3D applications and simulations. [show less]	2 votes 21 pts
117.	MODx MODx is an open source PHP Application Framework that helps you take control of your online content. It empowers developers and... MODx is an open source PHP Application Framework that helps you take control of your online content. It empowers developers and advanced users to give as much control as desired to whomever they desire for day-to-day website content maintenance chores. MODx is 100% buzzword compliant, and makes child's play of building content managed sites with validating, accessible CSS layouts " hence Ajax CMS. It empowers its users to build engaging "Web 2.0" sites today, with its pre-integrated Scriptaculous and Prototype libraries. If you're a CSS designer or Ajax aficionado, this is the CMS for you; and if you like what you see today, you'll love what's coming. Techies call MODx a Content Management Framework ("CMF"): equal parts custom web app builder and Content Management System ("CMS"). With a flexible API and a robust event override system, MODx makes building engaging web projects straightforward " or changing core functionality without hacking the core code possible. Custom tweaks won't leave you pulling out your hair when it's time to upgrade. Not only does MODx help you build sites quickly, but it also is both robust and simple. As far as end-users know, MODx is just an easy-to-use online application; for developers there's freely available resources and a fantastic end-user community. [show less]	2 votes 21 pts
118.	PmWiki A mature open source wiki engine. Easy to skin, a lot more easier to implement that TWiki to get quite the same results.	2 votes 21 pts
119.	OpenSolaris Sun's taken its well known Unix implementation (with ZFS, DTrace, and other technologies), made it open source, and invited... Sun's taken its well known Unix implementation (with ZFS, DTrace, and other technologies), made it open source, and invited everyone to look, borrow, contribute, and use. [show less]	2 votes 21 pts
120.	Furthur Network The Furthur Network is the first and only 100% non-commercial, open-source, peer-to-peer network of legal live music created by... The Furthur Network is the first and only 100% non-commercial, open-source, peer-to-peer network of legal live music created by fans for fans! The software itself is currently in beta development, available to download and is being developed and supported by volunteers and members of the etree.org and sugarmegs.org music sharing communities. Keeping with the wishes of the bands that allow their music here, we have no paid software or website developers, nor do we accept any advertising or compensation. We are involved only to help spread legal live music to the fans. http://www.furthurnet.org/i...g/index.php [show less]	2 votes 21 pts

121.	Libervis Network http://www.libervis.com/net...om/network/ The mission of Libervis Network is to promote and support Free Culture and Free World on the... http://www.libervis.com/net...om/network/ The mission of Libervis Network is to promote and support Free Culture and Free World on the web. Web projects started as part of Libervis Network are led with compliance to the principles that we stand for and respect towards the community that we serve. Best and unencumbered user experience is our top goal, allowing and encouraging our users' freedom to create and express themselves, to be participators and cooperators instead of mere bystanders. That is the way of the networked world which we believe everybody should be free to participate in to the full extent. [show less]	2 votes 21 pts
122.	ISPConfig ISPConfig is an open source hosting control panel for Linux. It is licensed under BSD license. ISPConfig manages webserver,... ISPConfig is an open source hosting control panel for Linux. It is licensed under BSD license. ISPConfig manages webserver, mailserver, BIND DNS, proftpd + vsftpd FTP server, mySQL databases, spamassassin and diskquotas with an easy to use webinterface for administrators, resellers and clients. [show less]	2 votes 21 pts
123.	Wikinews http://www.wikinews.org/ The free-content news source you can write!	3 votes 20 pts
124.	PIECORP: Making a difference, developing Open Source tools, to build socially-constructiv e Open Source virtual worlds, containing... PIECORP: Making a difference, developing Open Source tools, to build socially-constructiv e Open Source virtual worlds, containing collaborative societies based upon Open Source principles, with net revenues donated to support other self-sustaining, socially constructive projects in the Open Source spirit, to create a virtuous circle of alternative enterprise in the public interest. Or, a really cool nonprofit game development studio, using our powers for good not evil. Same difference. http://piecorp.org/ [show less]	1 vote 20 pts
125.	E107.org e107 is a content management system written in PHP and using the popular open source MySQL database system for content storage.... e107 is a content management system written in PHP and using the popular open source MySQL database system for content storage. It's completely free, totally customisable and in constant development. [show less]	1 vote 20 pts
126.	WikiSTC http://www.wikistc.org is a free repository of knowledge in Subversive Technologies & Countermeasures	1 vote 20 pts
127.	WiND - Wireless Nodes Database WiND is a Web application for managing a database of wireless nodes. It is targeted at wireless community networks. It supports... WiND is a Web application for managing a database of wireless nodes. It is targeted at wireless community networks. It supports multiple users and multiple nodes per user, with different access right for each job. It stores node information such as location, height, area, region, backbone and AP interfaces, roof view photos, subnets and hosts in a node, etc., and provides a powerful way to search this information. Using NASA's SRTM data, it graphs the line of sight and Fresnel zone between nodes and calculates free space loss for the distance between them. It uses Google Maps or Google Earth and can manage IP ranges and DNS. [show less]	1 vote 20 pts
128.	GNU Autotools - autoconf, automake, libtool Although these three are divided into separate projects, they are often used in conjunction to bring portability, consistency,... Although these three are divided into separate projects, they are often used in conjunction to bring portability, consistency, standard-conformance , and convenience to both closed and open sourced projects. Together they provide a simplified interface to develop projects in a portable manner, while doing all the detailed work behind the scenes. [show less]	2 votes 20 pts
129.	Interchange A Full-Featured Application Server, Electronic Catalog and Database Display System	1 vote 20 pts
130.	Jokosher Multi-track audio editor with a main focus on usability. http://www.jokosher.org	1 vote 20 pts
131.	KiCad, a multilingual electronic CAD KiCAD is a high level electronic CAD. It exists tools for convert their files to/from OrCAD or PCAD, and the best of all it`s that... KiCAD is a high level electronic CAD. It exists tools for convert their files to/from OrCAD or PCAD, and the best of all it`s that KiCAD is the unique multilingual. http://www.lis.inpg.fr/real..._lis/kicad/ [show less]	1 vote 20 pts
132.	Task Coach http://www.taskcoach.org/ Your friendly task manager	1 vote 20 pts
133.	Windows launchy open source keystroke launcher for windows	1 vote 20 pts
134.	Http://www.radrails.o rg/ RadRails is Ruby on Rails IDE.	2 votes 20 pts
135.	SPIP SPIP is one of the most powerful content management system ever designed. Featuring powerful revision control and an AJAX-based... SPIP is one of the most powerful content management system ever designed. Featuring powerful revision control and an AJAX-based interface, it is really worth checking it out! [show less]	1 vote 20 pts
136.	The Open Prosthetics Project http://openprosthetics.org/	3 votes 19 pts
137.	Processing.org http://www.processing.org/ Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to program... http://www.processing.org/ Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and sound. It is used by students, artists, designers, architects, researchers, and hobbyists for learning, prototyping, and production. It is created to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context and to serve as a software sketchbook and professional production tool. Processing is developed by artists and designers as an alternative to proprietary software tools in the same domain. [show less]	1 vote 19 pts
138.	OpenCola OpenCola is a brand of cola unique in that the instructions for making it are freely available and modifiable. Anybody can make... OpenCola is a brand of cola unique in that the instructions for making it are freely available and modifiable. Anybody can make the drink, and anyone can modify and improve on the recipe as long as they, too, license their recipe under the GNU General Public License. [show less]	1 vote 19 pts
139.	Blue Smiley Organizer Organizer (http://www.bookmark-manager...anager.com/) with Bookmark Manager, Notes, Reminder, Live Help, Blog, Diary, To-Do List, Contact... Organizer (http://www.bookmark-manager...anager.com/) with Bookmark Manager, Notes, Reminder, Live Help, Blog, Diary, To-Do List, Contact List, File Upload, Flashcards rolled into one. [show less]	1 vote 18 pts
140.	The Gnutella Developers' Forum The Gnutalle Devopers' Forum at http://the-gdf.org/ is a project dedicated to documentation and extension of the popular Gnutella... The Gnutalle Devopers' Forum at http://the-gdf.org/ is a project dedicated to documentation and extension of the popular Gnutella protocol in an open and cross-implementation setting. This is the project behind the modern Gnutella specification, apart from the implementations of various vendors. [show less]	2 votes 17 pts
141.	Bear Bottoms http://bearbottoms1.com/	1 vote 16 pts
142.	Open Source Yoga Unity http://www.yogaunity.org/ "Through regular publication of the work of the Institute, these Indian contributions will reach the... http://www.yogaunity.org/ "Through regular publication of the work of the Institute, these Indian contributions will reach the whole world. They will become public property. No patents will ever be taken. The spirit of our national culture demands that we should forever be free from the desecration of utilizing knowledge only for personal gain. It is my further wish that the facilities of this Institute be available, so far as possible, to workers from all countries. In this I am attempting to carry on the traditions of my country. As far back as twenty-five centuries, India welcomed to its ancient universities... scholars from all parts of the world." -Autobiography of a Yogi, published 1946, page 81, from a speech given by J.C. Bose at the dedication of an Indian physiology/philosoph y Institute [show less]	2 votes 15 pts
143.	Wikimedia Commons Wikimedia projects multimedia files repository. Sister project of Wikipedia.	1 vote 15 pts
144.	Fab@Home http://www.fabathome.org Fab@Home is an open-source fabber design. A fabber is a 3D printer, or fast prototype machine. This... http://www.fabathome.org Fab@Home is an open-source fabber design. A fabber is a 3D printer, or fast prototype machine. This one is designed so you can build it yourself. You can "print" with plastic, wax, silicon, low melting-point metal or even chocolate. Aim is to create a chain of creation : instead of buying your iPod, just download it, and let the fabber make it for you. [show less]	2 votes 15 pts
145.	Plan 9 http://plan9.bell-labs.com/....com/plan9/ One of the more obscure open source operating systems; definatly the non-conformist of all... http://plan9.bell-labs.com/....com/plan9/ One of the more obscure open source operating systems; definatly the non-conformist of all operating systems. Plus it has the cutest darn logo... [show less]	3 votes 13 pts
146.	Wiktionary Free dictionary and thesaurus. Sister project of Wikipedia.	2 votes 13 pts
147.	Wikisource Free texts repository. Sister project of Wikipedia.	1 vote 13 pts
148.	Aptana Aptana is a robust, JavaScript-focused IDE for building dynamic web applications.	1 vote 11 pts
149.	Jamendo http://www.jamendo.com Free music, in Ogg Vorbis format, under Creative Commons or other free licences.	2 votes 11 pts
150.	Dogmazic http://www.dogmazic.net Free music. More than 8000... In Ogg Vorbis format, under Creative Commons or other free licences.	2 votes 10 pts

151.	Wikocracy http://www.wikocracy.com/ To see what happens when everyone can write and revise the law. It may sound like a free-for-all. But... http://www.wikocracy.com/ To see what happens when everyone can write and revise the law. It may sound like a free-for-all. But that's exactly the point-- to make the process of law-making free for all. On this platform, you can freely edit the USA PATRIOT Act, The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, your State's law on gay marriage, your city's zoning ordinances. If you'd like to change a law that is not yet on this platform, you can easily create a page and import the text you want to change. You can also write your own laws, post blogs, collaborate and spar with other users. [show less]	1 vote 9 pts
152.	GFDL http://www.fsf.org/licensin...es/fdl.html The GNU Free Documentation Licence	1 vote 9 pts
153.	Science Commons http://sciencecommons.org/ Our goal is to promote innovation in science by lowering the legal and technical costs of the sharing... http://sciencecommons.org/ Our goal is to promote innovation in science by lowering the legal and technical costs of the sharing and reuse of scientific work. We remove unnecessary obstacles to scientific collaboration by creating voluntary legal regimes for research and development. [show less]	2 votes 8 pts
154.	Wiki-Law http://www.wiki-law.org/ Wiki-Law's mission is to create a free, complete, up-to-date, and reliable world-wide legal guide and... http://www.wiki-law.org/ Wiki-Law's mission is to create a free, complete, up-to-date, and reliable world-wide legal guide and resource. [show less]	1 vote 6 pts
155.	ThinkCycle http://www.thinkcycle.org/ ThinkCycle is an academic, non-profit initiative engaged in supporting distributed collaboration... http://www.thinkcycle.org/ ThinkCycle is an academic, non-profit initiative engaged in supporting distributed collaboration towards design challenges facing underserved communities and the environment. ThinkCycle seeks to create a culture of open source design innovation, with ongoing collaboration among individuals, communities and organizations around the world. [show less]	1 vote 5 pts
156.	Designbreak http://www.designbreak.org/ Designbreak is an organization dedicated to bringing the open source movement beyond the scope of... http://www.designbreak.org/ Designbreak is an organization dedicated to bringing the open source movement beyond the scope of computer programming to become a major player in market capitalism. The movements commonly referred to as the open science movement and the open design movement have barely begun to take shape, and designbreak is dedicated to becoming a focal point for these burgeoning forces of change. Our goals include using science and engineering to help alleviate environmental degradation, increase access to medicines for the poor, and raise the standard of living in developing nations. [show less]	1 vote 4 pts
157.	Campaigns Wikia http://campaigns.wikia.com/...aigns_Wikia Politics, Wikipedia style...	1 vote 1 pt
158.	Phex http://www.phex.org/mambo/ cross platform, GPL'd gnutella client.	1 vote 1 pt
159.	Hula Hula is a mail and calendar server with a friendly web-interface designed for a great user experience.	1 vote 1 pt

Any areas that are not working please contact the webmaster at webmaster@lonnieworld.com

Navigate

Other Stuff

Site info:

Links:

Life is like a bowl of candy

Hardware Devices that Support GNU/Linux

Best Open Source Project?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...i/Wikipedia Wikipedia is an international Web-based cooperative free-content encyclopedia. It exists...

Even if you think you've never used Apache, you have. Apache serves 70% of all websites on the internet. http://www.apache.org/

Linux (also known as GNU/Linux) is a Unix-like computer operating system. It is one of the most prominent examples of open source...

http://www.ubuntu.com/ Linux for human beings! The Ubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the Ubuntu Philosophy:...

http://www.php.net PHP: Widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be...

http://www.php.net PHP: Widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. [show less]

A free, open source replacement for MS office, and it mostly works well with MS documents. Download at http://www.openoffice.org/

http://www.python.org/ Python is a dynamic object-oriented programming language that can be used for many kinds of software...

http://www.eclipse.org/ Eclipse is an open source IDE project that can be used for all sorts of development. I have been using...

MySQL is the fast, simple-to-use database engine driving the vast majority of open source-powered websites, for which its ...

Blender is the open source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback....

FreeBASIC - as the name suggests - is a completely free, open-source, 32-bit BASIC compiler, with the syntax the most compatible...

http://www.debian.org/ The universal operating system. This distribution is the rock on which Ubuntu, Knoppix, DSL, and many...

http://www.bittorrent.com/ BitTorrent is a peer-assisted, digital content delivery platform that provides the fastest, most...

More than just a CMS, perhaps the finest constructed middleware application server platform in all of Open Source-dom.

http://creativecommons.org/ Creative Commons defines the spectrum of possibilities between full copyright " all rights reserved "...

Open source would not have gotten far without free and open source compilers. GCC has front-ends for C, C++, Fortran, and more,...

Open source would not have gotten far without free and open source compilers. GCC has front-ends for C, C++, Fortran, and more, back-ends for all the popular platforms, and ones you've never heard of. [show less]

The World's most advanced open-source database. Highly scalable, SQL compliant, open source object-relational database management...

The World's most advanced open-source database. Highly scalable, SQL compliant, open source object-relational database management system. [show less]

Joomla! is one of the most powerful Open Source Content Management Systems on the planet. It is used all over the world for...

Joomla! is one of the most powerful Open Source Content Management Systems on the planet. It is used all over the world for everything from simple websites to complex corporate applications. Joomla! is easy to install, simple to manage, and reliable. [show less]

Yes, Java is going open source! Sun started a revolution with Java technology 10 years ago. With a free runtime, an open...

An awesome free mail client, and a great alternative to Outlook. Calendar and other extensions are available....

An awesome free mail client, and a great alternative to Outlook. Calendar and other extensions are available. http://www.mozilla.com/thun...hunderbird/ [show less]

http://www.rubyonrails.org Ruby on Rails is an open-source web framework that's optimized for programmer happiness and...

http://www.rubyonrails.org Ruby on Rails is an open-source web framework that's optimized for programmer happiness and sustainable productivity. It lets you write beautiful code by favoring convention over configuration. [show less]

Rediscover your music! Consistently voted best music player on Linux. Coming to Windows next year. Try it...

Rediscover your music! Consistently voted best music player on Linux. Coming to Windows next year. Try it out. http://amarok.kde.org [show less]

A fantastically dynamic blogging software.

Subversion (SVN) is an open source application for revision control. It is designed specifically to be a modern replacement for...

Subversion (SVN) is an open source application for revision control. It is designed specifically to be a modern replacement for CVS, is superior to most commercial cm systems, and controls the code of much of the open source world. [show less]

FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for x86 compatible, amd64 compatible, ARM, IA-64, PC-98 and UltraSPARC architectures. It...

http://ocw.mit.edu/ A free education from MIT!

http://del.icio.us/ Collaborative social tagging/bookmarking site, with that oh-so-catchy url spelling.

The Movie Player and Movie Encoder supporting binary DLLs, skins, filters, browser embedding, all possible media, and all...

The Movie Player and Movie Encoder supporting binary DLLs, skins, filters, browser embedding, all possible media, and all imaginable filetypes, as well as conversion between formats. [show less]

Adium is a free instant messaging application for Mac OS X that can connect to AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, and more.

Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using...

Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. [show less]

if you are into video compression technology and have a understanding of C this might be for you.

http://www.Digg.com/ The poster child for user moderated news. Although the software is not technically "open source" (although...

http://www.Digg.com/ The poster child for user moderated news. Although the software is not technically "open source" (although they do host on Debian), the manner that the frontpage news is decided by the users embodies the open source philosophy [show less]

Instant messenger for AIM/ICQ, Gadu-Gadu, GroupWise, IRC, Jabber, MSN, Napster, SILC, and Yahoo.

http://www.perl.com \ Perl is a general-purpose programming language originally developed for text manipulation and now used for a...

http://www.perl.com Perl is a general-purpose programming language originally developed for text manipulation and now used for a wide range of tasks including system administration, web development, network programming, GUI development, and more. [show less]

"Stumbleupon is a brilliant downloadable toolbar that beds into your browser and gives you the chance to surf through thousands of...

"Stumbleupon is a brilliant downloadable toolbar that beds into your browser and gives you the chance to surf through thousands of excellent pages that have been stumbled upon by other web-users" . . . BBC [show less]

http://www.samba.org Connecting the Unix and Windows world.

Multiplatform Window Manager

http://www.grupthink.com/ recursion at work :o)

Media Pre-Production Software Film/Video/Theatre/M achinima/Gaming Start your story, write a screenplay, do a breakdown, organize...

Media Pre-Production Software Film/Video/Theatre/Machinima/Gaming Start your story, write a screenplay, do a breakdown, organize your production, collaborate with others, publish your Project [show less]

PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator. License...

http://www.gnu.org/copyleft...ft/gpl.html The GNU General Public License; what started it all...

Open source window manager that utilizes OpenGL to create interesting and useful effects.

Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design....

Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. http://djangoproject.com [show less]

http://www.moodle.org

Free, usable, accessible, international, developer-friendly, organized, support for all dists and worldwide community Desktop.

Trac is an enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects. Trac uses a minimalistic approach to...

Trac is an enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects. Trac uses a minimalistic approach to web-based software project management. Our mission is to help developers write great software while staying out of the way. [show less]

http://www.openbsd.org The OpenBSD project produces a FREE, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. Our efforts...

Asterisk is a complete PBX in software. It runs on Linux, BSD and MacOSX and provides all of the features you would expect from a...

# Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows. It consists of two parts: A DLL (cygwin1.dll) which acts as a Linux API...

# Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows. It consists of two parts: A DLL (cygwin1.dll) which acts as a Linux API emulation layer providing substantial Linux API functionality. # A collection of tools which provide Linux look and feel. Project Page: http://www.cygwin.com/ [show less]

An open source media format converter. Converting more than thousands of video, audio and graphic formats to one another....

An open source media format converter. Converting more than thousands of video, audio and graphic formats to one another. Command-line interface to make batch conversion easier. [show less]

http://gallery.sf.net is the next generation of open source photo sharing web applications. Gallery gives you an intuitive way to...

Free1x2 is the first free program of sports lotteries in Spain and of opened code (GPL). With Free1x2 you will be able to realize...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...i/Wikipedia
Wikipedia is an international Web-based cooperative free-content encyclopedia. It exists...

Even if you think you've never used Apache, you have. Apache serves 70% of all websites on the internet.

http://www.apache.org/

http://www.ubuntu.com/
Linux for human beings! The Ubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the Ubuntu
Philosophy:...

http://www.php.net

PHP: Widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be...

http://www.python.org/
Python is a dynamic object-oriented programming language that can be used for many kinds of software...

http://www.eclipse.org/
Eclipse is an open source IDE project that can be used for all sorts of development. I have been using...

http://www.debian.org/
The universal operating system. This distribution is the rock on which Ubuntu, Knoppix, DSL, and many...

http://www.bittorrent.com/
BitTorrent is a peer-assisted, digital content delivery platform that provides the fastest, most...

http://www.rubyonrails.org
Ruby on Rails is an open-source web framework that's optimized for programmer happiness and...

http://ocw.mit.edu/
A free education from MIT!

http://del.icio.us/
Collaborative social tagging/bookmarking site, with that oh-so-catchy url spelling.

http://www.perl.com \
Perl is a general-purpose programming language originally developed for text manipulation and now used for a...

http://www.samba.org
Connecting the Unix and Windows world.

http://www.grupthink.com/
recursion at work :o)

http://www.gnu.org/copyleft...ft/gpl.html
The GNU General Public License; what started it all...

http://www.openbsd.org
The OpenBSD project produces a FREE, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. Our efforts...

http://gallery.sf.net
is the next generation of open source photo sharing web applications. Gallery gives you an intuitive way to...