What is OpenSource and what are the OpenSource Products in the net

Posted by ADMINISTRATOR On 23 August 2009 No Commented

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Open source is an approach to the design, development, and distribution of software, offering practical accessibility to a software’s source code. Some consider open source as one of various possible design approaches, while others consider it a critical strategic element of their operations. Before open source became widely adopted, developers and producers used a variety of phrases to describe the concept; the term open source gained popularity with the rise of the Internet, which provided access to diverse production models, communication paths, and interactive communities.

Software development costs in organizations have been touted as being approximately 15% of total costs. This indicates that the value of one over another development methodology is more of a marketing decision (which customers and pricing models) as much as it is about the design of software. The open source model of operation and decision making allows concurrent input of different agendas, approaches and priorities, and differs from the more closed, centralized models of development.[1] The principles and practices are commonly applied to the peer production development of source code for software that is made available for public collaboration. The result of this peer-based collaboration is usually released as open-source software, however, open source methods are increasingly being applied in other fields of endeavor, such as biotechnology

Here are some of the open source softwares that i found useful (links to download page given)

Mozilla Firefox

The premier free, open-source browser. Tabs, pop-up blocking, themes, and extensions. Considered by many to be the world’s best browser.
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Miro

Beautiful interface. Plays any video type (much more than windows media player). Subscribe to video RSS, download, and watch all in one. Torrent support. Search and download from YouTube and others.
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Pidgin

Connect to multiple IM accounts simultaneously in a single app, including: AOL IM, MSN, and Jabber.
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Mozilla Thunderbird

Powerful spam filtering, solid interface, and all the features you need.
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RSSOwl

Solid cross-platform RSS client.
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Cabos

A simple, easy to use filesharing program. Gnutella network.
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Gnucleus

A very good Gnutella search and download filesharing program.
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VLC

Plays more video files than most players: Quicktime, AVI, DIVX, OGG, and more. Pretty good interface.
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MPlayer

Similar to VLC– plays loads of video formats.
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Media Player Classic

Compact, but powerful media player. Plays anything under the sun. No install necessary.
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Media Coder

Great tool for ripping CDs, DVDs, etc and converting between tons of video formats.
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OpenOffice.org

Big, full featured suite of tools for word processing and spreadsheets. Compatible with and a free replacement for Microsoft Word documents. Also supports OpenDocument Format.
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AbiWord

A word processor. Leaner and quicker than OpenOffice. Compatible with Microsoft Word documents and OpenDocument Format.
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Juice

Solid podcasting client.
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Handbrake

DVD to MPEG-4 ripper/converter.
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Audacity

Simple sound recording tool.
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GIMP

Photo editing application that rivals Photoshop in features.
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Paint.NET

Graphics editor with a very nice interface.
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Inkscape

Vector graphics application.
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Filezilla

Excellent FTP program.
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X-Chat 2

IRC client.
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PeaZip

Fantastic archiving utility to extract and pack archives of an extensive amount of formats. PeaZip also features password protecting archives, keyfile support, system integration, a lovely interface, and much more.
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Freemind

An innovative application for note taking and outlining. Takes time to get used to, but some people swear by it.
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Keynote

Open Source note taking application, very good. I use this myself extensively
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TurboCASH

Simple, easy to use application for managing personal finances.
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aMSN

MSN Messenger client written in TCL/TK

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K-Meleon

Fast, nice web browser.
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Amaya Browser for Windows

W3C developed web browser and editor for multiple platforms
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Electric Sheep

Immersive, trippy screensaver.
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Blender

Powerful 3D Modeling software.
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Celestia

Open-source 3D planetarium software. Akin to traveling through space (outer space).
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Stellarium

“Renders realistic skys in realtime.” See what you would see if your city wasn’t so light-polluted. Used in real planetariums.
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Marathon: Aleph One

Engine for Bungie’s free FPS series Marathon. Play online, solo play with rich original story, many total conversions and thousands of maps.
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Zombies

3D zombie strategy game.
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Armagetron Advanced

3D Tron game.
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BZFlag

First-person tank game.
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Battle for Wesnoth

Fantasy / Strategy Game
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CC Publisher

Host Creative Commons video or audio files for free on archive.org with this easy uploader.
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Wireshark

Network Protocol Analyzer, formerly called Ethereal
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ClamWin

Open Source Anti-Virus. Very good at detecting viruses. Can be plugged into hMailServer for e-mail protection LIMITATION: Real Time scanning not implemented yet
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