Topic: Freely available and legal software.

[Nemesis]

Nexuiz 2.0

Welcome to the Nexuiz project website. Nexuiz is a 3d deathmatch game project, created online by a team of developers called Alientrap. It is available for download for Windows, Mac, and Linux (all the same archive).The first version was released May 31st 2005, released entirely GPL and free over the net, a first for a project of its kind. Since the release the game is still being updated and developed, currently at version 2.0 and new releases being developed. For more screens of the project and a video see the media page on the navbar, and for more questions or infomation see info or faq. If you would like to help out the project, and encourage more development, you can donate to the team through paypal with the donation link in the navbar.

Not my type of game so I haven't tried it but some here may like it.

[KBF-Kurok]

Here is a free MMORPG been playing it for  a bit and it seems to be prety good although its still beta.http://www.eternal-lands.com/index.php

[Bonk]

Came across this one today, looks pretty cool, might come in handy for the modelers for generating textures:

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. Supported SVG features include shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, patterns, and grouping. Inkscape also supports Creative Commons meta-data, node editing, layers, complex path operations, bitmap tracing, text-on-path, flowed text, direct XML editing, and more. It imports formats such as JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and others and exports PNG as well as multiple vector-based formats.

http://www.inkscape.org/

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Free Software Directory

The Free Software Directory is a project of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). We catalog useful free software that runs under free operating systems — particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants.

Licenses are verified for each and every program listed in this directory.

The Directory now has a web interface for entering or updating packages. If you have a favorite free software package that you'd like to see included in the Directory, please consider writing up an entry.

The FSF provides this directory as a service to the free software community. Please consider donating to the FSF to help support this project.

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Link to full article

Internet Explorer add on.

Maxthon Internet Browser software is a powerful tabbed browser with a highly customizable interface. It is based on the Internet Explorer browser engine (your most likely current web browser) which means that what works in the IE browser will work the same in Maxthon tabbed browser but with many additional efficient features like...

    *  Tabbed Browsing Interface
    * Mouse Gestures
    * Super Drag&Drop
    * Privacy Protection
    * AD Hunter
    * RSS Reader
    * IE Extensions Support
    * External Utility Bar
    * Skinning
    * And Much More to Explore...

As a Firefox user I haven't tried this.

[Bonk]

Win TC

WinTC Traffic Controller is an NT service program that controls outbound network bandwidth.

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Virtual Server 2005 R2 Enterprise Edition

Virtual Server 2005 R2, now available as a free download, is the server virtualization technology engineered for the Windows Server System platform. As a key part of any server consolidation strategy, Virtual Server increases hardware utilization and enables IT staff to rapidly configure and deploy new servers.

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VMware Server is free now too! 

VMware Server installs on any existing server hardware and partitions a physical server into multiple virtual machines by abstracting processor, memory, storage and networking resources, giving you greater hardware utilization and flexibility. Streamline software development and testing and simplify server provisioning as you utilize the ability to "build once, deploy many times."

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Master list updated

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TrueCrypt - Free Open-Source Disk Encryption Software

Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows XP/2000/2003 and Linux
Main Features:

    * Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk.

    * Encrypts an entire hard disk partition or a device, such as USB flash drive.

    * Encryption is automatic, real-time (on-the-fly) and transparent.

    * Provides two levels of plausible deniability, in case an adversary forces you to reveal the password:

      1) Hidden volume (steganography – more information may be found here).

      2) No TrueCrypt volume can be identified (volumes cannot be distinguished from random data).

    * Encryption algorithms: AES-256, Blowfish (448-bit key), CAST5, Serpent, Triple DES, and Twofish.
      Mode of operation: LRW  (CBC supported as legacy).

    * Conceived in 2003.

      Further information regarding features of the software may be found in the documentation.

[Bonk]

 a² - Trojan Scanner

a-squared (a-squared) is a complementary product to antivirus software and desktop firewalls on MS Windows computers. Antivirus software specializes in detecting classic viruses. Many available products have weaknesses in detecting other malicious software (Malware) like Trojans, Dialers, Worms and Spyware (Adware). a-squared fills the gap that malware writers exploit.

[Nemesis]

The Master List is getting long enough that I'm considering splitting it up based on OS.  One post each (in the same thread) for Windows, Linux/Unix and Mac OS.  It should shorten each list and allow finding software relevant to your needs more easily. 

Comments on how to best organize the list such as renaming sub categories or combining/adding categories will be considered.  Is it worthwhile to add notations to indicate which version(s) of an OS the program is known to work on? 

Among the recategorizing I'm thinking of are the following:

Audio/Video Tools - Include graphics?

Security - Rather than Anti Virus and Anti spam - include Firewalls.

If I do this it won't be quick and I'll probably make the new posts in the order listed above so Windows would be done first.

Any suggestions or thoughts?

[Javora]

I think at this point the best thing you could do is split up the Master List into the subgroups that you already have created (Antivirus and Antispam, Audio Tools, etc.) so that each subgroup has it's own thread.  Then change the Master List so that it only contains a link to the thread for each subgroup.  Then it would only be a matter of locking the subgroups down.  This way the only time you would have to update the Master List would be when a new subgroup is created.  Then just leave the subgroup threads unpinned and let them fall to the bottom.  I'm sure there are other way to do this but I think this way would be the easiest to manage.  Hope this helps Nem.

[Nemesis]

I didn't state it but I was planning on putting links in the first post that connect to the top of each of the other postings so you could jump right to the Windows message or either of the others.

I'll consider the by category posting instead. 

Anyone else wish to chime in?

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Moodle = Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment

Introduction

    Moodle is a software package for producing internet-based courses and web sites. It's an ongoing development project designed to support a social constructionist framework of education.

    Moodle is provided freely as Open Source software (under the GNU Public License). Basically this means Moodle is copyrighted, but that you have additional freedoms. You are allowed to copy, use and modify Moodle provided that you agree to: provide the source to others; not modify or remove the original license and copyrights, and apply this same license to any derivative work. Read the license for full details and please contact the copyright holder directly if you have any questions.

    Moodle will run on any computer that can run PHP, and can support many types of database (particularly MySQL).

    The word Moodle was originally an acronym for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment, which is mostly useful to programmers and education theorists.  It's also a verb that describes the process of lazily meandering through something, doing things as it occurs to you to do them, an enjoyable tinkering that often leads to insight and creativity. As such it applies both to the way Moodle was developed, and to the way a student or teacher might approach studying or teaching an online course. Anyone who uses Moodle is a Moodler.

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Octave

Link to FAQ

What is Octave?

Octave is a high-level interactive language, primarily intended for numerical computations that is mostly compatible with MATLAB.(1)

Octave can do arithmetic for real and complex scalars and matrices, solve sets of nonlinear algebraic equations, integrate functions over finite and infinite intervals, and integrate systems of ordinary differential and differential-algebraic equations.

Octave uses the GNU readline library to handle reading and editing input. By default, the line editing commands are similar to the cursor movement commands used by GNU Emacs, and a vi-style line editing interface is also available. At the end of each session, the command history is saved, so that commands entered during previous sessions are not lost.

The Octave distribution includes a 200+ page Texinfo manual. Access to the complete text of the manual is available via the help command at the Octave prompt.

Two and three dimensional plotting is fully supported using gnuplot.

The underlying numerical solvers are currently standard Fortran ones like Lapack, Linpack, Odepack, the Blas, etc., packaged in a library of C++ classes. If possible, the Fortran subroutines are compiled with the system's Fortran compiler, and called directly from the C++ functions. If that's not possible, you can still compile Octave if you have the free Fortran to C translator f2c.

Octave is also free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.

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Asterisk

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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 hardwa

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GCompris

GCompris is an educational software suite comprising of numerous activities for children aged 2 to 10. Some of the activities are game orientated, but nonetheless still educational. Below you can find a list of categories with some of the activities available in that category.

-  computer discovery: keyboard, mouse, different mouse gesture, ...
-  algebra: table memory, enumeration, double entry table, mirror image, ...
-  science: the canal lock, the water cycle, the submarine, electric simulation ...
-  geography: place the country on the map
-  games: chess, memory, connect 4, oware, sudoku ...
-  reading: reading practice
-  other: learn to tell time, puzzle of famous paintings, vector drawing, cartoon making, ...

Currently GCompris offers in excess of 80 activities and more are being developed. GCompris is free software, that means that you can adapt it to your own needs, improve it and, most importantly, share it with children everywhere. 

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OGRE v1.2 [Dagon]

OGRE v1.2 [Dagon] represents the culmination of 5 years of continuous development, resulting in what is now regarded by many as the leading open source real time 3D rendering engine. OGRE is packed with features  to make your development life easier, whether you're making games, architectural visualisation, simulations, or anything else which requires a top-notch 3D rendering solution.

DesktopBSD

Welcome to DesktopBSD!

DesktopBSD aims at being a stable and powerful operating system for desktop users.

DesktopBSD combines the stability of FreeBSD, the usability and functionality of KDE and the simplicity of specially developed software to provide a system that's easy to use and install.

WordPress

WordPress is a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. What a mouthful. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.

More simply, WordPress is what you use when you want to work with your blogging software, not fight it.

Oracle Database 10g Express Edition

Free to develop, deploy, and distribute

Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (Oracle Database XE) is an entry-level, small-footprint database based on the Oracle Database 10g Release 2 code base that's free to develop, deploy, and distribute; fast to download; and simple to administer. Oracle Database XE is a great starter database for:

    * Developers working on PHP, Java, .NET, XML, and Open Source applications
    * DBAs who need a free, starter database for training and deployment
    * Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and hardware vendors who want a starter database to distribute free of charge
    * Educational institutions and students who need a free database for their curriculum

With Oracle Database XE, you can now develop and deploy applications with a powerful, proven, industry-leading infrastructure, and then upgrade when necessary without costly and complex migrations. Read what users say about Oracle Database XE.

Oracle Database XE can be installed on any size host machine with any number of CPUs (one database per machine), but XE will store up to 4GB of user data, use up to 1GB of memory, and use one CPU on the host machine

Firefox Add-ons

Link is to search on Mozilla

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[Sirgod]

HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool. This tool lets you format you USB Drive with FAT which will allow you to boot to it. Use it currently for Ghosting and Bios updates. It works well. And it has a nice Gui. Just choose your Disk in the Device then change the File system to FAT then copy your bios update files to the key.

D/L:
http://rapidshare.de/files/30955815/USB_Disk_Storage_Format_Tool.rar.html