Office Tools
OpenOffice
- an office suite includes word processor, spreadsheet, database,
drawing and slide presentation software (Windows, MacOSX, Linux)
http://www.openoffice.org/
(LGPL)
http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/
http://www.learnopenoffice.org/
GanttProject
- Gantt Project Charts requires Java (Windows, MacOSX, Linux)
http://ganttproject.sourceforge.net/ (GPL)
PDFCreator
- create PDF files includes PostScript software (Windows)
http://www.pdfforge.org/products/pdfcreator (GPL)
Bibus -
Bibliographic and reference management software (Windows, Linux)
http://bibus-biblio.sourceforge.net/ (GPL)
Scribus
- Desktop publishing (Windows, MacOSX, Linux)
http://www.scribus.net/ (GPL)
AbiWord - Popular small word processor
(Windows, MacOSX, Linux)
http://www.abisource.com/download/ (GPL)
Gnumeric - Free, Fast and Accurate
Spreadsheet (Windows, Linux)
http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric (GPL)
http://www.ghostscript.com/awki (GPL)
http://taskcoach.sourceforge.net/index.html (GPL)
http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/ (GPL)
http://live.gnome.org/Planner (GPL)
Communications
Firefox
- Web Browser with tabs (Windows, MacOSX, Linux)
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
(Mozilla Public License)
Firefox Plugins
- mozilla addons flash, shockware, java, chatzilla, downthemall,
lightning (Windows, MacOSX, Linux)
http://addons.mozilla.org/
(Mozilla Public License)
Sunbird - Calendar system (Windows, MacOSX, Linux)
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/ (Mozilla Public License)
Thunderbird - Email front end with lots of features (Windows, MacOSX, Linux)
http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/ (Mozilla Public License)
Seamonkey
- Web Browser replacement for Mozilla includes navigator, mail,
newsgroups, composer, address book and IRC chat (Windows, MacOSX,
Linux)
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/
(Mozilla Public License)
http://www.apple.com/safari/ (Apple Single User License)
Coccinella - Chat client with whiteboard, multi-user chat, file transfer, and add contacts to Jabber, ICQ, AIM, MSN, Yahoo - (Windows, MacOSX, Linux)
http://thecoccinella.org/ (GPL)
http://ekiga.org/ (GPL)
http://www.pidgin.im/ (GPL)
http://www.asterisk.org/ (GPL)
http://kopete.kde.org (GPL)
http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ocs (GPL)
http://www.zimbra.com/community/downloads.html (Yahoo Public License YPL)
Misc Tools
7z457
- 7-zip compression software (Windows, MacOSX, Linux)
http://www.7-zip.org/
(LGPL, AES code license, unRAR restrictions)
md5sum
- Calculate md5 checksums (Windows, MacOSX, Linux)
http://www.fourmilab.ch/md5/
(GPL)
Aqua - Aqua dock MacOSX style for Windows (Windows, Linux)
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/Aqua-Dock.shtml (Free)
Easy Cleaner - speedup Windows by cleaning registry and removing unwanted files (Windows)
http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm (Free)
EmergeDesktop - Alternative desktop to windows explorer (Windows)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/emerge (GPL)
PrcView - Process viewer displays memory, threads and module usage per process (Windows)
http://www.faratasystems.com/pview/prcview.htm (Free)
VirtuaWin - Virtual Windows desktops (Windows)
http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/ (Free)
Rainlendar Lite - Desktop calendar, event and todo list (Windows, Linux)
http://www.rainlendar.net/ (Free)
http://www.pcbugdoctor.com/ (Free)
http://www.ccleaner.com/ (Free)
http://www.stardock.com (Free)
http://www.portableapps.com (Free)
http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm (Freeware for personal use)
http://www.usbwebserver.com/ (Freeware)
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm
More Maths Tools
GraphCalc - Graphical calculator (Windows, MacOSX, Linux)
http://www.graphcalc.com/ (GPL)
FreeMat - rapid engineering and scientific prototyping and data processing, similar to MATLAB (Windows)
http://freemat.sourceforge.net/ (GPL)Freeware
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