Office

Office Tools - Free and Open Source Educational Software

This collection of office tools can be extended by examining the tools on the OSWINS CD networking, security and business, and on the OSWKIDS CD mathematics and graphics.

Office Tools

OpenOffice - an office suite includes word processor, spreadsheet, database, drawing and slide presentation software (Windows, MacOSX, Linux)

http://www.openoffice.org/ (LGPL)

Tutorials for OpenOffice

http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/

Learn OpenOffice

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)

Ghostscript - interpreter for Postscript and PDF (Windows, MacOSX, Linux)

http://www.ghostscript.com/awki (GPL)

Task Coach - A todo manager to manage personal tasks and todo lists. (Windows, MacOSX, Linux)

http://taskcoach.sourceforge.net/index.html (GPL)

Texmaker - A free LaTex editor (Windows, MacOSX, Linux)

http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/ (GPL)

Planner - A project management application with Gantt Charts, Task and Resource views (Linux)

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)

Safari - Fast Web browser from Apple (Windows, MacOSX)

http://www.apple.com/safari/ (Apple Single User License)

Chat and Conference software

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)

Ekiga - Open source VoIP and video conferencing (Windows, Linux)

http://ekiga.org/ (GPL)

Pidgin - Instant messaging application supports AIM, ICQ, MSN, IRC, and a lot more (Windows, Linux)

http://www.pidgin.im/ (GPL)

Asterisk - Open source telephone platform PBX with VoIP (MacOSX, Linux)

http://www.asterisk.org/ (GPL)

Kopete - Internet Messaging for services such as AIM and IRC (Linux)

http://kopete.kde.org (GPL)

OCS - Open Conference System is a free Web publishing tool, from the Public Knowledge Project (Linux)

http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ocs (GPL)

Zimbra - Groupware for email and calendars and compatible with MS Outlook and Apple email (Linux, MacOSX)

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)

BugDoctor - fix hidden bugs and errors (Windows)

http://www.pcbugdoctor.com/ (Free)

CCleaner - easy to use and functional system optimization and privacy tool to fix registry and remove temporary files (Windows)

http://www.ccleaner.com/ (Free)

ObjectDock - MacOSX style for Windows (Windows)

http://www.stardock.com (Free)

PortableApps - Your digital life anywhere by having complete environment on USB stick (Windows)

http://www.portableapps.com (Free)

RegSeeker - registry cleaner (Windows)

http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm (Freeware for personal use)

usbWebserver - USB portable easy to use Apache Web Server, MySQL Database, PHP and phpMyAdmin all in one (Windows)

http://www.usbwebserver.com/ (Freeware)

A list of free software for Windows

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)

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