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Web Operating Systems

WebOS and Web operating system are terms that describe network services for internet scale distributed computing, as in the WebOS Project at UC Berkeley, and the WOS Project. In both cases the scale of the web operating system extends across the internet, like the web.

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A Unix-like free operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) branch through the 386BSD4.4BSD operating systems. It runs on Intel x86 family (IA-32) IBM PC compatible computers, DEC Alpha, Sun UltraSPARC, IA-64, AMD64, PowerPC, ARM and NEC PC-9801 architectures along with Microsoft's Xbox.

A Brazilian Linux distribution based on Morphix, Elive, Debian and Kanotix. It can boot as a live CD or can be installed easily using the tools under the Utilities command.

Linux is a free Unix-type operating system originally created by Linus Torvalds with the assistance of developers around the world.
Developed under the GNU General Public License , the source code for Linux is freely available to everyone.
Click on the link below to find out more about the operating system that is causing a revolution in the world of Computers.

PodLinux is an open source venture into porting Linux onto the iPod. So far, we have successfully ported a customized uClinux (http://www.uclinux.org) kernel to the iPod, and written a simple user interface for it dubbed podzilla. Additional applications and modules have been written, adding many capabilities not found in Apple's firmware.

A Linux distribution for iPAQ machines and other personal digital assistants (PDAs), intended as a replacement for Windows CE on these machines. It can use OPIE or GPE Palmtop Environment as graphical user interface. Familiar Linux is a complete operating system with many applications.

Ubuntu is a complete Linux-based operating system, freely available with both community and professional support.
It is developed by a large community and we invite you to participate too!

Edubuntu is an official subproject designed for school environments, and should be equally suitable for kids to use at home. Kubuntu is an official derivative of the Ubuntu operating system using the KDE environment instead of GNOME. Xubuntu is an official derivative of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, using the Xfce desktop environment.

A RPM-based Linux distribution, developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat. It aims to be a complete, general-purpose operating system that contains only free and open source software. Fedora Core is derived from the original Red Hat Linux distribution, and it is intended to replace the consumer distributions of Red Hat Linux aimed towards home users. Support for Fedora comes from the greater community; While Red Hat employs many of the Fedora developers, it does not provide official end-user support for the distribution. New releases of Fedora come out every six to eight months.

A free software, Unix-like operating system, including code derived from NEXTSTEP, as well as from FreeBSD and other free software projects, and code developed by Apple. Darwin was released by Apple Inc. in 2000 and can be used as a standalone operating system as well as the core set of components upon which Mac OS X was developed.

The openSUSE project is a community program sponsored by Novell. Promoting the use of Linux everywhere, this program provides free, easy access to the world's most usable Linux distribution, OpenSUSE Linux. OpenSUSE delivers everything that Linux developers and enthusiasts need to get started with Linux. Hosted at opensuse.org, the project features easy access to builds and releases. It also offers extensive community development programs for open access to the development process used to create Open SUSE Linux.

One of the largest and most recognized companies dedicated to open source software. It is also the largest distributor of the GNU/Linux operating system. Red Hat was founded in 1993 and has its corporate headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina with satellite offices worldwide.

Often abbreviated as PCLOS, is a desktop Linux distribution. It is a free operating system for personal computers aimed at ease of use. PCLinuxOS is distributed as a LiveCD, which can also be installed to a local hard disk drive. When used as a LiveCD, it can work with a USB flash drive, where the user's configuration and personal data are saved. Once locally installed on a PC's hard drive, the user of PCLinuxOS can add, remove or update packages by utilising the Advanced Packaging Tool (or APT), a package management system (originally from the Debian distribution), together with Synaptic Package Manager, a GUI frontend to APT.

Ultumix OS a Remaster of PCLinuxOS:

Ultumix requires least then 7.8 GBs for the root partition, it comes with all the standard programs installed that users need. (Auido / Video editors and players, internet, and other useful tools

A Linux distribution created by Patrick Volkerding of Slackware Linux, Inc. Slackware was one of the earliest distributions, and the oldest currently being maintained. Slackware has a policy of incorporating only stable releases of applications, standing mainly for design stability and simplicity, and aims to be the most UNIX-like Linux distribution.

A Linux distribution originally conceived as an operating system to run on lower specification systems, including computers which would otherwise come out of use. The distribution contrasts to most other Linux distributions by ranking hardware requirements of programs above other considerations.

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Accessibility

Firefox Accessibility Extension - Make Firefox more accessible On-Screen Keyboard Portable - Easily access an on-screen keyboard Virtual Magnifying Glass Portable - A full-featured screen magnifier

Development

Notepad++ Portable - A full-featured text editor with syntax highlighting Nvu Portable & KompoZer Portable - The easy-to-use Nvu web editor XAMPP - Apache, mySQL, PHP, phpMyAdmin, etc in one package

Games

DOSBox Portable - classic DOS games to go Mines-Perfect Portable - a classic hunt-for-mines game with advanced features PokerTH Portable - classic Texas Hold Em style poker at its best Sudoku Portable - the wildly popular and addictive puzzle game

Graphics & Pictures

GIMP Portable - Photo and Image Editor

Internet

FileZilla Portable - the full-featured FTP client FireFTP Extension (for Firefox) - a lightweight extension Miranda IM Portable - chat with AOL, MSN and Yahoo users in a customizable interface Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition - the award-winning web browser that's safe and secure Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition - the handy email client Nvu Portable & KompoZer Portable - the easy-to-use webpage editor Pidgin Portable - chat with AOL, MSN and Yahoo users in an easy-to-use interface PuTTY Portable - lightweight telnet and SSH client Sage Extension (for Firefox) - A full-featured RSS extension WinSCP Portable - SFTP, FTP and SCP client

Music & Video

Audacity Portable - A simple audio editor and recorder MPlayer Portable - Full-featured movie player with support for most video formats VirtualDub Portable - video processing and capture utility VLC Media Player Portable - An easy to use media player that plays most audio and video formats

Office

AbiWord Portable - a lightweight word processor compatible with Microsoft Word files Lightning Extension (for Thunderbird) - A lightweight extension for your calendar and tasks Mozilla Sunbird, Portable Edition - Calendar and task management with a familiar interface Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition (Address Book) - Email client's built-in address book with import/export functions OpenOffice.org Portable - word processor, spreadsheet, presentations with Microsoft compatibility Sumatra PDF Portable - a lightweight PDF viewer

Operating Systems

Mac-on-Stick - Run Mac OS Classic 7 portably

Utilities

7-Zip Portable - File archiver and compressor ClamWin Portable - Antivirus on the go Command Prompt Portable - Simple link to a customizable command prompt Eraser Portable - securely delete files and data KeePass Password Safe Portable - Secure, easy-to-use password manager PortableApps.com Backup - integrated backup utility bundled with the platform PortableApps.com Menu - integrated start menu bundled with the platform Toucan - backup, sync and encrypt for advanced users winMd5Sum Portable - check md5 sums to verify files on the go

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Computer Design

Archimedes 0.17.1

A Computer Aided Design (CAD) program being developed side by side with architecture offices in order to fulfill all their needs.

Art of Illusion 2.4.1

An open source software package used for 3D modeling, texturing, ray tracing, and otherwise rendering computer generated imagery stills or animations (movies).

Electric 8.04

VLSI Design System is an EDA tool written by Steven M. Rubin. Electric is used to draw schematics and to do integrated circuit layout. It can also handle hardware description languages such as VHDL and Verilog.

Elmer FEM solver 5.3.0

An open source (GPL) computational tool for multi-physics problems. It has been developed in collaboration with Finnish universities, research laboratories and industry.

FreeCAD 8.3

A free 3D CAD program tailored toward individuals wishing to learn 3D CAD and motion simulation.

Impact Finite Element 0.7.2

An open source finite element program suite which can be used to predict most dynamic events such as car crashes or metal sheet punch operations. They usually involve large deformations and high velocities.

Open CASCADE 6.2

A software development platform for 3D CAD, CAM, CAE, etc.

SALOME 3.2.2

An open Source Integration Platform for Numerical Simulation.

Wings 3D 0.98.32a

A free and open source polygon mesh subdivision modeller inspired by Nendo and Mirai from Izware, all using the winged edge data structure.

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Chat

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AMSN 0.97 RC1-1

MSN Messenger client written in TCL/TK

X-Chat 2.8.0-1

IRC Client

Pidgin 2.3.1

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

Instanbird 0.1

A multi-protocol Instant Messaging client. Using it, you can connect to all your different IM accounts,
it uses the Mozilla rendering engine to display IMs, and the Pidgin libpurple to connect to the different networks.

Security

NOTE: AVG Probucts listed below are not Open-Source, but are Free to use for home use only

AVG Ani-Viruses 7.5.472 -Free Edition

Complete security protection against all of the most serious Internet threats, including viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, adware, hackers and spam

AVG Anti-Malware 7.5.1.43 -Free Edition

Integrated security protection against viruses, worms, trojans, spyware and adware

AVG Anti-Rootkit 1.1.0.42 -Free Edition

AVG Anti-Rootkit is a powerful tool with state-of-the-art technology for detection and removal of rootkits

ClamWin 0.90.1

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

Eraser 5.82

Delete files securely off your hard drive utilizing DoD standards

Spybot search and destroy 1.4
A malware, spyware and adware removal program which works on Microsoft Windows 95 and later. Like most malware scanners, Spybot-S&D scans the computer hard disk and/or RAM for malicious software.

Windows Defender 1.1.1593.0 ( Freeware)

A software product from Microsoft designed to prevent, remove and quarantine spyware in Microsoft Windows. It is part of Windows Vista and available as a free download for previous supported versions of Windows.

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Medical

CTSim 4.5.2

Simulates the process of transmitting X-rays through phantom objects. These X-ray data are called projections. CTSim reconstructs the original phantom image from the projections using a variety of algorithms. Additionally, CTSim has a wide array of image analysis and image processing functions.

Xmedcon 0.7.4

Medical Image Conversion library consists of a library, a command line utility, and a GUI interface for converting and manipulating medical images.

ImLib3D 0.9.2

An open source C++ library for 3D (volumetric) image processing. Focus has been put on simplicity for the developer.

3D Slicer 2.6

A freely available, open-source software for visualization, registration, segmentation, and quantification of medical data.

Brain Vista 2.2

A distributed with a toolbox of building blocks dedicated to the segmentation of T1-weighted MR images.

Medical OS/Browsers

BioLinux

A repository of easy-to-install RPM packages for widely used bio-informatics tools. As such, scientists do not have to deal with the intricacies of installing and configuring these tools.

SaukhyaMust 1.0

A Web-based basic nursing home / healthcare management system that enables fast, accurate and automated collection of patient data and subsequent report generation, ideal for small general hospitals.

Raynux

Message browser and radiological image distribution.

OS-ELN 1.1

Web based Electronic Lab Notebook.

Computer Simulation

Modelica 2.2.1

An object-oriented, domain-specific modeling language designed to allow convenient, component-oriented modeling of complex systems, e.g., systems containing mechanical, electrical, electronic, hydraulic, thermal, control, electric power or process-oriented subcomponents.

simple calculator operations to large-scale programming and interactive-document preparation

SimPy 1.8

An object-oriented, process-based discrete-event simulation language based on standard Python.

OpenEaagles v2006 1211

An acronym that stands for the Open Extensible Architecture for the Analysis and Generation of Linked Simulations.

ASCEND 0.9

A free, open source, mathematical modelling system

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Open Source Games

All links lead to Wikipedia , for more info on the games and the games there based on

A

Abuse is a side-scrolling action game by Crack dot Com. Adventure is the original text adventure game by Crowther and Woods. Alien Arena is a free standalone deathmatch game based on the id software source code. Allegiance is a multiplayer, online-only RTS/SpaceCombat hybrid originally developed by Microsoft Research. Anagramarama is a word game where the player forms as many words as possible with the available letters in a given time period Armagetron Advanced is a multiplayer, 3D Tron lightcycle racing game. Attal: Lords of Doom is a 3D turn-based strategy game.

B

Battle for Wesnoth is an open-source strategy game with RPG elements resembling the Battle Isle series . Blob Wars: Metal Blob Solid is a platform game. Bygfoot is a soccer management game. BZFlag is a free multiplayer multiplatform 3D tank battle game.

C

C-evo is an empire-building game for Windows. Crack Attack! is a free OpenGL game based on Tetris Attack. Crimson Fields is a tactical war game in the tradition of Battle Isle . Crossfire is an open-source MMORPG.
Cube 2: Sauerbraten single and multi player 1st person shooter game with some satisfying fast oldskool gameplay. suggested by Aaron Capper Cuyo is a free Puyo Puyo clone. CrystalCore is an Open Source, First Person Shooter.

D

Darwinbots is an artificial life simulator. Dnafight is a programming game . Daimonin is a 2D fantasy MMORPG.

E

Enigma is an Oxyd clone.

F

FlightGear is an open-source , multi-platform flight simulator. Freeciv is a clone of Civilization II . FreeCol is a remake of Colonization (similar to Civilization). Freedroid RPG is an isometric RPG starring Tux the Penguin in a Diablo / Fallout inspired adventure. FreeOrion is a multiplayer, turn-based strategy computer game, inspired by the Master of Orion series. Freespace is a space simulation computer game series. Frets on Fire is a PC & Linux game based on Guitar Hero . Frozen Bubble is a "shoot the bubbles"—type game.

G

GearHead is a open-source mecha roguelike . Glest is a cross-platform RTS. Globulation 2 is a cross-platform RTS. GLtron is a light cycle racing game. GNU Chess is a chess program. Xboard (a.k.a. Winboard) is an open-source front-end for it. GNU Go is a free program that plays the game of Go. Gusanos is a clone of Liero .

H

HoverRace is an online multiplayer hovercraft racing game that was once shareware.

K

Several games are included in KDE ; for instance: KBounce Kolf Konquest is a galactic conquest strategy game.

L

Lincity LinCity-NG is a city building game like SimCity . Liquid War is a realtime competitive game based on directing liquid particles around a complex environment.

M

MegaMek is a computer version of the BattleTech miniatures wargame. Moria is an old roguelike RPG.

N

NetHack is a roguelike RPG. Netrek , is a multiplayer hybrid shooter and real time strategy game. Nexuiz is a multiplayer first person shooter.

O

OpenArena is a first-person shooter based on the Quake 3 engine. Open Quartz is a first-person shooter based on the Quake engine. OpenTTD is an open-source port of Transport Tycoon Deluxe .

P

Pingus is a real-time puzzle game inspired by Lemmings . Project: Starfighter is a two-dimensional, non-linear space shooter with an intricate plot. PySol is a card based game with many features. PlaneShift is set inside a gigantic stalactite named Yliakum, divided into eight levels, of which the lower two are flooded.

R

Rocks'n'Diamonds is an open-source, cross-platform, arcade game that contains the clones of Boulder Dash , Emerald Mine , Supaplex and Sokoban . Rogue is the very first computer RPG.

S

Sauerbraten is a modern multiplayer first person shooter. Scorched 3D is a game based on the classic DOS game Scorched Earth . Second Life an Internet-based virtual world Slash'EM is a branch of NetHack . Solarwolf is a 2d action arcade game. Sopwith is a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up. Stendhal is an open-source multiplayer online adventure game ( MMORPG ) using the Arianne framework. StepMania is a simulator of dance games, mainly Dance Dance Revolution . SuperTux is a classic 2D jump and run game. Sokoban 3D is a 3D version of the classic puzzle game Sokoban.

T

TEG (Tenés Empanadas Graciela) is an open-source Risk-like game. Thousand Parsec is a free and open source project with the goal of creating a framework for turn-based space empire building games. Tile World is a clone of Chip's Challenge made by Brian Raiter. ToME is an open-source roguelike game based on J.R.R. Tolkien's work. Single and multiplayer. TORCS is an open-source, cross-platform racing car simulator. Tremulous is an open-source, cross-platform First-person shooter with some elements of strategy built in. TripleA is an Axis & Allies based game. Tux Racer is a 3D OpenGL racing game starring the Linux mascot.

U

UFO: Alien Invasion is a 3D, turn-based strategy game that pits humans against aliens. Ultimate Stunts is a cross-platform, multiplayer clone of the game Stunts . UltraStar is a SingStar clone. Ur-Quan Masters is the classic Star Control 2 game, re-released under the GPL license.

V

Vega Strike is a 3D space shooter/strategy game which combines trading, bounty hunting and exploration. Vulture's Eye & Vulture's Claw are graphical versions of two roguelike games ( NetHack and Slash'EM respectively).

W

Warzone 2100 is a RTS very different from the standard C&C or StarCraft approach. Widelands is a RTS similar to the Settlers II game. War§ow is a RTS with cartoon-like graphics. Wormux an open source clone of the clasic game worms for windows, linux and mac.

X

XBlast is a multiplayer Bomberman -like game. XEvil is a 2D side scroller with an excessive amount of violence. X-Moto is a 2D motorbike game. XPilot is a multiplayer asteroids-like game.