Open Source & Freeware Resources

Applications

• Kybtec World Map Clock  (there is a small fee for this application $$)
  Platform:      Windows
  Description: See the time all over the world on this powerful desktop world map clock.
• Google Earth
  Platform:      Linux, Windows, OSX
  Description: Want to know more about a specific location? Dive right in -- Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.

• OpenOffice.Org
  Platform:      Linux, Windows, OSX
  Description: A full office suite with most of the capabilities of other expensive office programs.
• Sunbird
  Platform:      Linux, Windows, OSX
  Description: Sunbird is a new project from Mozilla designed to provide a full calendar application.
• Thunderbird
  Platform:      Linux, Windows, OSX
  Description: A full-featured e-mail program that is a popular alternative to other commercial e-mail programs.
• Gaggle.net
  Platform:      Web
  Description: Thousands of schools use the Gaggle Network to provide safe, teacher-controlled email accounts for students.
• Google Docs & Spreadsheets
  Platform:      WEB
  Description: Google Docs & Spreadsheets is a web-based word processing and spreadsheet program that keeps documents current and lets the people you choose update files from their own computers
• iFolder
  Platform:      Linux, Windows, OSX
  Description: iFolder is a simple and secure storage solution that can increase your productivity by enabling you to back up, access and manage your personal files-from anywhere, at any time. Once you have installed iFolder, you simply save your files locally-as you have always done-and iFolder automatically updates the files on a network server and delivers them to the other machines you use.
• Scribus
  Platform:      Linux, Windows, OSX
  Description: Scribus is an open-source desktop publishing program that brings award-winning professional page layout with a combination of "press-ready" output and new approaches to page layout. Underneath the modern and user friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as CMYK color, separations, ICC color management and versatile PDF creation.
• PDF Creator
  Platform:      Windows
  Description: PDFCreator is a free tool to create PDF files from nearly any Windows application. PDFCreator has over 13 million downloads since 2002!

• ZOHO
  Platform:      Web
  Description: Zoho offers a suite of online web applications geared towards increasing your productivity and offering easy collaboration. Zoho's online office tools
• iTALC
  Platform: Web
  Description: iTALC is a  powerful didactical tool for teachers. It lets you view and control other computers in your network in several ways.

• The GIMP
  Platform:      Linux, Windows, OSX
  Description: The "GNU Image Manipulation Program".  A professional quality image editing program that is an ideal alternative to other expensive image editing programs.
• ImageMagick
  Platform:      Linux, Windows
  Description: ImageMagick is a robust image editing program that supports many different image formats.
• Picasa
  Platform:      Linux, Windows
  Description: Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC.
• Photoshop Album 2.0
  Platform:      Windows
  Description: Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition makes it easy to find, fix, and share your digital photos. Organize your digital photos in a snap. Instantly fix photo flaws in just a click or two. Easily share your memories in a slide show with captions, or email individual photos to family and friends.

• Google SketchUp
  Platform:      Windows, OSX
  Description: SketchUp is a simple but powerful tool for quickly and easily creating, viewing and modifying your 3D ideas..
• Qcad
  Platform:      Linux, Windows, OSX
  Description: A 2D CAD Application.
• JFDraw
  Platform:      Linux, Windows, OSX
  Description: A 2D CAD program written in Java.
• Inkscape
  Platform:      Linux, Windows, OSX
  Description: Inkscape is designed to edit images in the scalable vector graphics (SVG) file format.
• Dia
  Platform:      Linux, Windows
  Description: Dia is a drawing program used to create diagrams.
• Blender
  Platform:      Linux, Windows, OSX
  Description: A professional quality 3D modeling program with advanced features and options.
• Tux Paint
  Platform:      Linux, Windows, OSX
  Description: Tux Paint is a fun paint program designed for children.

• Firefox
  Platform:      Linux, Windows, OSX
  Description: A popular web browser that is a great alternative to other widely-used web browsers. Firefox features a built-in popup blocker and has many useful add-ons that can be downloaded from their website.
• Opera
  Platform:      Linux, Windows, OSX
  Description: A web browser with many interesting and advanced features. It is easy to customize and features a built-in ad blocker.
• N|VU
  Platform:      Linux, Windows, OSX
  Description: N|VU is a web authoring tool (or simply put, a web page editor). N|VU has many advanced features and is a fairly complete alternative to other commercial web authoring tools.

• ReadPlease Free
  Platform:      Windows
  Description: Reads any text you see on your screen - all purpose text-to-speech software.
• WordStone Dictionary
  Platform:      Windows
  Description: WordStone Dictionary is a very simple and convenient electronic dictionary and translator that contains more then 30 bidirectional vocabularies and allows to work with more then 10 European languages.

• Moodle
  Platform:      Linux, Windows, OSX
  Description: Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities.
• Drupal
  Platform:     
  Description: Drupal is a Course Management System (CMS) that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a great variety of content on a website.

• Google Earth
  Platform:      Linux, Windows, OSX
  Description: Want to know more about a specific location? Dive right in -- Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.
• FreeMind
  Platform:      Linux, Windows, OSX
  Description: A mind mapper, and  easy-to-operate hierarchical editor with strong emphasis on folding.
• Pauker
  Platform:      Linux, Windows, OSX
  Description: This program allows the user to make his or her own flash cards to aid in memorization.
• Research Project Helper
  Platform:      Linux, Windows, OSX
  Description: This program aids in taking notes and writing bibliographies for a research project.
• Filezilla
  Platform:      Linux, Windows
  Description: A complete graphical FTP client and server for Linux and Windows.
• FontForge
  Platform:      Linux, Windows, OSX
  Description: FontForge is designed to let the user create his or her own fonts.

• TheOpenCD
  Platform:      Windows
  Description: TheOpenCD project bundles some of the best open source software for Windows onto one CD. Some programs that are included are Firefox, Thunderbird, GIMP, Blender, OpenOffice, and MoinMoin. On the CD, the programs are arranged into the categories of Productivity, Design, Internet/Networking, Multimedia, Utilities, and Games.