Social Source Commons

Automatix is a graphical interface for automating the installation of the most commonly requested applications in Debian based Linux operating systems.

BackupPC is a high-performance, enterprise-grade system for backing up Linux, WinXX and MacOSX PCs and laptops to a server's disk. BackupPC is highly configurable and easy to install and maintain.

The Bastille Hardening program "locks down" an operating system, proactively configuring the system for increased security and decreasing its susceptibility to compromise. Bastille can also assess a system's current state of hardening, granularly reporting on each of the security settings with which it works.

Quite simply, this makes securing a Linux box a simple, educational process. And it's free!

cPanel is a Linux based web hosting control panel that provides a graphical interface and automation tools designed to simplify the process of hosting a web site.

Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows.

Linux distribution with a very strong community

Desktop based Flickr Organizer by Manish Rai Jain.
Organize, upload, and download photos all through a single interface.

Inspired by EtherPEG (though, not owning an Apple Macintosh, I've never actually seen it in operation), Driftnet is a program which listens to network traffic and picks out images from TCP streams it observes. Fun to run on a host which sees lots of web traffic.

The Edubuntu Linux distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to schools, through its customised school environment.

EncFS provides an encrypted filesystem in user-space. It runs without any special permissions and uses the FUSE library and Linux kernel module to provide the filesystem interface. You can find links to source and binary releases below.

Linux based cloud computing infrastructure

The Fedora Project is a collection of projects sponsored by Red Hat, and developed as a partnership between the open source community and Red Hat engineers.

Until now — and probably for a while in most heads — the GNU/Linux system at school has been perceived as a good replacement of other proprietary servers. However the server is probably the least important things in term of freedom in a school network

Seamlessly run Windows, Linux and other PC operating systems on your Intel-based Mac.

CPU Frequency Scaling GNOME Applet for Linux

Git is a popular version control system designed to handle very large projects with speed and efficiency; it is used mainly for various open source projects, most notably the Linux kernel.

GNOME Desktop Environment and Developer Platform

The Gnome Time Tracker is a to-do list/diary/journal tool that can track the amount of time spent on projects, and, among other things, generate reports and invoices based on that time. It's being used it to keep shopping lists, organize ideas, track bug reports, keep a diary of activities, do some blogging, provide weekly status reports to management, and even as a consultant billing system.

The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) enables people to securely exchange messages and to secure files with both privacy and strong authentication. GnuPG is a free software replacement for the PGP suite of cryptographic software.

Guardian Project port to Android: https://guardianproject.info/code/gnupg/

Graphviz is open source graph visualization software. It has several main graph layout programs. See the gallery for some sample layouts. It also has web and interactive graphical interfaces, and auxiliary tools, libraries, and language bindings.

igraph is a free software package for creating and manipulating undirected and directed graphs

IPTraf is a console-based network statistics utility for Linux. It gathers a variety of figures such as TCP connection packet and byte counts, interface statistics and activity indicators, TCP/UDP traffic breakdowns, and LAN station packet and byte counts.

Kino is a non-linear DV editor for GNU/Linux. It features excellent integration with IEEE-1394 for capture, VTR control, and recording back to the camera. It captures video to disk in Raw DV and AVI format, in both type-1 DV and type-2 DV (separate audio stream) encodings.

Knoppix is a computer operating system which runs entirely from a CD or DVD drive, without performing an installation process or using the hard drive. Knoppix is a Debian based GNU/Linux distribution LiveCD, developed by GNU/Linux consultant Klaus Knopper

KDE default single pane file manager and web browser with KDE desktop integration

An Ubuntu-related project with KDE as default desktop.

GNU/Linux operating system adapted for translators. Linguas OS is a remaster of PCFluxboxOS built for translators.

My Linux tools

LTSP is an add-on package for Linux that allows you to connect lots of low-powered thin client terminals to a Linux server. Applications typically run on the server and accept input and display their output on the thin client display.

Mandriva is a worldwide Linux and Open Source leader providing easy-to-use solutions to individuals and organizations.

MyPasswordSafe is a straight-forward, easy-to-use password manager that maintains compatibility with Password Safe files.

NetBSD is a freely redistributable, open source version of the Unix-derivative BSD computer operating system.

Nmap ("Network Mapper") is a free open source utility for network exploration or security auditing. It was designed to rapidly scan large networks, although it works fine against single hosts.

The OpenBSD project produces a FREE, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system

The openSUSE project is a worldwide community program sponsored by Novell that promotes the use of Linux everywhere. The program provides free and easy access to openSUSE.

OpenWrt is described as a Linux distribution for embedded devices.

Instead of trying to create a single, static firmware, OpenWrt provides a fully writable filesystem with package management. This frees you from the application selection and configuration provided by the vendor and allows you to customize the device through the use of packages to suit any application. For developer, OpenWrt is the framework to build an application without having to build a complete firmware around it; for users this means the ability for full customization, to use the device in ways never envisioned.

Pajek (Slovene word for Spider) is a program, for Windows, for analysis and visualization of large networks.

PC-BSD is a Unix-like, desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD similar to DesktopBSD.

“Pdftotext” is a shell program for converting PDF (Portable Document Format / Adobe Acrobat) documents into plain text.

PiTiVi is a video editor for Linux focused on being user friendly and intuitive for the user.

Pyramid is a small but flexible Linux distribution designed for advanced wireless networking projects. Pyramid Linux is the successor to Pebble Linux originally developed by Terry Schmidt at NYCWireless. If you are looking for a small powerful distro for wireless applications we suggest you try it out.

It uses the Ubuntu Linux Live CD as a base, and then allows customization of boot screens , gnome settings, and software.

RRD is the acronym for Round Robin Database. It is a system to store and display time-series data (i.e. network bandwidth, machine-room temperature, server load average).

Free email server software with web-based interface for users and administrators.

Easy to install & maintain Linux distro targetting small offices with no professional IT staff

Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great server accelerator. It runs on Unix and Windows and is licensed under the GNU GPL.

SUSE® Linux Enterprise 10 is the serious choice for business. It is the only enterprise-grade Linux platform offering a complete solution for your mission-critical needs-from the desktop to the data center. When security, cost and reliability matter, companies choose SUSE Linux Enterprise from Novell.

A collection of floppy-based diagnostic tools and recovery Linux distributions all consolidated on one bootable CD

Tizen is an open source, standards-based software platform supported by leading mobile operators, device manufacturers, and silicon suppliers for multiple device categories such as smartphones, tablets, netbooks, in-vehicle infotainment devices, and smart TVs. Tizen offers an innovative operating system, applications, and a user experience that consumers can take from device to device.

Twinkle is a soft phone for your voice over IP communcations using the SIP protocol. You can use it for direct IP phone to IP phone communication or in a network using a SIP proxy to route your calls. It support encrypted voice communication using ZRTP/SRTP

UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux distributions without burning a CD. It runs on both Windows and Linux.

VaultletSuite 2 Go is privacy protecting software that installs on your hard drive or your thumb/USB drive. It uses Open Source 2048 bit RSA public key and 256 AES encryption, and provides easy-to-use (transparent) encrypted and controllable email and password protects important files.

WengoPhone is a free software Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service. It allows users to speak at no cost from one computer to another. It also allows users to call landlines, cellphones, send SMS, make video calls and chat using various Instant Messaging services. WengoPhone is a FOSS alternative to proprietary systems such as Skype.

Windows and Linux server virtualization software.