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Flexible open-source content management and blogging software with an active user and developer community and a wide variety of plug-ins or extensions available.
Very extensible CMS platform based on PHP and used by many NGOs - "Community Plumbing"
Firefox is the popular open source web browser from Mozilla
Open-source calendar that works with the Mozilla suite of tools or by itself.
Free/cheap Internet telephony and handy IM tool.
Web based social bookmarking lets you share online finds and discover new ones. Ground zero for tagging.
Full-featured open source office productivity suite, featuring word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing and database packages; free MS Office replacement.
User-friendly Linux distribution.
The Ubuntu promise:
* Ubuntu will always be free of charge, along with its regular enterprise releases and security updates
* Ubuntu comes with full commercial support from Canonical and hundreds of companies from across the world
* Ubuntu provides the best translations and accessibility features that the free software community has to offer
* Ubuntu core applications are all free and open source. We want you to use free and open source software, improve it and pass it on.
Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.
A multi-protocol Instant Messaging (IM) client
Multi-platform for viewing PDF (Portable Document Format) documents
Mozilla's Open Source email client
Powerful wiki software built to support the Wikipedia project
Free software for anonymous Internet communication.
With Hamachi you can organize two or more computers with an Internet connection into their own virtual network for direct secure communication.
A Free Telnet/SSH Client
Enigmail is an extension to the mail client of Mozilla / Netscape and Mozilla Thunderbird which allows users to access the authentication and encryption features provided by GnuPG
OTR allows you to have private (not just encrypted) conversations over instant messaging by providing: Encryption, Authentication, Deniability, and Perfect forward secrecy.
Linux distribution with a very strong community
Free, open source software for recording and editing sounds.
A freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
TortoiseSVN is a Subversion client, implemented as a windows shell extension.
Apple's desktop operating system.
Powerful but expensive digital image manipulation package.
a voip/IM client like Skype, but based on open protocols
WinSCP (Windows Secure CoPY) is an open source SFTP and FTP client for Microsoft Windows. Its main function is secure file transfer between a local and a remote computer. WinSCP offers basic file manager functionality for uploading and downloading files from a server.
Free FTP client software.
Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.
Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Picasa also makes advanced editing simple, and makes it easy to share your pictures; you can email, print photos home, make gift CDs, and even post pictures.
Download and watch high resolution internet TV shows and videos in one application. New channels arrive daily in the built-in Channel Guide.
Adium is a free instant messaging application for Mac OS X that can connect to AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, and more.
BBEdit is a professional HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. Primarily geared towards Web authors and software developers, BBedit provides an abundance of features for editing, searching, and text manipulation, including syntax coloring, regular expre
A collection of floppy-based diagnostic tools and recovery Linux distributions all consolidated on one bootable CD
Wikipedia is a global and multilingual Web-based cooperative free-content encyclopedia.
Social networking for non-social purposes with a focus on professional development, networking for jobs and problem solving through the expertise of those in your extended network.
industry standard open source web server
Inexpensive antivirus software for up to five computers.
Shinkuro is a small software program that enables teams to securely share files, exchange instant messages, and do simple screen sharing.
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.
Free backup software, providing advanced filtering and command line options
Free virus protection for your home PC
Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot floppy that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers.
an easy to use and reliable program for imaging and backing up partitions and logical drives
Eraser is used to permanently delete (wipe) sensitive data from your computer.
FreeUndelete can help lost data from accidentally deleted files
GPGshell is a graphic interface for GnuPG that allows you to use the cryptographic software GnuPG in a easy and user friendly way
Gmail is a web-based email with very user-friendly interface and huge storage capacity
GmailFS is a virtual filesystem which allows users to mount and use their Gmail email account's storage as a local disk drive.
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/
KeePass is a free/open-source password manager or safe which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way
An Open Source password manager that encrypts all information.
Portable Firefox is a fully functional package of Firefox optimized for use on a USB key drive
Portable Gaim is the versatile Gaim instant messaging client packaged as a portable app, so you can take your IM settings and buddy lists with you. The Off-the-record plugin is also included for secure, encrypted messaging
Portable Thunderbird is the popular Mozilla Thunderbird email client packaged as a portable app, so you can take your email, address book and account settings with you.
TorPark allows users to plug in a small USB adapter and run the program compilation and have a virtual secure and anonymous connection to the internet leaving no tracks behind.
TrueCrypt is a free open source on-the-fly encryption (OTFE) program for Microsoft Windows XP/2000/2003 and Linux. It allows one to create a virtual encrypted disk within a file and then mount it as a real disk
Zfone is software for secure voice communication over the Internet (VoIP). It is created by Phil Zimmermann, the creator of the PGP encryption software. Zfone works on top of existing SIP- and RTP-programs, like Gizmo and SIPphone
invisiblog.com lets you publish a weblog using GPG and the Mixmaster anonymous remailer network. You don't ever have to reveal your identity
Colloquy is an advanced IRC & SILC client
A free web-based calendar.
Diagramming and flow-chart software for Mac OS X.
web-based interface for managing MySQL
Now covered by Google Drive.
Web-based word processor and spreadsheet tool. Formerly Writely.
VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused and temporary files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space.
The Social Source Commons is a “knowledge commons” that provides users with: a directory of software applications; links to relevant documentation, localization tools, services, user reviews; and a place to request tools/features.
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources.
Web-based RSS aggregator
A multi-protocol IM client for OS X
Professional password manager with strong encryption and Palm support
iAlertU is a very cool alarm system for the MacBook Pro.
Freeware to backup and synchronize files.
Anti-spyware freeware.
Mailman mailinglist manager fork that includes OpenPGP and S/MIME support
Growl is a notification system for Mac OS X: it allows applications that support Growl to send you notifications.
FeedBurner is the leading provider of media distribution and audience engagement services for blogs and RSS feeds.
Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks
Tor on a Stick
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