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Open Source Software - Usage

Multimedia

• WAV2MP3 Wizzard (Win32) - Convert WAV files to MP3.
• MediaCoder (Win32) - Video encoder (from any format, to any format).

Connectivity

• Putty (Win32) - Connect to SSH server, tunneling/etc.

Utils

• WinMerge (Win32) - View changes in files. Like Beyond Compare (but then a OSS version).
• 7-Zip (any OS) - Compression tool
• SimplyBackup (any OS) - Backup (incremental/full) to disk, NFS, (S)FTP, SSH, WebDAV, etc.

Server Stuff

• Apache (any OS) - The best webserver there is.
• PHP (any OS)
• AMaViS - Mail virus scanner.
• FileZilla (server Windows only, client any OS) - FTP Server / client.

General

• ClamAV (Linux) - Virus scanner.
• ClamAV (Windows) - Virus scanner.
• DOSBox (any OS) - Run DOS utils/games under any OS.
• Firefox (any OS) - Good webbrowser that's using the webstandards.
• Thunderbird (any OS) - Good mail client.
• Sunbird (any OS) - Good calendar client.
• Notepad++ (Win32) - Good text/whatever editor.
• OpenOffice (any OS) - Office suite.

Security

• TrueCrypt (any OS) - Encryption software

Copyright 2006 by Roel Jansen