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7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. The program supports 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, LZH, CHM, GZIP, BZIP2, Z, TAR, CPIO, ISO, MSI, WIM, NSIS, RPM, and DEB formats.
Inkscape is a vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to those of Illustrator, CorelDraw, and Xara X. Inkscape supports advanced features for manipulating Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files, including markers, clones, and alpha blending, within a streamlined interface. It lets you easily edit nodes, perform complex path operations, trace bitmaps, and much more.
VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for a wide range of audio and video formats, as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network. It doesn't need any external codec or program to work.
The MPlayer media player can play a wide variety of media formats. It can also save streamed content to a file. A companion program, MEncoder, can take an input stream or file and transcode it into several different output formats, optionally applying various transforms along the way.
XBMC is a media center application for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and XBox. It's easy to use, looks slick, and has a large, helpful community.
Adium is a free instant messaging application for Mac OS X. It can connect to AIM, ICQ, MobileMe, MSN Messenger, Jabber, Google Talk, LiveJournal, Yahoo! Messenger, Bonjour, MySpace IM, Facebook Chat, Lotus Sametime, Novell Groupwise, QQ, Gadu-Gadu, and more.
The KeePass password manager helps you manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key file, so you have to remember only the master password or select the key file to unlock the whole database. Databases are encrypted using the most secure encryption algorithms currently known (AES and Twofish).
Sage integrates several mathematical applications under a single Python-based graphical interface. It covers many aspects of mathematics, including algebra, combinatorics, numerical mathematics, and calculus.
WinSCP (Windows Secure CoPy) is a SFTP and FTP client for Windows. Its main function is secure file transfer between a local and a remote computer. Beyond this, WinSCP offers basic file manager functionality. For secure transfers, it uses Secure Shell (SSH) and supports the SCP protocol in addition to SFTP.
Angband is a computer dungeon exploration game based loosely on the books of J.R.R.Tolkien. You explore a deep dungeon, kill monsters, try to equip yourself with weapons and armor, and finally face Morgoth, The Dark Enemy.
The Blender 3-D graphics application can be used for modeling, UV unwrapping, texturing, rigging, water simulations, skinning, animating, rendering, particle and other simulations, non-linear editing, compositing, and creating interactive 3-D applications. Blender is available for several operating systems, including Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, IRIX, Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD, with unofficial ports for BeOS, SkyOS, AmigaOS, MorphOS, and Pocket PC. Blender has a robust feature set similar in scope and depth to other high-end 3-D software such as Softimage|XSI, Cinema 4D, 3ds Max, Lightwave, and Maya. These features include advanced simulation tools such as rigid body, fluid, cloth, and softbody dynamics, modifier-based modeling tools, powerful character animation tools, a node-based material and compositing system, and Python for embedded scripting.
GnuCash is personal and small-business financial-accounting application. Designed to be easy to use, yet powerful and flexible, GnuCash allows you to track bank accounts, stocks, and income and expenses. It is based on professional accounting principles to ensure balanced books and accurate reports.
SMPlayer intends to be a complete front-end for MPlayer, from basic features like playing videos, DVDs, and VCDs to more advanced features like support for MPlayer filters and more. One of the most interesting features of SMPlayer: it remembers the settings of all files you play. So you start to watch a movie but you have to leave... don't worry, when you open that movie again it will resume at the same point you left it, and with the same settings: audio track, subtitles and volume.
Audacity is a free audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to record live audio, convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs, and edit sound files.
Sauerbraten (a.k.a. Cube 2) is a free multiplayer/singleplayer first person shooter, built as a major redesign of the Cube FPS. Much like the original Cube, the aim of this game is not necessarily to produce the most features & eyecandy possible, but rather to allow map/geometry editing to be done dynamically in-game, to create fun gameplay and an elegant engine. The engine supporting the game is entirely original in code & design, and its code is Open Source (ZLIB license, read the docs for more on how you can use the engine).
Firefox is the Mozilla Project's web browser. The Web is all about innovation, and Firefox 3 sets the pace with dozens of new features, including the smart location bar, one-click bookmarking and blindingly fast performance. Your online security is our top priority. Firefox includes strict anti-phishing and anti-malware measures, plus easy ways to tell the good guys from the bad like our new one-click site ID info. In the end, it’s all about you being able to do what you need to do on the Web. And with features like built-in spell checking, session restore and full zoom—not to mention more than 5,000 available add-ons—nobody makes it easier, helps you work better or saves you more time than Firefox.
Transmission is a fast, easy, and free multi-platform BitTorrent client. It features encryption, a web-based interface, peer exchange, UPnP and NAT-PMP port forwarding, web seed support, watch directories, tracker editing, global and per-torrent speed limits, and more.
Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based strategy game with a fantasy theme. You must build up a great army, gradually turning raw recruits into hardened veterans. In later games, you can recall your toughest warriors and form a deadly host. Choose units from a large pool of specialists, and hand-pick a force with the right strengths to fight well on different terrains against all manner of opposition.
Open Source Digital Audio CD Extractor. CDex can extract the data directly (digital) from an Audio CD, which is generally called a CD Ripper or a CDDA utility. The resulting audio file can be a plain WAV file (useful for making compilation audio CDs) or the ripped audio data can be compressed using an audio encoder. Many encoders are supported, to name a few: * Lame MP3 encoder * Internal MP2 encoder * APE lossles audio format * Ogg Vorbis encoder * The Windows MP3 encoder (Fraunhofer MP3 encoder) * NTT VQF encoder * FAAC encoder * Windows WMA8 encoder In addition, WAV files on the hard drive can be converted to a Compressed Audio File (and visa versa). CDex also supports many audio file tag formats like the ID3V1 and ID3V2 tags, which can be automatically inserted as part of the ripping process.
Stellarium is a planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3-D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars, or a telescope. It displays stars, constellations, planets, and nebulas, along with ground, landscape, and atmosphere.