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Animation 3D
Blender. Blender is the open source software for 3D modeling, animation,
rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback.
Available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public
License.
http://www.blender.org

Art Of Illusion. Art of Illusion is a free, open source 3D modelling and
rendering studio. It is written entirely in Java, and should be
usable on any Java Virtual Machine which is compatible with J2SE 1.4
or later.
http://www.artofillusion.org/

Archive Software:
7Z-zip. 7-Zip is a file archiver with the high compression ratio. The program
supports 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, LZH, CHM, GZIP, BZIP2, Z, TAR, CPIO,
RPM and DEB formats. Compression ratio in the new 7z format is 30-50%
better than ratio in ZIP format.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/

Database servers:
Mysql server. Mysql is the premier open source relational database
server. Mysql can be found under the covers of many high volume
website such as NASA and Yahoo.
http://www.mysql.org

Postgressql. Postgresql is a feature rich and powerful object relational database manager server.
http://www.postgresql.org

Desktop publishing:
Scribus. Open Source Desktop Publishing for Linux, Mac OS® X and Windows
http://www.scribus.org.uk/

Development tools:
Eclipse. Eclipse is an open source community whose projects are focused on providing an extensible development platform and application frameworks for building software.
http://www.eclipes.org

File sharing:
FrostWire. Frostwire is an open source version of the popular Limewire P2P file sharing program.
http://www.frostwire.com/static/index.html

Graphics:
The Gimp. A raster image editor similar in function to Adobe Photoshop.
http://www.gimp.org/

GimpShop. The Gimp but made to look and act like Adobe Photoshop.
http://www.gimpshop.net/

Inkscape. A vector graphics program similar in function to Corel Draw or Adobe Illustrator.
http://www.inkscape.org

Browsers:
Mozilla Firefox. The open source number 2 web browser used on the net.
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/

Email:
Mozilla Thunderbird. A feature rich email client.
http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/

Instant Messaging:
Gaim. A multi protocol instant messaging client for accessing AOL, MSM, Jabber and others.
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/win32/index.php

RSS readers:
RSSOwl lets you gather, organize, update, and store information from any compliant
source in a convenient, easy to use interface, save selected information in various formats for offline viewing and sharing, and much more. It’s easy to configure, available in many many languages and the best of all: It’s platform-independent.
http://www.rssowl.org/

Media Players:
VLC. A very capable media player which includes most common and some less common multimedia files. DVD play back included.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Office tools:
OpenOffice.org. A feature rich and Microsoft compatible office suite.
http://www.openoffice.org

PDF Creator. A free print to PDF program.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/

Security software:
Truecrypt. A very capable disk encryption tool. Similar to BestCrypt or PGP Disk.
http://www.truecrypt.org/

OpenVPN Gui client. A graphic client for accessing the popular and open source Openvpn server Server http//www.openvpn.net Client software: http://openvpn.se/index.html

Sound Editing:
Audacity. An open source sound editor.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Spyware detection:
Spybot. Spyware detection and removal tool.
http://www.spybot.net/en/index.html

Video Editing:
JAHSHAKA. The worlds first Open Source Realtime Editing and Effects System.
Jahshaka takes advantage of the power of OpenGL and OpenML to give its
users exceptional levels of performance. We currently support Linux,
OsX, Irix and Windows, and Solaris is on the way! Jahshaka is licenced
to the public under the GNU GPL agreement.
http://www.jahshaka.org/