VMware Workstation lets you use your virtual machines to run Windows, Linux and a host of other operating systems side-by-side on the same computer. VMware virtualization software maps physical hardware resources to the virtual machine’s resources so that each virtual
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NeDi – network discovery and configuration tool
NeDi is an open source network discovery and configuration tool which provides network topology discovery and backup/restore of network node configurations. Remo Rickli started NeDi several years ago as a small collection of Perl scripts designed to query Cisco devices
Read moreXfce – Xfce Desktop Environment
Xfce is a free software desktop environment which aims to be fast and lightweight, yet at the same time being attractive and easy to use. Its configuration is entirely mouse-driven and the configuration files are hidden from the desktop user.
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OpenVPN – virtual private network (VPN) solution
OpenVPN is a full-featured virtual private network (VPN) solution which can accommodate a wide range of configurations, including remote access.
Read moreJahshaka – virtual reality authoring toolkit
Jahshaka is an open source video and film compositing, realtime editing and special effects system. Jahshaka takes advantage of the power of OpenGL and OpenML hardware rendering to provide real-time functionality. The system is cross platform, and also includes full
Read moreEndeavour Mark II – file manager program
Endeavour Mark II is a complete file management suite that includes a File Browser, Image Browser, Archiver, Recycled Objects system, together with a set of file & disk management utility programs. It comes with an intuitive interface and can be
Read moreFreevo – HTPC media centre
Freevo allows you to manage your entire digital media collection – music, videos, photos etc. via a remote controlled TV interface.
Read moreLinuxMCE – home automation suite
LinuxMCE (Linux Media Center Edition) is a free and open source operating platform designed to allow a computer to act as a Media PC / HTPC (Home Theater PC) similar to Windows XP Media Center Edition and Mythbuntu. LinuxMCE is
Read moreMoovida – media center
Moovida (formerly Elisa) is an open source cross-platform media center solution designed to be simple to use. It can be used to watch video including DVDs with menu support, manage a music collection, and view pictures with animated slideshows. The
Read moreKIso – ISO image tool
KIso is an application which makes it easy to extract, create and manipulate ISO Images. It is designed for the K Desktop Environment. The software is released under an open source license. Features include: Open ISO and NRG images. Create
Read moreKNode (Part of Kontact)
KNode is the newsready component of Kontact, the integrated personal information manager of KDE. It is an online-reader, but in combination with a local newsserver like leafnode it is also usable with dial-up connections. It is GNKSA (Good Net-Keeping Seal
Read moreKooka – scan software
Kooka is an intuitive, easy to use open source scan and Optical Character Recogniton (OCR) suite. Kooka has been the scan application of choice for the KDE project and is an official part of the KDE Graphics Package. However, Kooka
Read moreSkype – tool for free calls and chat
Skype for Linux is a version of Skype peer-to-peer Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) software for computers running a Linux-based operating system. It gives Linux users the opportunity to make free phone and video calls via the Internet worldwide. Skype
Read moreImgv – feature rich image viewer
Imgv is a powerful, free and open source image viewer. It runs on a number of different operating systems including Linux. With imgv it’s possible to execute powerful commands such as loading every .png and .mpg file that starts with
Read moreQuteCom **AWOL**
QuteCom (formerly WengoPhone) is a free software SIP* compliant Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) client developed by the OpenWengo community. It lets users speak to other users of SIP compliant VoIP software without charge. However, QuteCom is more than just
Read moreCornice – image viewer
Cornice is a cross-platform image viewer written in Python, which is designed to be a free replacement of ACDSee. The software has a modest set of features, a refreshing change from the typical feature-bloat of many established image viewers. The
Read moreAdobe Reader – view PDFs
Adobe Reader lets you open, view, search, digitally sign, verify, and print Portable Document Format (PDF) files. With Adobe’s LiveCycle server software, Reader also lets individuals participate in business processes and interact with many types of content more securely, both
Read moregtkpod – GUI podcast tool
gtkpod is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for Apple’s iPod. It supports the first to fifth iPod generations including the iPod mini, iPod Photo, iPod Shuffle, iPod nano, and iPod Video. It allows you to import your existing iTunes database,
Read moreMoneydance – easy to use personal finance software
Moneydance is a Java based fully-featured personal finance solution. Moneydance’s features include online banking and bill payment, budget creation and tracking, useful reporting and graphing capabilities, investment portfolio tracking, transaction and bill reminders, and data encryption to ensure the privacy
Read moreKPDF – pdf viewer based on xpdf
KPDF is a KDE PDF (Portable Document Format) viewer based on the code of the Xpdf application. KPDF has some unique features such as continuous mode and presentation support. KPDF also allows text in .pdf’s to be read through KTTS
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