30 Cool Open Source Software I Discovered in 2013: #1 Replicant - Fully Free Android Distribution
30 Cool Open Source Software I Discovered in 2013: #1 Replicant - Fully Free Android Distribution
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These are full-featured open source software products, free as in beer and speech that I started to use recently. Vivek Gite picks his best open source software of 2013.
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Operating system : Linux/Android Purpose : Free os for phone/tablets Targets : User who wish to have a full control over the mobile phone with strong privacy settings License : Apache License 2.0/GPL 2.0
[2] Download url : replicant.us [2]
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Operating system : Cross-platform Purpose : Video converter Targets : Multimedia users License : GPL
[5] Download url : mirovideoconverter.com [5]
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Operating system : Cross-platform Purpose : Cloud storage (Data synchronization) Targets : Home users/IT departments/Sysadmins License : AGPLv3
[7] Download url : owncloud.org [7]
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Operating system : Cross-platform Purpose : Database management Targets : DBA/new users License : Apache License or GPL 2
[13] Download url : adminer.org [13]
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Operating system : Cross-platform Purpose : IDC asset management system Targets : Sysadmin/DevOPS/IT Managers
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License : GPL
[16] Download url : racktables.org [16]
#8 Apache Cordova - Create smartphone app just with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Apache Cordova is a free and open source framework that allows you to create mobile apps using standardized web APIs. You can create apps that work on iOS, Andriod, BlackBerry, Windows, Ubuntu and other phone based operating systems. You write code once and run on selected mobile platforms with little or no change [17] at all. PhoneGap uses Apache Cordova. Operating system : iOS, Android, webOS, Symbian, BlackBerry, Ubuntu Touch, Windows Phone, Windows 8 Purpose : Build native mobile apps Targets : Developers License : Apache License 2.0
[18] or phonegap.com [19] [19] Download url : cordova.apache.org [18]
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License : GPL 2
[22] Download url : angryip.org [22]
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Operating system : Linux Purpose : Virtual appliance library Targets : Sysadmin/Developers/DevOPS License : Free software licenses
[33] Download url : turnkeylinux.org [33]
GNU MediaGoblin is free software, decentralized media publishing platform. You can host and share videos, music, and images using MediaGoblin. It is an a lternative to major media-publishing services such as Flickr, deviantArt, YouTube, Soundcloud, etc. It is written in Python and SQL.
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Operating system : Linux/OSX/MS-Windows Purpose : Sharing many forms of digital media Targets : Freedom respectful media sharing self-hosted service License : AGPLv3/CC0
[36] Download url : mediagoblin.org [36]
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Operating system : Linux Purpose : Firewall and anti-spam gateway for MS-Windows/Linux/Unix-like email servers Targets : Sysadmin License : GPL
[38] Download url : scrolloutf1.com [38]
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Operating system : Linux/Unix-like Purpose : Network monitoring Targets : Sysadmin License : Observium License
[40] Download url : observium.org [40]
#16 SimpleInvoices
It is a web based invoicing system. It helps me to create quick and nice looking invoices without having to set up too much services on server. All you have to do is install the SimpleInvoices software, enter a biller, a customer details and go creating invoices. You can easily track your finances; send invoices as PDF's and more. It is the best invoicing set up for my independent IT consultancy business.
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Operating system : Linux/Unix-like/Windows/OSX Purpose : Invoicing system Targets : Sole traders/Small business owners License : Observium License Download url : simpleinvoices.org [42]
[43] - another invoicing software intended for small businesses and independent Similar apps : BambooInvoice [43] contractors
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Operating system : Cross-platform Purpose : FTP client Download url : filezilla-project.org [45]
Many users only use 2% of the features of a program like Microsoft Word. No need to spend money or time on Microsoft Word. I personally use Abiword due to: 1. Easy to use and not bloated as OO.org. 2. Small size word processor i.e. it loads very fast on my old computer. 3. I can read and write OpenOffice.org documents, Microsoft Word documents, WordPerfect documents, Rich Text Format documents, HTML web pages and more. 4. Abiword is tightly integrated with the AbiCollab.net [48] web service, which lets you store documents online, allows easy document sharing with your friends, and performs format conversions on the fly.
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Operating system : Cross-platform Purpose : Word processing program Download url : abisource.com [50]
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Operating system : Cross-platform Purpose : Web developers Download url : lesscss.org [52]
#22 Cinnamon
Cinnamon is a GTK+ based desktop environment and a fork of the GNOME Shell. It was initially developed by Linux Mint. It offers a user interface with the following features that I needed most: 1. A movable pane l equipped with a main menu, launchers, a window list and the system tray 2. Various extensions and applets 3. Cinnamon makes GNOME3 a useful desktop
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Operating system : Linux Purpose : Desktop user Download url : linuxmint.com [54]
#23 Tmux
Tmux is terminal multiplexers for Unix-like platforms. tmux offers several advantages over GNU/screen:
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Vi or emacs key layouts Multiple paste options Secure code base An option to limit the window size and more [55].
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Operating system : Linux/Unix-like Purpose : Terminal multiplexer Download url : tmux.sourceforge.net [57]
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Operating system : Cross-platform Purpose : Convert diagrams drawn using ascii art
[65] Download url : ditaa.sourceforge.net [65]
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Operating system : Linux Purpose : Video editing Download url : openshot.org [75]
Conclusion
This is my personal FOSS software list and it is not absolutely definitive, so if you've got your own software, share in the comments below. Also don't forget to check out our previous years 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012 [76] . [ Happy New Year to all nixCraft visitors. I hope that 2014 proves to be just as awesome for Linux & FOSS enthusiast everywhere. ]
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FreeBSD jail: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-setup-freebsd-jail-with-ezjail/ [9] same with Linux using OpenVZ: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/openvz-rhel-centos-linux-tutorial/ [10] Image: http://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013/attachment/docker/ [11] docker.io: https://www.docker.io/ [12] Image: http://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013/attachment/db/ [13] adminer.org: http://www.adminer.org/ [14] mariadb.org: http://mariadb.org/ [15] Image: http://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013/attachment/racktables/ [16] racktables.org: http://racktables.org/ [17] little or no change: http://docs.phonegap.com/en/2.5.0/guide_gettingstarted_index.md.html#Getting%20Started%20Guides [18] cordova.apache.org: http://cordova.apache.org/ [19] phonegap.com: http://www.phonegap.com/ [20] Nmap is an open source security tool for network exploration: http://www.cyberciti.biz/networking/nmap-commandexamples-tutorials/ [21] Image: http://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013/attachment/ipscan-linux/ [22] angryip.org: http://angryip.org/ [23] WordPress based blog like nixCraft: http://www.cyberciti.biz/ [24] multiple VMs: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/run-different-network-services-on-separate-vm-systems.html [25] CDN for static assets: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/wordpress-cdn-content-delivery-network-configuration.html [26] caching engine such as memcached: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-install-memcached-under-rhel-fedoracentos/ [27] KISS principal: http://bash.cyberciti.biz/guide/Unix_philosophy [28] jekyllrb.com: http://jekyllrb.com/ [29] Haskell based Hakyll: http://jaspervdj.be/hakyll/ [30] Ruby based nanoc: http://nanoc.ws/ [31] Python based Pelican: http://blog.getpelican.com/ [32] Image: http://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013/attachment/turnkey-linux/ [33] turnkeylinux.org: http://www.turnkeylinux.org/ [34] dokuwiki.org: http://www.dokuwiki.org/ [35] Image: http://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of2013/attachment/mediagoblin_homepage_screenshot/ [36] mediagoblin.org: http://www.mediagoblin.org/ [37] Image: http://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013/attachment/scrollout-f1/ [38] scrolloutf1.com: http://www.scrolloutf1.com/ [39] Image: http://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013/attachment/observium/ [40] observium.org: http://www.observium.org/ [41] Image: http://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of2013/attachment/simpleinvoices/ [42] simpleinvoices.org: http://simpleinvoices.org/ [43] BambooInvoice: http://bambooinvoice.org/ [44] Image: http://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013/attachment/filezilla/ [45] filezilla-project.org: https://filezilla-project.org/ [46] winscp.net: http://winscp.net/ [47] apachefriends.org: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html [48] AbiCollab.net: https://abicollab.net/ [49] Image: http://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013/attachment/abiword-2-0gnome/ [50] abisource.com: http://www.abisource.com/ [51] Image: http://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013/attachment/less/
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[52] lesscss.org: http://lesscss.org/ [53] Image: http://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013/attachment/linux-mintdesktop/ [54] linuxmint.com: http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/ [55] and more: http://tmux.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/tmux/tmux/FAQ [56] Image: http://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013/attachment/tmux/ [57] tmux.sourceforge.net: http://tmux.sourceforge.net/ [58] Image: http://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013/attachment/artica/ [59] artica.fr: http://www.artica.fr/ [60] Image: http://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013/attachment/zentyal/ [61] zentyal.org: http://www.zentyal.org/ [62] grep like tool: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-use-grep-command-in-linux-unix/ [63] beyondgrep.com: http://beyondgrep.com/ [64] Image: http://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013/attachment/ditta/ [65] ditaa.sourceforge.net: http://ditaa.sourceforge.net/ [66] xargs command: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-bsd-xargs-construct-argument-lists-utility/ [67] Image: http://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013/attachment/gnu-parallel/ [68] gnu.org: http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/ [69] rsync tool: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-use-rsync-transfer-mirror-files-directories.html [70] Image: http://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013/attachment/luckybackup/ [71] luckybackup.sourceforge.net: http://luckybackup.sourceforge.net/ [72] open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/top5-linux-video-editingsystem-software/ [73] to create videos for my youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/nixcraftcom [74] Image: http://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013/attachment/openshot/ [75] openshot.org: http://openshot.org/ [76] 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012: http://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/best-terminalapplications-for-linux-unix-macosx/
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