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GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert
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quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.
GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted.
GIMP is written and developed under X11 on UNIX platforms. But basically the same code also runs on MS Windows and Mac OS X. [Less]
Inkscape is a drawing tool with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, and CorelDraw that uses the W3C standard scalable vector graphics format (SVG). The supported SVG features include basic shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha
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blending, transforms, gradients, and grouping. In addition, it supports Creative Commons meta-data, node-editing, layers, complex path operations, text-on-path, and SVG XML editing. It also imports several formats like EPS, Postscript, JPEG, PNG, BMP, and TIFF and exports PNG as well as multiple vector-based formats. [Less]
Rediscover Your Music!
Amarok is the music player for Linux and Unix with an intuitive interface. Amarok makes playing the music you love easier than ever before - and looks good doing it.
Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) is an anti-virus toolkit for Unix. The main purpose of this software is the integration with mail servers (attachment scanning). The package provides a flexible and scalable multi-threaded daemon, a commandline scanner, and a
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tool for automatic updating via Internet. The programs are based on a shared library distributed with the Clam AntiVirus package, which you can use in your own software. [Less]
Qt is a cross-platform (Windows, Unix, MacOs X) graphical toolkit.
Qt features a rich API to write GUI software, but also for other aspect of application development : network classes, xml, internationalisation, database, ...
The KDE libraries, basis of KDE and used by many open source projects. They are based on Qt, Trolltech's cross-platform toolkit, and run on Linux, BSDs, and other Unices, as well as Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.
Licensed under GNU LGPL, they may be used by open source and proprietary applications.
ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical point-and-click adventure games, provided you already have their data files. The clever part about this: ScummVM just replaces the executables shipped with the game, allowing you
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to play them on systems for which they were never designed!
ScummVM lets you run these adventures: Adventure Soft's Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2; Revolution's Beneath A Steel Sky, Broken Sword 1 and Broken Sword 2; Flight of the Amazon Queen; Wyrmkeep's Inherit the Earth; Coktel Vision's Gobliiins and games based on LucasArts' SCUMM (Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion) system. SCUMM is used for many games, including Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Max and more. Compatibility with supported games is continually improving, so c [Less]
Psi is a leading instant messaging / real-time communications client for the Jabber network (using the XMPP protocol). It is cross platform, available for Windows, Mac OS X and X11 (Linux, BSD, Solaris etc.) platforms. It uses the Qt library.
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aims to be (and is famous for being) standards compliant and stable. It is also at the cutting edge of XMPP development, with several of the authors very actively involved in the XMPP standards extension process. [Less]
Cross platform input system designed for use with HID devices (mice, joysticks, keyboards, et al). Currently supported platforms include: Linux & Win32 (and partially OSX).
XBMC is a multimedia player/jukebox for the Xbox from Microsoft. It can be used to play or view most common video, audio, and picture formats such as MPEG-1/2/4, DivX, XviD, MP3, AAC, JPG, and GIF directly from a CD or DVD in the Xbox DVD-ROM drive
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or from the Xbox hard drive. XBMC can also stream files over a local network or from the Internet. Playlist and slideshow functions, a weather forecast, and many audio visualizations are also included. [Less]
InspIRCd is a modular C++ IRC Daemon (ircd) for Linux, BSD and Windows systems created to provide a stable, modern, lightweight irc server from scratch and provide a vast number of features in a modularised form using an advanced module API. By
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keeping the functionality of the main core to a minimum we hope to increase the stability and speed of our project and make it customisable to the needs of many users. InspIRCd is designed primarily to be a custom irc server for the chatspike irc network (irc.chatspike.net) but we are releasing it into the public domain under GPL so that you may benefit yourself from our work. The project is written from scratch, avoiding the inherent instability under large loads which can be seen in many other irc server distributions. [Less]
RSSOwl is a wise SWT-based news aggregator. Its search feature lets you hunt down the best RSS/RDF/Atom feeds on the Web, and then organize and share your feeds with agility. Other features include an integrated browser; AmphetaRate, for acquiring
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news tailored to your tastes; full-text searching through headlines and descriptions; export feed summaries to PDF, RTF, and HTML; the ability to import or export OPML; the ability to exchange collections with others by importing or exporting subscriptions; the ability to import or export user data to and from other machines; automatic newsfeed updating; and much more. [Less]
Crystal Entity Layer is a layer that sits on top of Crystal Space 3D Engine. It provides the notion of entities and property classes. As such it will make it easier to make games using Crystal Space.
Alvaro's Messenger is a Tcl/Tk client for MSN Messenger. Its features include multi-language support, smileys, docking support for KDE 3 and GNOME 2 (FreeDesktop compatibility), logging, profiles support, email notification, customizable sounds
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, group management, file transfers with NAT support, and proxy support. Some special features include the possibility of knowing who has deleted you from his/her list, connecting "silently" (appearing invisible), and so on. [Less]
skype4pidgin is a plugin for libpurple programs such as Pidgin or Adium, to be able to use the Skype API to control and use Skype to send IM's
The JInput Project hosts an implementation of an API for game controller discovery and polled input.
The Axiom Engine Project is a fully object oriented game engine development effort using C# and the Microsoft.Net or Mono platform to create an easy to use, flexible, extendable, and powerful engine that allows for rapid development of games for various genres.
XBMC media center is a free cross-platform media-player jukebox and entertainment hub. XBMC is open source (GPL) software available for Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows operating-system, and the Xbox game-console. XBMC can play a very complete
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spectrum of of multimedia formats, and featuring playlist, audio visualizations, slideshow, and weather forecast functions, together with a multitude of third-party plugins. [Less]
Coccinella is a free and open-source cross-platform communication tool with a built-in whiteboard for improved collaboration with other people.
PearPC is a platform-independent PowerPC architecture emulator capable of running most PowerPC operating systems. It includes a Just- In-Time compiler for x86 processors.
Exult is an open-source game engine for playing Ultima7 on modern operating systems, using the game's original data files.
Thousand Parsec is not only a game by itself, it is also a framework for creating a similar group of turn-based space empire building games, which are often called 4X games, from the main phases found in them: eXplore, eXpand, eXploit and
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eXterminate. Some examples of games which Thousand Parsec draws ideas from are Stars!, VGA Planets, Reach for the Stars, Master of Orion and Galactic Civilizations.
The idea is that a protocol is specified which defines how game servers and game clients communicate with each other. Protocol also specifies which objects are available for custom games or rulesets, which can have different rules of gamplay. Any client should be able to connect with any server and player should be able to play any game with it. [Less]
S.C.O.U.R.G.E. is a Rogue-like game with a modern user interface. The game allows a group of four characters to search for treasure, kill enemies, gain levels, etc.
Openc2e is a cross-platform open-source game engine designed to be compatible with and run the Creatures series of games, including Creatures 1, 2, 3 and Docking Station.
PySoy is a cross-platform Python module which enables developers to easily build custom Python-based 3D games.
The engine features integrated physics, Ogg multimedia support, advanced rendering options such as bumpmap textures, and an optimized
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C-based rendering system for high framerates.
The purpose of the PySoy project is to enable more people to develop "commercial quality" copyleft games. [Less]
Phex is a cross-platform P2P filesharing client which is based on the Gnutella network.
It offers advanced functions and integrates all common Gnutella extensions like
* the Download Mesh and Partial File Sharing for decentral swarming
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downloads from multiple sources
* Dynamic Querying and the Query Routing Protocol for improved search and network performance
* UDP Host Caching for better connectivity
and many other optimizations. [Less]
A Jabber/XMPP library written in Tcl.
FreeOrion, an open-source game inspired by Master of Orion, is a turn-based game of epic space strategy that builds on the classic '4X' model by incorporating the nation-building elements of games such as Europa Universalis 2 and a versatile tactical
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combat engine. While its modular, open-source design allows for a significant degree of customization of the game engine and the story elements by the community, the FreeOrion team is dedicated to the construction of a living, breathing universe in a 'grand campaign' model. [Less]
Frets on Fire is an excellent opensource clone of Guitar Hero for Windows, Linux, and OSX. It can import songs from a Guitar Hero I or II disc, can play user-created songs, or lets you to create your own songs with its song editor. For hardcore
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players, your results are automatically posted to the World Charts on the website, so that you can see how awesome you are. (Written in Python using bindings to many fast C libraries.) [Less]
Tux Paint is a simple and entertaining drawing program geared towards young children. It has a simple interface, sound effects, and a cartoon character (Tux, the Linux penguin). Along with drawing brush strokes, lines and shapes, you can also enter
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text and place "rubber stamp" (or "sticker") images on the picture. Tux Paint is extensible, and could be useful in an educational environment (such as a grammar, elementary, or grade school). It's portable across numerous platforms, and runs well even on slower systems like the Pentium 133MHz. [Less]