Bruce Report post Posted February 11, 2007 Yes thats what I said free. When I say free I don't mean shareware with add banners, or limited functionality, I don't mean time limited or restricted, and I don't mean warez sites or pirating. These are 100% free applications, they are open source applications so not only are they free in cost, but they are free as in freedom. You can do anything you want with them. There are applications just for just about anything you might want to do, from advanced graphics editing, 3D modeling, office suites, chat applications, CD and DVD applications, media players............the list goes on and on. A full two web pages of free applications. I do hope this helps out folks when seeking applications without paying an arm and a leg. Enjoy http://www.opensourcewindows.org/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyfishingrules2 Report post Posted February 11, 2007 So did you find everything you need for Vista, Bruce? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce Report post Posted February 11, 2007 Yes I did. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyfishingrules2 Report post Posted February 11, 2007 I see at the bottom of page 2 that the programs haven't been tested with Vista--hope you will keep reporting your mileage as you experiment with them. Thanks for being our guinea pig Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce Report post Posted February 11, 2007 I haven't run into any problems yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miggs78 Report post Posted February 12, 2007 Nice find Bruce. edit: You sure thats the site, don't seem to work for me.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce Report post Posted February 12, 2007 Yes that is the site, with the recent attacks on the internets DNS servers it could be that it isn't available right now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miggs78 Report post Posted February 12, 2007 Yes that is the site, with the recent attacks on the internets DNS servers it could be that it isn't available right now. Ok it works now. Thanks.. 5 starts for this.. one of the best links I've had so far. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhizome Report post Posted February 21, 2007 Thanks for the link, Bruce. Way back in preWindows days, I used to have fun with SkyGlobe. That was a long time ago, and since then I have missed not being able to print sky charts. Celestia and Stellarium look like they could be a lot of fun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce Report post Posted February 21, 2007 Celestia is an outstanding application that will probably make SkyGlobe look archaic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bozzer32 Report post Posted February 26, 2007 Bruce or anyone who can help, is these programs compatible with Vista Ultimate? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce Report post Posted February 26, 2007 Yep, the only one I had any difficulty with was VLC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bozzer32 Report post Posted February 26, 2007 Yep, the only one I had any difficulty with was VLC. Thanks Buddy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacee Report post Posted February 26, 2007 Thanks Bruce! I just found that WMP11 won't play DVD videos with Vista Business. Media Player Classic works beautifully Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjawinte Report post Posted March 1, 2007 Yes thats what I said free. When I say free I don't mean shareware with add banners, or limited functionality, I don't mean time limited or restricted, and I don't mean warez sites or pirating. These are 100% free applications, they are open source applications so not only are they free in cost, but they are free as in freedom. You can do anything you want with them. There are applications just for just about anything you might want to do, from advanced graphics editing, 3D modeling, office suites, chat applications, CD and DVD applications, media players............the list goes on and on. A full two web pages of free applications. I do hope this helps out folks when seeking applications without paying an arm and a leg. Enjoy http://www.opensourcewindows.org/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gafhptva Report post Posted March 8, 2007 (edited) Thanks Bruce... some I already knew of but great compilation and diversity! Edited March 8, 2007 by gafhptva Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Champion_Munch Report post Posted March 19, 2007 Excellent website, thanks Bruce. with regards Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoviceComp Report post Posted March 27, 2007 Celestia is an outstanding application that will probably make SkyGlobe look archaic This is great! Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rinias Report post Posted April 11, 2007 Yep, the only one I had any difficulty with was VLC. That's a bloody shame... Do you know why VLC has problems? Something to do with codecs, or ?? Another site (though somewhat outdated now) is http://gnuwin.epfl.ch It at least gives you the names of programs as well as their homepages so that you can get the most recent windows versions. I find that it is also helpful, when looking for programs, to search Google for "open source X" (where X is the type of program, ie editor, media player, office, etc). Another find that I really enjoy now is foobar2000 which is a music player. I'm not part of the "iPod club" (and never will be) and I simply find players like iTunes and WMP too annoying and slow even on my machine. foobar opens up quickly, does everything I need it to and gives me no hassle. It's not very pretty though (It is a clean interface, however) Ah... And I just checked the site in Firefox and IE and it says "Under Construction" and where there are usually links, I couldn't click on anything... Strange... Rinias Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sudo Report post Posted May 22, 2007 Appreciate your efforts Bruce, that site was really nice. keep sharing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
