Free (Libre) Open Source Software Applications

For your convenience, we've provided a list of free software applications, most have cross-platform versions available for GNU Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.

Debian Linux Operating System

Super-fast and great-looking, Debian is a secure, intuitive operating system that powers desktops, servers, netbooks and laptops. Debian is, and always will be, absolutely free.

debian.org

ClamWin Anti Virus

ClamWin is a Free Antivirus program for Microsoft Windows. It comes with an easy installer and is open source code. You can download and use it free of charge. Virus database is automatically updated daily via the Internet.

clamwin.com

LibreOffice.org Productivity Suite

LibreOffice.org is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.

libreoffice.org

Mozilla Firefox: Rediscover the Web

Firefox empowers you to browse faster, more safely and more efficiently than with any other browser. It imports your "Favorites", bookmarks and other information.

mozilla.org

Mozilla Thunderbird: Reclaim Your Inbox

Thunderbird is Mozilla's next generation e-mail client. It makes emailing safer, faster and easier than ever before. Thunderbird 2 features many new enhancements to help you better manage your unruly inbox, and stay informed. It scales to the most sophisticated organisational needs while making it easy to find what you need.

thunderbird.net

Mozilla Seamonkey Suite

Web browser, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing made simple. All your Internet needs in one application.

seamonkey-project.org

VLC Video Lan Client

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols. This very versatile free cross-platform media player supports many codecs.

videolan.org

VirtualBox

VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software.

virtualbox.org

The GIMP

GIMP is a powerful piece of photo editing software with many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, a expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, a image format converter, and more.

GIMP is very 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.

The GIMP acronym stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program, a freely distributed piece of software running on Linux, Mac OS X, Unix, and Windows.

gimp.org