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Best of the Best Free and Open Source Software Collection: OS X and Windows

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  • Dradis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+38"Burn4Free CD/DVD burner application, works oh so well! p.s. Run Adaware after installing to remove the spyware piece ;)"
    I wouldn't call that "the best"
    • quomen, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11http://thepiratebay.org/browse/301
      http://thepiratebay.org/browse/302

    • KloroFormd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3At least they included InfraRecorder. It's open-source and has never given me an issue. I uninstalled Nero when I found it.

      And they didn't call Burn4Free "the best"
    • wiihuck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"Best of the Best" if i'm reading the title correctly...
    • inkubux, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Infrarecorder is better IMHO and open source
    • evolver, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6To Dradis (smart fellow scanning the "free" software, smart move man. Folks this is why I've said it over and over again: If it isn't open source, you are taking your chances. Often "free" software is NOT free. If people REALLY want to make the software free, they'll open the source. If not, they probably are "giving" you something else that serves their interests and not yours. The 2 most valuable things in the computer age are your information (spyware) and YOU (make your computer an unwitting zombie to attack or extract information). Nuff said. If you want REAL free sofwtare suggest www.sourceforge.net (Compiling may or may not be needed depending on how much developer wants to help MS users with no compile tools.)
  • meshman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Literally everything. Every last freeware or shareware title known to exist. Even larger than winfiles.

    NOT.
  • schestowitz, on 10/12/2007, -11/+9Something is wrong with the title. I see programs like Skype listed, but Free and Open Source software (FOSS) does not align with the definition of, let us say, freeware or cross-platform. Skype, for example, is proprietary software. Let's not dilute or corrupt terminology that's there for a reason. Perhaps that justifies 'libre', as in FLOSS.
    • estvir, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8No, the title is fine.

      It says ".. free AND open source" so that's saying they have both free software (Skype, Paint.Net, etc) and Open Source software listed.
    • Judicata, on 10/12/2007, -6/+4@estvir

      While I think the poster probably meant it the way you read it, usually when you see "Free and Open Source" it means Free as in freedom (see the Free Software Foundation). The term "free software" goes back to describe free-as-in-freedom not in beer software for many years. "Open Source" was then adopted to clear up the obvious confusion between "free" software and software for no money. But open source doesn't necessarily mean "free" because open source software can certainly be proprietary.

      All that to say, the title is confusing and misleading - but I can't really blame the OP.
  • m00nb34m, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10Wow. I've never seen EVERY app created in one place! Amazing!
  • NoOneButMe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Listing BitTyrant as good, Not having Macports updated (It's nto Darwinports anymore), And ther ewere a few programs he didnt even bother checking for in fink, yet suggested installing manually - if it's your site, you check. not us.

    Three strikes, no digg ^_^
  • vwalbridge, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1This site sucks...


    It does not have Foxit Reader listed! ( I know it is not open source but it is only the single best .pdf viewer)

    Lame.
    • ffejrey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4RTFA

      "Foxit PDF reader and Adobe PDF reader replacement. Very fast and lightweight. Freeware/Other Web"
    • grakker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I like the size/speed of Foxit, but the only time I really have to use it is in a documentation system (don't ask) that links to other pdfs and Foxit just doesn't seem to do this at all. At least not the last time I tried 8 months ago.
    • tagawa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@grakker
      You could try SumatraPDF, a very small open-source PDF reader:
      http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/
      It doesn't have many features so may not suit your intriguing documentation system, but I love its simplicity.
  • lorductape, on 10/12/2007, -13/+1windows?????? a non-open source platform?????


    buried as lame.
    • ElitistSnob, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Buried you as lamer. Who gives a ***** whether Windows is Open Source or not? As if Open Source software is innovative and superbly designed by comparison... NOT! Open Source = freeware designed by amateurs with no usability skills or basic UI understanding.
  • Ubertastic, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2@guomen

    You betcha', The Pirate Bay is my homepage.

    +1 digg for BitTorrent, its come a long way.
  • huckmank, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I literally ***** my pants when I heard this site literally has everything.
  • ThatGeek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4err... where the hell is firefox? he has a whole half page for extensions, but no actual link to firefox. I guess...wow...it doesnt have every piece ever made. hmm
    • theaceoffire, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Yes, it does. Type ctrl+F and search.
    • AndrewWiggin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Or just type away... assuming you're using firefox already.
  • websyndicate, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Where is MACTHERIPPER one of the best free apps osx?
  • actionmike, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Thanks for the list but I think the poster meant "virtually", not "literally"....
  • MasteRR, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Edit: I'm stupid and unobservant. Digg me down.
  • jonnypyro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4that site makes my eyes hurt
  • Rudiger81, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Pretty lame list in my opinion. Lots of things missing and "the best" is a matter of opinion as well.
    • WalkThePlank, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Would you have preferred 'A Reasonably Good Collection of Some of the Free and Open Source Software Collection"?

      I don't know, doesn't seem to have such a nice ring to it.

  • dickgrayson, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0any of those video editing programs do green/blue screen?
  • kokojie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1LOL, it includes JAP but does not mention TOR, which is 100 times better than JAP
  • fzammetti, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Best of the best?!? Has literally everything?!?

    I just had a really bad Grey's Anatomy moment.

    Seriously?
    Seriously.
    Seriously?!?
    S-E-R-I-O-U-S-L-Y.

    (And if you don't watch the show, that's said with a great deal of sarcasm).
  • urgan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Not the cleanest list...
    ClipRex (DVD player with codex) -> MWS, WhenU, Adware-Url.gen
    Done. I can't trust this page.
  • RoadWarriorX11, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I notice they mentioned a couple VNC clients, how come they didn't list UltraVNC?

    http://www.uvnc.com/index.html
    • Blaatmeister, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Was wondering that myself. Seeing as how, in my experience, it's the best (free) VNC server/client for the Windows platform.
  • lexner, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0useless without search feature.
  • ripstuntz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Has anyone else noticed that the Digg comment system has gotten more and more disrespectful day by day?
  • KineticShampoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Nice list. I guess I'll use some of these. Only SOME I prefer Microsoft Office than Open Office.
  • SteveMax, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Dugg for Blitz Basic. I had no idea this was still alive! Brings back some good memories of the Amiga days.
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