Recent Posts Tagged With 'open source'

• 7 addons and two tweaks for annoyance-free browsing with Firefox

  Posted on Friday January 16th, 2009 at 09:42 in internet, freeware, open source, mozilla, browsers

  firefox is a great browser, even in its unmodified, fresh-from-the-install form. If you're installing it for someone else and are trying to provide the most irritation-free experience you can, you might want to install a few of these addons.AdBlock ...

• WinCDEmu mounts disc images as Windows drives

  Posted on Friday January 2nd, 2009 at 13:44 in open source, utilities

  There are plenty of apps that let you mount a disc image (like an ISO file) as a virtual drive in Windows. And to be honest, WinCDEmu is just another one of those apps, without too many special features. But the utility is light weight and open sourc...

• Windows Pager creates Linux-like virtual desktops in Windows

  Posted on Thursday December 25th, 2008 at 10:35 in windows, open source, utilities

  There are plenty of applications that will let Windows users work in virtual desktops. And Windows Pager is one of them. But it has a few nice features that make it worth checking out. First of all, like Desktops and VirtuaWin, Windows Pager lets you...

• Limewire 5 Alpha screenshot tour

  Posted on Sunday December 14th, 2008 at 02:55 in internet, freeware, open source, p2p, commercial, beta, social software

  Limewire is one of the oldest filesharing programs around, and it's by far the most popular. The Limewire development team continues to work hard on version 5, which promises to bring some very big changes to the application. After taking a look at W...

• ZScreen is a powerful, open source screenshot app

  Posted on Saturday December 6th, 2008 at 08:07 in photo, freeware, windows, open source, utilities

  I've been using FastStone Capture for quite some time, but it may be time to pass screenshot duties on to another program.ZScreen is an extremely flexible alternative. The usual capture options are supported - full screen, active window, or selectio...

• AbiWord 2.6.5 supports OpenOffice.org, MS Word 2007 files

  Posted on Saturday December 6th, 2008 at 08:02 in freeware, windows, Linux, open source, office

  The latest version of open source word processor AbiWord adds support for Office Open XML filters, which means you can now use AbiWord to open, edit, or save OpenOffice Writer or Microsoft Word 2007 documents. AbiWord 2.6.5 also includes a number of ...

• GetIt combines the power of three Windows apt-style updaters

  Posted on Thursday December 4th, 2008 at 13:41 in freeware, windows, open source, web services, utilities

  As I've mentioned before, I'm a fan of apt-get. It's an extremely easy way to get tons of new applications installed on a new Linux installation. Plenty of similar options exist for Windows, but one stands out.GetIt combines the power of three Windo...