Open Source Software Favorites

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OS X	Linux	Windows

1 General Use Software
2 Internet
3 Audio
4 Video
5 2D Graphics
6 3D Graphics

General Use Software

Open Office - http://www.openoffice.org/

This Office Suite powerhouse can hold its own against Microsoft Office.

AbiWord - http://www.abisource.com/

Similar to Microsoft Word, it has all of the essential word processing features most people need.

Scribus - http://www.scribus.net/

Scribus is a page layout and creation tool that supports professional publishing features, such as CMYK color, separations, ICC color management and versatile PDF creation.

Internet

Firefox - http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

Arguably, the best overall cross-platform browser with unparalleled customization and extensibility options.

KompoZer - http://www.kompozer.net/

KompoZer is a complete web authoring system that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing.

FileZilla - http://filezilla-project.org/

FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive interface.

Audio

Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

An easy to use audio editor for recording and editing sounds.

Ardour - http://ardour.org/

Ardour is a digital audio workstation. You can use it to record, edit and mix multi-track audio. You can produce your own CDs, mix video soundtracks, or just experiment with new ideas about music and sound.

Video

Kino - http://www.kinodv.org/

Kino is a non-linear DV editor for GNU/Linux. It features excellent integration with IEEE-1394 for capture, VTR control, and recording back to the camera.

Cinepaint - http://www.cinepaint.org/

CinePaint is a deep paint image retouching tool that supports higher color fidelity than ordinary painting tools. It is ideal for film, and is widely used in Hollywood.

VLC Media Player - http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

2D Graphics

Gimp - http://www.gimp.org/

A powerful bitmap image editing and creation tool, comparable to Adobe Photoshop.

Inkscape - http://www.gimp.org/

A vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.