Open Source - MAC

Open-source software is changing the world bringing programs to you FREE of CHARGE. Below is a list of programs worth downloading.

INTERNET

• FireFox
• Safari
• Opera
• Camino
• Thunderbird

• OpenOffice
• NeoOffice
• Abi Word
• Bean
  

• CMAP - Concept Mapping (like Inspiration)
  
• Freemind
• Keynote
  

• Google Earth
• Nasa World Wind
  
• Celestia
• Stellarium
  

• Audacity (audio editor)
• Amadeus Pro (audio editor)
• AudioEditorPro (audio editor)
• Fission (audio editor)
• Blender (3d)
• Cheetah 3D
• Wings3D
• paint.net (image editor)
• The GIMP (image editor)
• Iris (Image Editor)
• Acorn (Image Editor)
• Art Rage (image editor)
• Pixelmator (Image Editor)
• Inkscape (2d drawing)
• EasyDraw (2d drawing)
• Intaglio (2d Drawing)
• lineform (2d drawing)

• Handbrake

Viewers

• Comic viewer: Comical
• Comic viewer: FFView
  
• OpenDocument viewing application: ODF Viewer

RSS and Usenet

• RSS Reader: Feed
• Cross-platform RSS reader: BlogBridge
• RSS video podcast player: I/ON
• Usenet Reader: OSXnews

Graphics and Art

• Draw on a moving canvas: Cosmic Painter
  
• Image editor: Seashore
  
• An artwork scaling calculator: Scaletron!
  
• A Paint-like program designed for pixel-pushers: Pixen
  
• A VRML/X3D Browser: FreeWRL
  

Video

• Realtime Editing and Effects System: Jahshaka
• Video transcoder: ffmpegX
• MPEG convertor: MPEG Streamclip

Music and Audio

• OGG Vorbis encoder (ogg is an open source audio codec): Ogg Drop
  
• Music notation: LilyPond
  
• Play and compose live music: Miraton
  
• Max/MSP style realtime music and multimedia environment: Pd
• Manage chords, lyrics, and projection: OpenSong
  

Wifi / Networking

• Discover open wifi networks: iStumbler
• A Prism/Prism2 driver 802.11: WirelessDriver
• Fast, lightweight VNC client: Chicken of the VNC
• VNC server providing remote access to the GUI, keyboard and mouse: OSXvnc

Utilities

• Book management: Books
• CD / DVD Burning: SimplyBurns
  
• Disable sleep on a Mac: In

• AVG Free
• PC Tools Spyware Doctor
  
  
  
  
  

Mr. Benjamin J. Higgins
Springville-Griffith Institute CSD

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