FOSS Solutions


Open Source Software
Article - Definition from Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software

Licenses
Video - Creative Commons looks at types of licenses

http://training.nortellearnit.org/section1/module5/s1mod5f2/Creative_Commons/

FOSS Solutions
Article - Comprehensive guide to the use and location of FOSS programs

http://www.opensourceschools.org.uk/

Article - Exemplary collection of software tools from this Wikipedia site

http://wikieducator.org/Exemplary_Collection_of_Software_Tools

 

SourceForge
Website - One of the largest FOSS online distribution services

http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=71

Website - Educator oriented version of SourceForge

http://schoolforge.net

 

EDTECH
Website - One of the largest free and open forums on the use of technology in teaching

http://www.h-net.org/~edweb/list.html

Ubuntu
Website - Open source OS (Operating System)

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

FireFox
Website - Open source web browser

download:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html?product=firefox-3.0.1&os=win⟨=en-US

add-on:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

Google Chrome
Website - Web browser that connects favorite web-based applications.

http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html?hl=en&brand=CHMB&utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-sk&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=chrome

OpenOffice
Website - Suite of office productivity tools, similar to Microsoft Office.

http://download.openoffice.org/index.html21st Century e-Teacher

AbiWord
Website - Open source word processing program

http://www.abisource.com/download/

IrfanView
Website - Open source program to view and make minor manipulations of images.

http://www.irfanview.com/

GIMP
Website - Open source program to edit and manipulate graphics and images.

http://www.gimp.org/downloads/

Audacity
Website - Leading easy-to-use FOSS audio editor and recorder.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/

CamStudio
Website - FOSS program to record all screen and audio activity on a computer.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/camstudio/


MediaCoder
Website - FOSS program to convert media files between formats, shrink files with little quality loss, or extract audio from video files.

http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/download.htm

XBMC - Media Player
Website - FOSS program to support viewing and playing a vast library of audio, video and image formats.

http://xbmc.org/download/

Thunderbird
Website - FOSS e-mail application

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html?product=thunderbird-2.0.0.16&os=win⟨=en-US

Skype
Website - Free feature allows VoIP calling from one computer to another.

http://www.skype.com/download/skype/windows/

Jabber
Website - FOSS Instant Messaging program

http://www.jabber.org/quickstart