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Open Source Projects That You Should Know About?

Posted by Cliff on from the obtaining-more-visibility dept.

cosyne asks: "Seeing the recent announcement about FreeS/WAN reminds me that there are many cool projects that I'm mostly unaware of (or, more often, completely oblivious to), which I only hear about when Slashdot posts a 'Developers finally giving up on this cool project' story. What projects (software or otherwise) are out there that would benefit from more involvement if only they had the publicity?"

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  1. PocketWarrior by Emrikol · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Wow...sure is quiet in this post. I'd figure this one would be a fun one that I could look and find some cool new programs to try out. Guess I should've known better. (I'm not new here)

    Anyways...

    I like PocketWarrior but it saddens me that it will not currently work with my Dell Axim X3i and the built in Wi-Fi. Otherwise, I'd be having a lot more fun with my little PPC.

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    You're all bastards!
  2. My SourceForge bookmarks by exhilaration · · Score: 4, Interesting
    These are my bookmarks on SourceForge.net:

    audacity - multiplatform audio editing
    bluewalk - automated bluetooth 'hacking' for Symbian smartphones
    dcl - a web-based project mgmt systems
    gaim - multiplatform AIM / MSN\Yahoo Messenger clone
    gallery PHP/web-based photo gallery
    opl-dev - scripting env for Symbian smartphones
    s2putty - SSH for Symbian smartphones
    semagic - LiveJournal client
    sodipodi - multiplatform illustration app
    squirrelmail - PHP-based webmail
    ultravnc - best VNC client/server for Windows
    winscp - SCP (and secure FTP) client for Windows
    xplanet - funky app that shows you the earth + current cloud cover

  3. Here's Mine by shyster · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Since this thread is so quiet, I'll go ahead and add one.

    Unattended is a system for installing Windows and apps hands-off. Great use of Perl and BATch files to do something useful. Kind of a PITA to set up, but once going, it's well worth the time investment.

  4. Caudium by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Caudium

    Fast, secure, extensible, modular, easy to admin (for newbies) without sacrificing power (you can still edit the config files if you wish). With the sole exception of installed user base, it beats Apache in every category.