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SourceForge's Hottest Five Apps

Posted by kdawson on from the top-of-the-heap dept.

davidmwilliams points us to his story up on IT Wire about the top five most active open source projects on SourceForge. (Sourceforge.net and Slashdot are both owned by SourceForge Inc.) He writes, "It explains what they do and why they're useful. Most of these will be new to most people but all are definitely bursting with potential."

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  1. Not for end user. by jshriverWVU · · Score: 2, Funny
    I've only heard of 3 of these, and only used 2. The rest seem more geared toward businsess and not the end user.

    Would be nice to see a top 10 user geared list.

  2. Re:In case you forgot: by dintech · · Score: 3, Funny

    News from CEOs, stuff that flatters.

  3. Re:SourceForge Too Big And Now Not Supported by Otter · · Score: 5, Funny
    As an example, search for "calendar". 2 of the first 3 returned have no code, and no website.

    Yes, we refer to those as "Outlook killers".

    Stellarium, by the way, is a superb piece of software and it's good to see it get attention even via a route as clueless as this article.

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    What I'm listening to now on Pandora...
  4. Gotta have Azureus! by shadowrat · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Azureus is the #1 application on SourceForge today. It needs little introduction and is both known and used throughout the world. "

    Well, that's all the information i need to know! Where do i sign up?

  5. Re:Go Azureus! by Kalewa · · Score: 4, Funny

    Tell me about it. I switched to uTorrent awhile ago and now all of my RAM is just...sitting around. It's not even doing anything. I mean come on, where's the bloated interface and memory leaks I'd become so accustomed to? Hell, I don't even have to change processor priority on uTorrent when I want to play a game. I want a program I have to maintain.

  6. Don't worry by spun · · Score: 3, Funny

    It'll all be okay. You just need to find a dark, quiet room where you can chill out until the walls stop melting.

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    - None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
    1. Re:Don't worry by deanoaz · · Score: 5, Funny

      The bad thing is, I'm only 97 percent sure that was written by some kind of randomizing post creating software. There are enough really weird people around that I have to consider the possibility that all of that made sense to somebody.

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      If 'the people' in Amendment 2 are 'the state' then Amendments 1, 2, 4, 9, and 10 benefit the state, not you.
  7. No way. by thePowerOfGrayskull · · Score: 2, Funny

    This can't be a real web site. Where are the ugly colors, the Flash, the heavy graphics, for the gods' sakes, WHERE ARE THE ADS?!