The Best Unknown Open Source Projects

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday July 14, 2011 @04:35AM from the foss-hipsters dept.

itwbennett writes "Carla Schroder points to an interesting trend in open source: 'The growth of large distributed projects.' OpenTox, which uses computer modeling instead of animal testing for chemical toxicity testing, and AMEE (Avoiding Mass Extinctions Engine), which uses open source software and methodologies to collect, map, measure and analyze carbon dioxide data, are two such projects. 'FOSS presents a natural platform for building large distributed projects because of the low barrier to entry — open code, open standards, and freely-available robust, high-quality high-performance software,' says Schroder." What open source project gets less attention than you think it deserves?

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Don't really know by 0racle · 2011-07-14 04:42 · Score: 5, Funny

I don't really know of any. I guess that's sort of the problem.

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Liberal Slant by Anonymous Coward · 2011-07-14 05:22 · Score: 2, Funny

The projects do have a bit of a liberal slant to them. What ever happened to OpenKillThemAllAndLetGodSortThemOut and the "CCTV Facial Recognition at Home" Initiative?
Re:Equally relevant question by Archangel+Michael · 2011-07-14 05:23 · Score: 4, Funny

Favorite Dog: Lady Gaga
Second Favorite: Dog the Bounty Hunter.
Least favorite Dog : Windows ME

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Re:Equally relevant question by whoop · 2011-07-14 06:04 · Score: 3, Funny

Because, clearly, those questions have definite answers. Vi and AMD! Anyone that says otherwise is just a fanboy and cannot be taken seriously in this deep discussion.