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href="http://www.slax.org/" target="_blank"><strong>Slax</strong></a></p><p><strong><a
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class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6853" title="Slax" src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Slax.jpg" alt="Slax" width="500" height="313" /></a></strong></p><p>Slax is a modern, portable, small and fast Linux operating system with a modular approach  and outstanding design. Despite its small size, Slax provides a wide collection  of pre-installed software for daily use, including a well organized graphical  user interface and useful recovery tools for system administrators.</p><p><a
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href="http://www.reactos.org" target="_blank"><strong>ReactOS</strong></a></p><p><a
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href="http://www.tightvnc.com/" target="_blank"><strong>TightVNC</strong></a></p><p><a
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class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6269" title="TightVNC" src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/TightVNC.jpg" alt="TightVNC" width="540" height="354" /></a></p><p>TightVNC is an improved version of VNC, great free remote-desktop tool. The improvements include bandwidth-friendly &#8220;Tight&#8221; encoding, file transfers in the Windows version, enhanced GUI, many bugfixes, and more.</p><p><a
href="http://winscp.net" target="_blank"><strong>WinSCP</strong></a></p><p><a
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class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6271" title="Notepad++" src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Notepad++.jpg" alt="Notepad++" width="540" height="419" /></a></p><p>Notepad++, a source code editor and MS Windows Notepad replacement, has the mission to offer a greener environment. By optimizing its routines, it results in reducing CPU power consumption then reducing the world carbon dioxide emissions.</p><p><a
href="http://www.launchy.net/" target="_blank"><strong>Launchy</strong></a></p><p><a
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class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6272" title="Launchy" src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Launchy.jpg" alt="Launchy" width="540" height="446" /></a></p><p>Launchy is a free windows utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, your desktop icons, and your file manager. Launchy indexes and launches your applications, documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes.</p><p><a
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href="http://www.smashingapps.com/2009/11/26/15-most-popular-free-software-i-am-thankful-for.html"><img
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src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/drupal.jpg" alt="Drupal" /></a></p><p>Drupal is a free software package that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website. Tens of thousands of people and organizations are using Drupal to power scores of different web sites from personal weblogs to large community-driven websites.</p><p><a
style="font-weight: bold" href="http://www.gimp.org/" target="_blank">Gimp </a></p><p><a
href="http://www.gimp.org/" target="_blank"><img
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href="http://www.ubuntu.com/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/ubuntu.jpg" alt="ubuntu" /></a></p><p>Ubuntu is a community developed, Linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need &#8211; a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more.</p><p><a
style="font-weight: bold" href="http://www.winehq.org/" target="_blank">Wine </a></p><p><a
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href="http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/"><strong>Notepad++</strong></a></p><p><a
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src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/open-source-softwares/Notepad-plus-plus.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="500" height="352" /></a></p><p>Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment. This is based on a powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API and STL which ensures a higher execution speed and smaller program size. By optimizing as many routines as possible without losing user friendliness, Notepad++ is trying to reduce the world carbon dioxide emissions. When using less CPU power, the PC can throttle down and reduce power consumption, resulting in a greener environment.</p><p><a
href="http://www.tightvnc.com/" target="_blank"><strong>TightVNC </strong></a></p><p><a
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src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/open-source-softwares/TightVNC.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="500" height="407" /></a></p><p>TightVNC is a free remote control software package. With TightVNC, you can see the desktop of a remote machine and control it with your local mouse and keyboard, just like you would do it sitting in the front of that computer.This is a cross-platform, available for Windows and Unix, compatible with other VNC software.</p><p><strong><a
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href="http://www.blender.org/" target="_blank"><img
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src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/open-office.jpg" alt="Open Office" /></a></p><p>OpenOffice is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.</p><div
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.smashingapps.com/?p=5115</guid> <description><![CDATA[Today we are listing here 11 Most Popular Open Source Softwares Of All Time in which most of them are cross-platform. You might not be able to enjoy all the features as commercial software but it will really help you to perform your task in a better way when your pocket does not allow you to purchase paid software.<a
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href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/" target="_blank"><strong>Firefox</strong></a></p><p><a
href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/open-source-softwares/Firefox.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="500" height="362" /></a></p><p>Firefox 3.5 sets the pace with dozens of new features, including the smart  location bar, one-click bookmarking and blindingly fast performance. Avoid online scams, unsafe transactions and forgeries with simple site identity. View Web pages faster, using less of your computer&#8217;s memory.</p><p><a
href="http://filezilla-project.org/" target="_blank"><strong>FileZilla</strong></a></p><p><a
href="http://filezilla-project.org/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/open-source-softwares/FileZilla.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="500" height="399" /></a></p><p>FileZilla is a cross-platform graphical FTP, FTPS and SFTP client a lot of  features, supporting Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and more. FileZilla Server is a reliable FTP server for Windows. It has a powerful Site Manager and transfer queue and drag &amp; drop support.</p><p><a
href="http://www.7-zip.org/" target="_blank"><strong>7-Zip</strong></a></p><p><a
href="http://www.7-zip.org/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/open-source-softwares/7-Zip.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="500" height="320" /></a></p><p>7-Zip is a file archiver with the high compression ratio. The program supports  7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, LZH, CHM, GZIP, BZIP2, Z, TAR, CPIO, ISO, MSI, WIM, NSIS, RPM and DEB formats.</p><p><strong><a
href="http://fullsync.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">FullSync</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://fullsync.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/open-source-softwares/FullSync.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="500" height="351" /></a></p><p>FullSync is a universal file synchronization and backup tool which is highly customizable and expandable. It is especially for developers, but the basic functionality is easy enough for everyone.</p><p><strong><a
href="http://plasticbugs.com/?page_id=294" target="_blank">Gimpshop</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://plasticbugs.com/?page_id=294" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/gimpshop.jpg" alt="Gimpshop" /></a></p><p>Gimpshop is a hack made on top of the original Gimp project which changes all menues, dialogs, etc., in order to make them look as much as their counterparts in Photoshop. This makes users who are already familiar with the layout of Photoshop feel right at home in this open source application. Please note that all features in Photoshop in not available in Gimpshop, since it is based on the Gimp project and it&#8217;s feature set.</p><p><a
href="http://www.clamwin.com/" target="_blank"><strong>ClamWin</strong></a></p><p><a
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src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/open-source-softwares/ClamWin.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="500" height="379" /></a></p><p>ClamWin is a free antivirus for Windows. It includes virus scanner, scheduler, virus database updates, context menu integration to MS Windows Explorer and Addin to MS Outlook. Also features easy setup program. Uses a well respected ClamAV scanning engine.</p><p><strong><a
href="http://" target="_blank">OpenOffice</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.openoffice.org/" target="_blank"><img
class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5118" title="OpenOffice" src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/OpenOffice.jpg" alt="OpenOffice" width="500" height="377" /></a></p><p><span>OpenOffice</span> is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.</p><p><a
href="http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/"><strong>Notepad++</strong></a></p><p><a
href="http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/open-source-softwares/Notepad-plus-plus.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="500" height="352" /></a></p><p>Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment. This is based on a powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API and STL which ensures a higher execution speed and smaller program size. By optimizing as many routines as possible without losing user friendliness, Notepad++ is trying to reduce the world carbon dioxide emissions. When using  less CPU power, the PC can throttle down and reduce power consumption, resulting in a greener environment.</p><p><a
href="http://www.tightvnc.com/" target="_blank"><strong>TightVNC </strong></a></p><p><a
href="http://www.tightvnc.com/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/open-source-softwares/TightVNC.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="500" height="407" /></a></p><p>TightVNC is a free remote control software package. With TightVNC, you can  see the desktop of a remote machine and control it with your local mouse and keyboard, just like you would do it sitting in the front of that computer.This is a cross-platform, available for Windows and Unix, compatible with other VNC software.</p><p><strong><a
href="http://www.blender.org/" target="_blank">Blender</a></strong></p><p><a
href="http://www.blender.org/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/blender.jpg" alt="Blender" /></a></p><p>Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems. It includes tools for modeling &#8211; fast subdivision surface and polygon tools, multi-resolution mesh sculpting, metaballs, NURBS, vector fonts, and curves; uv mapping; shaders and texturing &#8211; both paint based and node based; ik and fk animation tools with rigging, constraints, skinning, morph targets, drivers, deformers, and modifiers; simulation tools including hard bodies, soft body, cloth, and fluids; and particle systems including hair. Blender has integrated rendering with both its native renderer and the raytracer Yafray as well supporting many external renderers; and python based scripting.</p><p><a
href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/"><strong>Audacity</strong></a></p><p><a
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src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/open-source-softwares/Audacity.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="500" height="442" /></a></p><p>Audacity is a free, easy-to-use and multilingual audio editor and recorder  for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to record live audio, convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs, edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files, cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together etc.<p><font
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href="http://camstudio.org/" target="_blank">CamStudio </a>is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer         and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in         SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly         Streaming Flash videos (SWFs).</p><p><a
href="http://camstudio.org/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/camstudio.gif" alt="CamStudio" /></a></p><p>CamStudio can also add high-quality, anti-aliased (no jagged edges)         screen captions to your recordings in seconds and with the unique Video         Annotation feature you can even personalise your videos by including         a webcam movie of yourself &#8220;picture-in-picture&#8221;         over your desktop.</p><p>And if all that wasn&#8217;t enough, CamStudio also comes with its own Lossless         Codec that produces crystal clear results with a much smaller filesize         compared with other more popular codecs, like Microsoft Video 1.</p><ul><li>You can use it to create demonstration videos for any software program</li><li>Or how about creating a set of videos answering your most             frequently asked questions?</li><li>You can create video tutorials for school or college class</li><li>You can use it to record a recurring problem with your computer             so you can show technical support people</li><li>You can use it to create video-based information products you can <span
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.smashingapps.com/2009/09/07/owa-an-open-source-web-analytics-framework-for-many-popular-applications.html</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Open Web Analytics (OWA) framework provides a generic set of PHP and HTTP APIs that application developers can use to integrate web analytics into any application. The OWA framework also comes with built-in support for popular web applications such as Wordpress and MediaWiki. As a generic web analytics framework, OWA can be extended to track and analyze any web application.<a
href="http://www.smashingapps.com/2009/09/07/owa-an-open-source-web-analytics-framework-for-many-popular-applications.html"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/open-source-web-analytics.jpg" alt="Open source web analytics" /></a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The <a
href="http://www.openwebanalytics.com/" target="_blank">Open Web Analytics</a> (OWA) framework provides a generic set of PHP and HTTP APIs that application developers can use to integrate web analytics into any application. The OWA framework also comes with built-in support for popular web applications such as Wordpress and MediaWiki. As a generic web analytics framework, OWA can be extended to track and analyze any web application.</p><p><a
href="http://www.openwebanalytics.com/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/open-source-web-analytics.jpg" alt="Open source web analytics" /></a></p><p>To download the latest releases of OWA, please <a
href="http://www.openwebanalytics.com/?page_id=3" target="_blank">click here</a>.</p><p><strong>Tracking/ReportingÂ  </strong></p><ul><li> Track Page views, visits, and unique visitors over time</li><li> Track unique, new, repeat visitors over time</li><li> Multiple Web Site Support &#8211; track any number of web sites and view statistics in aggregate or by site</li><li> Click-streams &#8211; view the actual click-stream of each visitor</li><li> Click Tracking &#8211; Track where exactly on a web page users are clicking and view clicks by browser type</li><li> Click Heat Maps &#8211; view a heat map of where users are clicking on your web pages</li><li> Google Maps &#8211; map your visitors on Google Maps</li><li> Google Earth (KML) &#8211; view your visitors in Google Earth via a KML file export</li><li> RSS/ATOM subscription tracking &#8211; track unique feed readers, reader types, and feed requests</li><li> Visitor Aging &#8211; understand the age of your repeat visitors.</li><li> Canned and Custom Time Periods &#8211; generate reports using pre-defined reporting periods or custom date ranges</li><li> Refering Page Analysis &#8211; View the title, anchor text, and surrounding text of inbound links from refering web pages</li><li> View visits by user agent</li><li> Track entry and exit pages</li><li> Track pages by custom page types</li></ul><p><strong>WordPress Specific Features </strong></p><ul><li> Track visitors by WordPress user name or e-mail address they use in comments.</li><li> Track all Wordpress Page Types (Posts, Pages, Authors, Archives, Categories, etc.)</li><li> Track the number of comments made by visit</li><li> Reporting accessable via Admin Dashboard</li><li> Track subscribers to RSS/Atom feeds</li></ul><p><font
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src="http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wordpress.jpg" alt="Wordpress" /></a></p><p>WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.</p><p><strong><a
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href="http://www.axiis.org/" target="_blank">Axiis</a> is an open source data visualization framework designed for beginner and expert developers alike. Whether you are building elegant charts for executive briefings or exploring the boundaries of advanced                     data visualization research, Axiis has something for you. It gives developers the ability to expressively define their data visualizations through  concise and intuitive markup.                       Axiis has been designed with a specific focus on elegant code, where your code          can be just as beautiful as your visual output. By leveraging {inline} Flex Binding and the Axiis markup syntax you don&#8217;t need to write volumes of code to produce amazing results. In fact, some of the more complex Axiis <a
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