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Best Open Source Applications
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Free software is a matter of liberty, not price. Think of “free” as in “free speech,” not as in “free beer.” Free software is a matter of the users’ freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software.
“Best Free software” is an ever changing list, and it was getting difficult to maintain the original list. To make your reading more relevant, I am linking this post to posts that are more up to date and maintained by communities.
1. Mohawke’s Best of the Best Free and Open Source Software Collection
A very nice list categorized into : Windows :: Macintosh :: Internet :: Operating Systems :: Games :: Web-Sites :: OSSWIN CD ::
2. Ever dependable Wikipedia: List of open source software packages
Again sub-categorized into a lot of relevant areas of interest. A must bookmark.
Also see:
- List of GNOME applications
- List of GNU packages
- List of KDE applications
- List of liberated software
- List of Unix programs
3. Best of CRM, ERP, portals, content management, and collaboration platforms
4. Schoolforge-UK software list - educational software compiled by the Schoolforge-UK community
5. The OpenScience Project - Open Source software for science and mathematics
6. Open Source Help Desk List - Listing of Open Source help desk and bug tracking software
7. Open Souce as an alternative
9. List Of Open-source Programs (LOOP list) for Windows : Best open-source applications that run on Windows
10. FSF/UNESCO Free Software Directory - a catalog of useful free software
You will also find this list useful:
The table of equivalents / replacements / analogs of Windows software in Linux
