83各经典开源软件

开源软件不仅是免费，而且源代码公开，可以自由修改。下列的全部开元软件，应该可以满足你的大部分需要。他们虽然免费，表现却非常出色，不信可以试下。

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Desktop Applications

• Communication

  • Email Client = Thunderbird

    • Compare to: Microsoft Outlook

    Universal Instant Messaging Client = Gaim, Miranda IM

    • Compare to: Trillian

    Web browser = FireFox

    • Compare to: Microsoft Internet Explorer

    Voice Over IP = OpenWengo

    • Compare to: Skype

  Education

  • Learning Games = Childsplay

    • Compare to: Unknown

    Planetarium = Stellarium

    • Compare to: Unknown

    Space Simulator = Celestia

    • Compare to: Unknown

    Flight Simulator = FlightGear

    • Compare to: Fly!

    Typing Tutor = Tux Typing

    • Compare to: Unknown

    Drawing Program = Tux Paint

    • Compare to: KidPix

  Financial

  • Personal accounting = Grisbi

    • Compare to: Unknown

    Finance: TurboCash

    • Compare to: Quicken Quickbooks

  Development

  • Framework/Platform = Mono

    • Compare to: Microsoft .NET Framework, Java

    Integrated Development Environment = Eclipse, SharpDevelop

    • Compare to: Microsoft Visual Studio, Borland IDE

    Windows Installer = Nullsoft Scriptable Install System, Inno Setup

    • Compare to: InstallShield, Microsoft Installer

  Games

  • 3D Space Simulator = Vega Strike, Epiar

    • Compare to: Eve-Online

    3D Tank Battle (Real-time) = BZFlag

    • Compare to: Unknown

    3D Tank Battle (Turn-based) = Scorched 3D

    • Compare to: Unknown

    3D Pirate Action/Adventure = Crown and Cutlass

    • Compare to: Pirates!

    Arcade space shooter = Kobo Deluxe

    • Compare to: Unknown

    Billiards (Pool) = FooBillard

    • Compare to: Unknown

    First-person Shooter = Cube, Nexiuz

    • Compare to: Quake, Doom, Unreal

    Karaoke player = Plarpebu, PyKaraoke

    • Compare to: Unknown

    Lemmings-clone = Pingus

    • Compare to: Lemmings

    Missle-Command clone = Penguin Command

    • Compare to: Unknown

    MMORPG = PlaneShift

    • Compare to: Everquest

    Pang clone = PiX Pang

    • Compare to: Super Pang

    Racing = PlanetPenguin Racer (f.k.a. TuxRacer)

    • Compare to: Unknown

    Risk clone = JavaRisk

    • Compare to: Unknown

    Tron clone = Armagetron Advanced

    • Compare to: Unknown

    Turn-based Strategy (Fantasy) = Battle for Wesnoth

    • Compare to: Age of Wonders, Heroes of Might and Magic, Warlords

    Turn-based Strategy (World Building) = LinCity-NG OpenTTD

    • Compare to: SimCity, Transport Tycoon Deluxe

    Turn-based Strategy (Sci-Fi) = UFO: Alien Invasion

    • Compare to: X-Com

  Productivity

  • Database (Desktop) = OpenOffice (Base)

    • Compare to: Microsoft Office (Access)

    Mind Mapping = FreeMind

    • Compare to: Mindjet MindManager, Inspiration

    PDF creator = PDF Creator

    • Compare to: Adobe Acrobat

    Presentation = OpenOffice (Impress)

    • Compare to: Microsoft Office (Powerpoint)

    Report Creator = JasperReports

    • Compare to: Crystal Reports

    Spreadsheet = OpenOffice (Calc)

    • Compare to: Microsoft Office (Excel)

    Word Processor = OpenOffice (Writer), AbiWord

    • Compare to: Microsoft Office (Word)

    Scientific Word Processor = Lyx (Latex gui frontend)

    • Compare to: Scientific Word

    Notepad Replacement = Notepad2, Notepad++

    • Compare to: Notepad

  Management

  • Gantt chart = GanttProject

    • Compare to: Microsoft Project

    Project management = Planner, OpenWorkbench

    • Compare to: Microsoft Project

  Misc

  • Animal Shelter Manager = Animal Shelter Manager

    • Compare to: Unknown

    IA-32 (x86) PC emulator = Bochs

    • Compare to: Unknown

    Linux environment = Cygwin

    • Compare to: Unknown

    Recipe Manager = Gourmet Recipe Manager

    • Compare to: Unknown

    Screen Saver = Really Slick Screensavers

    • Compare to: Unkown

    Translation tool = OmegaT

    • Compare to: Unkown

  Multimedia

  • 3D

    • 3D Animation = Blender, Wings 3D

      • Compare to: Alias Maya

      3D Graphics = POV-Ray

      • Compare to: Unknown

      3D Game Development Kit = Crystal Space, Ogre3d

      • Compare to: Unknown

    Audio

    • Audio Editing = Audacity

      • Compare to: Adobe Audition

      Audio Player = Coolplayer, Zinf

      • Compare to: WinAMP, Windows Media Player

      MP3 Ripper = CDex

      • Compare to: Unknown

      Volume normalizer = MP3Gain

      • Compare to: Unknown

    Drawing

    • Diagram Editor = Dia

      • Compare to: Microsoft Visio

      Image Editing = Gimp

      • Compare to: Adobe Photoshop, Corel Paint Shop

      Vector Drawing = Inkscape

      • Compare to: Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw

      Vector Drawing = Sodipodi

      • Compare to: Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw

    Other

    • Media Player = VLC media player

      • Compare to: Windows Media Player, PowerLink PowerDVD, Intervideo WinDVD

      Web Design = Nvu

      • Compare to: Microsoft Frontpage, Macromedia Dreamweaver

    Video

    • Video Capture = VirtualDub

      • Compare to: Unknown

      Video Editing = Jashaka

      • Compare to: Adobe After Effects, Pinnacle Studio, Apple Final Cut

  Security

  • 802.1x client = SecureW2

    • Compare to: Unknown

    Anti-Spyware = Winpooch

    • Compare to: Unknown

    Anti-Virus = ClamWin

    • Compare to: Unknown

    Network protocol analyzer = Ethereal

    • Compare to: Sniffer

    Password safe = KeePass Password Safe, Password Safe

    • Compare to: Unknown

    VPN client = OpenVPN client GUI for Windows

    • Compare to: Cisco VPN client, Nortel VPN client

  Utilities

  • File compression = 7-Zip

    • Compare to: WinZip

    FTP Client = Filezilla FTP client

    • Compare to: SmartFTP, BulletProof FTP

    Statistics on Disk usage = WinDirStat

    • Compare to: Unknown

Server Applications

• Database

  • Database server = Firebird, MySQL, PostgreSQL

    • Compare to: Microsoft SQL server, Oracle database

  File Server

  • FTP server = Filezilla FTP server

    • Compare to: Unknown

  Messaging

  • Email server = hMailServer

    • Compare to: Microsoft Exchange server, Novell GroupWise server

    Instant messaging server = Jive Messenger

    • Compare to: Novell GroupWise Messenger

  Security

  • Intrusion Detection System (IDS) = Snort

    • Compare to: Unknown

    VPN server = OpenVPN

    • Compare to: Cisco VPN

  Web

  • Application server = JBoss

    • Compare to: BEA Weblogic, IBM Websphere

    Rich Internet Application Server = OpenLaszlo

    • Compare to: Macromedia Flex

    Statistics Generator = AWStats

    • Compare to: Unknown

    Web server = Apache

    • Compare to: Microsoft Internet Information Services (ISS)