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OSSwin chronicles Windows OSS software

OSSwinUnless you have a really great memory, or consider yourself a walking Windows Open Source Software directory, complete with URLs, you'll want to bookmark this site, The OSSwin project is a good listing of OSS software for Windows (list hosted by Sourceforge.net). Consider this contraband headquarters, a site dedicated to slowly taking over your PC with non-Microsoft software. Closed-source software is so early-90's. The OSSwin project reads like a menu of interesting and flavorful choices. It is by no means comprehensive, but you may a few downloads you haven't seen before. Enjoy downloading this tidy list of apps from The OSSwin project. The categories included in this mother-lode are as follows:

  • Audio editing tools
  • Business Software
  • CAD software
  • Calendar Software
  • CD Writing
  • Compression/ZIP
  • Databases
  • Desktop Environments
  • Dictionaries
  • Drivers/Hardware
  • Educational
  • Emulators
  • Encyclopedia
  • Filesharing
  • FTP clients
  • Firewall & NAT
  • File Systems
  • Games
  • Graphics
  • Instant Messaging
  • Internet Voice chat
  • IRC clients
  • Mail & News
  • Media Players (audio)
  • Media Players (video)
  • Media Players (codecs)
  • MC303 utilities
  • Networking tools
  • NTP clients
  • Office tools
  • Operating Systems
  • PostScript viewers
  • Programming
  • Remote access
  • Sciences and Math
  • Security, Privacy, Protection,...
  • Server software
  • SCP (SecureCoPy) clients
  • Stream Downloaders
  • Text editors

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