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VLC media player ( video and audio ) VLC media player
is a highly portable multimedia
player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1,
MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ... and almost any other format you may
come accross) as well as DVDs,
VCDs,
and various streaming
protocols. It can also be used as a server to
stream in unicast or multicast
in IPv4 or IPv6
on a high-bandwidth network.
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AudacityAudacity
allows users
to record live audio, convert tapes and records to digital formats, or
mix pre-existing digital audio tracks. Supported formats include Ogg
Vorbis, MP3, and WAV sound files.
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XBMC
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MediaCoder
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Gaming |
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AssaultCube AssaultCube,
formerly ActionCube, is a free first-person-shooter based on the game Cube.
Set in a realistic looking environment, as far as that´s
possible with
this engine, while gameplay stays fast and arcade. This game is all
about team oriented multiplayer fun.
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Graphic Design Tools |
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InkscapeAn Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. Inkscape supports many advanced SVG features (markers, clones, alpha blending, etc.) and great care is taken in designing a streamlined interface. It is very easy to edit nodes, perform complex path operations, trace bitmaps and much more. We also aim to maintain a thriving user and developer community by using open, community-oriented development. DOWNLOAD NOW File size : 33 MB Windows Xp sp2/vista Devolopers website Report broken link | ||||||||||
GIMPDon`t
under-estimate this sleek
fast and compact graphics expert. GIMP offers full alpha channel
support, controls for layers and
channels, editable text layers, transformation tools including rotate,
scale, shear and flip. GIMP can make just about any kind of graphics
file format there is. Supported formats include: bmp, gif, jpeg, pdf,
png, ps, psd, svg, tiff, tga, xpm, and so many others I just got tired
of typing. The GIMP has a number of selection tools including
rectangle, ellipse, free, fuzzy and intelligent. And it has an advanced
path tool doing bezier and polygonal selections, so its easy to draw
straight lines, rectangles, or even twisty curves.
The GIMP is massively extensible. It has over 100 readily-available plug-ins which allow for the easy addition of new file formats and new effect filters. And the number of available brushes, gradients, and other add-ons make the GIMP extremely customizable. Even most of the popular Adobe Photoshop brushes and add-ons also work with GIMP. You should read the Gimp documentations for help. DOWNLOAD NOW Devolopers website Report broken link |
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Mozilla FirefoxThe award-winning
Web browser
from Mozilla is now faster, even more secure, and totally customizable
to your online life.We've upgraded the Add-ons Web site, so now it's
easier than ever to personalize your Web browser and make it your own.
Firefox 2 delivers helpful new features to make your online experience
more productive.Firefox continues to lead the way in online security,
and now includes active protection from online scams to keep you safer.
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PidginPidgin is a
multi-protocol
Instant Messaging client that allows you to use all of your IM accounts
at once.Pidgin can work with:AIM, ICQ, SIMPLE, Bonjour, IRC, Sametime,
Gadu-Gadu, MSN, XMPP, Google Talk, QQ, Yahoo!, Groupwise, SILC, Zephyr.
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OpenOffice.orgOpenOffice.org is
a
multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project.
Compatible with all other major office suites. It contains an extensive
spreadsheet, word processor, presentation, database software. In
addition to that it can also solve scientific formulas and equations,
edit drwaings, flowcharts and logos.
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KompoZer (website creation)THIS WEBSITE IS
CREATED WITH KompoZer.
KompoZer is a complete web authoring system that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing. KompoZer is designed to be extremely easy to use, making it ideal for non-technical computer users who want to create an attractive, professional-looking web site without needing to know HTML or web coding. DOWNLOAD NOW Devolopers website Report broken link |
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7zipHigh compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression Supported formats: Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR Unpacking only: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip Self-extracting capability for 7z format Integration with Windows Shell DOWNLOAD NOW Devolopers website Report broken link |
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CelestiaExplore our universe in glorious 3D with this free application. This program doesn't feature Carl Sagan, but it does have the billions and billions of stars about which he waxed poetic--and you can experience them all from the comfort of your desk chair. Celestia is a free real-time space simulation that lets you experience our universe in three dimensions. You can travel throughout the solar system, to any of over 100,000 stars, or even beyond the galaxy. All travel in Celestia is seamless; the exponential zoom feature lets you explore space across a huge range of scales, from galaxy clusters down to spacecraft only a few meters across. A 'point-and-go-to' interface makes it simple to navigate through the universe to the object you want to visit Unlike most planetarium software, Celestia doesn't confine you to the surface of the Earth. All movement in Celestia is
seamless; the exponential zoom
feature lets you explore space across a huge range of scales, from
galaxy clusters down to spacecraft only a few meters across.
A 'point-and-goto' interface makes it simple to navigate through the universe to the object you want to visit. Celestia is expandable. Celestia
comes with a large catalog of
stars, galaxies, planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and spacecraft. If
that's not enough, you can download dozens of easy to install add-ons
with more objects.
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