Desktop applications
From SME Guide
Firefox
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
Firefox is the most widely used open source web browser, managed by the Mozilla Foundation. Features included with Firefox are tabbed browsing, spell checker, incremental find, an integrated download manager, and a search system that supports multiple search engines. A third party developer network has created add-ons which provide specialist functionality. There are thousands of add-ons, covering aspects like security, ad blocking, themes, enhanced functionality, scripting and debugging. Firefox is cross-platform, providing support for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
FreeMind
http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page FLOSSMETRICS link: http://melquiades.flossmetrics.org/projects/freemind FLOSSMETRICS quality evaluation: http://melquiades.flossmetrics.org/projects/freemind/quality
FreeMind is a premier free mind-mapping software written in Java. Mind mapping software is used to create diagrams of relationships between ideas or other pieces of information.
FreeSignature
http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/freesignature/
FreeSignature is an free project for the digital signature of documents. It works with all cards supported by OpenSC and focuses on adding support for cards from accredited Italian CAs. The goal of the project is to provide a first single product capable of supporting cards from multiple vendors/countries. This contrasts the approach taken by card vendors/providers whose software follows an exclusive single-vendor approach. FreeSignature thus attempts to make a major contribution to interoperability in the digital signature domain and aims to greatly facilitate the setup of public access points that are currently the objective of several projects in Italy. Moreover, we hope that the peer-review of the free software approach will allow us to at least match the security level of competing single-card software.
Gnome desktop environment
http://www.gnome.org FLOSSMETRICS link: http://melquiades.flossmetrics.org/projects/gnome-desktop FLOSSMETRICS quality evaluation: http://melquiades.flossmetrics.org/projects/gnome-desktop/quality
The GNOME project provides two things: The GNOME desktop environment, an intuitive and attractive desktop for users, and the GNOME development platform, an extensive framework for building applications that integrate into the rest of the desktop. GNOME is Free Software and part of the GNU project, dedicated to giving users and developers the ultimate level of control over their desktops, their software, and their data. GNOME understands that usability is about creating software that is easy for everyone to use, not about piling on features. GNOME's community of professional and volunteer usability experts have created Free Software's first and only Human Interface Guidelines, and all core GNOME software is adopting these principles.
K3B
http://k3b.plainblack.com/ FLOSSMETRICS link: http://melquiades.flossmetrics.org/projects/k3b FLOSSMETRICS quality evaluation: http://melquiades.flossmetrics.org/projects/k3b/quality
K3b was created to be a feature-rich and easy to handle CD burning application. It supports data and audio cd, DVD creation and burning.
KDE desktop environment
http://www.kde.org FLOSSMETRICS link: http://melquiades.flossmetrics.org/projects/kde
KDE or the K Desktop Environment, is a network transparent contemporary desktop environment for UNIX workstations. KDE seeks to fulfill the need for an easy to use desktop for UNIX workstations, similar to desktop environments found on Macintosh and Microsoft Windows operating systems. KDE also brings to the forefront many innovations for application developers. An entire infrastructure has been designed and implemented to help programmers create robust and comprehensive applications in the most efficient manner, eliminating the complexity and tediousness of general UNIX application development. KDE recognizes the fact that a computing platform is only as good as the first class applications available to users. KDE's application framework, implements the latest advances in framework technology positioning it in direct competition with popular development frameworks like Microsoft's MFC/COM/ActiveX technology etc. KDE's innovative KParts compound document technology enables developers to quickly create first rate applications using cutting edge technology.
KVPnc
http://home.gna.org/kvpnc/en/index.html
KVpnc is a KDE Desktop Environment frontend for various vpn clients. It supports Cisco VPN (vpnc), IPSec (FreeS/WAN , Openswan, strongSwan, racoon), PPTP (pptpclient), OpenVPN, L2TP (FreeS/WAN, Openswan, strongSwan, racoon) and smartcardcard support (OpenVPN, strongSwan).
OpenOffice.Org
http://www.openoffice.org/ FLOSSMETRICS link: http://melquiades.flossmetrics.org/projects/openoffice FLOSSMETRICS quality evaluation: http://melquiades.flossmetrics.org/projects/openoffice/quality
OpenOffice.org is the name of a complete personal productivity suite, comprised of a word processor program (Writer), a spreadsheet (Calc), a presentation program (Impress), a vector drawing program (Draw) and a database system (Base). The suite, originally developed by StarDivision, has been acquired by Sun Microsystems and released as an open source project in 2000. The suite supports most commonly used document formats, including substantial support for Microsoft Office formats (in various releases) and the beginning of support of Excel VBA macro language. The suite is roughly comparable in terms of functionality with the proprietary alternatives, and features native support of the ISO ODF document format.
OpenSUSE
The openSUSE project is a community program sponsored by Novell; as part of this collaborative effort, OpenSUSE is a desktop linux distribution, aimed at novices and experts alike, with many significant features oriented towards interoperability with proprietary infrastructure and easy maintenance.
Rdesktop
rdesktop is an open source client for Windows NT Terminal Server and Windows 2000/2003 Terminal Services, capable of natively speaking Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) in order to present the user's NT desktop. Unlike Citrix ICA, no server extensions are required. Several enhancements were provided by third parties, including better support for cut&paste between the local desktop and the remote clipboard, session sharing and seamless windows.
tn5250j
http://tn5250j.sourceforge.net/index.html
The tn5250j is a 5250 terminal emulator for the AS/400 written in Java. There are 3 modes provided: Basic, Enhanced, GUI Enhanced; Basic mode provides normal screen presentation. No extras are provided. This describes most of the emulators that I have used or downloaded and tried. Also; the tn5250 for linux falls in this category as well (Please; this is no slight on this emulator just an example for me to use without naming names. I used it until I started this project). Enhanced mode provides other functions like cursor progression, windows, continued edit fields, edit masked fields, etc... This is where Client Access falls in (and more). The GUI part comes in by manipulating the 5250 stream and painting the fields like gui constructs in windowing systems, gui looking popup windows in place of windows, painting the PF keys on the screen as buttons (hot spots) so when clicked it will send the appropriate aid key, as well as the enhanced functions described above. Among the features:
- Support for non displayable characters
- Hot spots for the function keys
- Message Wait Notification
- Attribute settings for screen/session
- File transfer from host - You can export files from the host in different formats
- Scripting - you can write scripts using the python language.
- Spool file export - you can export spool files from the host into PDF or Text format.
Ubuntu Linux
Ubuntu is a community developed, linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need - a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more. It features an extremely simple and integrated desktop environment, improved hardware support and plug&play functionality.
VirtualBox
innotek VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux and Macintosh hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), and OpenBSD.
WINE
http://www.winehq.org/ FLOSSMETRICS link: http://melquiades.flossmetrics.org/projects/wine
Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X, OpenGL, and Unix. Think of Wine as a compatibility layer for running Windows programs. Wine does not require Microsoft Windows, as it is a completely free alternative implementation of the Windows API consisting of 100% non-Microsoft code, however Wine can optionally use native Windows DLLs if they are available. Wine provides both a development toolkit for porting Windows source code to Unix as well as a program loader, allowing many unmodified Windows programs to run on x86-based Unixes, including Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, and Solaris. It supports many native Windows applications, like Microsoft Office and DreamWeaver.
