SourceTrunk

In this episode we will discuss GParted, XMMS and PDFtk. Great Open Source software, all GNU GPL Licensed. most of this software is available on Linux, BSD, MacOSX and Microsoft Windows. I. system tools : GParted GParted is an industrial-strength package for creating, destroying, resizing, moving, checking and copying partitions, and the filesystems on them. This is useful for creating space for new operating systems, reorganizing disk usage, copying data residing on hard disks and mirroring one partition with another (disk imaging). gparted.sourceforge.net II. multimedia applications : XMMS XMMS is a multimedia player for unix systems. XMMS stands for X MultiMedia System and can play media files such as MP3, MOD's, WAV and others with the use of Input plugins. XMMS is mainly targeted at music playback, but through thirdparty plugins some rudimentary video capabilities exists, but there are much better systems other than XMMS for video support. www.xmms.org III. the little extra : PDFtk If PDF is electronic paper, then pdftk is an electronic staple-remover, hole-punch, binder, secret-decoder-ring, and X-Ray-glasses. Pdftk is a command-line tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents. www.accesspdf.com/pdftk

In this episode we will discuss Openoffice, AFD, Delineate and Electric Sheep. All open source software, ready for you to use on your Linux, BSD, MacOSX, Microsoft Windows machine. Pick your poison ;) I. office applications : OpenOffice OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute. www.openoffice.org II. server applications : AFD The Automatic File Distributor provides a framework for very flexible, non-stop, log and debug-able delivery of an arbitrary amount of files to multiple recipients www.dwd.de/AFD III. multimedia applications : Delineate Delineate is a tool for converting raster images to SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) using AutoTrace or potrace. delineate.sourceforge.net IV. the odd one out : Electric Sheep Electric Sheep is a free, open source screen saver run by thousands of people all over the world. It can be installed on any ordinary PC or Mac. When these computers "sleep", the screen saver comes on and the computers communicate with each other by the internet to share the work of creating morphing abstract animations known as "sheep"electricsheep.org

This is the introduction for Sourcetrunk, check it out if you are using Linux, BSD, MacOSX or Microsoft Windows and are interested in Open Source and Free software.