FOSSwiki: Freeware and Open Source Software

Hi Tim, Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast podcast here, hosted at podfeet.com.

While I was jogging down on the beach on Saturday (did I mention it hit 72 degrees in California last weekend? anyway, here I am jogging on the beach listening to one of my favorite podcasts, the Mac ReviewCast, and my mind starts wandering thinking about what software I should review for your show in the following week. I had just attended the SCALE conference, which stands for Southern California Linux Expo, and I watched a session all about this amazing free software for the Mac, Linux and Windows. I was very excited about it and I decided that it would be perfect for your show, plus I KNEW you hadn’t ever done a review of it. The software is called FreeMind. I took 2 more steps in my jogging when I heard you say on the podcast “there’s this great freeware called FreeMind…” Sheesh! You’re really going to great lengths to foil me in our “stump the podcaster” contest, aren’t you?

Ok, fine. So I didn’t come up with a piece of freeware this week, but maybe it’s something even better – it’s a source for Freeware and Open Source Software. Open Source software is also free, but has the distinction of also having its source code available for viewing and modification. The site is called FOSSwiki and it’s hosted at foss.librarianchick.com. I love this site because of its organization AND because each piece of software has a deisgnator next to it telling you what operating systems the software will work on. That’s one downfall I find of Sourceforge – it’s very difficult to tell what OS the software applications run under until you actually begin the download process. anyway, over at FOSSwiki, the applications are grouped into categories like 3D graphics, anti-spyware, CD burning, image tools – there are actually 22 categories!

I know you’re just going to use FOSSwiki against me to find new freeware and Open Source applications BEFORE I can review them, but that’s just the kind of giver I am.

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