Design:

Blender is an advanced 3D modeling program capable of producing high quality animations, performing rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback. It is the only 3D creation suite which allows the artist to model, texture, animate, render, and export the finished product in a package less than 10 MB.

The active development community is steadily adding new features and extensions such as the superb Yafray rendering engine for generating photo-realistic effects. Blender now also supports dynamic particle generation, advanced UV texture unwrapping methods using LSCM algorithms and much more. Blender natively exports to a multitude of 3D formats such as VRML, Cal3d, AC3D. With the powerful and easily extensible Python plugin support, you can write your own extensions or choose from a range of existing plug-ins.

With the recent user interface overhaul and the release of the 2.3 Blender User's guide, using Blender is easier than ever. Even so, 3D modeling remains a complex computing task, with the result that Blender is an extensive application with a steep learning curve.

NVU

Nvu (pronounced en-view) is the open source world's answer to Macromedia's Dreamweaver. It is a fully featured what-you-see-is-what-you-get web page editor, enabling you to create compelling web pages without having to devote months to learning HTML. Nvu includes an integrated FTP site manager, a style sheet editor, tabbed workspaces, and all the features you've come to expect from a fully-featured web page editor. Nvu also features integrated support for HTML code validation, to help you make your HTML as clean and light-weight as possible. Because Nvu is built based on the award-winning Gecko rendering engine that also powers the Firefox web browser, every moment is a live preview: what you see is truly what you get.

Windows (All)

TuxPaint

Tux Paint is an graphics editor geared towards young children.
Tux Paint stands apart from typical graphics editing software (such as The GIMP or Photoshop) in that it was designed to be usable by children as young as 3 years old. The user interface is meant to be intuitive, and utilizes icons, audible feedback and textual hints to help explain how the software works. The brightly-colored interface, sound effects and cartoon mascot (Tux, the Linux penguin) are meant to engage children.
Tux Paint's normal interface is split into five sections:
Toolbox, containing the various basic tools (see below) and application controls (undo, save, new, print)!
Canvas, where the images are drawn and edited!
Color palette, where colors can be chosen (when applicable to the current tool)!
Selector, providing various selectable objects (e.g., brushes, fonts or sub-tools, depending on the current tool)!
Information area, where instructions, tips and encouragement are provided!
A simple slideshow feature allows previously-saved images to be displayed as a basic flip-book animation or as a slide presentation.

Windows 2000/XP/Vista

Scribus

Scribus is a desktop publishing (DTP) application.
It has high end page layout features of the kind found in Adobe PageMaker, QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign.
Scribus is designed for flexible layout and typesetting, and the ability to prepare files for professional quality image setting equipment. It can also create animated and interactive PDF presentations and forms. Example uses include writing small newspapers, brochures, newsletters, posters and books.
Scribus supports most major graphic formats in addition to SVG. Professional type/image setting features include CMYK colors and ICC color management. Although written in C++, it has built-in scripting using Python. It is available in more than 24 languages.

Windows XP/Vista/Server 2003/Server 2008

GIMP

GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages

It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.

GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted.

Paint.NET

Paint.NET is a bitmap graphics editor for Windows, developed on the .NET Framework. The application started as a project developed at Washington State University (WSU) for Microsoft Windows and was mentored by Microsoft. Paint.NET is programmed in the C# programming language, with small amounts of the C++ Programming Language used for installation and shell-integration related functionality.
The native image format used is a compressed representation of the application's internal object format, which preserves layering and other information. Its file extension is .PDN.
Some thought Paint.NET was the official successor to the older Microsoft Paint graphics program that comes with Windows, though it is not affiliated with Microsoft Paint.

Windows XP/2003 Server/Vista

Inkscape

Inkscape is a vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. Supported SVG features include shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, patterns, and grouping.
Inkscape also supports Creative Commons meta-data, node editing, layers, complex path operations, bitmap tracing, text-on-path, flowed text, direct XML editing, and more. It imports formats such as JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and others and exports PNG as well as multiple vector-based formats.
Inkscape's main goal is to create a powerful and convenient drawing tool fully compliant with XML, SVG, and CSS standards. We also aim to maintain a thriving user and developer community by using open, community-oriented development

Windows XP/Vista

Productivity:

OpenOffice.org 2.3

OpenOffice.org is a full-featured productivity suite including a word processor, spreadsheet, web page editor and presentation program. Notable features in this version are native PDF and Flash export at the click of button and a macro recorder for increased productivity. OpenOffice.org provides you with the ability to create mail merged documents from Outlook or Mozilla address books, spreadsheets, or other data sources and its tightly-integrated modules help to simplify work flow.
Documents are stored in a compressed, open-standard XML format to ensure future availability of your data and to reduce file sizes. You can read and write documents in a wide range of formats including Microsoft Office.
The word processor component, Writer, is suitable for the production of professional documents, reports, newsletters, and brochures.
A powerful spreadsheet module called Calc contains sophisticated tools for calculation, data analysis and visualisation, its built-in charting tools are able to generate customisable 2D and 3D charts.
The presentation utility, Impress, uses effects, animation and drawing tools to help you create effective multimedia slide shows to present your the way you want to.
Use the Draw component to produce either simple diagrams or complex 3D illustrations and special effects for use in documents and presentations.
The Database User Tools give you all the tools you need for day to day database work in a simple spreadsheet-like form. They support dBASE databases for simple applications, or any ODBC or JDBC compliant database for industrial strength database work.

Due to the high cost of commercial office suites, deciding to use OpenOffice.org will typically represent the single largest source of savings on software for organisations or individuals. OpenOffice.org is increasingly becoming an office suite of choice in education, government, and business.

Windows 98/ME/2000 (Service Pack 2 or higher)/XP/2003/Vista

Notepad2

Notepad2 is intended to be a replacement for the Notepad program that is included as part of Windows. Like Notepad, Notepad2 is small, fast, and has few frills. It does, however, add some functionality such as colour syntax highlighting that many people will find useful, especially those that have to edit the odd HTML page or script. You can select the level of zoom and select the editing font. Notepad2 supports Unicode, UTF-8, Unix and Mac text files.

The Notepad2 program is largely based on source code from the Scintilla Text Editor (SciTE), also available on this CD. SciTE also has tabs which facilitates editing of multiple files. It also has further options for configuration, but is not quite as simple to use as Notepad2.

Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP

PDFCreator

Use PDFCreator to generate PDF documents directly from any Windows program. PDF (Portable Document Format) files are the de facto standard in electronic publishing, because the author can be sure that the document will look as intended on all platforms, regardless of local fonts or lack thereof. PDFs can also be generated with commercial packages, but PDFCreator is by far the easiest and cheapest option (free). Once installed, simply select 'Print' from the File menu of your word processor or drawing program, and select 'PDFCreator Printer' from the list of printers. Click 'Save' and enter a name for your PDF output file. That's it!

Optionally, you may also enter information to identify the document, such as Title, Creation Date and Author. The Options dialogue lets you control the process in more detail. You can set the resolution and compression levels for the various file types, and control how fonts are included. Use the security feature to protect your document with a password. JPEG, PNG, Postscript (PS) and Encapsulated Postscript (EPS) output formats are also supported.

Windows (Vista users please read website information)

Multimedia:

Audacity

Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows,
Audacity can record live audio through a microphone or mixer, or digitize recordings from cassette tapes, vinyl records, or minidiscs. With some sound cards, it can also capture streaming audio.

• Record from microphone, line input, or other sources.
• Dub over existing tracks to create multi-track recordings.
• Record up to 16 channels at once (requires multi-channel hardware).
• Level meters can monitor volume levels before, during, and after recording.

Import sound files, edit them, and combine them with other files or new recordings. Export your recordings in several common file formats.

Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista

MediaPortal

MediaPortal is an Open Source application ideal for turning your PC / TV
into a very advanced Media Center. MediaPortal allows you to listen to
your favorite music & radio, watch and store your videos and DVDs, view,
schedule and record live TV as a digital video recorder and much much more.
You get MediaPortal as Open Source software. This means you can help in
developing MediaPortal or tweak it for your own needs with lots
of innovating plugins from a great community.

Windows (All)

Windows 2000/XP

Stellarium

Stellarium is a software planetarium.
It uses OpenGL to render a realistic sky in real time. With Stellarium, it's possible to see what one can see with the naked eye, binoculars or a small telescope.

• Sky features:
  • default catalogue of over 600,000 stars
  • extra catalogues with more than 210 million stars
  • asterisms and illustrations of the constellations
  • images of nebulae (full Messier catalogue)
  • realistic Milky Way
  • very realistic atmosphere, sunrise and sunset
  • the planets and their satellites

• Interface:
  • a powerful zoom
  • time control
  • multilingual interface
  • scripting to record and play your own shows
  • fisheye projection for planetarium domes
  • spheric mirror projection for your own dome
  • graphical interface and extensive keyboard control
  • telescope control

• Visualisation
  • equatorial and azimuthal grids
  • star twinkling
  • shooting stars
  • eclipse simulation
  • skinnable landscapes, now with spheric panorama projection

• Customisability
  • add your own deep sky objects, landscapes, constellation images, scripts...

Since version 0.8.0, Stellarium is available in more than 40 languages.

Windows XP/Vista

Celestia

Celestia is a simulation of the entire universe, based on current astronomical information. It includes beautifully rendered planets, moons, and some smaller orbital bodies such as Mir and the International Space Station. Celestia is not limited to our solar system; you can visit other stars, or even travel outside the galaxy. You will find models of extra-solar planets in orbit around those stars for which we have evidence of planetary bodies. You have complete control over time and space, so you can view the stars from your chosen location and epoch. In addition, it is possible to create scripted presentations for complex demonstrations. his program is highly recommended for use in school presentations. There are some lesson plans for use in a middle/high school setting, contributed by Frank Gregorio . To get a good idea of Celestia's full capabilities, start the program and press D for Demo. Celestia requires an OpenGL-capable graphics card (which nearly all modern systems have).

Windows 9.5/98/NT/2000/Me/XP

Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP

Internet Tools:

Windows (All)

Windows (All)

HTTrack

HTTrack is a website copier and offline browser.
It allows you to download World Wide Web sites from the Internet to a local computer.
By default, HTTrack arranges the downloaded site by the original site's relative link-structure. The downloaded (or "mirrored") website can be browsed by opening a page of the site in a browser.

HTTrack can also update an existing mirrored site and resume interrupted downloads. HTTrack is fully configurable by options and by filters (include/exclude), and has an integrated help system. There is a basic command line version and two GUI versions (WinHTTrack and WebHTrack); the former can be part of scripts and cron jobs.

HTTrack uses a web crawler to download a website. Some parts of the website may not be downloaded by default due to the robots exclusion protocol unless disabled during the program. HTTrack can follow links that are generated with basic JavaScript and inside Applets or Flash, but not complex links (generated using functions or expressions) or server-side image maps.

Windows (All)

RSSOwl

RSSOwl is a news aggregator for RSS and Atom News feeds. It is written in Java, and uses SWT as a widget toolkit to allow it to fit in with the look and feel of different operating systems while remaining cross-platform.

• Generate PDF / RTF / HTML documents from any news including aggregations
• Powerful Newsfeed search engine working with keywords
• Integrated Newsfeed validator
• Perform a fulltext-search with result-highlight on favorites and categories
• Full support for RSS & RDF versions 0.91, 0.92, 1.0, 2.0
• Support for Atom Syndication Format version 1.0
• Read news either in the internal browser or a Rich Text window
• Aggregate news of an entire category to one newstab
• Store newsfeeds in Blogrolls and share them with other people
• Mail NewsTip to friends
• Blog news viewed in RSSOwl with your favorite blogging tool
• Huge list of sample Newsfeeds pre-saved
• Save favorite newsfeeds in categories
• Select an auto-update-interval for your favorites
• Erroneous favorites are marked
• View properties of a selected favorite
• Authentification via BASE64, Digest and NTLM
• Display HTTPS secure newsfeeds
  
  

Windows (All)

TightVNC

TightVNC is a cross-platform remote desktop software application that uses and extends VNC's RFB protocol to control another computer's screen remotely.
The extensions provide for 'tight encoding', which improves performance over low bandwidth connections.
TightVNC is cross-compatible with other client and server implementations of VNC however tight encoding is not supported by most other implementations so it is necessary to use TightVNC at both ends to gain the full advantage of its enhancements.
TightVNC uses so-called "tight encoding" of areas, which is effectively a combination of JPEG compression and other types of encoding. It is possible to watch videos and play DirectX games through TightVNC over a broadband connection, albeit at a low frame rate. TightVNC combines many other common features of VNC derivatives, such as file transfer capability.

Windows (All)

WinSCP

WinSCP (Windows Secure copy) is an open source SFTP and FTP client for Microsoft Windows. Its main function is secure file transfer between a local and a remote computer. Beyond this, WinSCP offers basic file manager functionality. For secure transfers, it uses Secure Shell (SSH) and supports the legacy SCP protocol in addition to SFTP.
Development of WinSCP started around May 2000 and continues. Originally it was hosted by the University of Economics in Prague, where its author worked at the time.
WinSCP is based on the implementation of the SSH protocol from PuTTY and FTP protocol from FileZilla.
WinSCP is also available as a plugin for two file managers, FAR and Altap Salamander

Windows (All)

FileZilla

FileZilla is a FTP client for Windows. It supports FTP, SFTP, and FTPS (FTP over SSL/TLS).
The main features are the site manager, message log, file and folder view, and the transfer queue.
The site manager allows a user to create a list of FTP sites along with their connection data, such as the port number to use, the protocol to use, and whether to use anonymous or normal logon. For normal logon, the username is saved and optionally the password.
The message log is displayed along the top of the window. It displays the console-type output showing the commands sent by FileZilla and the remote server's responses.
The file and folder view, displayed under the message log, provides a graphical interface for FTP. Users can navigate folders and view and alter their contents on both the local and remote machines using an Explorer-style tree interface. Users can drag and drop files between the local and remote computers.
The transfer queue, displayed along the bottom of the window, shows the real-time status of each queued or active file transfer.

Windows (All)

Thunderbird

Thunderbird is a modern email client with features such as intelligent spam filters, a built-in spell checker, a range of themes and customisable layout. Thunderbird provides IMAP/POP support, HTML e-mail composing, quick search, address book, advanced message filtering, address completion, import tools, and the ability to manage multiple e-mail and newsgroup accounts. With Thunderbird Extensions you can add additional features to help you build a mail client that meets your specific needs. As with Firefox, security is a central theme. Thunderbird provides enterprise and government grade security features such as S/MIME, digital signing, message encryption, support for certificates and security devices. The intelligent Thunderbird spam filter analyzes your e-mails to identify those that are most likely to be junk. These can be automatically deleted or diverted to a separate folder. The spam filter is adaptive and also learns from your address book and usage to improve its accuracy.

Windows (All)

Firefox

Firefox light-weight web browser based on Mozilla technology. It empowers you to browse faster, more safely, and more efficiently. Key features include: Popup Blocking to stop those annoying ads popping up. Tabbed Browsing lets you view multiple web pages in a single window. Open links in the background so that they're ready for viewing when you're ready to read them. Text zooming is a quick way of enlarging or decreasing the text of any web page to make it more readable. You can expand this lightweight core by adding plug-ins that do everything from automatic form completion to blocking Flash animations. There is also a range of themes available to let you alter the look of the browser and you can further customise the toolbars and functionality. The Easy Transition system imports all of your settings, including favorites, passwords and other data from Internet Explorer and other browsers, so you can start surfing right away. But possibly the best reason to start using Firefox is its enhanced security. Built with your Security in mind from the start, Firefox keeps your computer safe from malicious spyware by not loading harmful ActiveX controls. A comprehensive set of privacy tools keep your online activity your business. In this age of rampant virus attacks, security concious web users browse with secure alternative browsers such as Firefox. If you install only one program from this CD (and you browse the web), you should make it Firefox.

Windows (All)

Utilities:

ClamWin

ClamWin is an antivirus software for Microsoft Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista.
It provides a graphical user interface to the ClamAV (Clam AntiVirus) engine.

• Scanning scheduler.
• Automatic virus database updates on a regular basis.
• Standalone virus-scanner.
• Context menu integration for Windows Explorer.
• Add-in for Microsoft Outlook.

There is also an extension for Mozilla Firefox that uses ClamWin Free Antivirus to scan downloaded files for viruses (currently only supports Firefox 1.5).

Windows (All)

HealthMonitor

HealthMonitor is a powerful and featureful system monitoring tool for Windows.
It works as a Windows Service and check system status (event viewer, disk free space, services status, performance....) and notify the administration by E-Mail, SMS ...

Windows (All)

Workrave

Workrave is a software application intended to prevent computer users from developing or aggravating occupational diseases such as carpal tunnel syndrome and repetitive strain injuries. The software periodically locks the screen while an anime character walks the user through various stretching exercises and urges them to take a coffee break. The program depends on the GTK+ libraries, and will function on Microsoft Windows or any operating system running X11.
Similar RSI-prevention utilities include xwrits and the "Typing Break" feature in the GNOME keyboard preferences tool.

Windows (All)

Abakt

Abakt is a backup tool for windows.
Using a combination of advanced filters you can select files and directories to compress, copy or move.
Filters: You can select files by creating filters that are based on the properties of files. These file properties include: filename, directory, attributes, size, age and modification date.
Backup: Create a standard PKZIP archive using the built-in Zip library. Or call the external command line tool 7-Zip to create compressed archives. You can also copy, move or delete the selected files.
Automation: Abakt accepts command line arguments. Use the command line options to feed a Task Scheduler, and in batch scripts.

Windows (All)

7-Zip

7-Zip is a program for creating or unpacking archived and compressed files. It can unpack 7zip, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB files, or create file archives in those formats. For the standard ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2 - 10 % better than that provided by PKZip or WinZip, and the native 7zip format can provide a 45% reduction in file size from the common zip format. The program is highly configurable, allowing the user to balance the level of compression and speed. The interface is designed to mimic the standard Windows shell, Explorer, and is localized to 40 languages. Though 7-Zip is free of charge, you have the option of "registering" if you would like official technical support for the program.

Windows (All)

GTK+

GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is suitable for projects ranging from small one-off projects to complete application suites.
GTK+ is based on three libraries developed by the GTK+ team:

• GLib is the low-level core library that forms the basis of GTK+ and GNOME. It provides data structure handling for C, portability wrappers, and interfaces for such runtime functionality as an event loop, threads, dynamic loading, and an object system.
• Pango is a library for layout and rendering of text, with an emphasis on internationalization. It forms the core of text and font handling for GTK+-2.0.
• The ATK library provides a set of interfaces for accessibility. By supporting the ATK interfaces, an application or toolkit can be used with such tools as screen readers, magnifiers, and alternative input devices.

GTK+ has been designed from the ground up to support a range of languages, not only C/C++. Using GTK+ from languages such as Perl and Python (especially in combination with the Glade GUI builder) provides an effective method of rapid application development.

Windows (All)

Games:

Battle for Wesnoth

The Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based strategy game with a fantasy theme. It offers several campaigns, the first of which is 'The Heir to the Throne'. After ages of peace and prosperity the lands of Wesnoth have been overrun by hordes of Orcs and Undead.
As the rightful heir to the throne of Wesnoth, you must gather a troupe of loyal adventurers to reclaim your throne. In a sequence of missions you must lead them wisely to help them gain experience and riches.
In other campaigns you can play as other races, such as Elves, Dwarves, Orcs or Undead. The characters you can recruit have a range of traits, offering various strategic strengths and weaknesses on different terrains and against different opponents. The selection available will vary in different campaigns.
With a network connection you can join friends in campaigns on-line.
The Wesnoth project regularly organises on-line tournaments where the best campaigners can measure their skill.

Windows (All)

Sokoban

Sokoban YASC (Yet Another Sokoban Clone) is a maddeningly simple game first conceived by Hiroyuki Imabayashi, a Japanese programmer.
The word Sokoban means "warehouse keeper."
The object of the game is to put all of the crates in your "warehouse" into the designated storage areas.
Sounds easy, right? Well, there are a few restrictions:

• You are not allowed to pull crates, only push.
  
• You cannot push more than one box at a time.
  
• You cannot pass through a box or wall.

These restrictions -- especially the first one -- turn a seemingly simple task into a delightfully difficult challenge.

Win 98/ME/2000/XP

Enigma

Enigma is a computer game based on Oxyd.
Enigma consists of approximately 1000 levels, known as ‘landscapes’ which may be played in any order.
The player controls one or more marbles using the mouse, and interacts with the landscape purely through the marble. Levels fall into two broad categories: Oxyd landscapes and meditation landscapes. Some levels may appear to fall into one category while actually being in the other.

In Oxyd landscapes players must activate matching Oxyd stones. When Oxyd stones are hit by a marble, laser beam, or certain types of moving brick, they open to reveal a coloured circle. If two matching Oxyd stones are activated they remain open, while if non-matching Oxyd stones are activated the first one closes. When all Oxyd stones are open the level is complete.

In meditation landscapes players must place small white marbles into hollows in the landscape, with one marble in each hollow. Meditation landscapes may feature large marbles and Oxyd stones as a distraction. Some meditation levels have too few or two many hollows, in which case players must produce extra hollows or remove existing hollows in order to complete the level.

Windows (All)

Neverball

Neverball is a 3D platform game similar to Super Monkey Ball.
The main gameplay of Neverball is based on moving a ball using gravity by tilting the game world, not directly controlling the ball.
The mouse, keyboard, or joystick tilt the level to help guide the ball to a goal, via an obstacle course, with a set time limit. Moving platforms and other crazy objects get in the way, making levels progressively harder.
To unlock the goal on each level, the player must collect a required amount of coins. Coins come in three different colors: yellow, red and blue. Red coins are worth 5 yellows and blue coins are worth 10 yellows.
Collecting 100 coins gains an extra life.
The current release (v1.4.0) contains 3 level sets, each level set containing 25 levels. The first level set is Easy for beginners, and the other two are for more expert players.

Neverball features other challenges such as collecting as many coins as possible within the time limit, or just to see how quickly the player can finish a level. Easy, Medium and Hard high scores are available for each and every level.

Three camera modes are available at the press of a key. Pressing F1 switches to the Chase Camera, which rotates to follow the ball quickly and closely. Pressing F2 switches to the Lazy Camera, which is the same as the Chase Camera, but responds slower.
Pressing F3 switches to Manual Camera, in which the camera will only rotate when you press the specific buttons for it (default is left/right mouse buttons).

Windows 2000/XP