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In preparation for my presentation (Try some Open Source…. Everybody’s doing it), I’ve compiled some of the best offerings in the land of OSS.

Utilities
Firefox (http://www.mozilla.com) – Browser
Azureus (http://azureus.sourceforge.net) – BitTorrent
FileZilla (http://www.FileZilla.com) – FTP Client
CLAMWIN (http://www.clamwin.com) – Open Source Anti-Virus
TightVNC (http://www.tightvnc.com) – Remote computer control

Communication
Pidgin (http://www.pidgin.im) – Multi Chat
Thunderbird (http://www.mozillamessaging.com) – Email Suite
Wordpress (http://www.wordpress.org) – Blog Platform

Entertainment
Miro (http://www.getmiro.com) – Media Player (HD Content)
Tremulous (http://tremulous.net) – First Person Shooter Game
LinCity (http://lincity-ng.berlios.de/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) – Sim City
FlightGear (http://flightgear.org) – Flight Simulator

Graphics
Paint.net (http://www.getpaint.net) – Image Editing
GIMP (http://www.gimp.org) – Image Editing
Blender 3D (http://www.blender.org) – 3D Simulator
Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org) – Vector Graphics Editor (like Illustrator/CorelDraw)

Audio/Video
MediaCoder (http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/dl/dvdcss.html) – Media Transcoder
Handbrake (http://handbrake.fr) – DVD Backup
Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net) – Multi Track Audio Editor
VLC Media Player (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/) – Super Media Player, Caster

Productivity
OpenOffice (http://www.openoffice.org) – Office Suite
Bluemarine (http://bluemarine.tidalwave.it) – Photo Manager

Enterprise
SugarCRM (http://www.sugarcrm.com) – Enterprise CRM
Drupal (http://www.drupal.org) – Web Publishing, Content Management
Asterisk (http://www.asterisk.org) – Open Source Phone System
Zarafa (http://zarafa.com) – Exchange Competitor