Category: Open Source

Free and Open Source Software Listing

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Elinks : the best text-based web browser

If you like to browse the internet, and suddenly have to work in a text-based only environment, then I suggest that you use the Elinks web browser.

It is the best text-based web browser i ever used besides the infamous lynx. I has features that can be found in other GUI-based popular browser like :

  • Table and frames rendering
  • Tabbed Browsing
  • IPV6 support
  • CSS support
  • Javascript support
  • Colour support
  • Support http, https, ftp and smb protocol
  • History browsing

With these kind of features, I dont think you will miss browsing from a GUI based browser much. In Ubuntu, Elinks also available as a lite or normal package, the normal package is part of the Ubuntu main repository while the lite package without extra scripting support is available in the Universe repo.

I recommend Elinks for hardcore internet surfers that have to work under text-based environment, because I’m sure they’ll appreciate every bit that elinks has to offer.
[tags]browser,internet browser,elinks,linux,ubuntu,internet,surf[/tags]

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SQLyog – Open Source MySQL Manager GUI for Windows

I’ve been busy for the past week, but during my absent, I’ve the opportunity to test SQLyog, a powerful MySQL manangement tool from Webyog.

The application has the same functionalities as the popular web based phpMyAdmin, plus some other neat feature that usually found in enterprise level tool.

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The application lets you organise the database, create indexes, views, manage stored procedures and database triggers. SQLyog also can help you to manage backup and make copies of your database across different host.

SQLyog itself is suprisingly responsive compared to similar product produced by well-known database vendor. Being developed using C++ language and using MySQL C API, the client has direct access to MySQL, which makes it run faster.

Another worth noting feature is the Migration toolkit which allows you to migrate existing database from other DBMS (i.e DB2, Oracle, MS-SQL) via ODBC interface.

Download

SQLyog can be downloaded from its website : http://webyog.com/en/downloads.php

The source code can be obtained from Google Code project repository, via Subversion.

p/s : It would be nice to have this kinda of application on GNU/Linux platform, maybe some people would complain that it isn’t 1337, but I think people working with GNU/Linux? deserve conveniences.
[tags]sqlyog,database,mysql,php,linux,windows[/tags]

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Freedom Toaster Kiosk- Free and Open Source Software Dispenser !

I think many of you already familiar with vending machine that dispense soft drinks and chocolates. Now meet another type of ‘vending machine’ that dispense free software. Yup, that’s right, just bring your CD-R and the Freedom Toaster will take care the rest.

The term vending machine might be misleading as you can get free and opensource software for free from a Freedom Toaster kiosk. It is powered by none other than GNU/Linux operating system and the selection of software is only limited to the total harddisk space on the toaster.

The project was sponsored by Shuttleworth Foundation (the guy behind Ubuntu Linux) and it started as one solution to overcome the difficulty of obtaining Linux and other Open-source software in South Africa, where the restrictive telecommunications environment makes downloading large software files through the internet expensive.

What’s interesting is, the Freedom Toaster specifications is also release for free! That means anybody can duplicate the Freedom Toaster functionality to dispense free software. And this makes me wonder when I could a Freedom Toaster within my university compound.

All the specs and information about the kiosk can be obtained from Free Toaster Project website, which currently run by a group of volunteers. Check it out, it’s a cool way to provide free download.
[tags]free software, open source, opensource,linux, foss,embedded,kiosks[/tags]

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OpenOffice Premium – openoffice 2.0.3 with extra toppings!

Some nice folks have released Openoffice Premium 2.0.3 , OpenOffice suite packaged with extra stuffs into a single binary. The English language binary download is 190MB and the binary is packed with :

  • Clip Art (currently more than 2,800 objects)
  • Templates (number varies by language)
  • Samples (number varies by language)
  • Documentation (if available)
  • Fonts (more than 90 fonts)

Which is handy for those who want to have extra templates and clip-arts for their project.

Depite its name, OpenOffice Premium is available freely (free as in beer and freedom), and the package can be downloaded from OpenOffice Premium Project Website

[tags]openoffice,open office,linux,office,desktop,opensource, open source, free software[/tags]

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Download UML software in Linux

Real programmers don’t do software documentations! They just code! However, there’s a time where you need to document your software project, and UML is probably the most popular tool to document your software design effectively.

But what if you’re developing using GNU/Linux operating system? Which software should you use to draw those UML? Do you need to use a Windows machine just to document your development?

Here’s a list of software that can help you draw UML diagram in GNU Linux :

Hope that helps you in your quest of drawing UML diagram under Linux. If you have any other suggestions, then feel free to add them in the comments box

[tags]uml,draw,software engineering,linux,ubuntu,debian,sdlc,sadm[/tags]

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Full length Website Screenshot with khtml2png

Today I read that two bloggers has been recommending Webshots , a freeware application to take full length website screenshot in Microsoft Windows and is unavailable to users of other operating system such as GNU/Linux, *BSD and Solaris.

khtml2png is a free software application which can also take full length website screenshot like Webshots does, except it works on unix like platform such as GNU/Linux and flavors of BSD.

The software depends on libkhtml (from kdelibs KDE project) to render website and ‘convert’ from ImageMagick to create the actual screenshot.

Originally the software can only output screenshot in lossless PNG format, but the latest version however is able to support as many output format as ImageMagick support including jpg, gif, png and bmp to suit your needs.

Please refer to khtml2png website for sample website screenshot produced by khtml2png.