Overview

This is an experimental page to see if people want to recommend OSS tools to others.

Please also see the pages ContentManagement and CaseManagement for these topics.

Open Source Tools

Linux Incompabitibility List" http://leenooks.com/1 - to see if there are known issues with selected hardware, posted by Adrian De Luca from news item on http://www.schoolforge.org.uk, 11.10.04
"Top 10 tools for e-activism": http://partnerships.typepad.com/civic/2004/01/top_10_open_sou.html

The Open CD http://theopencd.sunsite.dk/ OSS programs for use on machines running Windows (e.g. Open Office, the GIMP...)
"Live CDs" - boot into an OSS operating system and environment straight from a CD - nothing to install, no changes to make to your system. There are numerous examples of distributions packaged like this for a CD.

One listing page is: http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=cd, or here's an article from PC Magazine (UK) September 2004 featuring some of the larger names: http://www.vnunet.com/features/1155698

SME Server, originally from Mittel Networks (http://www.e-smith.org) but now at http://www.contribs.org/ - posted by Adrian De Luca/Ryan Cartwright, from recommendation on UK Riders list on 6.1.04
Samba http://www.samba.org - Samba is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients ( Samba is software that can be run on a non-Windows platform. Samba uses the TCP/IP protocol that is installed on the host server. When correctly configured, it allows that host to interact with a Microsoft Windows client or server as if it is a Windows file and print server.

Firefox, (www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ or http://www.spreadfirefox.com/) leading open source web browser.

The Mozilla organisation (or Mozilla Europe: http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/) also includes:

DBDesigner 4: http://www.fabforce.net/dbdesigner4/ "- a visual database design system that integrates database design, modeling, creation and maintenance into a single, seamless environment. It combines professional features and a clear and simple user interface to offer the most efficient way to handle your databases." - posted by Adrian De Luca, from recommendation on Riders Tech list on 17.9.04
DB Visual Architect : http://www.visual-paradigm.com/dbva.php "- supports round-trip engineering between Class Diagram and source code, reverse database into ERD and generate Database and persistent source code for manipulating the DBMS in a lightweight manner.

This section has moved to the page dedicated to Content Management at ContentManagement

http://proj.chbs.dk/ - listing of FOSS Project Management Software,posted by Adrian De Luca from link on: http://www.yourmachines.org/wiki/index.php/Small_Organisations_workshop, 5.10.04

http://proj.chbs.dk/accounting/ - listing of FOSS Finance & Accounting,- posted by Adrian De Luca, 5.10.04
'Mo-Ap Project Wiki - "The Mo-Ap Project is conceived as an open source effort to develop standards, tools, libraries and solutions for the international micro-finance and micro-credit communities" - posted by Adrian De Luca, 5.10.04''
Listing of Accounting packages on the Mo-Ap wiki - posted by Adrian De Luca, 5.10.04

Liberum is an Open Source Help Desk tool (still at v0.97, Jan 05) - posted by Adrian De Luca, 2.1.05 following recommendation on UK Riders disussion list

Moodle Course Management System - "- a software package designed to help educators create quality online courses. Such e-learning systems are sometimes also called Learning Management Systems (LMS) or Virtual Learning Environments (VLE). One of the main advantages of Moodle over other systems is a strong grounding in social constructionist pedagogy"
http://www.dotlrn.org/ - .LRN is an open source application suite for learning and research communities. Originally developed at MIT, and now part of MIT's Intellectual Commons.