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Fast Track
to
Open Source
Software
By Team Digit
Credits
The People Behind This Book
EDITORIAL
Deepak Ajwani
Editor
Robert Sovereign-Smith
Writer, Copy Editor
Ram Mohan Rao
Writer, Copy Editor
Nimish Chandiramani
Writer, Copy Editor
Sahaaj Kumar
Writer
Dhruv Mohindra
Writer
Srikanth R
Writer
Karmanya Aggarwal
Writer
Arjun Ravi
Writer
Arun Bisht
Writer
DESIGN AND LAYOUT
Vijay Padaya
Layout Designer
Sivalal S
Cover Design
Harsho Mohan Chattoraj
Illustrator
© Jasubhai Digital Media
Published by Maulik Jasubhai on behalf of Jasubhai Digital Media
.
No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the
prior written permission of the publisher.
November 2006
Free with Digit. Not to be sold separately. If you have paid
separately for this book, please e-mail the editor at
editor@thinkdigit.com
along with details of location of
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Introduction
Democracy In Software
or those of you new to the concept, open source software is that
which is open to modification by the user, as opposed to closed
source, where you only get an executable file and cannot modify it in
any way. What model will prevail in this century is the subject of
much analysis, and opinions abound.
So why would you want to modify the code of a program? It could
be for testing one's programming skills, for enhancing the function-
ality of the software, just for the sheer fun of it, or — which is most
often the case — to get involved in the community effort. You see,
open source programs are usually ongoing projects; unlike a compa-
ny coming out with a finished product, in the open source world,
people collaborate and share. They listen to user requests. They listen
to comments and reviews. In short, the entire computing experience
is like one group effort.
In this book, we present the best and most popular open source
programs available across various categories. The first chapter walks
you through the basics of what the open source movement is all
about. Then come chapters each devoted to a specific software seg-
ment — audio, video, and graphics manipulation programs, system
and office tools, Internet-related software, security-related programs,
and educational software. At the end, as is customary, we throw in a
chapter on Internet resources — places on the Web to visit after hav-
ing gone through the book.
Remember that the code of every program mentioned in this
book is freely available for download. You can modify them and redis-
tribute the software — subject to terms you'll learn about in the first
chapter. For that, of course, you'll need some programming skills: if
you already do, we encourage you to play around with the software
and get back to us about it! And if you don't have programming expe-
rience, do look forward to future books in this series that could focus
on programming.
Oh, did we forget to mention that all the software mentioned
here are free of cost?
Enjoy!
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Contents
Chapter 1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
Chapter 2
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
Chapter 3
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
Chapter 4
4.1
4.2
4.3
Chapter 5
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
Chapter 6
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
6.6
6.7
6.8
About Open Source
The Indian PC Landscape
The Open Source Movement
History
The Future
Concluding Remarks
SourceForge
Open Audio
Formats/Codecs
Players
Editors
dyne:bolic
Video
Players
Video Encoders
Video Editors
Miscellaneous Utilities
2D and 3D Graphics
2D Graphics
2D Animation Tools
3D Graphics
System Tools
Disk/Partition Management
Benchmarking Tools
Compression
CD/DVD Writing
Password Management
Office Tools
Word Processors
Spreadsheets
PDF Tools
Personal Information Managers
Collaboration
Project Management
Accounting
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