I was talking to my brother-in-law, Jamie, the other day about Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). It got me to thinking about how much FOSS I use on a regular basis. Here is a list of all the software I have come into contact with recently. If you realize I am forgetting something, please leave a comment.
Software Used on a Daily Basis:
- Ubuntu (Operating System)
- Open Office (Documents)
- Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser)
- Mozilla Thunderbird (Email Client)
- Pidgin (Instant Messaging)
- Eclipse (IDE)
- Spaz (Twitter Client)
- Apache HTTP Server (Web Server)
- MySQL (Database)
- PHPMyAdmin (MySQL Web Interface)
- Simple Machines Forums (Web Forums)
- Mediawiki (Wiki)
- Tomato (Router Firmware)
Software Being Investigated:
- Trac (Project Management Tool)
- Zabbix (Network Monitoring Tool)
- WordPress (Content Management System)
- SVN (Version Control System)
- Elgg (Social Networking Software)
Software Used in the Past:
3 Responses to “FOSS”
Shawn Sparks on
June 4th, 2009 at 21:12
Yes! I was not even thinking about my router at the time I wrote this up. It is added to the list now.
CharlesC on
June 5th, 2009 at 07:56
What's different in the Tomato firmware from the DD-WRT open source project? I switched to DD-WRT a couple of months back and love it. I couldn't stand the lack of features in the Linksys version.