Category: Open Source

July 18, 2008

1Gb of Free Storage

Filed under: Internet, Open Source - July 18, 2008 - ט"ו תמוז תשס"ח

OpenDrive is a remote drive for your computer, that allows you
to store, share or back up files from your computer on the Internet. You can store anything and share it with anyone, right from your desktop. Start storing and sharing today.

Imagine being able to grab a file and instantly share it with anyone, right off your desktop. Or quickly edit and save a file and see those changes instantly on any other pc with OpenDrive or an Internet connection

Lightspeed Sharing
Never clog up emails with large attachments again. Get the link from your desktop!

Powerful Syncing
Changes to your files are instantly synced across your computers and to the web.

Collaboration Pro
Stop sending files back and forth. Create an account for your team and

July 15, 2008

Video Editing for Linux

Filed under: Linux, Open Source, Software - July 15, 2008 - י"ב תמוז תשס"ח

Cinelerra is a highly advanced and professional video editing, but still remains open source. Cinelerra solves three main tasks: capturing, editing and compositing. There is virtually no limit to the video resolution so whether its standard or high definition (hd) doesn’t really matter in Cinelerra. And when it comes to exporting it supports H.264, which most likely is going to be the predominant format for hd video.
By utilizing OpenGL and compatible graphic cards Cinelerra is able to preview your edited video in real-time - no rendering required. This makes editing a much more simple and intuitive task - giving you full creativity. Video effects can also be added and Cinelerra comes with all of the standard effect plus a few extras - this includes both audio and video effects.
And finally when you have to render your final movie - you can setup a renderfarm of cheap workstations to do the job for you. A renderfarm is a low cost way to get a whole lot of cpu power to quickly solve you problems and finish your jobs.
Please not that Cinelerra is currently

June 16, 2008

Easy Web Authoring

Filed under: Apple, Linux, Open Source, Software, Windows - June 16, 2008 - י"ג סיון תשס"ח

KOMPOZER Finally, a top-notch WYSIWYG web page program for the rest of us! Now there’s no need to pay a little fortune for a program to create and edit great-looking web pages, including powerful and easy to use CSS capabilities.

KompoZer is a complete Web Authoring System that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing capabilities found in Microsoft FrontPage, Adobe DreamWeaver and other high end programs.

KompoZer is designed to be extremely easy to use, making it ideal for non-technical computer users who want to create an attractive, professional-looking web site without needing to know HTML or web coding. Reliable technology inside

KompoZer is based on Gecko, the layout engine inside Mozilla; it’s a super-fast, very reliable, standards conformant engine maintained on a daily basis by a wide community of developers. Its remarkable support of XML, CSS and JavaScript offers the best authoring platform on the market. Its architecture based on XUL makes it the most extensible editing tool ever.

KompoZer is a stand-alone tool; hence its small size and fast speed

Those who are

June 1, 2008

NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Filed under: Open Source, Windows - June 1, 2008 - כ"ז אייר תשס"ח

is a professional open source system to create Windows installers. It is designed to be as small and flexible as possible and is therefore very suitable for Internet distribution.

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Being a user’s first experience with your product, a stable and reliable installer is an important component of successful software. With NSIS you can create such installers that are capable of doing everything that is needed to setup your software.

NSIS is script-based and allows you to create the logic to handle even the most complex installation tasks. Many plug-ins and scripts are already available: you can create web installers, communicate with Windows and other software components, install or update shared components and more.

Download from here.

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May 16, 2008

MySQL Great Open Source RDMS

Filed under: Apple, Linux, Open Source, Software, Windows - May 16, 2008 - י"א אייר תשס"ח

Increasingly growing market shares caused by a good reputation and of course the fact that it is completely free of charge - makes MySQL the most widely deployed open source database. For most web hosting companies MySQL is the default database that comes with their products. Even though MySQL is known for its simplicity - it is today an advanced database engine, which case compete in a lot of areas against the competition from the commercial companies.

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MySQL is a database management system.

A database is a structured collection of data. It may be anything from a simple shopping list to a picture gallery or the vast amounts of information in a corporate network. To add, access, and process data stored in a computer database, you need a database management system such as MySQL Server. Since computers are very good at handling large amounts of data, database management systems play a central role in computing, as standalone utilities, or as parts of other applications.

 

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