Category: Open Source

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.

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.

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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.

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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AutoCAD is the most well-known computer aided design (CAD) product on the market. Whether you are working in 2D or 3D - designing mobile phones or bridges - AutoCAD has the features you need to make it perfect. AutoCAD modeling capabilities has helped many people through the years and together with it’s rendering features it has provided visualization of their designs. A powerful feature of AutoCAD is it’s scripting capability with which you can either extend functionality of AutoCAD - or perform automated tasks.

QCad Community Edition
Available for: Linux and Unix

Is an open source edition of RibbonSoft’s CAD system. QCad is a 2D CAD application that aims at being simple enough for anyone to use - even users with no previous CAD experience. Compared to the Professional edition the Community Edition has no scripting or poly-line support - also features are a few months behind. Features include layers, dxf files import and export, many flexible drawing tools and precise selection tools.

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This past days I need the Visio program from Microsoft but the price is a little bit over my budget so I tried to find some alternatives and here are the results.

ArgoUML

Available for: Windows Mac Linux Unix Java
ArgoUML is a great UML (Unified Modeling Language) tool. Written in Java and using Java Web Start makes it easy to work with (install) and use on any platform. It has full support for the UML 1.4 standard and provides excellent features to drawing and manipulating you UML diagrams. Like many other UML tools of this caliber ArgoUML provides code generation. The following programming languages are support for code generation: Java, C++, C# and PHP. The Java support is best since it can be used for round-trip engineering using the reverse engineering feature. ArgoUML also has partial support for user models such as decision model, goals model, etc. Finally diagrams can be exported in many graphical formats, primarily GIF, PNG, PS and SVG.

StarUML
Available for: Windows

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AmoK DVD Shrinker shrinks DVDs up to one fifth of the original size without any noticeable quality reduction.
Due to the smaller file size the copy can be burned on a “normal” 2.5 or 4.7 DVD-R. The DVD’s menus, subtitles, audio tracks etc all stay preserved. Though, if you want only the original film is being copied/ripped.
AmoK DVD Shrinker uses an open source DLL (ShrinkTO5), which offers excellent quality with high speed. The GUI is easy to use but offers all necessary options. Please note: AmoK DVD Shrinker cannot burn DVDs. AmoK DVD Shrinker only shrinks the DVD.
Some DVDs are protected from copying. At least in Germany it is prohibited to actively remove a copy protection. Therefore, AmoK DVD Shrinker offers no functionality to directly rip a copy protected DVD (DeCSS). On the other hand, AmoK DVD Shrinker supports the popular and freely available Machinist2.dll. Please inform yourself if it is legal in your country to download and use the Machinist2.dll.

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Shrink DVDs Shrink to 2.50

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Here are more open source software of great quality that you can use.

Relational Database

Firebird
Firebird is a relational database offering many ANSI SQL standard features that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms. Firebird offers excellent concurrency, high performance, and powerful language support for stored procedures and triggers.

InterBase
Enables the rapid development of sophisticated business applications. With a small operational footprint, capabilities for automatic crash recovery and incremental backup, InterBase is an ideal embedded database for broad, cost-effective deployments that lack IT support and administration resources.

Ingres
If you’re looking for an open source database solution, Ingres is for you. Get educated about how Ingres is positioned to deliver a fully open source solution stack, a turnkey ISV solution, or custom application. Learn about the key factors to consider when evaluating an open source database.

MySQL
MySQL was designed to be easy to install, configure, and get into production fast. MySQL offers exceptional quick-start capabilities with the average time from software download to installation completion being less than 15 minutes. This rule holds true whether the platform is Microsoft Windows, Linux, Macintosh, or UNIX. At the same time, MySQL

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Here yo have a great list of open source for Audio.

adjust sound volume of mp3 files : MP3Gain

backup a midi file : MIDI Backup Utility

burn an audio CD : Easy Burning

burn an audio CD : cdrtfe

burn an audio CD : jCDWriter

copy an audio CD : CDRDAO

correct/edit tags of mp3 files : Mp3 Tag Tools

correct/edit tags of mp3 files : MP3 Book Helper

correct/edit tags of mp3 files : MusicBrainz Tagger!

correct/edit tags of mp3 files : MP3-Info Extension

cut/edit/mix/record/remix sound files : Audacity

dj with the mp3 collection : Mixxx

manage CD collection : Ant Movie Catalog

mix audio files : Mixere

play an audio file : Coolplayer

play an audio file : LongPlayer

play an audio file : SnackAmp

play an audio file : NotifyCD

play an audio file : musikCube

play an audio file : Delphamp

play an audio file : Zinf

record save/ audio/video from

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