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 Photoshop plug-ins for Gimp - now also for Linux
In March, a Photoshop plug-in interface (Photoshop 8bf filters loader) was developed, which made it possible for you to use all your favourite Photoshop plug-ins in Gimp on - not only Windows - but... |
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 Osalt.com now in Spanish
(read this announcement in Spanish below)
The popular Open source directory Osalt.com (Open Source as Alternative) is now available in Spanish
- How do you avoid paying for a Final Cut or... |
SUSE Linux 10.2
The openSUSE project delivers one of the best linux distributions available. For many years SUSE Linux has been considered a high quality linux distribution for both private users as well as... |
Gimp
GIMP, an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program, stands as a testament to the power and possibilities of open-source software. Since its inception in 1995 by Spencer Kimball and Peter... |
 Adobe Photoshop Elements 8
Photoshop Elements is the little brother of Photoshop. But that does not mean that it is simple and useless. Adobe has taken many features found in previous version of their flagship product... Alternatives: Gimp Krita Seashore Pinta
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Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop has long stood as the epitome of image editing software, constantly evolving to meet the needs of creatives around the globe. With its origins dating back to the late 1980s, Photoshop... Alternatives: Gimp Krita Seashore Pinta
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Ubuntu Linux 8.04
Ubuntu Linux is one of the latest and most successful new linux distributions. Ubuntu is originally derived from the well-known Debian distribution, but has added a lot of new functionality. One of... |
Cooperative Linux 0.7
coLinux is an extremely interesting new approach to virtualization allowing you to run Linux parallel to your Windows platform. coLinux approaches the experimenting Linux novice - who does not... |
Fedora Core 6
With it roots and backing in Redhat - Fedora is a easy to use and to configure. More advanced features include Security-enhanced Linux (SELinux) that make tampering virtually impossible. Based on the... |
Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in 4.5
Eventhough this is "just" a plug-in for Photoshop it is still listed here due to it's important features and high quality raw photo converter. Camera Raw lets you control exposure, color-cast - and... Alternatives: UFRaw
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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
Lightroom by Adobe is a management system for your photos which helps you view, edit and manage digital photos in the same way that photographers handle traditional photographs.
Lightroom is... Alternatives: digiKam
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Ingres 2006 Community Edition
For many years Ingres has been a well-known names in the database business. Now it is available as open source. Ingres is a high performance and highly scalable database systems, which also features... |
xvidcap 1.1.4
xvidcap is a screencast application for Linux. It allows you to capture either parts of the full screen of your Linux desktop. This makes it an ideal tool for making either demonstrations of software... |
NeverNote
Nevernote was created in response to popular demand of Linux users. A clone of Evernote, it was originally intended for Linux but can also run on Windows. Nevernote is a note-saving program that... |
Corel Painter
Corel Painter, a drawing and painting program created mainly for use on a tablet or digitizer, is software for use as an art studio. It has hundreds of "brushes" in more than 30 mediums. You can... Alternatives: MyPaint
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TextPattern
Textpattern (TXP) is a content management system (CMS) that comes in more than 40 languages with a browser based interface. It can be used by bloggers and web publishers to manage their websites. It... |
GnuCash for Windows
After a long periode of time GnuCash is finally available as a binary for Windows. However, this is still a very preliminary version - so don't expect everything to work just yet. But this is still a... |
VirtualBox 3.0
Originally a commercial product VirtualBox is now also available in an open source edition. The open source version is, however, always a version behind the commercial version and thus lacks some... |
Cornice 0.6.2
Cornice was originally developed to provide more or less the same functionality of ACDSee but on Linux. But since it was developed using Python program language - it is now available on virtually any... |
LMMS 0.4.5
Linux Multimedia Studio (LMMS) is a free DAW (digital audio workstation) created for Linux & Windows. Although it has a rather steep learning curve, there are many tutorials and it includes several... |
Seashore 0.1.9
Seashore, an open source image editing program for the MacOS's Cocoa framework, stands somewhere between the old MacPaint and Photoshop. Its advantage lies in serving the basic image editing needs... |
Bacula
Bacula is an open source networked backup system for Linux/Unix, Mac and Windows clients. Contrary to some other backup solutions Bacula uses a specific client application written for each operating... |
Cinelerra 4.0
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... |
Clonezilla
Clonezilla is an open source solution to computer backup, restoration and "ghosting". It is based on partition imaging and allows you to backup and recover your system should it be taken out by a... |
Scribus 1.3
Scribus brings open source award-winning professional page layout to Linux and *nix desktops, but also supports Windows and Mac OS. As a DTP tool it supports professional publishing features, such as... |
Adobe InDesign CS3
When it comes to desktop publishing Adobe's InDesign is a perfect package. The integration to Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator makes it a powerful tool for create professional layout and designs.... Alternatives: Scribus
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VirtualDub 1.7.8
VirtualDub is an open source video processor/editor. Even though it may not be able to do advanced editing like non-linear video editors - it has powerful features for processing your video clips.... |
BleachBit
BleachBit is an application that frees disk space and guards your privacy. It cleans the cache, clears internet history, deletes cookies and logs, shreds temporary files and gets rid of junk that... |
vtiger CRM
VTiger CRM (customer relationship management) is software intended for small and medium sized businesses that have a need to manage their customer base, customer service, marketing department and... |
Nvu 1.0
Nvu is a web development system primarily developed for Linux but is now also available for windows and mac. The project aims to be an open source alternative for the major commercial web authoring... |
Pingus
Pingus is a game created in 1998 as a free clone of Lemmings for Linux, Windows, MacOSX and more. It is a puzzle game that tests your strategy and planning skills as much as your reflexes.
The... |
Corel PaintShop Pro
PaintShop Pro, developed by Corel, stands as a powerful photo editing and graphic design software that offers a comprehensive suite of tools for photographers and designers alike. Since its... Alternatives: Gimp Krita Seashore Pinta
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GParted 0.7
GParted is an open source partition manager also known as the Gnome Partition Editor application. It is actualy a LiveCD/LiveUSB that allows you to boot directly into GParted when you need it -... |
Ardour 2.3
Ardour is professional hard-disc recording for MacOSX and Linux - meets all of you studio requirements. Ardour packs features such as: multi-channel recording, non-linear and non-destructive editing,... |
Evolution
Evolution is an e-mail client built from scratch to be an alternative to Outlook on Linux. Today it has evolved beyond that - and provides stable functionaly through typical e-mail features. But... |
Sage 4.1
SAGE is open source mathematics software that can be used to studying elementary to advanced number theory, algebra, cryptography, group theory and so much more. It includes interfaces to many other... |
Pandora 2.0
Pandora FMS (Flexible Monitoring System) is a complete network and node (servers, workstations, etc.) monitoring solution. Pandora comes in three parts - agents, server and console. The agents are... |
Banshee 0.13
Banshee is a music player with many advanced features. One of the most important is iPod synchronization, which is now available simple and easy on Linux. On top of that Banshee does a great job as a... |
Wireshark
Wireshark (formerly known as Ethereal) is a top open source product that allows you to capture (or sniff) packets on a LAN (local area network) in order to analyze the network traffic. Once you turn... |
MPlayer
MPlayer is an open source movie player originally made for Linux. Today, however, a number of platforms are supported - and it is most likely the movie player that supports the most formats.... |
FlightGear 1.0
FlightGear is a flight simulator compatible with virtually any operating system including Windows, Mac and Linux - with several unique features and options that may be quite different than you're... |
Rosegarden 1.7
Rosegarden is a professional audio and MIDI sequencer, score editor, and general-purpose music composition and editing environment. Rosegarden is an easy-to-learn, attractive application that runs on... |
FOG
FOG is an imaging solution for Vista and Windows XP that makes use of some open-source tools and a PHP based web interface. It is unique in that it requires no boot disks or CDs, using TFTP and PXE... |
Editra 0.4
Editra is an open source text editor that supports a variety of features, including syntax highlighting, for over sixty programming languages. Since it is built using wxWidgets, it can run on... |
HandBrake 0.7.1
Handbrake is a DVD to MPEG-4 converter. It is able to process both unencrypted files from the VIDEO_TS folder as well as whole DVDs and turn them into MPEG-4 or H.264 formats. NTSC and PAL formats... |
Code::Blocks 8.02
Code::Blocks is an C++ IDE which makes it easy for experienced as well as new developers to create applications. Application made with Code::Blocks and based on wxWidgets - are portable between Linux... |
Sony ACID Pro 6
ACID Pro, a loop-based music creation tool, is a favorite of users worldwide. Combining loops, multi-track recording and MIDI, this is a full-featured music workstation that will produce... Alternatives: Audacity Traverso DAW
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OpenVZ
OpenVZ is a great alternative to standard virtualization offerings on the market, that unlike most other products only offers operating system level virtualization - and only on Linux. However, this... |
MuseScore 0.9.5
MuseScore is an open source cross platform music notation program that has a lot of very good features. Simple to operate, notes are entered on a virtual note sheet with your mouse, MIDI or keyboard.... |
Joomla 1.5
Joomla is among the top two or three open source content management systems (CMS) on the market. Joomla offers an advanced CMS which is extremely modular built. This makes developing extensions easy... |
SilverStripe 2.2
SilverStripe is an easy to use content management system (CMS) based on PHP. Not only does SilverStripe offer an very cool looking user interface, but is is really simple to get started with and... |
Adobe Encore DVD 2.0
Encore DVD is one of the top professional DVD authoring suites. This software package lets you build anything from simple slideshows to advanced interactive menus for DVDs. Slidshows can be created... Alternatives: DVDStyler
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Helix Player 11
Helix Player is an open source edition of the media player - Real Player, but is only available for unix platforms - mainly Linux. The application is part of the Helix DNA Platform which is a... |
KeePass 2
KeePass is an open source password manager. Once you begin using this KeePass you'll need only one master password to unlock its database and you don't even have to remember that one. If you... |
Corel WinDVD 2010
WinDVD is a fully featured DVD and Blu-ray player - with superb video and audio quality. It also plays Real media, QuickTime, H.264 - and high definition formats such as WMV-HD and other HD video... Alternatives: VLC media player MPlayer
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Emesene 1.0.1
Emesene is a MSN Messenger clone, which primary goal is to support all features of the Windows Live Messenger Network (WLM). However, it does have a few extra features - besides trying to be... |
Launch4j 2.1.5
Launch4j is an open source installer that wrappes your jar files into native executables for e.g. Windows, but also MacOS, Linux and Solaris are supported. For JRE you can either embed one - or have... |
Ghost Solution Suite 2.5
Ghost is easy to use, high performance software used to deploy operating system images to servers and workstations as well as management of both Linux and Windows systems. It's so well known and... Alternatives: Clonezilla FOG
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Quantum GIS
Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a geographical information system (GIS) that works with many platforms and with other commercial software packages. It has all of the common GIS functions and features. Its... |
IrfanView
IrfanView is a free, small, fast graphic viewer whose goal is to be simple for beginners while meeting the power needs of professionals. It allows you to view and change graphic images to your own... Alternatives: Cornice Imgv
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Mono
Mono is an open source implementation of the Microsoft .NET Framework. It most powerful feature is that Mono allow the execution of .NET application on almost any platform - including (but not... |
Autodesk SketchBook Pro
Autodesk SketchBook Pro is paint and drawing software that makes your laptop, desktop computer or even iPad or smartphone into a sketchbook. It allows you to access professional quality sketching... Alternatives: MyPaint
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UFRaw 0.16
UFRaw or Unidentified Flying Raw - is an open source raw photo editor and converter. It is based on DCRaw (written by David Coffin) and can be used either as a standalone application - or as a... |
Typo3 4.2
Typo3, a content management system (CMS), is feature rich and yet is one of the easiest systems to learn. With new functions being created by more than 300 registered developers on a frequent basis,... |
PeaZip
PeaZip is a file manager and archiver for both Windows and Linux. It features an archive browser with history and search features to make navigating an archive faster and easier.
PeaZip... |
K-3D
K3-D is a 3D modeling and animation software. Configured for optimal visualization, its flexible plugins and versatile tools make it a real asset for artists.
This software adapts to your... |
UltraStar Deluxe 1.0
UltraStar Deluxe is a karaoke game inspired by the SingStar game played on PlayStation. The point of the game is to match the pitch of the music. One or several players score points by singing along... |
Parallels Workstation 2.2
If you have Windows but also like Linux, now you can have them both on your computer with Parallels Workstation without rebooting. Whatever your skill level, Parallels lets you easily run more than... Alternatives: Xen OpenVZ VirtualBox
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New features on osalt.com
From now on we will be able to post any article along side with our open source product news on osalt.com's frontpage and through our popular RSS feed. We will be posting information about the... |
Open source media center alternatives
All of us knows about Microsoft Window XP Media Center Edition (MCE), but what actually makes up a full featured media center? There are a couple of main features and then a few less important ones.... |
aMSN - a simple MSN clone
Here on osalt.com we recieve many hits for people looking for alternatives to MSN Messenger. And while many of the alternatives we present are valid and great products - only one of them strives to... |
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Photoshop plug-ins for Gimp - now also for Linux 
Osalt.com now in Spanish 
Adobe Photoshop Elements 8