Brian's Class Materials- Fall 2013 - SEYS 753
Queens College/CUNY
Education Unit
List of Useful Free and Open Source Software
I have listed some very useful
free and open source software applications that will help
you to complete your projects in this course.
Unfortunately, you probably will not be able to
install these in our lab, Kiely 115. However, you are
free to install these at home on your own personal computer.
I will demonstrate how to install these in class.
Ubuntu - this is a free, open source operating system - http://www.ubuntu.com/
Codysafe - http://www.codyssey.com/products/codysafe.html
Install this on a USB drive and then you can install any software applications you like, take them with you, and use them with any computer.
Google Chrome - http://www.google.com/chrome This is a Beta version of a new web browser. It is extremely fast and has a clean design. Definitely try it out, especially since we will be using Google Docs.
Firefox (Please note that there are many very useful "add-on" and "extensions" that can install with your Firefox web browser. We can't install these on Firefox in the lab, but you can install these at home.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
7-Zip (this allows you to open files that have the .zip extension)
http://www.7-zip.org/
CamStudio - This allows you to record your computer screen and edit it later.
http://camstudio.org/
FWink - free webcam software
http://lundie.ca/fwink/
the GIMP - this is image editing software that is a great free alternative to Adobe Photoshop
http://www.gimp.org/
Kompozer - This is an HTML editor and web authoring tool. I highly recommend you install it. It is very useful for creating web pages.
http://www.kompozer.net/
Audacity - This is free sound editing software.
*http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Stellarium - This is an open source planetarium software application.
http://www.stellarium.org/
Scratch
http://scratch.mit.edu/pages/download
Squeak
http://www.squeakland.org/plugin/installers/win-std.html
OpenOffice
http://www.openoffice.org/
Second Life
http://secondlife.com/
Croquet
http://www.opencroquet.org/index.php/Downloads
Dia
http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Download
Avidemux
http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/
Paint.net
http://www.getpaint.net/
Open Office
www.openoffice.org/
Libre Office
http://www.libreoffice.org/
OpenStat
http://www.statprograms4u.com/OpenStatMain.htm
PSPP
http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/
MIT App Inventor
http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/setup-mit-app-inventor.html
Cam Studio
http://camstudio.org/
Jing
http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html
WinSCP
http://winscp.net/eng/download.php
Putty
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
Seamonkey (we will be using Composer)
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
Google Earth
http://www.google.com/earth/download/ge/agree.html
Windows Movie Maker
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/get-movie-maker-download
Scratch
http://scratch.mit.edu/
Squeak
http://www.squeak.org/
EToys
http://www.squeakland.org/download/
Second Life
http://secondlife.com/
Hippo OpenSim Viewer - Metropolis Edition
http://hypergrid.org/metropolis/wiki/en/index.php/Downloads
Ubuntu - this is a free, open source operating system - http://www.ubuntu.com/
Codysafe - http://www.codyssey.com/products/codysafe.html
Install this on a USB drive and then you can install any software applications you like, take them with you, and use them with any computer.
Google Chrome - http://www.google.com/chrome This is a Beta version of a new web browser. It is extremely fast and has a clean design. Definitely try it out, especially since we will be using Google Docs.
Firefox (Please note that there are many very useful "add-on" and "extensions" that can install with your Firefox web browser. We can't install these on Firefox in the lab, but you can install these at home.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
7-Zip (this allows you to open files that have the .zip extension)
http://www.7-zip.org/
CamStudio - This allows you to record your computer screen and edit it later.
http://camstudio.org/
FWink - free webcam software
http://lundie.ca/fwink/
the GIMP - this is image editing software that is a great free alternative to Adobe Photoshop
http://www.gimp.org/
Kompozer - This is an HTML editor and web authoring tool. I highly recommend you install it. It is very useful for creating web pages.
http://www.kompozer.net/
Audacity - This is free sound editing software.
*http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Stellarium - This is an open source planetarium software application.
http://www.stellarium.org/
Scratch
http://scratch.mit.edu/pages/download
Squeak
http://www.squeakland.org/plugin/installers/win-std.html
OpenOffice
http://www.openoffice.org/
Second Life
http://secondlife.com/
Croquet
http://www.opencroquet.org/index.php/Downloads
Dia
http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Download
Avidemux
http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/
Paint.net
http://www.getpaint.net/
Open Office
www.openoffice.org/
Libre Office
http://www.libreoffice.org/
OpenStat
http://www.statprograms4u.com/OpenStatMain.htm
PSPP
http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/
MIT App Inventor
http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/setup-mit-app-inventor.html
Cam Studio
http://camstudio.org/
Jing
http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html
WinSCP
http://winscp.net/eng/download.php
Putty
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
Seamonkey (we will be using Composer)
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
Google Earth
http://www.google.com/earth/download/ge/agree.html
Windows Movie Maker
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/get-movie-maker-download
Scratch
http://scratch.mit.edu/
Squeak
http://www.squeak.org/
EToys
http://www.squeakland.org/download/
Second Life
http://secondlife.com/
Hippo OpenSim Viewer - Metropolis Edition
http://hypergrid.org/metropolis/wiki/en/index.php/Downloads