Software Suggestions
The following programs and sites were compiled from suggestions by IIT students. If you would like to make more suggestions, please forward them to Matthew Bauer.
Microsoft Dreamspark
- For an account, go to Dreamspark → Help → Contact Us. You must be a registered student or faculty member. Available software includes Windows 7, Windows 8, and Visual Studio 2012.
Websites
- The GNU Project
- Sourceforge
- Open Source Alternative
- FSF/UNESCO Free Software Directory
- Manchicken.com - Win32
Operating Systems
Web Browsers
- Firefox - Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
- Opera - Free BSD, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, Windows
- SeaMonkey - Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, Windows
Office Software (Word Processors/Spreadsheet/Presentation/etc.)
- Calligra - KDE
- OpenOffice - Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, Windows
- NeoOffice - Mac OS X
Instant Messaging Programs
- Pidgin (formerly GAIM) - Linux, Windows
- Adium - Mac OS X
- Trillian - Windows
- SeaMonkey - Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, Windows
Multimedia Programs
- Gimp - Linux, Mac OS X, Unix, Windows
- mplayer - Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
- VLC-Media Player - Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
- Flip4Mac WMV Player - Mac OS X
- Amarok - Linux
- Rhythmbox - GNOME
- Winamp Basic - Windows
- gtkpod - Linux
- myth TV - Linux plus MySQL
- Kino - X Windows
- Audacity - Linux, Mac OS X, Unix, Windows
- GNUsound - GNOME
Data Compression Utilities
Email Clients
- Thunderbird - Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
- Sunbird - Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
- Evolution - GNOME
- KMail - KDE
Compilers and Development Environments
- GDB - GNU
- g++ - GNU
- gcc - GNU
- dev-c++ - Windows
- KDevelop - KDE
- Eclipse - Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
- SharpDevelop - Windows
- MonoDevelop - GNOME
Graphics Design Programs
- Inkscape - Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Webpage Editors
- Quanta Plus - KDE
- Amaya - Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
- SeaMonkey (Composer module) - Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, Windows
- Kompozer (unofficial Nvu bugfix) - Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Antivirus Utilities
- ClamAV - Linux, Windows
- AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition - Windows
- McAfee (available free through IIT-OTS)
- Norton Free Edition
Last modified: 10/21/2012
