OpenCD
OpenCD splash screen | |
Final release | 7.04 / April 28, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-04-28)[1] |
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Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
License | Open source |
Website | www |
The OpenCD project is a discontinued open-source project aimed to introduce users of Microsoft Windows to the benefits of free and open-source software (FOSS). It is a CD image that can freely be downloaded and copied. The OpenCD team screened programs for stability, quality, and ease of installation, and only distributed programs available under an OSI-approved open-source license,[2] which allows users to freely use and distribute the disc as they wish. It was sponsored by Canonical Ltd., for a period.
The project was started in April 2002 in response to an article on linux.com by astrophysics student Henrik Nilsen Omma.[3]
In September 2007, project lead Chris Gray left the project to pursue his own open-source disc, called OpenDisc, citing numerous difficulties[4] which he believed were negatively affecting the progress of the OpenCD project. As of September 27, 2007, the OpenCD project is no longer under active development.[5]
Version 07.04
Version 07.04 (as the version suggests, released in April 2007) includes the then-latest versions of the following:
- Design: Blender, GIMP, Inkscape, NVU, Scribus, Tux Paint.
- Games: Battle for Wesnoth, Enigma, Neverball, Sokoban YASC
- Internet: Azureus, FileZilla, Firefox, Pidgin, HTTrack, RSSOwl, SeaMonkey, Thunderbird, TightVNC, WinSCP
- Multimedia: Audacity, Celestia, Really Slick Screensavers, Stellarium
- Productivity: MoinMoin, Notepad2, OpenOffice.org, PDFCreator
- Utilities: 7-Zip, Abakt, ClamWin, GTK+, HealthMonitor, Workrave
References
External links
- Official website
- Development blog
- The OpenCD Italian Edition (Italian localized version)
- The OpenCD Hungarian Edition (Hungarian localized version)
- The OpenCD Dutch Edition
Similar projects
- OpenDisc
- TTCS OSSWIN CD
- Vrije Software CD 07.10 (Dutch)
- GNUWin II
- WinLibre,
- Open Source Software CD
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- AccessApps (UK; applications that can be run from a USB stick)
- Chantra (Thai).
- Das Opensource-DVD Projekt (German)
- The teacher's cdtoolbox / La boîte à outil du prof (English and French)
- Cdlibre (Spanish)
- CyanPack (Brazilian)
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