The Guardian's Open Source Software (OSS) links... |
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Asterisk - Open Source PBX and More
Funded by the people at Digium: "Asterisk is a complete PBX in software. It runs on Linux and provides all of the features you would expect from a PBX and more. Asterisk does voice over IP in three protocols, and can interoperate with almost all standards-based telephony equipment using relatively inexpensive hardware. Asterisk provides Voicemail services with Directory, Call Conferencing, Interactive Voice Response, Call Queuing. It has support for three-way calling, caller ID services, ADSI, SIP and H.323 (as both client and gateway). Check the Features section for a more complete list." Besides working with no additional hardware (if you're doing pure VoIP), Asterisk supports connecting to your telco (or your 'old fasioned' PBX) via Quicknet's Internet Line Jack and Internet Phone Jack as well as their own line of telephony interfaces. Honestly, the Guardian has only been working with Asterisk for a few weeks now, but I feel a new love forming... Update: Check out Building Your Own PBX with Asterisk by Kerry Garrison for a short and sweet introduction to using Asterisk@Home to get your very own PBX up and running. |
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Celestia - Solar System (and beyond!) Simulator
You may have noticed that the Guardian has a thing for space... this is one of the most impressive pieces of work the Guardian has seen in some time. Absolutely beautifully rendered spacescapes can be easliy navigated and thouroughly explored right on your desktop. Navigation to other stars is possible; some even have approximations of newly discovered extra-solar planets orbiting them (plus new ones can be added as they are discovered)! and The Guardian recommends a good (read: new) 3D accellerated, OpenGL compliant graphics card. |
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The Guardian's IPCop Firewall Page
One very tight Linux distribution squarely aimed at providing a secure gateway to the internet for your home or office. The Guardian can't say enough good things about the work that this group of developers has done. Click here to go straight to the downloads area. |
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Open Office and the Open Office Project
Want a full featured, MS Office 2000 compatible suite of tools but don't want to shell out for a licence of M$ Office 2000/XP? Tired of using that MS Works Suite that came bundled with the PC? No, pirating a copy (and a key) is not the answer! Besides, that 'product activation' thing is - well - beyond the limits of Guardian's philosophy on software licensing. Check out Open Office, a full featured, XML based, MS Office compatible set of tools complete with source code. |
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Mozilla
The Guardian gave up on MS Internet Explorer a long time ago - after years of loyal use. However, the Guardian has really developed an affinity for Mozilla's FireFox, an open source, multiplatform browser. Download it from here (stable) or here (latest, yeah!). Impressive project, committed team, nice feature set, and source code for the Guardian to inspect. |
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SlashDot - Open Source Software for Windows
For more info, check out this SlashDot discussion on the best of open source wares for your Windows box. This discussion was the inspiration for this page of open source links... |
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CDex - Speaking of Open Source Software for Windows...
Great open source solution for ripping mp3s from your CDs for your mp3 player, office listening, etc. Check it out. |
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