A Bushel of Free FOSS

“On a regular basis, we at OStatic round up our ongoing
collections of open source resources, tutorials, reviews and
project tours. These educational toolkits are a big part of the
learning mission we try to preserve at the site. We regularly
collect the best Firefox extensions, free online books on open
source topics, free tools for developers, resources for working
with and enjoying online video and audio, Linux tutorials, and much
more. In this post, you’ll find an updated set of almost 50
collections and resources. Hopefully, you’ll find something to
learn from here, and the good news is that everything found in this
post is free.

“1. Digital Music, Video Graphics and Multimedia Resources

“Sure the world of digital music is loaded with copyright
sharks, DRM and other undesirables, but it’s also increasingly
teeming with cool, free open source tools and applications. Do you
want to sync iPods and iPhones to any computer anywhere? How about
playing Doom on your own customized OS for iPods or most other
music players? Do you need customized music library management for
multiple platforms, including Linux? Check this post for 8 free,
open source tools for a better digital music experience. It can
take you way beyond iTunes.

“It used to be that open source video tools were scarce and
often fraught with problems–but no more. In this post, we
recommend eight top-notch tools for video playback and encoding,
ranging from the very flexible SMPlayer, which lets you add
subtitles to your videos, to the super-easy Simple Theora
Encoder.

“Are you under the impression that BitTorrent downloads are
illegal or DRM infected? There are plenty of sites out there that
offer free and legal torrent downloads to save bandwidth and make
file sharers happy. Here, you’ll find sites such as Legit Torrents,
where you can get free video, games and Linux distros, plus nine
other legal torrent sites worth checking into.”

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