Chrome is Google’s First Free & Open Source Web Browser
May 4, 2009 Browsers, Desktop Apps, Google, Living Under a Rock, Open Source
Google recently dropped a free and open source web browser for all of us to play with. Chrome was a built from the ground up by Google to incorporate all the best attributes of everyone’s favorite Internet activities. Even though its still in Beta, its a smooth and well refined tool for browsing the Internet. Since I am a complete Firefox freak, I found myself comparing Chrome to Firefox and I must say that I liked it very much. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Browsers, Desktop Apps, Google, Living Under a Rock, Open Source
Songbird is a Cross Platform Free & Open Source Desktop Media Player Designed for the World Wide Web
Apr 18, 2009 Audio & Video, Desktop Apps, Living Under a Rock, Open Source
Songbird is an open-source customizable music player that is always under active development. Its is a new type media player, specifically designed with the future in mind. While most media players are still focusing on local music only, Songbird is currently looking to the constantly-changing landscape of the World Wide Web for guidance. What the crap does that mean? Simply put, Songbird allows you to ‘play’ the web. Instead of needing separate applications to search for, download, and listen to music, Songbird allows you to do it all from one simple program, with an astounding level of integration between the Web and your music.
Songbird views web pages as dynamic playlists to play, save, download or subscribe to much like an RSS feed would be subscribed to with RSSOwl. And just like RSSOwl, SONGBIRD IS 100% COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE, OPEN SOURCE, AND TOTALLY CUSTOMIZABLE WITH ADD-ONS. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Audio & Video, Desktop Apps, Living Under a Rock, Open Source
SpiceBird is the Free & Open Source Alternative to Microsoft Outlook!! Based of Thunderbird.
Mar 16, 2009 Client Software, Desktop Apps, Living Under a Rock, Open Source, Rss/feeds & Readers, WebMail
SpiceBird is a Great Open Source Window Alternative to Microsoft Outlook
A while back we featured Mozilla’s Thunderbird email client and a nice gentleman named William Lefkovics responded that Thunderbird is no replacement for outlook, but Spicebird is. And with that in mind, here is an update on SpiceBird.
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Tags: Client Software, Desktop Apps, Living Under a Rock, Open Source, Rss/feeds & Readers, WebMail
Jahshaka is a Full Feature Free and Open Source Video Editing Software Suite
Feb 26, 2009 Audio & Video, Desktop Apps, File and Data Sharing, Image Editing, Living Under a Rock, Open Source
Imagine if you could edit movies with flexibility and speed, create effects in real time, and animate with unlimited features. Jahshaka allows you to do just that plus much much more. With Jahshaka, you can paint and design on moving video, create music with all the tools professionals use, and work in any format at any resolution. Basically the sky is the limit.
Jahshaka uses todays next-generation hardware to do everything in real time, regardless of what box you are running on. Thanks to the power and economics of mass markets, todays pc’s come with everything you need to create any kind of media you want. Todays graphics cards would have cost hundreds of thousands of dollars just a few years ago… and deliver an unbelievable level of power and speed into your hands. This is the power that drives jahshaka.
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Tags: Audio & Video, Desktop Apps, File and Data Sharing, Image Editing, Living Under a Rock, Open Source
CamStudio is a Free and Open Source Alternative to Camtasia for making ScreenCasts (Screen Capture Movies)- SAVE 300 USD
Feb 23, 2009 Audio & Video, Desktop Apps, File and Data Sharing, Living Under a Rock, Open Source
CamStudio is a free video screen capture (screencast) program that allows the user to have complete control. The user can select a specific area of the screen or the whole screen. They can choose to record audio from the computer’s speakers or from a microphone, making this a great program for tutorial makers. It’s simple-to-use interface can attract even the most novice user.
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Tags: Audio & Video, Desktop Apps, File and Data Sharing, Living Under a Rock, Open Source
RSSOwl is a Great Free & Open Source RSS Feed Reader For many Platform Including Windows, Linux, & MAC OS X
Feb 19, 2009 Browsers, Client Software, Desktop Apps, File and Data Sharing, Living Under a Rock, Open Source, Rss/feeds & Readers
RSS Owl is a Free and Open Source RSS Feed Reader. RSSOwl basically looks and operates like a proficient web or FTP browser. If you have ever used either Fire Fox or FileZilla, you should be right at home with RSSOwl. And, much like FireFox, you can save all of your favorites websites, or in this case, newsfeeds. In fact, the interface easily allows you to add and drop any or all of your favorite subscribed feeds.
Although the main features of RSSOwl are pretty self explanatory, the one feature I really like about it is its search engine. Its very powerful and accurate. In fact, you can easily search for and download podcasts straight to your local hard drive.
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Tags: Browsers, Client Software, Desktop Apps, File and Data Sharing, Living Under a Rock, Open Source, Rss/feeds & Readers
Pidgin is a FREE & OPEN SOURCE Instant Message Manager That Connects You to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Google Talk, and Many More
Feb 16, 2009 Best of the Web, Desktop Apps, File and Data Sharing, Living Under a Rock, Open Source, Web Services
Pidgin (formerly,Gaim) is the Free & Open Source solution to having friends, family, and colleagues on different IM chat networks. When your Mom is on AOL, and your best mate is living in Australia and using MSN and and your employer forces you to use Yahoo!, your only real solution is Pidgin. Simply open up Pidgin, connect to all of your IM accounts, and chat away on all at the same time.
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Tags: Desktop Apps, File and Data Sharing, Living Under a Rock
Mozilla Thunderbird is the Free & Open Source Answer to Microsoft Outlook, Sort of !!
Feb 4, 2009 Browsers, Client Software, Desktop Apps, Living Under a Rock, Open Source, Rss/feeds & Readers
Thunderbird is a fully featured, secure email client with built in RSS feed reader from Mozilla. With Thunderbird, you can easily manage multiple POP and IMAP email accounts and all of your favorite RSS feeds. Since Thunderbird features an aggressive junk mail filter utilizing Bayesian statistics your inbox should be spam free.
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Tags: Browsers, Client Software, Desktop Apps, Living Under a Rock, Open Source, Rss/feeds & Readers
Miro is the Premier Free & Open Source Internet TV and Video Player for RSS Channels
Jan 26, 2009 Desktop Apps, File and Data Sharing, Living Under a Rock
Hi there guys…I owe all of you a big apology. It has been 3 weeks since my last posting here on MrBup.com. Things have just been kind of busy around here, but now I’m back and I’m ready to post.
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Tags: Desktop Apps, File and Data Sharing, Living Under a Rock
7-Zip is the Free & Open Source MS Windows Solution for For File Compression Like WinZip and WinRAR
Jan 1, 2009 Client Software, Desktop Apps, File and Data Sharing, Living Under a Rock, Open Source
The fifth installment of Living Under a Rock is 7-Zip. 7-Zip is a FREE & OPEN SOURCE file archiver with a very high compression ratio. It supports 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, LZH, CHM, GZIP, BZIP2, Z, TAR, CPIO, ISO, MSI, WIM, NSIS, RPM and DEB formats. If you aren’t sure exactly what a file archiver or a compression ratio is, don’t worry. All you need to know is that 7-zip is essentially a free and open source answer to WinZip or WinRAR.
In addition to a compression ration that is 2-10% better than both PKZip and WinZip, 7-Zip offers many other features:
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Tags: Client Software, Desktop Apps, File and Data Sharing, Living Under a Rock, Open Source
