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• 7-Zip in 28 toolboxes
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  Free file archiver with high compression ratio.

  tagged: bzip2, compression, gzip, opensource, rar, utilities, zip
• Adium in 62 toolboxes
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  Adium is a free instant messaging application for Mac OS X that can connect to AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, and more.

  tagged: AIM, chat, free, gaim, IM, mac, MSN, multiprotocol, opensource, YAHOO
• apache in 62 toolboxes
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  industry standard open source web server

  tagged: free, HTTP, opensource, server, webserver
• Audacity in 96 toolboxes
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  Free, open source software for recording and editing sounds.

  tagged: audio, avbox, converter, crossplatform, lasatech_audvid, mac, multimedia, multmedia, opensource, sound
• calibre in 2 toolboxes
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  Ebook reader and library management tool.

  tagged: digital, dms, document, ebook, library, management, reader
• CCleaner in 28 toolboxes
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  CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused and temporary files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space.

  tagged: cleaner, disk-space, freeware, optimization
• ChatSecure (formerly Gibberbot) in 5 toolboxes
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  ChatSecure (Gibberbot) is a secure chat client capable of firewall and filter circumvention, surveillance blocking and end-to-end encryption. It works with Google, Facebook, any Jabber or XMPP server, such as OpenFire or eJabberD. Unlike Blackberry BBM’s broken single key security, Gibberbot uses the Off-the-Record encryption standard to enable true verifiable end-to-end encrypted communications.

  Free unlimited, private, secure messaging with your friends over Facebook Chat, Google Talk, Hangouts, Jabber, Dukgo & more! Works with Android, iPhone, Mac, Linux or PC.

  tagged: android, chat, communication, encryption, facebook, FOSS, gchat, google, guardian, guardianproject, IM, iOS, jabber, messaging, Off-the-Record, open, open-source, opensource, OTR, privacy, Security, source
• ClamXav in 4 toolboxes
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  ClamXav is a free virus checker for Mac OS X. It uses the tried, tested and very popular ClamAV open source antivirus engine as a back end.

  tagged: antivirus
• Collusion in 11 toolboxes
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  Collusion is a Firefox addon that provides an interactive, real-time visualization of the entities that track your behavior as you surf the web.

  tagged: addon, cookie, cookies, doubleclick, evil, firefox, google, invastion, monitoring, plugin, privacy, snooping, spyware, tracking
• cPanel in 3 toolboxes
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  cPanel is a Linux based web hosting control panel that provides a graphical interface and automation tools designed to simplify the process of hosting a web site.

  tagged: control, host, hosting, Linux, panel, web, website
• Cygwin in 8 toolboxes
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  Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows.

  tagged: bash, emulator, Linux, linux-emulator, unix, unix-emulator, windows
• Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN) in 7 toolboxes
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  Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot floppy that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers.

  tagged: secbox, Security, wipe
• Debian in 38 toolboxes
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  Linux distribution with a very strong community

  tagged: apc, DEB, debian, distribution, distro, free, GNU, Linux, opensource, operatingsystem, server, ubuntu
• dm-crypt in 2 toolboxes
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  dm-crypt is such a device-mapper target that provides transparent encryption of block devices using the new Linux 2.6 cryptoapi. The user can basically specify one of the symmetric ciphers, a key (of any allowed size), an iv generation mode and then he can create a new block device in /dev. Writes to this device will be encrypted and reads decrypted. You can mount your filesystem on it as usual

  tagged: encryption
• DokuWiki in 23 toolboxes
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  DokuWiki is a standards compliant, simple to use Wiki, mainly aimed at creating documentation of any kind. It is targeted at developer teams, workgroups and small companies. It has a simple but powerful syntax which makes sure the datafiles remain readable.

  tagged: authoring, collaboration, wiki, writing
• Drupal in 159 toolboxes
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  Very extensible CMS platform based on PHP and used by many NGOs - "Community Plumbing"

  tagged: apc, blogging, Bryght, civicactions, civicspace, CMS, contentmanagement, development, drupal, eadvocacy, leadlearn, modules, nonprofit, npo, OnDemandNPO, open, opensource, php, rss, site, source, web
• DuckDuckGo in 3 toolboxes
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  Search engine that does not track you or filter your results based on your past searches. I've found it to be a very good alternative to Google for 90% of the searches I do.
• encFS in 4 toolboxes
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  EncFS provides an encrypted filesystem in user-space. It runs without any special permissions and uses the FUSE library and Linux kernel module to provide the filesystem interface. You can find links to source and binary releases below.

  tagged: diskencryption, encryption, Linux, Security
• Enigmail in 28 toolboxes
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  Enigmail is an extension to the mail client of Mozilla / Netscape and Mozilla Thunderbird which allows users to access the authentication and encryption features provided by GnuPG

  tagged: authentication, email, encryption, GPG, secbox, Security
• Excel in 44 toolboxes
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  Desktop spreadsheet and data analysis application.

  tagged: analysis, data, desktop, excel, financial, MacOSX, microsoft, office, productivity, spreadsheet, windows
• FileZilla in 59 toolboxes
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  Free FTP client software.

  tagged: free, FTP, SFTP, windows
• Firefox in 345 toolboxes
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  Firefox is the popular open source web browser from Mozilla

  tagged: apc, browser, crossplatform, CSS, firefox, free, internet, llc, mac, mozilla, netscape, opensource, plugin, secbox, tabs, web, webbrowser
• Firefox Sync in 3 toolboxes
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  Lets you stay in sync with your Firefox settings no matter where you use Firefox from. Access your history, passwords, bookmarks and even open tabs across all your devices.

  tagged: add, addon, browser, encrypted, FOSS, free, mozilla, On, open, persist, persistent, plugin, portable, settings, source, sync, synchronization, web
• FLOSS Manuals in 23 toolboxes
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  FLOSS Manuals is a wiki-like platform for generating user manuals for free, libre, and open source software (FLOSS). The goal of the project is to make free software more accessible by providing clear documentation that accurately explains their purpose and use. The manuals on FLOSS Manuals are written by a community of people, who do a variety of things to keep the manuals as up to date and accurate as possible. The way in which FLOSS Manuals are written mirrors the way in which FLOSS (Free, libre open source) software itself is written: by a community who contribute to and maintain the content.

  tagged: collaboration, content, documentation, FLOSS, FOSS, free, groupware, libre, manual, open, software, source, sprint, wiki
• Ghostery in 5 toolboxes
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  Ghostery tracks the trackers and provides a roll-call of the ad networks, behavioral data providers, web publishers, and other companies interested in your activity.

  tagged: cookie, cookies, doubleclick, evil, google, invasion, monitoring, privacy, snooping, spyware, tracking
• Ghostscript in 7 toolboxes
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  Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF, and related software and documentation.

  tagged: acrobat, adobe, apc, free, freesoftware, opensource, pdf, portable, postscript
• GIMP in 116 toolboxes
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  A freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.

  tagged: apc, bitmap, crossplatform, graphics, lasatech_photos, Linux, multimedia, opensource, photos, photo_editor, windows
• Git in 7 toolboxes
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  Git is a popular version control system designed to handle very large projects with speed and efficiency; it is used mainly for various open source projects, most notably the Linux kernel.

  tagged: cvs, development, free, Linux, opensource, svn, vcs, version, versioncontrol
• Gmail in 159 toolboxes
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  Gmail is a web-based email with very user-friendly interface and huge storage capacity

  tagged: AJAX, apc, asatech_private, ASP, easy, email, gmail, google, hosted, hotmail, lasatech_email, mail, secbox, service, tools, web, web-based, web2.0, webmail
• Gmail for Domains in 17 toolboxes
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  Googlized Groupware

  tagged: , email, google, groupware, hosted, OnDemand, OnDemandNPO
• GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) in 25 toolboxes
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  The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) enables people to securely exchange messages and to secure files with both privacy and strong authentication. GnuPG is a free software replacement for the PGP suite of cryptographic software.

  Guardian Project port to Android: https://guardianproject.info/code/gnupg/

  tagged: android, encryption, GPG, Linux, passwords, PGP, secbox, Security
• Google Alerts in 45 toolboxes
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  Have Google email you notifications of news, new web results, or new blog posts containing your desired search term.

  tagged: alerts, email, email-alerts, email-notification, google, lasatech_web, news, notification, search, search-engine, tools
• Google Sites in 5 toolboxes
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  Site for creating and sharing a group website.

  tagged: CMS, google, hosted, sharing, website
• Google Webmaster Tools in 11 toolboxes
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  Suite of tools to monitor how your website is viewed by Google and to gauge your website's performance

  tagged: development, google, hosted, seo, website, websiteperformance
• Google Website Optimizer in 5 toolboxes
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  Website Optimizer is a free and self-service tool. Without extensive experience or resources, you can run multivariate experiments on landing page content, including headlines, promotional copy, and images.

  tagged: google, hosted, testing, website, website-optimizer
• GPG4Win in 8 toolboxes
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  The Gpg4win project aims at updating the Gpg4win Windows installation package with GnuPG encryption tool, associated applications and documentation on a regular basis.

  tagged: encryption, GPG, PGP, secbox, Security, windows
• HandBrake in 6 toolboxes
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  HandBrake is a multi-platform, multi-threaded DVD to MPEG-4 converter. Includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilingual interface.

  tagged: converter, coverter, dvd, iso, isos, mpeg, opensource, video
• Heidi SQL in 4 toolboxes
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  HeidiSQL is a lightweight, Windows based interface for MySQL databases.

  tagged: database, free, frontend, GUI, interface, mysql, open, source, SQL, user, windows
• HTTPS Everywhere in 8 toolboxes
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  HTTPS Everywhere is a Firefox extension produced as a collaboration between The Tor Project and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It encrypts your communications with a number of major websites.
  
  Many sites on the web offer some limited support for encryption over HTTPS, but make it difficult to use. For instance, they may default to unencrypted HTTP, or fill encrypted pages with links that go back to the unencrypted site. The HTTPS Everywhere extension fixes these problems by rewriting all requests to these sites to HTTPS.

  tagged: extension, firefox, HTTP, https, hypertext, protocol, secure, SSL, transfer
• hugin in 2 toolboxes
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  Hugin is an easy to use cross-platform panoramic imaging tool. You can assemble a mosaic of photographs into an immersive panorama image, stitch any series of overlapping pictures and much more.

  tagged: image, images, opensource, panorama, photo, photos, pictures
• Inkscape in 39 toolboxes
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  Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.

  tagged: apc, CorelDraw, Freehand, graphics, Illustrator, opensource, postscript, svg, vector
• iptables in 7 toolboxes
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  netfilter.org is home to the software of the packet filtering framework inside theLinux 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernel series. Software commonly associated with netfilter.org is iptables.

  tagged: firewall, Linux, Security
• Jabber in 15 toolboxes
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  Open, secure, ad-free alternative to consumer IM services like AIM, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo (see the IM quickstart).

  tagged: apc, chat, IM, instant-messaging, messaging, opensource, talk
• jQuery in 3 toolboxes
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  JavaScript Library that simplifies how you traverse HTML documents, handle events, perform animations, and add Ajax interactions to your web pages.

  tagged: development, hosted, java, javascript, libraries, script, scripts
• kate in 9 toolboxes
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  KDE Default Test Editor with syntax highlighting and other cool stuff

  tagged: editor, kde, opensource
• KeePass in 17 toolboxes
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  KeePass is a free/open-source password manager or safe which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way

  tagged: encryption, passwords, secbox, Security
• Knoppix in 10 toolboxes
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  Knoppix is a computer operating system which runs entirely from a CD or DVD drive, without performing an installation process or using the hard drive. Knoppix is a Debian based GNU/Linux distribution LiveCD, developed by GNU/Linux consultant Klaus Knopper

  tagged: apc, bootable, bootablecd, debian, distribution, distro, free, freesoftware, Linux, livecd, opensource, operatingsystem
• KTorrent in 2 toolboxes
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  a BitTorrent Client for KDE

  tagged: bittorrent, opensource, p2p, torrent
• Kubuntu in 12 toolboxes
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  An Ubuntu-related project with KDE as default desktop.

  tagged: Africa, Canonical, debian, distribution, distro, GNU, Linux, opensource, operatingsystem, Southafrica, ubuntuproject
• LibreOffice in 22 toolboxes
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  LibreOffice is the free Open Source personal productivity suite for Windows, Macintosh and Linux, that gives you six feature-rich applications for all your document production and data processing needs: Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Math and Base.

  tagged: alternative, database, draw, FLOSS, FOSS, free, graphics, libre, libreoffice, microsoft, office, open, powerpoint, presentation, processing, source, spreadsheet, word
• Lyx in 2 toolboxes
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  LyX is the first WYSIWYM document processor.LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing based on the structure of your documents, not their appearance. It is released under a Free Software / Open Source license.

  tagged: apc, book, document, DTP, processing, publishing
• Mac OS X in 68 toolboxes
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  Apple's desktop operating system.

  tagged: Apple, BSD, Darwin, desktop, mac, macintosh, MacOSX, operating, OS, OSX, system, tools
• NoScript in 5 toolboxes
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  Firefox add-on that disables most everything on the net but html, css and images. Handy if your security conscious, or surfing in disreputable corners of the net. Does have the downside that most of the net needs the very things this plug-in turns off, including much of Salsa.

  tagged: addon, disable, firefox, opensource, script, Security
• Notepad++ in 20 toolboxes
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  Notepad++ is a source code editor and Notepad replacement, which supports several programming languages and runs under the MS Windows environment. Its features include syntax highlighting, WYSIWYG, auto-completion, multi document/view and more.

  tagged: code, codeeditor, editor, notepad, opensource, programming, text, textedit, wysiwyg
• Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging in 19 toolboxes
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  OTR allows you to have private (not just encrypted) conversations over instant messaging by providing: Encryption, Authentication, Deniability, and Perfect forward secrecy.

  tagged: asatech_private, encryption, IM, instantmessaging, messaging, Security
• Office for Mac in 10 toolboxes
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  Office productivity suite for Mac OS X.

  tagged: Apple, entourage, excel, mac, macintosh, MacOSX, microsoft, office, powerpoint, processor, spreadsheet, word
• OpenPGP and S/MIME aware Mailman in 5 toolboxes
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  Mailman mailinglist manager fork that includes OpenPGP and S/MIME support

  tagged: gnupg, mail, mailman, openpgp, Security, smime
• OpenSSH in 28 toolboxes
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  Secure shell

  tagged: cli, Security, ssh, telnet, terminal
• OpenVPN in 9 toolboxes
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  OpenVPN is a full-featured SSL VPN solution which can accomodate a wide range of configurations, including remote access, site-to-site VPNs, WiFi security, and enterprise-scale remote access solutions with load balancing, failover, and fine-grained access-controls

  tagged: Linux, opensource, Security, VPN, windows
• ownCloud in 6 toolboxes
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  Personalized cloud service providing greater control of data.

  Client for Android:
  ownCloud is a free software package you can install on a server to manage files, contacts, calendars, music, pictures and much more. This is the official Android app which enables you to view and upload files.

  Available for free on F-Droid Market:
  https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=com.owncloud.android

  tagged: cloud, dropbox, secure, storage
• PDFCreator in 10 toolboxes
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  PDFCreator is a free tool to create PDF files from nearly any Windows application.

  tagged: pdf, printer, windows
• PHP in 54 toolboxes
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  PHP Language

  tagged: dynamicpages, language, php, programming, scripting, web
• phpMyAdmin in 60 toolboxes
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  web-based interface for managing MySQL

  tagged: database, mysql, opensource, php, webapp
• Pidgin in 91 toolboxes
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  A multi-protocol Instant Messaging (IM) client

  tagged: AIM, apc, chat, crossplatform, gaim, IM, instant, instant-messaging, instantmessaging, IRC, message, messaging, MSN, ngoinabox, NOSI, open, opensource, pigeon, secbox, YAHOO
• Pidgin Portable in 6 toolboxes
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  Portable Gaim is the versatile Gaim instant messaging client packaged as a portable app, so you can take your IM settings and buddy lists with you. The Off-the-record plugin is also included for secure, encrypted messaging

  tagged: chat, communication, gmail, IM, instant-messenger, instantmessenger, messenger, portable, secbox, Security
• Portable Firefox in 9 toolboxes
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  Portable Firefox is a fully functional package of Firefox optimized for use on a USB key drive

  tagged: firefox, portable, secbox, Security, windows
• Portable Thunderbird in 10 toolboxes
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  Portable Thunderbird is the popular Mozilla Thunderbird email client packaged as a portable app, so you can take your email, address book and account settings with you.

  tagged: email, mozilla, secbox, Security, thunderbird
• PuTTY in 71 toolboxes
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  A Free Telnet/SSH Client

  tagged: apc, encryption, remoteaccess, scp, Security, small, ssh, telnet, tunnelling
• rsync in 2 toolboxes
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  Brilliant file synchronisation tool

  tagged: copy, file, free, management, migration, open, opensource, server, source, synchronization, system
• Scribus in 18 toolboxes
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  Scribus is an open-source program that brings award-winning professional page layout to Linux/Unix, MacOS X and Windows desktops with a combination of "press-ready" output and new approaches to page layout.

  tagged: apc, design, desktop, layout, opensource, publishing
• Secunia Software Inspector in 1 toolbox
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  Detects insecure versions of applications installed on your computer and verifies that Microsoft patches are installed

  tagged: hosted, patches, secbox, Security, update, webbased
• Skim in 4 toolboxes
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  Skim is a PDF reader and note-taker for OS X. It is designed to help you read and annotate scientific papers in PDF, but is also great for viewing any PDF file.

  tagged: Apple, FLOSS, latex, mac, opensource, pdf
• Skype in 228 toolboxes
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  Free/cheap Internet telephony and handy IM tool.

  tagged: apc, calls, chat, crossplatform, free, globalmelt, IM, instantmessaging, internettelephony, leadlearn, MacOSX, management, OnDemandNPO, phone, project, secbox, Security, skype, skypeout, tools, video, voip
• Spybot Search and Destroy in 20 toolboxes
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  Free multilingual anti-spyware software for Windows.

  tagged: antispyware, free, spyware, windows
• sumatraPDF in 4 toolboxes
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  A fast and portable PDF Viewer for Windows

  tagged: FOSS, opensource, pdf, windows
• Thunderbird in 137 toolboxes
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  Mozilla's Open Source email client

  tagged: client, communication, crossplatform, e-mail, email, GNU, IMAP, Linux, mac, mail, mail_client, opensource, secbox, side
• Time Machine in 2 toolboxes
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  Automatic backup program for Mac Leopard.

  tagged: Apple, backup, data, databackup, leopard, mac, macintosh, safety
• TinyMCE in 4 toolboxes
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  TinyMCE is a platform independent web based Javascript HTML WYSIWYG editor

  tagged: development, editor, javascript, opensource, website, wysiwyg
• Tor Browser Bundle in 9 toolboxes
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  The Tor software protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location, and it lets you access sites which are blocked.

  The Tor Browser Bundle lets you use Tor on Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux without needing to install any software. It can run off a USB flash drive, comes with a pre-configured web browser, and is self-contained. The Tor IM Browser Bundle additionally allows instant messaging and chat over Tor. If you would prefer to use your existing web browser, install Tor permanently, or if you don't use Windows, see the other ways to download Tor.

  tagged: anonymous, privacy, Security
• Truecrypt in 19 toolboxes
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  TrueCrypt is a free open source on-the-fly encryption (OTFE) program for Microsoft Windows XP/2000/2003 and Linux. It allows one to create a virtual encrypted disk within a file and then mount it as a real disk

  tagged: encryption, opensource, secbox, Security
• Tunnelblick in 4 toolboxes
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  OpenVPN GUI for OSX

  tagged: mac, openvpn, OSX, Security, VPN
• Ubuntu in 136 toolboxes
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  User-friendly Linux distribution.

  The Ubuntu promise:

  * Ubuntu will always be free of charge, along with its regular enterprise releases and security updates

  * Ubuntu comes with full commercial support from Canonical and hundreds of companies from across the world

  * Ubuntu provides the best translations and accessibility features that the free software community has to offer

  * Ubuntu core applications are all free and open source. We want you to use free and open source software, improve it and pass it on.

  tagged: Africa, apc, Canonical, debian, distribution, distro, freesoftware, GNU, Linux, opensource, operating, operatingsystem, OS, South, system, ubuntu
• UNetbootin in 5 toolboxes
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  UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux distributions without burning a CD. It runs on both Windows and Linux.

  tagged: bootable, Linux, live, memory, netboot, pxe, stick, usb, windows
• VirtualBox in 9 toolboxes
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  Virtual Box offers a complete solution for running a virtual PC within their host operating system.

  tagged: opensource, operatingsystem, virtual, virtualisation
• VLC Media Player in 79 toolboxes
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  VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

  tagged: apc, audio, divx, dvd, flac, free, mac, media, media-player, mp3, mpeg, open, opensource, player, source, streaming, video, xvid
• WordPress in 198 toolboxes
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  Flexible open-source content management and blogging software with an active user and developer community and a wide variety of plug-ins or extensions available.

  tagged: apc, blog, blogging, CMS, lasatech_socmed, opensource, php
• XAMPP in 2 toolboxes
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  XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - just download, extract and start. Available for Windows, Mac OS X,Linux and Solaris

  tagged: apache, free, hosting, mysql, open, php, server, source, web