OpenDisc
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| Final release | 12.09
/ 1 September 2012[1] |
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| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Website | theopendisc |
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The OpenDisc project offered a selection of high quality open source software on a disc for Microsoft Windows users. The aims of the project were "to provide a free alternative to costly software, with equal or often better quality equivalents to proprietary, shareware, or freeware software for Microsoft Windows", and "to educate users of Linux as an operating system for home, business, and educational use".[2]
The project was created in September 2007 by former OpenCD project lead Chris Gray, who cited numerous difficulties[3] which he believed were negatively affecting the progress of the Canonical-sponsored project. As of 27 September 2007, the OpenCD project is no longer under active development (the former OpenCD project was replaced by OpenDisc).[4] The last updates to the OpenDisc project seem to have been in September 2012.
OpenCD
The OpenCD project was an open-source project that aimed to introduce users of Microsoft Windows to the benefits of free and open-source software (FOSS). It was a CD image that could be freely 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,[5] 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.[6][permanent dead link] As of September 27, 2007, the OpenCD project is no longer under active development.[7]
Contents
Each version contains a GUI menu that offers a description and installer for each program.
Version 12.09 includes what were the latest versions of the following software in September 2012:
- Design: Blender, Dia, The GIMP, Inkscape, Scribus, Tux Paint
- Educational: CaRMetal, Guido van Robot, Maxima
- Games: The Battle for Wesnoth, Enigma, Freeciv, FreeCol, Nevergames, PokerTH, Sokoban YASC, TuxMath, TuxType
- Internet: Alliance, Azureus (now Vuze), FileZilla, Firefox, HTTrack, Miro, Pidgin, RSSOwl, SeaMonkey, Thunderbird, TightVNC
- Multimedia: Audacity, Avidemux, Celestia, InfraRecorder, Really Slick Screensavers, Songbird, Stellarium, Sumatra PDF, TuxGuitar, VLC media player
- Productivity: DjVuLibre, FreeMind, GanttProject, GnuCash, Notepad2, LibreOffice
- Utilities: 7-Zip, Abakt, ClamWin, GTK+, TrueCrypt, Workrave
Version 11.09 [8] includes what were the latest versions of the following software as of September 2011:[9]
- Design: Blender, Dia, The GIMP, Inkscape, Nvu, Scribus, Tux Paint
- Games: The Battle for Wesnoth, Enigma, Neverball, Sokoban YASC
- Internet: Azureus (now Vuze), FileZilla, Firefox, HTTrack, Pidgin, RSSOwl, SeaMonkey, Thunderbird, TightVNC, WinSCP
- Multimedia: Audacity, Celestia, Really Slick Screensavers, Stellarium, Sumatra PDF, VLC media player
- Productivity: GnuCash, MoinMoin, Notepad2, LibreOffice, PDFCreator
- Utilities: 7-Zip, Abakt, ClamWin, GTK+, HealthMonitor, TrueCrypt, Workrave
Derivatives
There are several derivatives of the OpenDisc:
- OpenEducationDisc 10.10: simple English interface for students aged 11+, focused on educational functionality; several programs included which aren't in the OpenDisc such as GANTT Project, GraphCalc; chosen for their educational use. It won the Teach First school project competition in 2007.
- Translations: in progress As of 2010[update].
- VALO-CD: a Finnish project similar to OpenDisc.
See also
References
- ↑ "OpenDisc 12.09 Released!". Theopendisc.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "About the OpenDisc project". Archived from the original on 19 January 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2013. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Mutiny aboard the good ship OpenCD Archived 6 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine, 27 September 2007.
- ↑ OpenCD homepage Archived 21 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine, 27 September 2007.
- ↑ TheOpenCD Software Inclusion Criteria
- ↑ An idea for Free Software CD by Henrik Nilsen Omma, April 20, 2002.
- ↑ OpenCD homepage Archived September 21, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, September 27, 2007.
- ↑ "OpenDisc 11.09 Released!". Theopendisc.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "List of Programs included". Theopendisc.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2012. Unknown parameter
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