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Top 10 Open Source File Sharing Programs

By Free Bee

Below is a list of top 10 most popular open source file sharing programs.



1) Ares


Ares is a free open source file sharing program that enables users to share any digital file including images, audio, video, software, documents, etc.It includes plenty of jazzy features. Most notably: a built-in directshow media player and a robust library manager. You can also use Ares Galaxy’s shoutcast radio support to host p2p chatrooms.
OS Support: Windows


2) eMule


A filesharing client based on the eDonkey2000 network (hence the name “eMule”), this client enables advanced functionality. With the built-in IRC client, you can talk with other downloaders. To help this process, it’s translated into many, many languages, from Hungarian to Latvian.
OS Support: Windows


3) Vuze


A java bases file sharing application, formerly called Azureus. It supports a lot of plugins that can be used to enhance your file sharing experience.
OS Support: Windows, Linux, Mac


4) DC++


This P2P filesharing client is used by whole lot of people to connect
to the Direct Connect network. If you’re not a geek, this might be the
program for you: Despite its odd name, DC++ boasts an easy-to-use
interface, without a pixel of adware.
OS Support: Windows


5) Shareaza


Shareaza is a free file sharing application which also supports parental controls. It also guarantees to protect children's privacy. It supports the eDonkey2000, Gnutella, Gnutella2, BitTorrent and FTP protocols and comes in 27 different languages.
OS Support: Windows


6) Burst!


A BitTorrent client that prides itself on hoggling less memory than BitTorrent itself, Burst actually has an exclamation point in its name. Check it out: Burst! Doesn’t that get you excited? Yes!! Plus: it includes super seed mode, which reduces the amount of data it needs to upload.
OS Support: Windows


7) ABC


ABC is an improved client for the Bittorrent peer-to-peer file distribution solution. ABC is based on BitTornado which extended from from Original Bittorrent Core System.It includes a customizable queue system, support for advanced settings
from BitTornado, and the ability to manually add torrents from both
file and URL.
OS Support: Windows


8) Freenet


In an ideal world, all Freenet users would only connect to people they
trust (see your Friends page once your node is installed). In practice, if
you don't know anyone already on Freenet you will have to enable promiscuous
mode so your node automatically connects to other nodes (this is less
secure). It may take several minutes for your node to connect to enough
nodes for Freenet to be usable, and performance will likely improve over
time after that.
OS Support: Windows


9) MLDonkey


It is a multi-network file sharing client that supports various other file sharing networks like eDonkey, Overnet, BitTorrent, Kad and others.
OS Support: Linux, Mac and Windows


10) Kceasy


KCeasy is a windows front end for the giFT filesharing system.
Plugins allow giFT to support different kinds of filesharing networks like Gnutell, Ares and OpenFT.

 
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10 Best Free Chart APIs

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Below is a list of some of the best free APIs for generating charts.



1) Google Chart


The Google Chart API lets you dynamically generate charts. Google chart API is an online service and needs an internet connection. It works by sending an URL to google which will return the chart image. It is very simple to use and if you need abstraction from writing url's you can use any freely available libraries like gchartrb or javagooglechart


2) Flot


Flot is a pure Javascript plotting library for jQuery. It produces graphical plots of arbitrary datasets on-the-fly client-side.
The focus is on simple usage (all settings are optional), attractive looks and interactive features like zooming.Although Flot is easy to use, it is also advanced enough to be suitable for Web 2.0 data mining/business intelligence purposes which is its original application.


3) Open Flash Chart


Open Flash Chart is a Flash charting component. It is fairly easy to setup and has classes written in PHP, Perl, Python, Java, Ruby on Rails, and .Net to connect to the Chart. You can create some really nice looking Bar Charts, Pie Charts, Area Charts and etc…


4) AmCharts


AmCharts is a set of Flash charts for your websites and Web-based products. AmCharts can extract data from simple CSV or XML files, or they can read dynamic data generated with PHP, .NET, Java, Ruby on Rails, Perl, ColdFusion, and many other programming languages.


5) PlotKit


PlotKit is a Chart and Graph Plotting Library for Javascript. It has support for HTML Canvas and also SVG via Adobe SVG Viewer and native browser support.
PlotKit is fully documented and there is a quick tutorial to get you started.
PlotKit is a complete rewrite of CanvasGraph. It is better structured and supported.


6) Flotr


Flotr is a javascript plotting library based on the Prototype Framework version 1.6.0.2. Flotr lets you create graphs in modern browsers with features like legend support, negative value support, mouse tracking, selection support, zoom support, event hooks, CSS styling support and much more.


7) PHP/SWF


PHP/SWF Charts is a simple, yet powerful PHP tool to create attractive web charts and graphs from dynamic data.
You can use PHP scripts to generate or gather the data from databases, then pass it to this tool to generate Flash (swf) charts and graphs. Any other scripting language (ASP, CFML, Perl, etc.) can be used with XML/SWF Charts (the XML version of the same tool.)PHP/SWF Charts makes the best of both the PHP and SWF worlds. PHP scripts provide integration, and Flash provides the best graphic quality.


8) Visifire


Visifire is a set of open source data visualization components - powered by Microsoft® Silverlight™. With Visifire you can create and embed visually stunning animated Silverlight Charts within minutes. Visifire is easy to use and independent of the server side technology. It can be used with ASP, ASP.Net, PHP, JSP, ColdFusion, Ruby on Rails or just simple HTML.


9) FusionCharts


FusionCharts Free is a cross-browser and cross-platform flash charting component that can be used to render data-driven & animated charts for your web applications and presentations.


10) JFreeChart


JFreeChart is a free 100% Java chart library that makes it easy for
developers to display professional quality charts in their applications.It has a flexible design that is easy to extend, and targets both server-side and client-side applications. It also supports many output types, including Swing components, image files
(including PNG and JPEG), and vector graphics file formats (including
PDF, EPS and SVG)

 
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10 Must Have Tab Enhancement Plugins For Firefox 3

Posted In: , , . By Free Bee

Tabbed browsing is one prominent feature of firefox which helps prevent having ,multiple windows open and cluttering of the taskbar. The basic tabbed browsing functionality of firefox can be further improved with the below listed extensions.


1) Ctrl-Tab

Ctrl+Tab navigation for Firefox tabs, similar to Alt+Tab on various operating systems. It also gives you a preview of all the tabs and allows you to switch tabs using Ctrl+Tab shortcut.

2) Tab Scope

Shows a popup on tabs and enables you to preview and navigate tab contents through popup. The best thing is that you can navigate withing the preview also.

3) Tabs Open Relative

Tabs Open Relative makes all new tabs open to the right of the current tab like in IE, rather than at the far right of the tab bar.

4) Taboo

Taboo lets you save a tab for later. It takes a snapshot of the web page, including session state information (such as how far you've scrolled on the page and information in forms).
Later you can reload the tab by searching/browsing through all your saved tabs. A single click and you're back to the same place in the article.

5) Tab Catalog

Shows thumbnail-style catalog of tabs. It also provides a button for activating the tab catalog, or altervnatively you can use the F8 shortcut key.

6) IE Tab

Allows you to open IE withing a tab. This is useful not only for web developers for testing their site but also for normal users when opening links that can be opened only in IE like "File://", IE tab opens them automatically in an IE Tab.

7) Multiple Tab Handler

Provides features to handle multiple tabs at once, for example, close them, reload them, and so on. When you press the mouse button and drag over tabs, they are selected. After you release the button, the popup to choose command will be shown.

8) PageStyle2Tab

Sets the current page style to the page tab. You can also set the style to the entire browser using the option panel to configure the extension. However, for certain pages it makes the tab look ugly, which can be correct by changing the preference.

9) FishEyeTabs

An alternative to scrolling when there are many open tabs, and they become too small to be seen. User can zoom tab labels by moving the mouse cursor over them. Fisheye zoom is activated only when tabs occupy the whole width of the window. However it removes the close button from the tabs, which is little inconvenient in the beginning. Later you get used to closing the tab by clicking your middle mouse button over the tab.

10) Aging Tabs

Makes unused tabs fade with age and highlights the selected tab. Its very useful when you have opened lot of tabs but are currently working with only a few tabs.

 
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Top 13 Free Email Programs for Windows

Posted In: . By Free Bee

Below is a list of free e-mail client programs.
1) Mozilla Thunderbird
Mozilla Thunderbird is a fully featured, secure and very functional email client and RSS feed reader. It lets you handle mail efficiently and with style, and Mozilla Thunderbird filters away junk mail too
2) Windows Mail
Windows Mail is a fun and functional email program that keeps you relatively safe with spam and phishing filters while offering fast search and enough room for creativity, maybe based on ready-made stationery. Advanced filters or sophisticated tools that help you manage — and reply to — lots of mail are missing from Windows Mail, though.
3) Eudora (Sponsored Mode)
Eudora is a classic, powerful, flexible and efficient email client that cans spam precisely, too, and shows nary a weakness. Leveraging the statistical spam filter to organize good mail would be nice, though.
4) Opera
The Opera email client is a slick and flexible interface that will satisfy almost all your email needs, and Opera integrates RSS feeds in this experience as well. Some may find the message editor lacking a bit in power, and the absence of support for encrypted email is unfortunate.
5) Mulberry
Mulberry is a powerful and incredibly versatile email client available for all the popular platforms. If there is something Mulberry lacks, it is simplicity.
6) Pegasus Mail
Pegasus Mail is one of the most powerful, secure and generally best email programs available for Windows, but the interface could need some polishing to make its features more accessible.
7) IncrediMail
IncrediMail is a fun and easy to use email client that adds spice to the messages you send while protecting you from spam, phishing and fraud attempts in a convenient manner. Unfortunately, IncrediMail lacks some productivity features if you have to deal with large amounts of mail.
8) Foxmail
Foxmail is a nice email client with lots of great features that make email easy and fun. Unfortunately, it doesn't support IMAP accounts and its message editor lacks basic text (re-)formatting tools.
9) DreamMail
DreamMail manages email and RSS feeds handily and handsomely with stationery, labels and related message search. Unfortunately, international language support is limited, DreamMail's spam filter seems ineffective, and IMAP accounts are not supported.
10) Alpine
Alpine is powerful console email program that makes you use email productively with automation aplenty and nary a distraction.
11) Sylpheed
Sylpheed is a surprisingly versatile email client. 'Surprisingly' because it has a friendly, easy to use interface to its many useful features.
12) i.Scribe
InScribe and its free version, i.Scribe, are true little email program gems. They're small, fast, efficient and very usable. Unfortunately, they lack secure messaging, and the IMAP support in Scribe is not perfect.
13) Windows Live Mail
Microsoft's free e-mail program, with the familiar features of Outlook Express, plus more. It also provides spam protection and can be used with other service providers as well.

 
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Free FTP Client Tools

Posted In: . By Free Bee

Below is the list of free ftp client tools that I have compiled. These have been mentioned in alphabetical order.

ALFTP -ALFTP is an FTP client and personal FTP server utility from ESTsoft for Microsoft Windows. It is one in the ALTools product family

Amitradecenter-Amitradecenter is a free FTP client with ADT support. It supports several features like parsing of FTP url's, changing directory and file permissions etc..

cURL-cURL is a command line tool for transferring files with URL syntax. The strong point of cURL is the number of data transfer protocols it supports.

CurlFtpFS -CurlFtpFS is a filesystem for accessing FTP hosts based on FUSE and libcurl, which offers the following features amongst others SSLv3 and TLSv1 support;the ability to connect through tunneling HTTP proxies;automatic reconnection upon FTP server time-out.

Cyberduck -Cyberduck is a graphical open source FTP and SFTP client for Mac OS X licensed under the GPL. It supports FTP/TLS (FTP secured over SSL/TLS), using AUTH TLS as well as uploading and downloading by drag and drop and is able to synchronise files and directories. In addition, it is also able to open some files in external text editors.

F->IT-F->IT is an easy to use FTP client that resembles Windows Explorer. It supports drag-drop, editing files and uploading multiple files.

FileZilla Client-FileZilla Client (also referred to as FileZilla) is a free, open source, cross-platform FTP client. It is the most popular free FTP client

Fling-Fling is an FTP Client for Windows and is part of an FTP Client software project by NCH Software. It utilises Windows explorer instead of a typical FTP Client interface with transfers made from the right mouse click menu. It allows you to set a Windows folder as a Fling Folder so that if a file within the folder is changed it will automatically upload the file once it detects a files has been modified and saved.

FtpCube-FtpCube is a multi-platform, graphical (S)FTP client written in Python, using the wxPython graphical tookit. FtpCube's interface is based on LeechFTP which is described below.

Fugu-Fugu is an SFTP client for Mac OS X developed by the University of Michigan's Research Systems Unix Group (RSUG). It is a graphical shell for OpenSSH tools that provides a simple interface to all their features.

gFTP-gFTP is a free/open source multithreaded FTP client. It is most used on Unix-like systems, such as Linux and Mac OS X. It includes both a GUI (which utilizes the GTK+) and a command-line interface.

Kasablanca-Kasablanca is an ftp client, written in c++, using the kde libraries. among its features are currently encryption (auth tls) support, fxp, site bookmarks, and queued transfers.

KFTPgrabber-KFTPgrabber is a graphical FTP client for the K Desktop Environment. It implements many features required for usable FTP interaction. It has amny features like displaying traffic graph and setting upload/download limit. It also supports TSL and SSL.

LeechFTP-LeechFTP was a multi-threaded freeware FTP client with a download failure recovery queue feature. The product was originally written in Delphi 3. The last release, version 1.3 build 207, was made public in April 1999. Afterwards, the project was ended and the author moved on to develop a commercial trialware FTP client called BitBeamer, with more features and browser download integration.

lftp-lftp is a command-line file transfer program (FTP client) for UNIX and Unix-like systems. It was written by Alexander Lukyanov, and is made available under the GNU General Public License.

MacFusion-MacFusion is a file manager for the mac operating system. It also supports secure FTP letting users modify files over FTP as if they were on their own computer.

Mosaic-Mosaic is the browser which popularised the World Wide Web. It also supports FTP operations.

MOVEit Freely-MOVEit Freely is a free command line FTP/secure FTP SSL (FTPS) client for Windows Vista Business Edition, 2003, XP, 2000, ME and NT 4.0 systems.

NcFTP-NcFTP was the first alternative FTP client program, which debuted in 1990. It was created as an alternative to the standard UNIX ftp program, and offers a number of additional features and greater ease of use.
NcFTP is a command-line user interface program, and runs on a large number of platforms.

net2ftp-net2ftp is a web based FTP client, written in PHP.As well as offering standard FTP functions, net2ftp also offers a variety of features including archiving and extracting files and directories, downloading a selected group of files and/or directories as an archive. It can also be set to restrict connections via an access list and can log user actions.

WinSCP-WinSCP (Windows Secure copy) is an open source SFTP and FTP client for Microsoft Windows. Its main function is secure file transfer between a local and a remote computer. Beyond this, WinSCP offers basic file manager functionality. For secure transfers, it uses Secure Shell (SSH) and supports the legacy SCP protocol in addition to SFTP.

 
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Free Photo Editing Web Developer Tools For Linux

By Free Bee

If you are a Linux user looking for free video authoring tools, you have several tools at your disposal that are as good as commercial ones.

1) GIMP
GIMP is a versatile graphics manipulation package. It can be considered as an open source alternative to Adobe Photoshop.GIMP is ideal for advanced photo retouching techniques. Get rid of unneeded details using the clone tool, or touch up minor details easily with the new healing tool. With the perspective clone tool, it's not difficult to clone objects with perspective in mind just as easily as with the orthogonal clone.

2) Inkscape
Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.
Inkscape supports many advanced SVG features (markers, clones, alpha blending, etc.) and great care is taken in designing a streamlined interface. It is very easy to edit nodes, perform complex path perations, trace bitmaps and much more. We also aim to maintain a thriving user and developer community by using open, community-oriented development.

3) CinePaint
CinePaint is used to retouch feature films and in pro photography.CinePaint opens high fidelity image file formats such as DPX, 16-bit TIFF, and OpenEXR, and conventional formats like JPEG and PNG. It has a flipbook for movie playback of image sequences in RAM. It supports 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit color channels, HDR and CMS. CinePaint is used for motion picture frame-by-frame retouching, dirt removal, wire rig removal, render repair, background plates, and painting 3D model textures. It's been used on many feature films, including The Last Samurai where it was used to add flying arrows. For still photography, CinePaint can import bracketed HDR exposures. It has gallery-quality 16-bit per channel color printing with GutenPrint. CinePaint's high dynamic range is crucial with B&W still photography, where images only have a single channel.

4) ImageMagick
ImageMagick® is a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images. It can read, convert and write images in a variety of formats (over 100) including DPX, EXR, GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PDF, PhotoCD, PNG, Postscript, SVG, and TIFF. Use ImageMagick to translate, flip, mirror, rotate, scale, shear and transform images, adjust image colors, apply various special effects, or draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses and Bézier curves.

5) Skencil
Skencil is a Free Software interactive vector drawing appliction. It is a flexible and powerful tool for illustrations, diagrams and other purposes.
A somewhat unique (for a drawing program) feature of Skencil is that it is implemented almost completely in a very high-level, interpreted language, Python. Python is powerful, object-oriented and yet easy to use.

6) F-Spot
F-Spot is a full-featured personal photo management application for the GNOME Desktop. Editing photos in F-Spot is a breeze. Easily rotate, crop, resize, and adjust red eye and other color settings with a few simple clicks.F-Spot allows for quick and precise color adjustments, including brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, and temperature.


7) Scribus
Scribus is an open-source program that brings award-winning professional page layout to Linux/Unix, MacOS X, OS/2 and Windows desktops with a combination of "press-ready" output and new approaches
to page layout. Underneath the modern and user friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as CMYK color, separations, ICC color management and versatile PDF creation.





 
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