Dev Anand Teelucksingh wrote: In essence it is the same web interface from the TTCS OSSWIN project (which makes the collection of Free and Open Source Software for Windows as a 4GB download, along with a web based interface) ? the key difference being that no installers are shown, just the link to the program?s website.
Wanted to thank your group for the wonderful job you all do on the OSSWIN project. I gave away some of the OSSWIN CDs at our school district's tech conference in past years. It was a big hit. Look forward to checking out the online interface. I'm always looking for interesting new cross-platform software to try out.
Adonay Felipe Nogueira wrote: Awesome, at Free Software Directory --- co-run by UNESCO in the early 2000s, but now carried by FSF --- there's similar facility, see [1] for a pretty printing of all software that we know to run on Windows.
The FSF directory is also very useful. It's nice that you include other platforms besides just Linux.
Every Friday we get together in #fsf at chat.freenode.net IRC to update the FSD, see [3] for more information on which time the meeting happens. But you can contribute every day, it's just nice to get together to talk in some predefined time. :D
Didn't know you had a chat. That sounds like a lot of fun. I've been helping out with maintaining the Schoolforge web site's list of Free Software: https://www.schoolforge.net/ I'm sure there are a lot more interesting and useful Free and Open Source programs that could be added to the site. I add new information when I have time. Also, I do a lot of porting of Open Source software, so I'd be willing to bet I have some applications working on Windows that are not in any of those lists. I'm currently working on porting some of them to Android as well. Unfortunately, haven't found too many good ways to share the programs once I port them. Typically, my first try is to send the patches back to the developer, but I've found out that several Open Source developers/projects are not usually interested in cross-platform support. At present, I'm concentrating on SDL, FLTK and PDcurses/ncurses based applications, because many of them port well to a large variety of platforms (including Android and even FreeDOS). Always enjoy finding new and interesting programs. It's great to be able to discuss and share Free and Open Source software or recommend useful and educational programs to others. Best wishes. Laura http://www.distasis.com/cpp/osrclist.htm