Opensource Software

Here's a list of opensource software. Opensource mean that it is a freely distributed piece of software that anyone can use.

File compression/ archiver
7-Zip
features:
-Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
-Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z.
-Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats
-Self-extracting capability for 7z format
-works in Windows 7 / Vista / XP / 2008 / 2003 / 2000 / NT / ME / 98. There is a port of the command line version to Linux/Unix
http://www.7-zip.org/

Image Manipulation Program
Gimp
features:
-Full suite of painting tools including Brush, Pencil, Airbrush, Clone, etc.
-Sub-pixel sampling for all paint tools for high quality anti-aliasing
-Extremely powerful gradient editor and blend tool
-File formats supported include bmp, gif, jpeg, mng, pcx, pdf, png, ps, psd, svg, tiff, tga, xpm, and many others
-Extensible
-Support multiple OS platforms
http://www.gimp.org/

Vector graphics editor
Inkscape
features:
-Capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.
-Supports many advanced SVG features (markers, clones, alpha blending, etc.) and great care is taken in designing a streamlined interface.
-Easy to edit nodes, perform complex path operations, trace bitmaps and much more.
http://www.inkscape.org/

3D content creation suite
Blender
features:
-Interface
-Modeling
-Rigging
-Rendering
-Animation
-UV unwrapping
-Shading
-Physics and particles
-Imaging and composition
-Realtime 3D/ Game creation
-Files
-Supported platforms: Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Mac OS X (PPC and Intel), Linux (i386), Linux (PPC), FreeBSD 5.4 (i386), SGI Irix 6.5, Sun Solaris 2.8 (sparc).
Full list of features can be found at http://www.blender.org/features-gallery/features/
http://www.blender.org/

Gnome Partition Editor
GParted
features:
-Partition editor for creating, reorganizing, and deleting disk partitions.
-Create a partition table on a disk device.
-Enable and disable partition flags such as boot and hidden.
-Perform actions with partitions such as:

• create or delete
• resize or move
• check
• label
• copy and paste

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/index.php