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Student Organizations & Activities

• ACM Student Chapter
• ACM-IIT Programming Competition League
• Korean CS Student Association
• Chicago GNU/Linux
• Robotwar Competition

Software Suggestions

The following programs and sites were compiled from suggestions by IIT students. If you would like to make more suggestions, please forward them to Matthew Bauer.

Websites

• The GNU Project
  • Software
  • Software for windows
• Sourceforge
  • OSSwin: Open Source for Windows
• Open Source Alternative
• FSF/UNESCO Free Software Directory
• Manchicken.com - Win32

Operating Systems

• Ubuntu
• Linux

Web Browsers

• Firefox - Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
• Opera - Free BSD, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, Windows
• SeaMonkey - Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, Windows

Word Processors/Spreadsheet/Presentation/Office Software

• OpenOffice - Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, Windows
• NeoOffice - Mac OS X

Instant Messaging Programs

• Pidgin (formerly GAIM) - Linux, Windows
• Adium - Mac OS X
• Trillian - Windows
• SeaMonkey - Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, Windows

Multimedia Programs

• Gimp - Linux, Mac OS X, Unix, Windows
• mplayer - Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
• VLC-Media Player - Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
• Flip4Mac WMV Player - Mac OS X
• Amarok - Linux
• Rhythmbox - GNOME
• Winamp Basic - Windows
• gtkpod - Linux
• myth TV - Linux plus MySQL
• Kino - X Windows
• Audacity - Linux, Mac OS X, Unix, Windows
• GNUsound - GNOME

Data Compression Utilities

• 7-zip - Windows
• Ark - KDE

Email Clients

• Thunderbird - Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
• Sunbird - Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
• Evolution - GNOME
• KMail - KDE

Compilers and Development Environments

• GDB - GNU
• g++ - GNU
• gcc - GNU
• dev-c++ - Windows
• KDevelop - KDE
• Eclipse - Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
• SharpDevelop - Windows
• MonoDevelop - GNOME

Graphics Design Programs

• Kivio - KDE
• Inkscape - Linux, Mac OS X, Windows

Webpage Editors

• Quanta Plus - KDE
• Amaya - Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
• SeaMonkey (Composer module) - Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, Windows
• Kompozer (unofficial Nvu bugfix) - Linux, Mac OS X, Windows

Antivirus Utilities

• ClamAV - Linux, Windows
• Winpooch - Windows
• AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition - Windows
• McAfee (available free through IIT-OTS)
• Norton Free Edition