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Download QuteCom 2.2 RC3 – Free VoIP SoftPhone

By • Apr 15th, 2009 • Filed under: Open-Source, Voip

Formerly known as WengoPhone , QuteCom softphone is an open-source, multi-platform VoIP client that uses the open protocol SIP – – Session Initiation Protocol. Whilst the GUI is built on Qt 4.4.0 – – QuteCom looks and feels like Gizmo5 or Skype, the Video-over-IP is based on Ffmpeg’s libavcodec. QuteCom IM is backed by libpurple […]

Password Dragon – A No-Install Multi-Platform Password Manager

By • Apr 11th, 2009 • Filed under: Open-Source, Ubuntu, Web Utilities

Password Dragon is a free, multi-platform, no-install Java application. This portable password manager requires Java Runtime Environment – JRE 1.5 + for its full-functioning and uses Bruce Schneier’s Blowfish algorithm for cryptography. Ubuntu: Being a no-install, unpack the zipped package, and run with $ java -jar passworddragon.jar

Downloadable gOS Theme for your Ubuntu

By • Apr 10th, 2009 • Filed under: Linux Packages, Open-Source, Ubuntu

Just whipping out Blubuntu for another well polished theme. This article is not about making Ubuntu look like gOS. It’s simply about giving Ubuntu the cool and sober gOS look. No tweaking needed. Just a simple and direct install that starts with downloading the theme and icon packages. Then the straight-forward install System -> Preferences […]

Download KeePass 2.07 Beta

By • Apr 10th, 2009 • Filed under: Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

KeePass, the free open source password manager and locker has released version 2.7 Beta for your thumb drive and Windows desktop. KeePass locally secures your passwords with a single master password and/or a key-file on your PC. Prerequisites: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0+ or Mono 2.2+

Flock – The ideal Browser for Facebook Users

By • Apr 3rd, 2009 • Filed under: Browsers, Firefox, Ubuntu, Windows

In the browser war, the trio Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer try to sort out which one amongst them is “the good”, which one is “the bad” or which one is “the ugly”. For Open Source lovers and web designers, it is rather easy to say which one is “the bad” one. In some cases […]