Open Source Applications For Windows Users!

Here open source apps for Windows Users!

1. OpenDisc
OpenDisc is a collection of popular open source applications for Windows: Blender, Gimp, Scribus, Firefox, Thunderbird, Audacity, Celestia, VLC, LibreOffice and many more. 

-Operating System: Windows

2. PortableApps.com

This collection of popular open source applications for Windows is portable. You can install it on a thumb drive or a cloud service and use your apps from any system you desire. The site also provides portable versions of 300+ other open source and freeware apps.

-Operating System: Windows (8, 7, Vista and XP)

3. ClamWin Free Antivirus

Based on the popular Clam AV antivirus engine used by many Linux users, this app is used by almost 600,000+ people. The app seamlessly integrates with Windows Explorer and Microsoft Outlook. However, the downside is that you will need to click on a file everytime you want to scan it.

-Operating System: Windows (8, 7, Vista, XP, Me, 2000, 98, Server 2012, Server 2008, Server 2003)

4. Celestia

Quite popular with science teachers and space enthusiasts alike, this app shows you the night skies as they would appear from any point in the known universe, at any given time.

-Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X

5. Audacity

This audio recording and editing tool has all the features that home users and hobbyists would more likely need. Professional recording studios might be left wanting for more.

Operating System: Windows (7, 8, Vista, XP, 2000), Linux, OS X

6. Amarok

An effective alternative to iTunes this app helps you to discover and listen to your favorite music coupled with an attractive, easy-to-use interface. Integration with a wide variety of Web-based music services ensures you get all the music you want!

-Operating System: Windows (8, 7, Vista, XP), Linux, OS X, iOS

7. Areca Backup

Directed towards home users this tool effectively backs up standalone systems. It offers compression, encryption, and support for majority of storage media.

-Operating System: Windows, Linux

8. WordPress

WordPress is quite a renowned name in the blogging world and is known to run over 60 million websites and blogs. The app lets you set up your own server or you can also use WordPress.com's free hosting service.

-Operating System: Windows (8, 7, Vista, XP, Server 2012, Server 2008 R2, Server 2008, Server 2003), Linux, OS X, iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone etc.

9. Drupal

Open source project that provides the basis for the Chrome browser. Chromium offers a safe, fast and stable online browser.

-Operating System: Windows (8, 7), Linux, OS X, Chrome OS, iOS, Android

10. Firefox

Firefox is undoubtedly one of the most widely used open source applications that offers advanced performance, security and customisation capabilities to users while browsing. A pinnable tabbed interface, synchronisation, integrated search are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to its funtionalities.

-Operating System: Windows (8, 7, Vista, XP, Server 2003), Linux, OS X, Android

11. BRL-CAD

A package of 400+ tools, utilities and applications required for creating 2D and 3D solid geometry models. Under development since 1979, BRL-CAD is widely used by the US military. 

-Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X etc.

12. Collabtive

Similar to Basecamp, this tool lets you track your projects, milestones and tasks meant for group projects all in the cloud. 

-Operating System: OS Independent

13. PeaZip

Supports 150+ different archive file formats, even some that offer very tight compression. Convert, split, encrypt or securely delete compressed files with this compression app.

-Operating System: Windows (8, 7, Vista, NT, XP, 2000, 9x), Linux, OS X

14. Drupal

Drupal needs no introduction. Boasts a community of over 1 million people from 230 different countries including AOL, Harvard, MIT, San Jose State University, MTV, Sony Music and many others.

-Operating System: OS Independent

15. Joomla

Joomla is known to run millions of websites, including Ebay, Barnes and Noble, GE and Ikea and downloaded more than 35 million times. Boasts of a very active community of users. 

-Operating System: OS Independent

Source:Datamation

Network Defense, Discovery And Mapping Tools

When an attacker comes a calling, you have to send them packing. Here's how you can do that!

Attacks on a network can come from various avenues and it is your job to ensure that your network is well defended against them. But how can you be prepared before hand? Here are the tools that help you when the crackers start their march on your network

Network Defense Tools: Securing your IT network is becoming more and more important every day now. As a penetration tester, your job is not only to ensure that you keep your networks free of vulnerabilities, you also have to ensure that the network is well defended against attacks. These are the tools that will help you in doing so.

1. DataSoft Nova

2. Fierce Domain Scan

3. Hping

4. Wireshark

5. Kismet

6. Ettercap

7. Xplico

8. Evader

9. Nmap

10. Network Security Toolkit

Network Discovery and Mapping: Network discovery and mapping is also a part of a penetration tester's job profile. While many say that with the modern tools that are available, this is an easy task, it is far from being so. A penetration tester has to master a number of tools in order to ensure that he can handle a variety of networks. Here are the best in the genre of network discovery and mapping. Note that Nmap is a tool that is applicable for both the purposes.

1. Open-AudIT

2. NetSurveyor

3. Advanced IP Scanner

4. Fing

5. Spiceworks Network Mapping

6. Cheops-ng

7. Open NMS

8. NetworkView

9. Angry IP Scanner