Software For Starving Students - 2007.01 release

Software for Starving Students

ei guys, here is a noteworthy collection of software you can use -- compiled and provided for download in one ISO, Windows and OS X editions. these are just not so-so apps, these are the best-in-class programs which are most useful for students, although anybody else (ie, non-students) can benefit from it too. according to the site, its primary concern is for students to have access to high-quality software, free of charge. WHY???



notwithstanding the fact that most of these you can download on your own, this collection saves you the time on doing the research for what works best for students, and then downloading each of them one-by-one.

GO! Download page here (bittorrent and direct): http://softwarefor.org/downloads.html

for a rundown of the set of applications available for Windows or for OS X, depending on your preference (not exactly the same), you can check the list here: http://softwarefor.org/faq.html#q5

just something to download while on vacation, to keep you on your feet when you get back to school when the new year starts! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

 

 

 

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It looks a good selection of software. I know it is because I have used half the software on the Windows list, and have got about a quarter installed on my hard drive (Or sitting on my external hard drive).

I am glad that they provided the list, as I am a great believer in choice, and for various reasons I don't like big download packs, preferring to pick and chose my own.

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While that's actually pretty cool. I like how the software is mostly licensed under GPL! In my opinion GPL software might even be better than commercial software since there are so many people who can edit and improve it.

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Nice! It's a pity that I can't seem to download the torrent files for whatever reason... perhaps they should be put on the other two mirrors as well?

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That is really a nice find.

The cd has very good free software, and it is generous of them to share with everyone, thew bw is not free for anyone.

Thank you for sharing, i am going to download it.

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wow that is a great find and thanx for sharing it.

It has really a good collection of free softwares.

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that site appears to have closed. Although they have launched a new one at http://www.theopendisc.com/

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I find this collection of programs, tools and utilities to be quite useful, not only for a student, which by the way i am not one, but for anyone that does not want to spend money to buy software when there are a lot of programs out there on the internet that can do quite the same, it is just a matter of search and find, and i found some programs that i did not knew but i downloaded on the spot.

Most of the programs, tools and utilities i already knew and some i do already have installed on my personal computer, but i still downloaded some, namely, i downloaded the stellarium which is a planetarium program for pc, and i am glade i downloaded it, it is quite simple, complete, and much useful, i always wanted a planetarium program on my personal computer to study the stars and planets, i love to study that kind of stuff, it is exciting to study the space and what it has.

I also downloaded 2 more programs, so thank you for leting us know this educational package of useful software, i must say that they di a great job.

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