OpenOffice.org
Big, full featured suite of tools for word processing and spreadsheets. Compatible with and a free replacement for Microsoft Word documents. Also supports OpenDocument Format. OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute
Open Source
GNU LGPL or "Lesser General Public License"
Windows 98 / ME / 2K (Service Pack 2 or higher) / XP / 2003 / Vista
GNU/Linux
Mac OS X
Solaris 8 OS or higher
AbiWord
A word processor. Leaner and quicker than OpenOffice. Compatible with Microsoft Word documents and OpenDocument Format.
Windows
Mac OSX 10.2 to 10.4 Note: equation editing is currently not supported on Mac OS X
GNU/Linux
BSD
Solaris (2.6, 7,8,9,10)
AIX
HP/UX (10.20, 11.0)
OSF/1
Tru64
QNX Note: currently the latest version available for QNX is 2.0
BeOS Note: The BeOS port of AbiWord 2.0 and later is not actively maintained and presumed to be slightly broken, but 1.0 was known to work on the following
->A BeOS supported machine, Intel or PowerPC based.
->At least 32MB RAM
PDF Creator
PDFCreator is a free tool to create PDFs easily from nearly any application. With the PDFCreator Printer driver you turn any program into a PDF-machine. And the best: PDFCreator is free, even for commercial use! It is Open Source and released under the Terms of the GNU General Public License.
GNU General Public License (GPL)
95 / 98 / NT / 2K / XP
Scribus
Scribus is an open-source program that brings award-winning professional page layout to Linux/Unix, MacOS X and Windows desktops with a combination of "press-ready" output and new approaches to page layout. Underneath the modern and user friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as CMYK color, separations, ICC color management and versatile PDF creation.
GPL
Windows 2000 / XP
Mac OS X
OS/2
Debian RPMS
Ant Renamer
Ant Renamer is a program that makes it easier to rename a lot of files and folders by using specified settings.
GNU General Public License (GPL)
Windows 98 / NT4 / 2K / XP
VirtuaWin
Virtual desktop managment is a way to organize applications over several "virtual" desktops. For example if you use two virtual desktops you can put a webbrowser on desk 1 and by using a desktop manager "switch away" the webbrowser and it will seem as if you are using a new computer.
GNU / GPL
Win9x/ME/NT/Win2K/XP/Win2003/Vista
