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I don't understand the open source bit

Submitted by YourNewFriend on June 24, 2008 - 2:54pm

I was under the impression, perhaps naively, that the programs were the real programs with some wrappers which made sure to copy data to and from the registry etc. But now i see in the sticky here that the programs must be open source so you can change the programs??

Have the all been changed the or only same? Is this listed some place?

Ascgen dotNET 0.9.6

Submitted by szabo.tihamer on June 24, 2008 - 5:04am

Ascii Generator dotNET (ascgen2) is an application to convert images into high quality ASCII art - text that accurately represents the original image. The first program of its kind to support variable width fonts, and real-time output adjustment.

Screenshots:
http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=133786
Website:
http://ascgendotnet.jmsoftware.co.uk/

FreeCommander

Submitted by Thinstaller on June 23, 2008 - 4:32am

A few days ago I've noticed a great free file manager called FreeCommander.
But the really great thing is that they developed a version for the PortableApps Suite.
I suggest to add this app to the website.

Some Gnome Apps [Nautilus & Totem]

Submitted by agdurrette on June 22, 2008 - 8:38pm

Nautilus is a graphical shell for the GNOME desktop enviornment that makes it easy to manage your files and the rest of your system.
[IMG]http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn318/agdurrette/pam.png[/IMG]

Totem is the official movie player of the GNOME desktop environment based on xine-lib or GStreamer. It features a playlist, a full-screen mode, seek and volume controls, as well as keyboard navigation.
It comes with added functionality such as:

* Video thumbnailer for the file manager
* Nautilus properties tab

Why not VirtualDub MPEG2 over VirtualDub

Submitted by statement on June 22, 2008 - 4:53pm

I'm in not sure exactly what's with all these different builds of Virtual Dub and the authors reluctance to adds those features from the spin offs to the main original, but one that is really useful to me is VirtualDub MPEG2, as it supports more formats, specifically ASF, WMV, and MPEG2 obviously (screw Microsoft's B.S.

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