As 2009 starts to wrap up, here’s my list of the best open source software that I’ve used:
| The best of open source | |
|---|---|
| Software | Comments |
| WordPress | The best blogging platform. |
| Python | One of the most modern and powerful programming languages. Incredible standard library. |
| Mumble | The best conference style VOIP. Incredible sound quality, the lowest latency and lowest bandwidth usage that I’ve ever seen in a VOIP system (open source or not). Version 1.2 seems to have fixed some of the major server administration issues. |
| Sage (Open Source Mathematics) | An open source alternative to “Magma, Maple, Mathematica and Matlab”. Good documentation. |
| Ubuntu | My personal favorite Linux distribution. Version 9.10 adds cloud technology to both the desktop and server (yes, you can use it to make your own cloud). |
| SourceMod | The most modular and powerful server administration tool for Source based game servers. |
| VirtualBox | Open source (the RDP server, USB support, and USB over RDP are not) virtualization comparable to VMWare Workstation. Seamless windows for Linux and Windows guests. The closed source parts are available for free under the VirtualBox PUEL. |
| Firefox | The best web browser. |
