MacLibre: Get your free Mac software here!

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MacLibre: Get your free Mac software here!

by Amber Rhea Sep 11th 2006

There's plenty of free (as in beer) software out there, but finding what you need can be almost impossible if you just head out, unarmed, into the wilds of the Internet. Enter MacLibre.

If you've used Linux, you're probably familiar with package managers. You may have even used Fink on Mac OS X. If so, MacLibre is old news to you. But for plenty of people, it can be a serious time saver. MacLibre puts a pretty face and intuitive GUI onto a concept that, previously, could be pretty intimidating to non-power users.

Once you've installed MacLibre on your system, you can then browse the available software titles and cherry-pick the ones you want to install. MacLibre features an ever-growing variety of applications, from browsers and chat clients to Office suites and multimedia. Here are just a few selections:

Audacity (audio editing software)
Gimp (poor man's Photoshop)
Adium (multi-protocol chat client)
Cyberduck (FTP client)
Firefox (I don't have to tell you what this is)
VLC (multimedia player)
AbiWord (word processor)

[Via Who Needs Oxygen]

Tags: free software, FreeSoftware, MacLibre, package manager, PackageManager, software

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Amber Rhea said 4:54PM on 9-11-2006

Just to be clear, the list of apps I posted is not a complete list.

geoff said 6:49PM on 9-11-2006

Pretty slim pickings...

Streak said 1:56AM on 9-13-2006

seeing as this app is harder to 'discover' then the apps therein isn't it kinda useless?

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