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OSSwin chronicles Windows OSS software

OSSwinUnless you have a really great memory, or consider yourself a walking Windows Open Source Software directory, complete with URLs, you'll want to bookmark this site, The OSSwin project is a good listing of OSS software for Windows (list hosted by Sourceforge.net). Consider this contraband headquarters, a site dedicated to slowly taking over your PC with non-Microsoft software. Closed-source software is so early-90's. The OSSwin project reads like a menu of interesting and flavorful choices. It is by no means comprehensive, but you may a few downloads you haven't seen before. Enjoy downloading this tidy list of apps from The OSSwin project. The categories included in this mother-lode are as follows:

  • Audio editing tools
  • Business Software
  • CAD software
  • Calendar Software
  • CD Writing
  • Compression/ZIP
  • Databases
  • Desktop Environments
  • Dictionaries
  • Drivers/Hardware
  • Educational
  • Emulators
  • Encyclopedia
  • Filesharing
  • FTP clients
  • Firewall & NAT
  • File Systems
  • Games
  • Graphics
  • Instant Messaging
  • Internet Voice chat
  • IRC clients
  • Mail & News
  • Media Players (audio)
  • Media Players (video)
  • Media Players (codecs)
  • MC303 utilities
  • Networking tools
  • NTP clients
  • Office tools
  • Operating Systems
  • PostScript viewers
  • Programming
  • Remote access
  • Sciences and Math
  • Security, Privacy, Protection,...
  • Server software
  • SCP (SecureCoPy) clients
  • Stream Downloaders
  • Text editors

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Civiballs is a beautiful, soothing physics puzzle Time Waster

CiviballsI have an absolute weakness for physics games, and while Civiballs isn't the strongest physics-based game, what it lacks in the physics department it makes up for a few times over in style and fun.

In Civiballs, you are presented with a few colored balls, and your goal is to get those balls into the same-colored urn on the level. The "civi" part of Civiballs is that there are 3 sets of levels to play, each representing a different civilization. While the civilization doesn't affect gameplay, the artwork for each level is beautifully themed to it's appropriate era.

To play the game, you are given only one tool - a sword with which to cut the chains that are holding the balls. The puzzle part of the game is in figuring out what order, and with what timing to cut each chain. Do it right, and all the right balls end up in the right urns, with no stray balls entering an urn (a no-no). Do it wrong, and you get to start over again.

Civiballs is not terribly deep on gameplay; the entire game can be completed in about 15 minutes. But if you enjoy this type of game, it will be a very enjoyable 15 minutes.

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