Research Guides: Open Source Software: General Computing Tools

Web Browsers

These are some general tools for web browsing. These browsers cover multiple operating systems including Windows, Mac OS and several linux builds.

Mozilla Firefox (Windows, Mac, Linux)
Free and open sourced web browser. Extremely modifiable to personal needs.
K-Meleon (Windows)
Lightweight and customizable open source and free web browser. Based on same platform as firefox.
Amaya (Windos, Mac OS, Unix)
Web browser and editor
"Amaya started as an HTML + CSS style sheets editor. Since that time it has been extended to support XML and an increasing number of XML applications such as the XHTML family, MathML, and SVG." -http://www.w3.org/Amaya/
Konqueror (KDE)
Web browser and file manager for Unix environments. Built for KDE
Chrome (Windows)
Free browser provided by Google. Based on the Chromium open source framework.
Sunrise (MAC OS)
Open source web browser built for mac. This browser has many including visual bookmarks and view page source functionality.
Epiphany (Linux)
Web browser for the GNOME environment.
Camino (MAC OS)
Open source, free, and built to work specifically for mac os and the features that mac users find so useful such as bonjour and key chain.

These tools will help you manage resources for your papers and presentations. Some are NYU supported and some are not.

Zotero
Free software that allows you to collect, organize, and cite your resources. Has many features which can be explored at zotero.org
CiteULike
Free ( but not open) software for storing research, pdfs, and helps you find new related resources.
Connotea
Free online based reference management software. Works in a similar fashion to delicious. Targeted towards scientist , researchers and clinicians.
Aigaion
Free. Web based. Exports to Bibtex. Allows annotation in the references.
BibTex
Software that allows you to process lists of documents for bibliographic output. Usually used in conjunction with LaTex.
Bibdesk ( Mac OS )
This is a mac only citation to be used with Latex.

Open Office Productivity Suite ( Mac, Windows, Linux)
Open Office is a productivity suite that provides the functionality of Microsoft Office or Apple works, for free.
LYX ( MAC OS, Windows, Linux)
A WYSIWYM ( What You See Is What You Mean) text editor based upon LaTex.
Major (LA)Tex Packages
A list of the most prominent LaTex applications can be found here. Composed by the Tex Users Group. LaTex is the preferred writing a plotting application for the Math and Sciences.
FreeMind
Mind Mapping software.

These are free antivirus and spyware programs.

AVGFREE
Free basic anti virus software.
AVAST!
Free basic anti virus and spyware protection software. Note: Windows Only
Registry Cleaner

This application helps you maintain your registry, removing older programs, errant files among other items. This may help improve performance. Read more about it at Lifehacker.