Editing OpenCD

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{{Infobox Software
| name                   = OpenCD
| logo                   =
| screenshot             = OpenCDv07.02.png
| caption                = OpenCD splash screen
| collapsible            =
| author                 =
| developer              =
| released               =
| discontinued           = yes
| latest release version = 7.04
| latest release date    = {{start date and age|2007|04|28}}<ref>{{cite web
  | url         = http://www.releases.theopencd.org/
  | title       = Open CD releases
  | website     = releases.theopencd.org
  | access-date = 2021-04-22
}}</ref>
| latest preview version =
| latest preview date    =
| programming language   =
| operating system       = [[Microsoft Windows]]
| platform               =
| size                   =
| language               =
| genre                  =
| license                = Open source
| website                = {{URL|http://www.theopencd.org}}
}}The '''OpenCD project''' is a discontinued open-source project aimed to introduce users of [[Microsoft Windows]] to the benefits of [[free and open-source software]] (FOSS). It is a CD image that can freely be downloaded and copied. The OpenCD team screened programs for stability, quality, and ease of installation, and only distributed programs available under an [[Open Source Initiative|OSI]]-approved [[open-source license]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040702113350/http://theopencd.sunsite.dk/criteria.php TheOpenCD Software Inclusion Criteria]</ref> which allows users to freely use and distribute the disc as they wish. It was sponsored by [[Canonical Ltd.]], for a period.

The project was started in April 2002 in response to an article on linux.com by astrophysics student Henrik Nilsen Omma.<ref>[http://www.linux.com/feature/22405 An idea for Free Software CD] by Henrik Nilsen Omma, April 20, 2002.</ref>

In September 2007, project lead Chris Gray left the project to pursue his own open-source disc, called [[OpenDisc]], citing numerous difficulties<ref>[http://www.chrisgray.me/2007/09/mutiny-aboard-the-good-ship-theopencd Mutiny aboard the good ship TheOpenCD], September 27, 2007.</ref> which he believed were negatively affecting the progress of the OpenCD project. As of September 27, 2007, the OpenCD project is no longer under active development.<ref>[http://www.theopencd.org OpenCD homepage], September 27, 2007.</ref>

==Version 07.04==
Version 07.04 (as the version suggests, released in April 2007) includes the then-latest versions of the following:

* '''Design''': [[Blender (software)|Blender]], [[GIMP]], [[Inkscape]], [[NVU]], [[Scribus]], [[Tux Paint]].
* '''Games''': [[Battle for Wesnoth]], [[Enigma (computer game)|Enigma]], [[Neverball]], [[Sokoban YASC]]
* '''Internet''': [[Vuze|Azureus]], [[FileZilla]], [[Firefox]], [[Pidgin (software)|Pidgin]], [[HTTrack]], [[RSSOwl]], [[SeaMonkey]], [[Mozilla Thunderbird|Thunderbird]], [[TightVNC]], [[WinSCP]]
* '''Multimedia''': [[Audacity (audio editor)|Audacity]], [[Celestia]], [[Really Slick Screensavers]], [[Stellarium (software)|Stellarium]]
* '''Productivity''': [[MoinMoin]], [[Notepad2]], [[OpenOffice.org]], [[PDFCreator]]
* '''Utilities''': [[7-Zip]], [[Abakt]], [[ClamWin]], [[GTK+]], HealthMonitor, [[Workrave]]
[[File:Opencd-v40-3-inkscape.png|right|300px|Inkscape program page]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|theopencd.org}}
* [http://ccg.id.au/blog/?cat=17 Development blog]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061205081308/http://linux.studenti.polito.it/ileana.php The OpenCD Italian Edition] (Italian localized version)
* [http://theopencd.fsf.hu/ The OpenCD Hungarian Edition] ([[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] localized version)
* [http://opencd.dischosting.nl/ The OpenCD Dutch Edition]

==Similar projects==
* [[OpenDisc]]
* [http://www.ttcsweb.org/osswin-cd/ TTCS OSSWIN CD]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071021010639/http://www.e-coop.be/nieuws/vrije-software-cd-07.10.html Vrije Software CD 07.10] (Dutch)
* [[GNUWin II]]
* [[WinLibre]],
* [[VALO-CD]]
* [[LoLiWin]] (French)
* [[AccessApps]] (UK; applications that can be run from a USB stick)
* Chantra (Thai).
* [http://www.opensource-dvd.de/ Das Opensource-DVD Projekt] (German)
* [http://gbr.cdprof.com The teacher's cdtoolbox / La boîte à outil du prof] (English and French)
* [http://www.cdlibre.org Cdlibre] (Spanish)
* [http://cyanpack.bardo.ws/ CyanPack] (Brazilian)

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[[Category:Projects established in 2002]]
[[Category:Projects disestablished in 2007]]

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