OpenCD

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox SoftwareThe 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 OSI-approved open-source license,<ref>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>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>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>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, GIMP, Inkscape, NVU, Scribus, Tux Paint.
• Games: Battle for Wesnoth, Enigma, Neverball, Sokoban YASC
• Internet: Azureus, FileZilla, Firefox, Pidgin, HTTrack, RSSOwl, SeaMonkey, Thunderbird, TightVNC, WinSCP
• Multimedia: Audacity, Celestia, Really Slick Screensavers, Stellarium
• Productivity: MoinMoin, Notepad2, OpenOffice.org, PDFCreator
• Utilities: 7-Zip, Abakt, ClamWin, GTK+, HealthMonitor, Workrave

Inkscape program page

External links

• Template:Official website
• Development blog
• The OpenCD Italian Edition (Italian localized version)
• The OpenCD Hungarian Edition (Hungarian localized version)
• The OpenCD Dutch Edition

Similar projects

• OpenDisc
• TTCS OSSWIN CD
• 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).
• Das Opensource-DVD Projekt (German)
• The teacher's cdtoolbox / La boîte à outil du prof (English and French)
• Cdlibre (Spanish)
• CyanPack (Brazilian)