The second FOSS SIG meeting was in March 2008. This time we used WindowsXP and found some neat free applications shown below:
Netmeter — View all network activity on the Windows desktop. This utility also keeps a log and can be turned off when in the way.
FlashPlayer — Use this to play those pesky YouTube videos. We discussed some methods to save YouTube to the local computer but the real solution came though at the April Meeting.
Irfanview — One of the most popular image viewers and editors and it is free and open source. It works well with photos or web graphics in Linux or Windows.
Picture Resizer — This handy Windows bulk picture resizer will quickly resize one image or a whole group at once.
Firefox AddOns — We checked out the following:- NOIA Extreme — a popular Firefox theme
- FireFTP — an FTP utility added to Firefox with all the bells and whistles
- Link Alert — See what type Player will open a link before clicking on it.
- Fox Clocks — See time around the worl in Firefox toolbars.