Don’t like the standard MSN client, but would like to stay in touch with those who use MSN? Or do your friends all use different IM (Instant Messaging) services? Do you want to have access to all of those IM services with one client?
Then Pidgin is definitly worth checking out. Not only is it open source, but it works well. With Pidgin you get many of the common IM services into one client, here is a list of which services Pidgin supports.
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What is the most popular program at SourceForge.net? Currently it is Azureus. What is Azureus?
Azureus: Vuze is a powerful, full-featured, cross-platform bittorrent client and open content platform.
A bittorrent client that is open source can be usefull for those who would like to make sure there isn’t any spyware or such in the code. But is it the best open source bittorrent client?
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Here is another big project you can participate in. You have probably heard about Wordpress. Wordpress is a content management system usually used for blogs. This site is one of many sites using Wordpress today. This is from Wordpress’ own introduction:
WordPress started in 2003 with a single bit of code to enhance the typography of everyday writing and with fewer users than you can count on your fingers and toes. Since then it has grown to be the largest self-hosted blogging tool in the world, used on hundreds of thousands of sites and seen by tens of millions of people every day.
How can you contribute to the huge open source project that is Wordpress?
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If you are looking for a way to contribute to an open source project, without knowing how to program or create graphics, OpenOffice.org needs people for triage. Triage is sorting out bug reports and in that way aiding in improving the project.
Never heard of OpenOffice.org? Is the software any good? Where do I go to begin my contribution to the project? Keep on reading for more details.
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