Web site: www.opera.com Category: Network Subcategory: Web browsers Platform: Linux, OS X, Windows License: Freeware Interface: GUI First release: April, 1995 Opera – a freeware web browser developed by Opera Software AS, which uses the Blink layout engine of Google Chrome. An earlier version using the Presto layout engine is still available and runs. Opera … Read more
Web site: pidgin.im Category: Network Subcategory: Instant Messenger Platform: Linux, OS X, UNIX-like, Windows License: GPL Interface: GUI First release: December 31, 1998 Pidgin (formerly named Gaim) – a chat program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on MSN, talking … Read more
Web site: lynx.invisible-island.net Category: Network Subcategory: Web browsers Platform: BSD, DOS, Linux, OS/2, OpenVMS, UNIX-like, Windows License: GPL Interface: CLI First release: 1992 Lynx – a fully-featured World Wide Web (WWW) client for users running cursor-addressable, character-cell display devices (e.g., vt100 terminals, vt100 emulators running on PCs or Macs, or any other character-cell display). Lynx … Read more
Web site: xchat.org Category: Network Subcategory: IRC Clients Platform: BSD, Linux, OS X, UNIX-like, Windows License: Proprietary (for Windows), GPL (for others) Interface: GUI, CLI First release: June 29, 1999 XChat – an IRC chat program for both Linux and Windows. It allows you to join multiple IRC channels (chat rooms) at the same time, … Read more
Web site: www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ Category: Network Subcategory: Web browsers Platform: Linux, OS X, Windows License: MPL, GPL, LGPL Interface: GUI First release: 2005 ? IceCat (GNU IceCat) – a GNU version of the Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) web browser. Its main advantage is an ethical one: it is entirely free software. While the Firefox source … Read more