Difference between revisions of "List of free software innovations"
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| − | Spiro: "a toolkit for curve design, especially font design"[http:// | + | [http://levien.com/spiro/ Spiro]: "a toolkit for curve design, especially font design". It is integrated into [http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/editspiro.html FontForge] and [http://inkscape.org/screenshots/gallery/inkscape-0.47-spiro-typography.png Inkscape]. |
== Multimedia == | == Multimedia == | ||
Revision as of 14:08, 2 October 2010
Here is a list of software-related innovations done in an environment of free software whether by companies, communities or non-profits.
Contents
Graphics
Spiro: "a toolkit for curve design, especially font design". It is integrated into FontForge and Inkscape.
Multimedia
Programming
Hardware integration
Networking
- BitTorrent: one of the most common protocols for transferring large files using peer-to-peer technology.
Operating system
- Akonadi: the extensible cross-desktop storage service for personal information mangers data.
GUI
Writing
- Metafont: the only way to make entire new font families by just changing less than 62 parameters.[1]
