FOSS

Free and Open-Source Software. This is sometimes also called FLOSS for Free/Libre Open-Source Software. En français on l'appele logiciels libres ou LL.

Types of FOSS

Production software

• AbiWord (wordprocessor)
• OpenOffice (office suite)

Web browsers

(Only major FOSS browsers, and any others localised in any African language, are listed here. For a more comprehensive list, see SoftwareInsider.com > Web Browsers > Compare Best Open Source Web Browsers).

• Google Chrome? (mostly open source code)
• Firefox (by Mozilla)
• SeaMonkey? (by Mozilla)

E-mail clients

• Mulberry?
• SeaMonkey? (by Mozilla)
• Thunderbird
• (this list needs work)

Operating systems

• Linux
• Ubuntu
• (this list needs work)

Special applications

• Dr. Geo (geometry learning)
• GRASS (GIS)
• Tux Paint (graphics editor)

Tools for localisation

• Pootle

Associations and organisations

• AAUL (Association Africaine des Utilisateurs de Logiciels Libres)
• EACOSS (East African Centre for Open Source Software)
• FOSSFA (Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa)
• FSF (Free Software Foundation)
• OFSET (Organization for Free Software in Education and Teaching)
• Translate House

References & other links

• UNESCO, Communication and Information, "Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)" http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/access-to-knowledge/free-and-open-source-software-foss/
• Wikipedia
  • AF "Vrye sagteware" https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrye_sagteware
  • AR "برمجيات حرة" http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/برمجيات حرة
  • AR "برمجية حرة مفتوحة المصدر" https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/برمجية حرة مفتوحة المصدر
  • EN "Free software" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software
  • EN "Free and open-source software" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software
  • EN "Alternative terms for free software" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_terms_for_free_software
  • FR "Logiciel libre" https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logiciel_libre
  • FR "Free/Libre Open Source Software" https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free/Libre_Open_Source_Software
  • MG "Rindrankajy malalaka" https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rindrankajy_malalaka
  • PT "Software livre" https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_livre
  • PT "Software livre e de código aberto" https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_livre_e_de_c%C3%B3digo_aberto