Smart Installer Pack Delivers Solid Open Source and Freeware Apps

by Sam Dean - Apr. 24, 2009Comments (0)

I've written before about PortableApps and MacLibre, which offer free, single downloads that deliver bushels of top-notch open source applications to Windows and Mac users, respectively. With them, you can almost instantly populate a computer or even a USB thumb drive with useful applications ranging from AbiWord (word processor), to Blender (animation and graphics), to GIMP (graphics), to Adium (instant messaging), to Cyberduck (FTP client), to Firefox (browser). As DownloadSquad notes, Windows users have a similar free option in Smart Installer Pack.  Here's what you get for free with it.

Smart Installer Pack is a free download for Windows that gives you an installer application, and 24 good, open source and freeware applications. It's positioned as good for populating new computers and devices with solid applications in a time-saving way, although it does require you to iteratively choose the applications you want installed.

In the screenshot below, you'll find the open source and freeware applications you get--an excellent collection, although there are a few applications I'd replace with better open source options. For example, AbiWord is a better word processor than the Writer word processor in OpenOffice, and VLC Media Player beats KMPlayer. Still, Smart Installer Pack is another good option for quickly getting many excellent applications that you can use without lots of searching and downloading.
 

 

 


Browse Blog

Randy Clark uses OStatic to support Open Source, ask and answer questions and stay informed. What about you?




Comments

image
Share Your Comments

If you are a member, to have your comment attributed to you. If you are not yet a member, Join OStatic and help the Open Source community by sharing your thoughts, answering user questions and providing reviews and alternatives for projects.