As part of the celebrations of Software Freedom Day 2011, AppleUsers.org has compiled a selection of some of the best, yet totally free, software that’s available for the Mac, collected together on a single DVD, called “Spotlight on FOSS” plus we’ve included some bonus videos that were created with Open Source Software!

A “Sampler Edition” of the AppleUsers Spotlight that focusses on Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is also included on the DVD.

Contents of “A Spotlight on FOSS” DVD

• Audio
• Audacity
• eBooks
• Calibre
• Jomic
• Education
• Celestia
• Moodle
• Stellarium
• Games
• Aleph One
• Armagetron Advanced
• BZFlag
• Cube 2: Sauerbraten
• PrBoom
• PySol Fan Club Edition
• Scorched 3D
• Wesnoth
• Zombies
• Graphics
• Blender
• Seashore
• Xee
• Internet
• Adium
• Blink
• Cabos
• Cyberduck
• Firefox
• Kompozer
• RSS Owl
• SeaMonkey
• Sunrise
• Thunderbird
• Transmission
• Vienna
• WaveMaker
• Office Productivity
• AbiWord
• Bean
• Buddi
• FormulatePro
• FreeMind
• OpenOffice.org
• Skim
• Utilities
• Burn
• ClamXav
• Growl
• MAMP (Macintosh, Apache, Mysql and PHP)
• Quicksilver
• SheepShaver
• The Unarchiver
• VirtualBox
• Video
• HandBrake
• Miro Video Converter
• Miro
• Mplayer Extended
• Perian
• Plex
• Video Lan Client (VLC)
• Bonus Videos
• Happy Birthday to GNU
• Elephants Dream
• Big Buck Bunny
• Sintel

The applications and files supplied on this Disc are supplied as is and we make no representations regarding the applications nor any information related thereto. Any questions, complaints or claims regarding the applications must be directed to the appropriate software vendor.

Obtaining Spotlight on FOSS DVD

Software on FOSS DVD will be distributed, free of charge, at participating Software Freedom Day 2011 Events and various Apple User Groups around the globe, including;

• Australia, New Zealand & Oceania
• Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users’ Society (HMAUS)
• AUGNQ – Apple Users Group North Queensland
• Apple-MAQ Lions Club
• Apple User Group of Canterbury

• North America
• Apple Corps of Dallas
• Tuscarawas County Mac Users Group
• Lakeland Area Macintosh User Group (LaMUG)
• Prescott Mac Users Group
• TMG (The Mac Group)
• Keystone MacCentral
• Connecticut Mac Connection
• XMUG
• Trilogy Macintosh User Group (TMUG)
• Saginaw Macintosh Users Group
• Holland Patent MUG
• Macintosh Users East (MaUsE)
• Double Click, Inc.
• Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users’ Society (HMAUS)
• MacNorth Computer Club
• Upstate Apple Users Group (UAUG)
• Western Pennsylvania Linux User’s Group
• ISLUG
• Cowtown Macintosh User Grouip
• McCormick County Mac Users Group (McMug)
• North Florida Macintosh Users Group
• Power Users of Macintosh Pittsburg (PUMP)
• Gabriola Mac Users Group
• CPUser Group
• Le Goût du Libre
• New Jersey Macintosh Users Group
• Mac@LehighValley MUG
• Campbell Seniors Computer Users Group
• Wausau Area Apple Users Group
• Santa Clarita Valley Macintosh User Group
• SCVMUG

• Central & South America
• iGroup, Usuarios Mac Mexico

• Middle East
• Qatar Mac Users Group

• Asia
• Omsk LUG

• Europe
• TBA

• Africa
• TBA

Apple User Group Leaders and organisers of Software Freedom Day events can submit the following form to receive details on how to download the Golden Master and support files that will enable them to burn off copies of the Spotlight on FOSS DVD to distribute at 2011 Software Freedom Day events or Apple User Group meetings.

By filling in the form, we will be able to list your group in the above list as a supplier of the Spotlight on FOSS DVD. It will also enable us to contact you if we need additional seeders for the Golden Master.

This Disc is no longer available for downloading.

An updated version, called “A Spotlight on FOSS 2016” is now available.

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