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[The Open CD | http://www.theopencd.org/] is a FreeSoftware compilation for MicrosoftWindows. It is an excellent way to gently introduce [Windows] users to the idea of FreeSoftware. It is a smaller, but more polished collection than [GnuWinII] - it comes with an actual installer and only includes software that is easy to install under MicrosoftWindows, well developed, and highly reliable.

[TheOpenCD] contains precompiled binaries ''and'' full source for the following programs:

* 7-Zip 3.11
* AbiWord 2.0.1 and plugins
* Audacity 1.2.0
* CDex 1.51
* Celestia 1.3.0
* !DictInstall 0.9.3.2
* !FileZilla 2.2.1b
* [TheGIMP] 1.2.5
* Grokking TheGIMP online book
* HTTrack 3.30
* [Mozilla] 1.5
* !NetTime 2.0b7
* [OpenOffice.org] 1.1.0
* [PuTTY] 0.52
* Scite 1.56
* Sokoban YASC 1.94
* TightVNC 1.2.9
* VLC 0.6.2
* Win Privacy Tray 0.7.90

[OSSWatch] have been known to give away boxfulls of copies of [TheOpenCD]. %%%
[PhilHarper] has been known to do a fair bit of work on [TheOpenCD] v1.2. %%%
[zcat|BruceKingsbury] keeps a recent copy of TheOpenCD at http://zcat.wired.net.nz/files/ - users outside NZ are requested to use the official mirrors.

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