TTCS OSSWIN CD

Version 1.90 available March 30th, 2008 with OpenOffice.org v2.40, Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13 and more!

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What is the TTCS OSSWIN CD?

The TTCS OSSWIN CD is a collection of over 100 Free/Open Source software for home and business users using the Microsoft Windows 98SE/Me/2000 and XP operating systems.

You can use your web browser to read detailed information about each program on the CD: what the program does, its key features, useful related websites, view a screenshot, find links to the program's website and to download/install the program from the TTCS OSSWIN CD.

The web-based interface allows you to quickly browse the variety of software organised into the following categories:

The TTCS OSSWIN CD was featured in Mark Lyndersay's BitDepth column "Free Software from computer gurus" in the Trinidad Guardian newspaper.

The TTCS OSSWIN CD has been mentioned on several websites :

just to name a few :-) See our SitesMentioningTTCSOSSWINCD wiki page for many more links!

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Key features of the TTCS OSSWIN CD

Easy to install
Many open source software for Windows are made available as ZIP files which require the user to manually extract the files to a directory and then use Windows Explorer to browse to the directory and run the program. The TTCS has created standard .EXE installers for these applications, using NSIS. This allows the user to easily install and uninstall the program.
Software on the CD is up to date at time of purchase
The TTCS OSSWIN CD is burnt "on demand" for upcoming TTCS meetings and/or email requests to purchase the CD. Buyers receive the most recent stable versions of the software at time of purchase.
Easy to browse with Windows Explorer
All of the software on the TTCS OSSWIN CD is in the "Software" folder with subfolders for each of the categories. This makes it easy for those users who are familiar with the CD to use Windows Explorer to browse and install software on another machine.

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Images of TTCS OSSWIN CD

screenshot of PDFCreator page on the TTCS OSSWIN CD in Mozilla Firefox

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How can I get the TTCS OSSWIN CD?

You can download the TTCS OSSWIN CD if you have broadband access. If you don't have broadband access and you live in Trinidad and Tobago, you can purchase a copy of the TTCS OSSWIN CD for $40 TT to be collected at any TTCS meetings. Also, while stocks last, buyers of the TTCS OSSWIN CD will also get the Live and Install versions of Ubuntu Linux.

Please email your request to ttcsosswincd [ at ] gmail.com before the day of the meeting to ensure that the CD would be made available for you. At this time, we do not ship CDs outside of Trinidad and Tobago.

Primary and Secondary schools in Trinidad and Tobago can obtain a copy of the TTCS OSSWIN CD at no cost via TTPost by emailing the Society admin[ at ]ttcsweb.org with the following information:

  • The name of the school.
  • The name and contact telephone number of the person(s) responsible for the computers at the school.
  • The school's postal address.
  • There is a limit of one CD per school.

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Download the TTCS OSSWIN CD

Version 1.90 of the TTCS OSSWIN CD was created on March 30th, 2008 and is available for download as an .ISO file. A changelog is available. It is nearly 700MB in size, so this is feasible only if you have broadband. You will also require a CD-burner and CD burning software like IrfraRecorder to burn the ISO file onto a 700MB (80 minute) CD-R/CD-RW.

You can download the ISO via BitTorrent.

BitTorrent link : http://www.ttcsweb.org/ttcsosswincd.torrent (redirects to Chip Online web page which has a torrent download available)
Be sure to continue to seed the torrent after you have downloaded the ISO.

Here are a few direct download mirrors for those who do not know or can't use BitTorrent. Some of these mirrors usually offers a limited number of downloads.

TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.90

  • Date created : March 30th, 2008
  • File name : ttcs_osswin_cd_v1.90.iso
  • File size : 696 MB (729,970,688 bytes)
  • MD5 checksum : 3e209facf2c68715836baaadfee617db / 3e209fac f2c68715 836baaad fee617db
  • SHA-1 : 0c06c05e 1aaf8ce1 b4661b20 ea617165 878771d5
  • SHA-256 : 317b7e73 82b905b6 1b8c2197 c9b30c3c bc0a1e76 71324341 bbca81b4 f8022252

Changes from v1.85

  • updated OpenOffice.org, Programmers Notepad, TuxPaint, Portable Puzzle Collection, Sokoban YASC, GIMP, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Filezilla, XAMPP Lite, VirtualDub, VideoLAN, UltraVNC, TrueCrypt, Axcrypt, Autohotkey
  • removed DBDesigner4, Fullsync

Use a program like VisualHash to hash your downloaded file to see if it matches the hashes here. If your downloaded file hash is different, then your downloaded file is different from the file the TTCS has published.

The web based interface for the TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.90 (the work), is copyrighted by the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Licence which allows you to give/lend/copy/distribute this CD to anyone under the conditions of the Creative Commons license.

Every one of the open source applications on the TTCS OSSWIN CD is governed by its own licence.

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Hardware and Software Requirements for the TTCS OSSWIN CD

This collection of open source software is intended for us on the following versions of Windows : Windows® Vista/XP/2000/Me/98 Second Edition. Some software can only run on Windows XP/2000.

The software on the CD may or may not run on Windows 95, Windows 98 first edition or Windows NT.

The software will not run on Windows 3.1.

The software requirements for each program/application varies but if your Windows PC is already running a program that falls in one of the categories (e.g. Desktop Applications, Graphics, Internet, etc) it can probably run the programs listed under that category.

Your computer should have these minimum system requirements:

  • Windows® Vista/XP/2000/Me/98Second Edition.
  • A 300MHz or faster Intel or AMD Athlon processor/CPU.
  • 128MB or more of RAM.
  • A CD-ROM OR DVD-ROM drive.
  • Hard drive space: 1.5GB (for installing all of the applications) plus additional space (as needed) for data.
  • Video: 32MB (or higher) video card which supports Direct X 8.1 OR Direct X 9 and has OpenGl support (for the games).
  • Sound: Direct X compatible sound card.
  • Keyboard and mouse.
  • A web browser (to view the descriptions on this CD) preferably Mozilla Firefox with the OpenDownload extension or Internet Explorer 6.

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List of software on the CD

Below is the software on the TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.90 created March 30th, 2008. Note that the TTCS OSSWIN CD is continually maintained so CDs bought at TTCS meetings will contain updated versions as well as possible additions/deletions from this list.

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How is the TTCS involved in this project?

Members of the TTCS:

  • Downloaded, tested/evaluated the various applications, utilities, games, etc. included in the compilation.
  • Where necessary, created installers for those applications without an installer.
  • Created and tested the web based user interface.
  • Created a web page for each program with the program's description, its key features and related links.
  • Distributes the CDs to other members and the general public of Trinidad and Tobago.

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What is Open Source Software?

Open Source Software is software for which the "guts" of the program can be freely downloaded and altered to suit your needs (provided you can do the programming). There are many types of Open Source Software. The difference lies in the way altered versions of the software can be distributed, so, if you customise the software for your own needs, then decide to distribute it, you may be bound by specific terms.

Many open source projects make ready to install executable versions for various operating systems including Windows.

You can do the following with open source software :

  • Install the software on any number of machines in any environment (home or commercial) without purchasing licence fees for each machine.
  • Obtain and modify the source code and distribute modified versions of the program together with the modified source code. Open source licenses differ in how such source code can be distributed or licensed for others to also do what you have done.

Here are several links for you to learn more about Open Source Software :

The Open Source Definition
Published by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) organisation. It lists the criteria by which software can be considered "open source" software.
The Free Software Definition
"Free software" as defined by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). The word "free" refers to freedom, not price.

While "free software" meets the definition of open source software, not all open source software meets the free software definition. See also

Why Open Source Software / Free Software? Look at the Numbers!
Reference paper to "convince you to consider using OSS/FS when you are looking for software, using quantitive measures".

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Warranty (or lack thereof) and disclaimer of liability

Disclaimer of Warranties:

  • There is no warranty for the software included on this CD-ROM.
  • The programs may or may not work as expected/described.
  • The programs on this disk are distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

No liability for consequential damages:

In no event shall the producers and distributors of this CD-ROM be liable for any damages whatsoever (including without limitation, special, incidental, consequential, or indirect damages for personal injury, loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information or any other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use of or inability to use the software included on this CD-ROM.

In other words, you the end-user(s) (person/persons who install/use the software) agrees to accept ALL risk and liability associated with using the software. Should anything go wrong, the end user agrees to accept full/100 percent responsibilty for the actual incident and any related consequences arising out of the incident.

DO NOT blame anyone else!

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Do you have questions/comments/suggestions about the TTCS OSSWIN CD? We'll like to hear from you!

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