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Go-oo has built in OpenXML import filters and it will import your Microsoft Works files. Compared with up-stream OO.o, it has better Microsoft binary file support (with eg. fields support), and it will import WordPerfect graphics beautifully. If you are reliant on Excel VBA macros - then Go-oo offers the best macro fidelity too. If you expect your spreadsheets to calculate compatibly, or you get embedded Visio diagrams in your documents, you'll want Go-oo.

Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, without special hardware. It's intended for users with multiple computers on their desk since each system uses its own monitor(s).

HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.

Enblend combines images that overlap like this into a single large image with no seams. Enfuse combines images that overlap like this into a single image with good exposure and good focus.

aMSN is a free open source MSN Messenger clone, with features such as: Offline Messaging, Voice Clips, Display pictures, Custom emoticons...

HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows. Supported sources: Any DVD-like source: VIDEO_TS folder, DVD image or real DVD (unencrypted--protection methods including CSS are not supported internally and must be handled externally with third-party software and libraries), and some .VOB and .TS files Most any multimedia file it can get libavformat to read and libavcodec to decode. Outputs: File format: MP4, MKV, AVI or OGM Video: MPEG-4, H.264, or Theora (1 or 2 passes or constant quantizer/rate encoding) Audio: AAC, MP3, Vorbis or AC-3 pass-through (supports encoding of several audio tracks) Misc features: Chapter selection Basic subtitle support (burned into the picture) Integrated bitrate calculator Picture deinterlacing, cropping and scaling Grayscale encoding

Celtx is the world's first fully integrated solution for media pre-production and collaboration. It replaces old fashioned 'paper, pen & binder' media creation with a digital approach to writing and organizing that's more complete, simpler to work with, a

Illustrator like open source vector editor. Scribus/Aqua is a port of Scribus to a native Aqua build using Qt Free for MacOSX