Free and Open Source Software

List of Free and Open Source Software used to create the "Introduction to Linux" class

Linux Mint 11 "Katya" : Operating system

Libre Office Writer: Word Processor

Libre Office Draw: Diagram and image editor (also edits PDFs)

Scribus: Desktop Publishing

GIMP: graphics manipulation

Virtualbox: Virtulization software

Recorditnow: Desktop recording

Pitivi: Video editor

Handbrake: Video Transcoder

Chromium: Web Browser

Transmission: BitTorrent client

Brasero: cd and DVD burning software

Unetbootin: LiveUSB Creator

Specific GNU/Linux Utilities and/or libraries Used

dd Command: a common Unix program whose primary purpose is the low-level copying and conversion of raw data.

rsync: an open source utility that provides fast incremental file transfer

proxychains: a Linux dynamically loadable library that will intercept any TCP and UDP traffic from a specific process and tunnel it over HTTP, SOCKS4 or SOCKS5 proxy. 

ssh:  is a network protocol for secure data communication, remote shell services or command execution and other secure network services between two networked computers that it connects via a secure channel over an insecure network