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==General Portals==
==General Portals==


[http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=12034&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Unesco free software portal]    info about and links to free software.
[http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=12034&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Unesco free software portal]    info about and links to free software.


[http://www.download.com/windows/  Download.com]  Find lots of stuff here. You can search for many of the software listed here, and see how popular or well rated they are.


Download.com  http://www.download.com/windows/  Find lots of stuff here. You can search for many of the software listed here, and see how popular or well rated they are.
[http://www.tucows.com/ tucows] tucows


[http://www.fsf.org/  The Free Software Foundation]  The directory  http://directory.fsf.org/  has lots of software, but probably lots of technical stuff. The GNU project  http://www.gnu.org/  also links to the same directory.


The Free Software Foundation  http://www.fsf.org/   The directory  http://directory.fsf.org/  has lots of software, but probably lots of technical stuff. The GNU project  http://www.gnu.org/  also links to the same directory.
[http://www.osalt.com/ Open Source Alternatives]  lists open source alternatives to commercial software.


[http://www.idealware.org/  Idealware]    provides candid Consumer-Reports-style reviews and articles about software of interest to nonprofits.


Open Source Alternatives  http://www.osalt.com/   lists open source alternatives to commercial software.
[http://www.iosn.net/ International Open Source Network]  stuff about open source. See FOSS general, then software. I think the portal to software is here  http://www.iosn.net/foss/software/ 


[http://www.ifossf.org/  International Free and Open Source Software Foundation]  actually, I'm not sure what this is, whether it has software or not. But it seems like an interesting organization.


Idealware  http://www.idealware.org/   provides candid Consumer-Reports-style reviews and articles about software of interest to nonprofits.
[http://www.pcworld.com/article/143642/101_fantastic_freebies.html  101 Fantastic Freebies]  March 2008  lists a lot of downloads, some of which are listed here, like AbiWord


[http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2260070,00.asp  Best free software]  from Feb 2008.  Briefly mentions many software, like Lotus Symphony and others.


International Open Source Network,  http://www.iosn.net/   stuff about open source. See FOSS general, then software. I think the portal to software is here  http://www.iosn.net/foss/software/ 
[http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2381528,00.asp  Best free software] from May 2013.


==Portals to free GIS software==


International Free and Open Source Software Foundation    http://www.ifossf.org/   actually, I'm not sure what this is, whether it has software or not. But it seems like an interesting organization.
[http://opensourcegis.org/ OpenSource GIS] has gis and related software


[http://freegis.org/  Free GIS] free software


101 Fantastic Freebies  http://www.pcworld.com/article/143642/101_fantastic_freebies.html  March 2008  lists a lot of downloads, some of which are listed here, like AbiWord


==Portals to free statistical software==


Best free software   http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2260070,00.asp  from Feb 2008.  Briefly mentions many software, like Lotus Symphony and others.
[http://statpages.org/javasta2.html John C. Pezzullo's list of free statistical software] 
 
[http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods/soft.html Statistical (and other) Packages Available as Free Software]
[http://en.freestatistics.info/stat.php List of free software]
[http://www.statsci.org/free.html  StatSci list of free software]
 
[http://statistiksoftware.com/free_software.html  List of free statistical software]
 
[http://www.asc.org.uk/Register/index.htm Association for Survey Computing software index] lists some free stat software, although there isn't a separation between free and commercial, so it's kind of  hard to find the free ones.

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General Portals

Unesco free software portal info about and links to free software.

Download.com Find lots of stuff here. You can search for many of the software listed here, and see how popular or well rated they are.

tucows tucows

The Free Software Foundation The directory http://directory.fsf.org/ has lots of software, but probably lots of technical stuff. The GNU project http://www.gnu.org/ also links to the same directory.

Open Source Alternatives lists open source alternatives to commercial software.

Idealware provides candid Consumer-Reports-style reviews and articles about software of interest to nonprofits.

International Open Source Network stuff about open source. See FOSS general, then software. I think the portal to software is here http://www.iosn.net/foss/software/

International Free and Open Source Software Foundation actually, I'm not sure what this is, whether it has software or not. But it seems like an interesting organization.

101 Fantastic Freebies March 2008 lists a lot of downloads, some of which are listed here, like AbiWord

Best free software from Feb 2008. Briefly mentions many software, like Lotus Symphony and others.

Best free software from May 2013.

Portals to free GIS software

OpenSource GIS has gis and related software

Free GIS free software


Portals to free statistical software

John C. Pezzullo's list of free statistical software

Statistical (and other) Packages Available as Free Software

List of free software

StatSci list of free software

List of free statistical software

Association for Survey Computing software index lists some free stat software, although there isn't a separation between free and commercial, so it's kind of hard to find the free ones.

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