All my software offered on this site is free software, as defined
in the
GNU General Public License (GPL)
published by the
Free Software Foundation (FSF)
Among other things, this license says that you can freely distribute the
software, in other words: feel free to download! (But don't forget to read
the license)
The programs are mostly written in the C/C++ language, and are distributed in
source code only. This means you need a C/C++ compiler (and some very
basic knowledge how to use it) to make them run on your
computer. They have been tested on the
GNU/Linux OS,
but you may be successfull in compiling and running them on
other platforms as well, especially other Unices.
More free software can be found at the Freshmeat appindex. In fact, you'll find free software for almost every task. Another good place to find free software is SourceForge. You need even more? Then take a look at twenex.org.