Tips

Some recommendable, public projects.

openstreetmap-logo«OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world. Two major driving forces behind the establishment and growth of OSM have been restrictions on use or availability of map information across much of the world and the advent of inexpensive portable satellite navigation devices.» (Source: wikipedia.org) More…

yacy-logo«YaCy is a free distributed search engine, built on principles of peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. Its core is a computer program written in Java. Each YaCy-peer independently crawls through the Internet, analyzes and indexes found web pages, and stores indexing results in a common database which is shared with other peers.» (Source: wikipedia.org) More…

tor-logo«Tor is free software for enabling online anonymity and censorship resistance. Tor directs Internet traffic through a free, worldwide, volunteer network consisting of more than five thousand relays to conceal a user’s location or usage from anyone conducting network surveillance or traffic analysis.» (Source: wikipedia.org) More…

freifunk-logo«Freifunk is a non-commercial open Grassroots initiative to support free radio networks in the German region, and it’s part of the international movement for open wireless radio networks. The main goals of freifunk are to build a network that is decentralized, owned by those who run it and to support local communication.» (Source: wikipedia.org) More…

boinc-logo«BOINC is an open source middleware system for volunteer and grid computing. It was originally developed to support the SETI@home project before it became useful as a platform for other distributed applications in areas as diverse as mathematics, medicine, molecular biology, climatology, and astrophysics.» (Source: wikipedia.org) More…