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Interesting open source alternatives for handling online meetings, videos, screenshots, and files:

You get what you pay for: these free versions are far more limited than their full-featured commercial cousins.

However, depending on which particular features you need, sometimes they suffice.

They also provide an easy, no-cost, first step into these categories.

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  1. Vittorio, November 6, 2007:

    I would add to this comprehensive list:

    1. Create Pdfs for free: Pdf Creator, Pdf995
    2. Hold online meetings: Yugma.com. In the paid version you can also record your meeting. But if you have either Camtasia or Camstudio, you don’t need that.

    Hope this helps.

  2. Geet Macorti, November 18, 2007:

    I stumbled upon another cool project at http://showmypc.com, made from standard Open Technologies
    Some of these projects do have a very real value.

    As the author in this blog mentioned about the features, most of these projects are more than enough for most Online collaboration needs.

  3. Geet Macorti, November 18, 2007:

    I stumbled upon another cool project at http://showmypc.com made from standard Open Technologies
    Some of these projects do have a very real value.

    As the author in this blog mentioned about the features, most of these projects are more than enough for most Online collaboration needs.

  4. Steve, March 12, 2008:

    Thanks for the note about Dimdim. We’re super excited to be a free, easier Webex alternative and we’re about to launch our open beta program so come check us out.

    We want to help the world meet freely.

  5. david gonzalez, June 30, 2008:

    thanks very much Alan… you rock!

  6. John Valadez, August 28, 2008:

    THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

    We use WebEx at home and then saw that it is NOT free at home…

    added ‘free’ to WebEx google and voila! Here we are.

    I’ve been using 3 of the 6 mentioned and now I will be using all 6.

    Thank you again! It is very much appreciated.

  7. Sada, November 22, 2008:

    Great information thanks

  8. Pere Creus, May 19, 2009:

    Thanks for the tips,

    I’ve tested DimDim and looks great. I created a real free account and it’s working for me.

    Thanks again.

  9. Lynn Taylor, December 10, 2009:

    Your missing VNC or RealVNC. Great product for use on closed lan. Developed by IBM and then given out for free. Have used this for years and prefer it to Microsoft Remote connection.

  10. john, January 7, 2010:

    You may want to take a look at a dramatically different approach from RHUB (http://www.rhubcom.com) — Web Conferencing Appliance. It is “WebEx in a Box”.

  11. marko, February 25, 2010:

    Thanks for the information. Very useful list.

  12. Jim, March 16, 2010:

    Hey,

    I checked two products like dimdim and cutepdf but none is free. What are you talking about free and open source?

  13. George Michie, March 16, 2010:

    Sorry Jim, this post was written in 2007. Apparently some of those products are gone.

  14. Jim (& George)-

    We still offer a free version of Dimdim. Just click Sign Up Now at the top of the Dimdim site.

    Thanks!

    -k
    Kevin Micalizzi, Community Manager
    Dimdim Web Conferencing
    e: kevin@dimdim.com
    twitter: @dimdim
    facebook: dimdim.com/facebook

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