The following list includes free math software and tools together with the corresponding descriptions and download sites.

Operating systems:

Scientific Linux: A linux distribution put together by Fermilab and CERN. Freely available from

http://www.scientificlinux.org/

Ubuntu Linux: A Linux distribution, easy to install and freely available from

http://www.ubuntu.com/

Debian: Perhaps the best Linux distribution.

http://www.debian.org/

DesktopBSD:

A freeBSD distribution easy to use which can be tested through a live DVD. Freely available from

http://www.desktopbsd.net/

BSD: Several Unix distributions.

http://www.junauza.com/2009/04/5-best-bsd-distributions.html

Applications for symbolic calculus.

wxMaxima:

Calculus with a graphic interface. Freely available from

http://sourceforge.net/projects/wxmaxima/

Axiom: Similar to the preceding one.

http://axiom-developer.org/

Euler: id.

http://euler.sourceforge.net/

Scilab: id.

http://www.scilab.org/

octave: id.

http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/

Gap: Computational discrete algebra,

http://www.gap-system.org/

R: Statistics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(programming_language)

PSPP: Statistics

http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/

haskell: Pure and lazy functional programming language with an interpreter.

http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/

Astronomy:

Stellarium: Free astronomy appl.

http://www.stellarium.org/

Star charts: Free star charts PDF files.

http://www.midnightkite.com/starcharts.html

Math graphics:

Gnuplot: To build any graphic in 2D or 3D. Freely available from

http://www.gnuplot.info/

DISLIN: A graphical library, easy to use.

http://www.dislin.de/

Word processors:

TexMacs: WYSIWYG editor with a graphical interface, by means of which one can type scientific texts, and export them in PDF, PS, HTML, LaTeX formats. Freely available from

http://www.texmacs.org/

Lyx: Similar to the preceding one.

http://www.lyx.org/

Miktex: A complete LaTeX distribution for Windows. Freely available from

http://miktex.org/

TexMaker: A LaTeX editor: Freely available from

http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/

TeXniccenter: Another powerful LaTeX editor for Windows OS.

http://www.texniccenter.org/

Kile: Another LaTeX editor.

http://kile.sourceforge.net/

TexShop: A LaTeX distribution and editor for Mac OS X. Freely available from

http://pages.uoregon.edu/koch/texshop/

Texlive: A LaTeX distribution for Linux and Unix OS'.

http://www.tug.org/texlive/

Open Office: A package similar to Microsoft Office:

http://www.openoffice.org/

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