See, it is possible to ‘ease into’ OSS without leaping into something totally overwhelming. While some of the apps listed below might not be OSS, there a number that are.

For those from Windows, below is a list of useful free and/or open source applications (* denotes pre-installed with OS X 10.4 Tiger)…

- Browsers: Safari*, Firefox, Camino, Shiira

- E-mail: Apple Mail*

- Instant messaging: iChat* (AOL/.mac and Jabber), AdiumX or Fire (both free and open source multi-protocol (MSN, Yahoo!, AOL/iChat/Jabber)). For connectivity to Microsoft’s Live Communication Server use Microsoft Messenger. [Read the rest]