Collection of Free Cross-Platform Apps (Linux, Mac, Windows)
More and more, I’m seeing fellow Twitterers discussing the fact that they use more than one operating system. I do too, and while it’s not too difficult to switch from one to the other, it is a BONUS when I get to use the same application across platforms. With that in mind, here’s a list of apps I know about that are designed to work across the three major platforms – Linux, Mac, and Windows. No doubt this list is missing many hundreds of apps, but it’s not meant to be comprehensive – just useful. 
Browser
>> Firefox
>> Thunderbird
Multi-Protocol IM
>> Pidgin
Office Suite
>> OpenOffice
FTP Client
>> Filezilla
Sound Editor
>> Audacity
Music Player
>> Songbird
Media Player
>> VLC
Media Center
>> XBMC
Image Editor
>> Gimp
Vector Graphics Editor
>> Inkscape
Web Server / Scripting (Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl)
>> XAMPP
Text Editor
>> Apex Text
Podcast Receiver
>> Juice
GTD Personal Organizer
Feed Reader
>> RSS Gorilla
VOIP
>> Skype
Password Manager
>> KeePassX
If you’re wondering how to create software that is cross-platform, then the following may help.
Cross-platform Programming Tools
>> Nice list of cross-platform tools. I believe most are free, but there may be one or two that aren’t.
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i like to get some detailed notes on the topics,tools used in developments