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CrossWire.org is an organization with the purpose to sponsor and provide a place for engineers and others to come and collaborate on free, open-source projects aimed at furthering the Kingdom of our God.

I ran across this organization while looking for a desktop and a web-based bible study program.  All of the programs on CrossWire.org are based upon The Sword Project bible study program and they all use the same module library.  The module library contains plugins that allows you to expand your functionality in the bible study program you choose.  For example, the modules are different translations of the bible and/or commentaries to help you study.

The bible study program that I choose was Xiphos, because it is included in Ubuntu CE and it has a really polished UI.  Adding different modules in Xiphos is really simple also.

I did find a web-based program on CrossWire, but I haven’t tried it out yet.  I’m still looking as I’d like to find something a little more updated and with active involvement.  If I could code my way out of a box I’d like to start my own web-based project.

So if your looking for an expandable bible study program look at CrossWire.org.  Some if not all programs also run on Windows.

More to come on this subject.

My favorite Open Source media streamer recently released version 3.8.  The developer Sindre Mehus made several bug fixes and added numerous features with most of them to support the Android app.   The changelog can be found on Subsonic’s website HERE.

If you haven’t tried Subsonic and like web-based software, then give this program a try.  The best part of this program is the ability to open up a port and listen to your collection on the road or share with roommates anytime.  It’s easy to install and can be used with HTTPS/SSL encryption.  A fully functional demo is also available on the website for you to check out.