Open Source Foundation and people worked with it have developed some of the most used applications on the web and on Windows platform without expecting any profit. There are many free open source software alternatives for costly Windows software. In this post I have summarized the most important free open source alternatives to standard commercial Windows programs.
1) OpenOffice replaces Microsoft Office
Open Office is a very good Open Source alternative for Microsoft Office. It comes with great features like support for DOC and XLS files. This application support word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It saves all your data and files in International Open Standard Format and also comes with the ability to read and write files from Microsoft Office .
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2) Mozilla Thunderbird replaces Windows Live Mail
Another Open Source application from Mozilla. Thunderbird is a desktop email client with loads of features and strong spam filtering.
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3) GIMP replaces Adobe Photoshop
GIMP Â replace professional graphics application called Adobe Photoshop. GIMP is the best ever open source graphics designing application with loads of features. Also supports advanced features, such as photo retouching, batch processing, or image format conversion.
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4) 7-Zip replaces WinZip or WinRAR
7-ZIP is an Open Source compression utility with support for all popular compression formats. The 7Z format compression has the best compression ratio compared to popular applications like WinZip, WinRAR.
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5) Blender 3D replaces 3DS Max and Maya
Blender is the first and only fully integrated 3D graphics creation suite allowing modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, realtime interactive 3D and game creation and playback with cross-platform compatibility.
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