Free Software Alternatives
Office
MS Office ->
OpenOffice (Win,
Mac, Linux)
Winzip -> 7-zip
(Win)
Photoshop -> The
GIMP (Win, Mac,
Linux)
Illustrator, Visio -> Inkscape
(Win, Mac, Linux) or Xara
(Win,
Linux)
XPress, InDesign-> Scribus
(Win, Mac, Linux)
Final Cut, Premiere -> Jashaka (Win, Mac,
Linux)
Internet
Internet Explorer ->
Firefox (Win, Mac, Linux) or Flock
(Win, Mac, Linux)
Outlook -> ThunderBird
(Win, Mac, Linux)
MSN Messenger -> Amsn
(Win, Mac, Linux) or Mercury
(Win, Mac, Linux)
Hotmail -> Google
Mail
(Win, Mac, Linux)
Peer to Peer (P2P) -> FrostWire
(Win, Mac, Linux) or aMule
(Win, Mac, Linux)
Web page creation -> Kompozer
(Win, Mac, Linux)
Multimedia
Windows Media Player (DVDs, videos) -> VLC (Win, Mac,
Linux)
iTunes, Winamp -> Songbird
(Win, Mac, Linux)
Maya, 3D Studio Max -> Blender
(Win, Mac,
Linux)
Security
Antivirus (Norton, McAfee) -> AntiVir, Avast or AVG (Win)
Anti Spywares -> Spybot
(Win)
Don't forget to enable the Windows XP SP2 built-in firewall!!!
Operating system
Windows XP -> Linux
As a bonus,
open source
games for Windows, Mac and Linux
Nexuiz
(Genre
Quake, Unreal -> FPS Multiplayer)
OpenArena
(Genre
Quake, Unreal -> FPS Multiplayer)
Battle for Wesnoth
(Genre
Starcraft, Warcraft I and II -> Single and Multiplayer)
Glest
(Genre
Starcraft, Warcraft I et II)
Why choose those
softwares?
-they are secure
-they are free
-you are contributing to the open source
revolution
Comments, software missing? Tell me!
CMT
30-03-07