Don’t Waste Your Money Away, Try Out These Open Source Software On Your Vista and XP Instead!
There are open source software that you can totally replace the expensive software in stores. As a brand new computer purchaser, you may listen to the wrong advice and throw away even more money to buy the expensive software. Don’t do that! I’ll list some open source software here that may help you be more productive with your brand new computer, and you don’t even have to thank me for saving you a load of money.
Open Office has many features and similar functionalities as Microsoft Office. What can you do with Open Office? You can create spreadsheets, create word documents, create a simple database using Open Office’s Base, and create presentation materials such as slideshow and more.
Gimp is as powerful as Adobe Photoshop. You can create all type of logos, manipulate images, and much more.
Linux is a very powerful operating system that can replace Microsoft’s Windows. There are way too many Linux versions to be listed here, but I name a few that you can test it out. Fedora Core, Ubuntu, openSUSE, Debian, PCLinuxOS, Mandriva, Dreamlinux, and PC-BSD. To get more Linux flavors or find out the official websites for different Linux distributions, you can go to Distrowatch.com.
Firefox is a browser that can replace Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser. Firefox has hundred of plugins and themes that you can use for eye candy purpose and security.
Thunderbird can be as a replacement for Microsoft Outlook. Read more about Thunderbird…
VLC media player plays huge number of media format such as MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac, and so on.
Clamwin is an open source anti-virus software that is very effective in revealing new and older computer viruses.
This list may grow as I’ll be testing and adding more open source software that work on Windows. If you know any, please feel free to suggest through comments.
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