I use Windows... how can I move to free software?
by
Matt Lee
Contributions
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Published on
Jun 24, 2010 12:19 PM
You can install free software applications on your Windows machine and use them instead of proprietary software from Microsoft and others.
First steps
- Pidgin — replaces Windows Live Messenger, AIM, Yahoo! and more
- Thunderbird — replaces Outlook Express or Windows Live Mail
- VLC — replaces iTunes, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player
- Inkscape — replaces Adobe Illustrator
- LibreOffice/OpenOffice.org — replaces Microsoft Office
Audacity -- A Free Software Audio editing application -- GPLv2+
ClamWin -- A Free Software Anti-virus utility -- GPLv2
the GIMP -- replaces Photoshop -- GPLv2