 A List Of Great Free Software, Good open source variants of commercial software |
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 Jan 20 2008, 02:01 AM
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Super Member  Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 281 Joined: 5-October 07 From: Random Places Member No.: 51,171   |
<This list is meant for those that cannot afford products like Adobe Photoshop or Microsoft Office. I have used all of this software before and I am very pleased with it and I am currently using it on my laptop.
1.GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program || http://gimp.org GIMP is a good variant of Adobe Photoshop. It is tiny in download size (only 14 MB). Runs under most operating systems including Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. This program even comes pre-installed with Ubuntu Linux. I would highly reccommend using this program for graphics because it is a free and highly extensible. It can even open up the native Photoshop image format. I also am able to use Photoshop brushes with GIMP. 2.OpenOffice.org 2.3 || http://openoffice.org OpenOffice.org is an office suite comparable to Microsoft Office in many ways. It comes with a word processor, a presentaion program, a database manager, a spreadsheet program, and a image program. Sounds like Microsoft Office doesn't it? Well OpenOffice.org is absolutely free and is also highly extensible with available scripting in the program's native language, OpenOffice.org Basic. It can also be scripted in Python and JavaScript and I believe Java as well. The program was programmed in C++ and it is easy to get the source code and do some tweaks. The program can save in its own native formats as well as the Microsoft Office formats. It can even do one thing Microsoft Office will never do. You are able to export all of your documents as a PDF file. 3.Blender || http://blender.org Blender is a powerful 3D modelling program written in Python and is also open source as most of this software is. The program has a fairly simple GUI and can create many objects. It justs takes some creativity and know-how to perform these actions. I have seen some of the work done by Blender and I believe is well worth the download. 4.Notepad++ || http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net Notepad++ is a powerful programmer's notepad with syntax hightlighting in most popular languages including: HTML, CSS, Javascript, Perl, PHP, Ruby, C/C++, C#, and Java. It also can save as plain text files and has many features such as auto-indentation, line numbers, and is also highly extensible due to being open source. This is another highly reccommended piece of software to download. Well there is my list and enjoy your free software! |
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Jan 20 2008, 02:11 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 20-January 08 Member No.: 56,531 |
QUOTE(coolcat50 @ Jan 20 2008, 02:01 AM)  <This list is meant for those that cannot afford products like Adobe Photoshop or Microsoft Office. I have used all of this software before and I am very pleased with it and I am currently using it on my laptop. 1.GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program || http://gimp.org GIMP is a good variant of Adobe Photoshop. It is tiny in download size (only 14 MB). Runs under most operating systems including Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. This program even comes pre-installed with Ubuntu Linux. I would highly reccommend using this program for graphics because it is a free and highly extensible. It can even open up the native Photoshop image format. I also am able to use Photoshop brushes with GIMP. 2.OpenOffice.org 2.3 || http://openoffice.org OpenOffice.org is an office suite comparable to Microsoft Office in many ways. It comes with a word processor, a presentaion program, a database manager, a spreadsheet program, and a image program. Sounds like Microsoft Office doesn't it? Well OpenOffice.org is absolutely free and is also highly extensible with available scripting in the program's native language, OpenOffice.org Basic. It can also be scripted in Python and JavaScript and I believe Java as well. The program was programmed in C++ and it is easy to get the source code and do some tweaks. The program can save in its own native formats as well as the Microsoft Office formats. It can even do one thing Microsoft Office will never do. You are able to export all of your documents as a PDF file. 3.Blender || http://blender.org Blender is a powerful 3D modelling program written in Python and is also open source as most of this software is. The program has a fairly simple GUI and can create many objects. It justs takes some creativity and know-how to perform these actions. I have seen some of the work done by Blender and I believe is well worth the download. 4.Notepad++ || http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net Notepad++ is a powerful programmer's notepad with syntax hightlighting in most popular languages including: HTML, CSS, Javascript, Perl, PHP, Ruby, C/C++, C#, and Java. It also can save as plain text files and has many features such as auto-indentation, line numbers, and is also highly extensible due to being open source. This is another highly reccommended piece of software to download. Well there is my list and enjoy your free software! awesome..Thanks, |
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Jan 20 2008, 03:04 AM
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Super Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 281 Joined: 5-October 07 From: Random Places Member No.: 51,171 |
No problem. You should though try to improve your posting quality to avoid moderation and it will help your chances of being approved of hosting. Glad to help though.
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Jan 20 2008, 11:30 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 19-January 08 Member No.: 56,495 |
There is no one in my list...
As OpenOffice,I use WPS Office, It's a chinese cheap and power software. |
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Jan 21 2008, 09:39 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 219 Joined: 3-February 07 From: Algeria Member No.: 38,241 |
Thanks, I've tried them using Ubuntu.
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Jan 24 2008, 12:59 AM
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Super Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 436 Joined: 3-January 07 From: The West Side Member No.: 36,424 |
On the Blender part:
QUOTE The program has a fairly simple GUI and can create many objects. The GUI is in no way simple. While it is true that Blender is a very good modeler, it's not easy for beginners. |
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Jan 24 2008, 04:16 AM
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Member [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 57 Joined: 15-January 08 From: The Fork Draw Member No.: 56,309 |
Good on you for making a post like this! It will beifit some people greatly! Although we already have Photoshop, its nice to know what other options there are
This post has been edited by Evolke: Feb 3 2008, 06:08 AM |
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Jan 24 2008, 10:15 AM
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Newbie [Level 3] Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 20-December 07 From: Melbourne, AUS Member No.: 55,017 |
Great list, thanks!
Isn't it wonderful that you can get wonderful free software like that?
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Jan 24 2008, 11:13 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 105 Joined: 21-January 08 Member No.: 56,615 |
I agree with this. Adobe Photoshop is kinda confusing so I decided just to download The Gimp. I thought before The Gimp was so hard to use but when I discovered the things there, I became already familiarized with it. The Gimp is so easy to use and it's so Simple.
BTW, I saw OpenOffice when I was using Ubuntu. OpenOffice is like Microsoft Office but it is the simpler one. |