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Open Source alternatives to many commercial and paid softwares [Updated 02/03]


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Here are some [glow=green,2,300]open source and free[/glow] alternatives to commercial softwares which are [glow=red,2,300]very expensive[/glow].

These softwares will surely help you to get te job done without spending any money.

Heres the list:

1. Microsoft Office 2007/2010

1) OpenOffice 3.0  Get it here

2) LibreOffice Get it here

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2.CorelDraw Graphics Suite X5

1) Inkscape Get it here

2) OpenOffice Draw Get it here

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3.Adobe Photoshop and Image Viewers

1) GIMP (GNU Image Manipulator Program) Get it here

2) Paint.NET Get it here

3) ImageMagick Get it here

4) IrfanView Get it here

5) Picasa Get it here

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4.Adobe PDF (Readers and writers)

1) CutePDF writer First install this and then this More information

2) Foxit PDF Reader Get it here

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5.Microsoft Outlook

1) Mozilla Thundrbird Get it here

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6.Video and audio Converting

1) Freemake Video Converter Get it here

2) Freemake Audio Converter Get it here

3) FormatFactory Get it here

4) HandBrake Get it here

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7. WinRAR

1) IZArc Get it here

2) 7-ZIp Get it here

3) Universal Extractor Get it here

4) jZip Get it here

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8. E-books

1) Calibre Get it here

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9. 3D Content Creation

1) Blender Get it here

2) K-3D Get it here

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10. Windows Media Player

1) VLC Media Player Get it here

2) GOM Media Player Get it here

3) Winamp Media Player Get it here

4) DivX Plus Player Get it here

5) KMPlayer Get it here

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11. Nero

1) CDBurnerXP (Works for Win7 and Vista too) Get it here

2) ImgBurn Get it here

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I'll update the list with more softwares and alternatives as soon as I find them.

Feel free to request an alternative to any paid software you want.

You can also suggest alternatives to softwares you know.

[glow=red,2,300]Give +1 and comment if you find this post helpful[/glow]

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nice collection bro, btw KMP player is also a good media player alternative, i find it better than GOM even

Thanks and +1 for the suggestion! added to the first post..

+1 addeed bro nice work... :-bd

Thanks!

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