Open Source Software Alternatives?

blacknight · 07-12-2008, 15:06

Which open source software do you use as alternatives for commercial solutions?

Say with office applications you could use Open Office ...

What other software do you use?

forbairt · 07-12-2008, 15:42

Instead of Illustrator you could use InkScape

Google have sketchup as well .. which is a nice enough alternative to 3d studio max (OK obviously miles apart but still)

There there is Blender instead of 3D Studio Max / Maya ...

I'm using xPad / MAMP / KeePassX

(Actually not sure how many of these are open source and how many are freeware)

Using Komodo (which has a commercial branch as well)

Using Filezilla instead of Transit ... maybe if I ever used Transit I'd pay the 30 quid or whatever it is.

Main thing for me is keeping costs down I've got 3 machines ... 1 Mac and 2 PCs ... if I want software for all 3 ... its going to add up to 1000's ...

At the moment the only commercial software I can't live without is PhotoShop CS3. Gimp is useless for me probably cus I'm too used to PhotoShop

Joe5 · 10-12-2008, 20:07

I use Audacity for sound editing, it runs on Linux and Mac OS X as well as, Windows by the way. I have been really amazed at how well Audacity works considering that it is free. I use Filezilla instead of Cuteftp for ftping.

Robster · 10-08-2009, 14:33

Office - Open Office
FTP - Filezilla
Browser - Firefox
Email - Thunderbird
Image Editing - GIMP
Messaging - Pidgin
Video & DVD playback - VLC
Archiving - 7 Zip
VMWare - VirtualBox

cyberfrogz · 08-09-2009, 07:21

for 3D maker i think you can use BLENDER software.

mr.brightside · 27-12-2009, 17:41

For editing images for sites contents and for blog posts or just a hobby of creating an image edited masterpiece, instead of adobe photoshop you can always go for a free software and Gimp is my recommendation. Its free, just download it, install it and you're good to go.

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Joe5 Newbie Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 15 iTrader: 0 / 0%	I use Audacity for sound editing, it runs on Linux and Mac OS X as well as, Windows by the way. I have been really amazed at how well Audacity works considering that it is free. I use Filezilla instead of Cuteftp for ftping.

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Robster Newbie Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bristol Posts: 13 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Office - Open Office FTP - Filezilla Browser - Firefox Email - Thunderbird Image Editing - GIMP Messaging - Pidgin Video & DVD playback - VLC Archiving - 7 Zip VMWare - VirtualBox

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cyberfrogz Newbie Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Every Where i like Posts: 18 iTrader: 0 / 0%	for 3D maker i think you can use BLENDER software.