Free And Open Source Software You Should Be Using
Over the last few weeks I have decided to remove all illegitimate software from my computer. That has meant searching to find free or open source counterparts for the software I know and love. This is a brief list of tools and programs I have found through that search. I have been nothing short of astounded at the quality and quantity of software available if you just know where to look.
FTP
FileZilla
FileZilla is a fast FTP and SFTP client for Windows with a lot of features.
Cross Platform Instant Message
Gaim
Gaim is a GTK+ instant messaging application. It supports multiple protocols, including AIM, ICQ, Yahoo!, MSN, Jabber, IRC, and many more. It has many common features found in other clients, as well as many unique features.
ZIP and RAR File Archiver
7-Zip
7-Zip is a file archiver with the high compression ratio. The program supports 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, LZH, CHM, GZIP, BZIP2, Z, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB formats. Compression ratio in the new 7z format is 30-50% better than ratio in ZIP format.
PDF Creation
PDFCreator
PDFCreator easily creates PDFs from any Windows program. Use it like a printer in Word, Excel or any other Windows application.
Password Manager
KeePass Password Safe
KeePass Password Safe is a free, open-source, light-weight and easy-to-use password manager for Windows. You can store your passwords in a highly-encrypted database, which is locked with one master key or key-disk.
CD/DVD Burning
CDBurnerXP Pro
CDBurnerXP Pro is a free CD/DVD burning solution. With this software you can burn CD-R, CD-RW DVD+R/RW DVD-R/RW discs.
Almost all of this software was found on SourceForge.net.
SourceForge.net is the world’s largest Open Source software development web site, hosting more than 100,000 projects and over 1,000,000 registered users with a centralized resource for managing projects, issues, communications, and code. SourceForge.net has the largest repository of Open Source code and applications available on the Internet, and hosts more Open Source development products than any other site or network worldwide. SourceForge.net provides a wide variety of services to projects we host, and to the Open Source community.
SourceForge.net is the world’s largest Open Source software development web site, hosting more than 100,000 projects and over 1,000,000 registered users with a centralized resource for managing projects, issues, communications, and code. SourceForge.net has the largest repository of Open Source code and applications available on the Internet, and hosts more Open Source development products than any other site or network worldwide. SourceForge.net provides a wide variety of services to projects we host, and to the Open Source community.