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Fizzy Wilber

2007-02-25, 7:09 pm

obaqueiro@gmail.com wrote:
> I am in the process of replacing all the software in my Windows machine
> with alternative Free-Open software, so far, I have replaced MS Office
> with OOo, Photoshop with The Gimp, Borland JBuilder with Eclipse, and
> so forth some other small applications, but I am looking for
> replacements for this software:
>
> - Alcohol 120% (or Nero) [To burn CD's, I dont needto burn DVDs]
> - Media Player (and/or, windvd, etc) [To play all kind Including DVD's,
> is VLC MP an option?)
> - SmartDraw [ To make software design diagrams, uml, and other things]
> - WinEdt [To edit/compile easly Latex documents. Lyx is not an
> option!!]
> - SoundForge [Edit audio files]
> - Partition Magic [I guess, there's no Open Source replacement for this
> one...]
> - Antivirus [Has anyone thought in a Free Open Source AV program? it
> could be interesting =O)]
>
> So, I think they are all, the only constraint I have is that they must
> be Opensource and Free (as in freedom & Beer).
>
> Oh yeah! and of course they MUST be for Microsoft Windows, and no, I
> wont change the OS for Linux.
>
> Any recommendations?
>
> Cheers.
> Omar
>


Democracy - video player (and a lot more) Open Source and free
http://www.getdemocracy.com/

anti-virus
http://www.clamwin.com/
others are freeware, not Open Source
http://www.econsultant.com/i-want-o...are/index.html, AVG,
Avast!, Comodo etc.

CD Burning
http://www.cdburnerxp.se/index.php (not sure if this is open source,
might be freeware)

Also check out the list at:
http://www.econsultant.com/i-want-o...ware/index.html

Fizzy Wilber
Fizzy Wilber

2007-02-25, 7:09 pm

Fizzy Wilber wrote:
> obaqueiro@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Democracy - video player (and a lot more) Open Source and free
> http://www.getdemocracy.com/
>
> anti-virus
> http://www.clamwin.com/
> others are freeware, not Open Source
> http://www.econsultant.com/i-want-o...are/index.html, AVG,
> Avast!, Comodo etc.
>
> CD Burning
> http://www.cdburnerxp.se/index.php (not sure if this is open source,
> might be freeware)
>
> Also check out the list at:
> http://www.econsultant.com/i-want-o...ware/index.html
>
> Fizzy Wilber



Sound editing:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Fizzy Wilber
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