I know a lot of people who wanted to try Linux operating systems but they are afraid that most of their software applications is not compatible with Linux. There are also some who doesn’t want to explore other operating systems beside Windows platform OS because they are already used to the Windows environment. So if you are one of them who can’t leave their windows operating systems but wanted to use open source programs and say goodbye to the paid softwares you are using and try other alternative softwares which are available for free, check out my list of open source softwares for Windows.

Web Browsing

Mozilla Firefox - The premier free, open source browser with tabbed browsing, pop up blocker, themes and extensions.

Email Client

Mozilla Thunderbird - Free and opens source Email client with all the features you need including spam filtering.

Office Suites

OpenOffice - Big, full featured suite of tools for word processing and spreadsheets. Compatible with and a free replacement for Microsoft Word documents. Also supports OpenDocument Format.

AbiWord - A word processor. Leaner and quicker than OpenOffice. Compatible with Microsoft Word documents and OpenDocument Format.

Graphics/Photo Editing

GimpShop - Phoo Editing application that rivals Photoshop in features.

Paint.net - Graphic Editor.

Inkscape - Vector graphics application that can be an alternative to Adobe Illustrator.

FTP

Filezilla - For me, this is the bes FTP client.

3D Graphics and Modelling

Blender - A powerful 3D modeling software.

Antivirus

ClamWin - Open Source Anti-Virus. Very good at detecting viruses. Can be plugged into hMailServer for e-mail protection LIMITATION: Real Time scanning not implemented yet.

MP3 Player

MusikCube - Open Source MP3 Player, ripper and organizer written using the .NET Framework.

Podcasting

Juice - Solid podcasting client.

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If you happen to know more open source softwares that can be use in a windows platform computer just hit me up and I’ll add it on my list. For those people who are saying that I just copied the content from other people’s blog, then you are wrong. I may have took the description of the softwares from http://www.opensourcewindows.org/ and I only Included here the programs that I use in my system. I will not refer it to other people if I have not used it yet.

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