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For the uninitiated, Open Source Software is software that is developed for the people, by the people. Not to be confused with freeware or adware, most is developed under the GNU General Public license that keeps it free (as in freedom) to download.
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Though there are some differences between Richard Stallman's original view of Free Software and the Open Source Software Initiative, Open Source is offered as Free Software that is typically protected by the GNU General Public License, a similar public license or derivative license. Similar to Free Software, Open Source is a form of free software that grants a user the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software in addition to specific additional rules (detailed by the Open Source Initiative link below).
Though the differences of view points are mostly philosophic (but no less important) between these two camps, they are unified by the goal of providing an alternative to propriatary software. Within this group, we will discuss and recommend downloadable Open Source Windows based software that AITP members can download that will save money, support the Open Source initiative (through use), and make our members more productive.
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Started by Saul Rosenberg PMP Mar 12
Hold on to your hats game devleopers! Blender is an Open Source alternative to Caligari TrueSpace ($80) and AutoDesk Maya ($1,999). From what I have seen, Blender's functionality fits somewhere inb... Read More »
Started by Saul Rosenberg PMP Mar 12
So there I was, chugging through one of my computers trying to free up some space. I found an ancient artifact. A zip file at 3GB. It made me wonder if there were others just like it. With MS-Explo... Read More »
Tagged: hard, visualization, windirstat, directory, file
Started by Saul Rosenberg PMP Mar 11
Before Vista, most Windows users have never experienced the joy of Gnome where windows can be made transparent (as a window should be). Now that Vista is out there, there is a large crowd of us ... Read More »
Tagged: vitrite, through, see, windows, transparent
Started by Saul Rosenberg PMP Mar 4
ClamWin is an Open Source Anti-Virus alternative to Norton Anti-Virus ($40). ClamWin has high detection rates for viruses and spyware, a scanning scheduler, automatic downloads of regularly updated... Read More »
Started by Saul Rosenberg PMP Mar 1
PeaZip is a file compression utility that can be considered a free alternative to WinZip ($49.95). PeaZip compresses and decompresses .ZIP files, however it also spans compression formats between o... Read More »
Tagged: compression, peazip, file, decompress, zip
Started by Saul Rosenberg PMP Mar 1
Notepad++ can be considered a replacement for Notepad. In essence it is Notepad on steroids. Though Notepad is already free with Windows, Notepad++ ranks with editors like TextPad ($33) and others ... Read More »
Tagged: highlighting, notepad, text, syntax, notepad++
Started by Saul Rosenberg PMP Mar 1
Audacity is an application that is an alternative to Sonic Foundry Sound Forge ($350). It has a variety of effects, sound filters and editing tools that help edit captured laptop mic input as well ... Read More »
Started by Saul Rosenberg PMP Mar 1
Though MS Internet Explorer is freely installed on Windows Platforms. Mozilla Firefox offers a better alternative with enhanced features including a better interface, enhanced security and a wealth... Read More »
Started by Saul Rosenberg PMP Mar 1
Evolution is an incredibly versatile email/calendar/PIM. It is an alternative to MS-Outlook ($86). Originally, Evolution played a major role in allowing the Linux desktop to move into the enterpris... Read More »
Started by Saul Rosenberg PMP Mar 1
qvPDF is a PDF creator for Windows. It is an alternative to Adobe Acrobat ($97). For those who may not know Adobe Reader does not create PDFs, it only reads them. With qvPDF, one can create PDF's w... Read More »
Started by Saul Rosenberg PMP Feb 29
OpenProj is a free, open source desktop alternative to Microsoft Project 2003 ($549). Different from other Open Source project management software, this application is a very close matching alterna... Read More »
Tagged: proj, project, time, phasing, baselining
Started by Saul Rosenberg PMP Feb 29
Unhappy that you now have to pay for another flavor of MS Office Pro? Does this pain in your side hit you every 3-4 years? Now is the time to begin using Open Office. Open Office is a free alternat... Read More »
Started by Saul Rosenberg PMP Feb 29
FreeMind is an Open Source Mind Mapping application built upon Java (requires JRE) that helps one pull all the details that one tends to squirrel around in one's head, map them, organize them, then... Read More »
Tagged: mapping, mind, concept, mindmapper, building
Started by Saul Rosenberg PMP Feb 29
GIMP is an Open Source alternative to Adobe Photoshop. GIMP is a graphics manipulation tool with many of the filters and capabilities of earlier versions of Adobe Photoshop (presently Adobe Photosh... Read More »
Tagged: graphics, adobe, photoshop, windows, alternative
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