Free Software that can Replace Your Expensive Software

December 19, 2008 | Software | 17 Comments

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Michael Aulia - December 20, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Great list (although I know every one of them, some people may not)
Usually there are always a free alternative to every software, but it’s the matter of learning curve that people don’t want to get into (people are so used to using MS Office products, for example)
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Windmill - December 21, 2008 at 2:30 am
Hi Paul,
I wish you Yuletide Joy and A Blessed New Year together with your family.
Happy Holidays!
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Tom - December 21, 2008 at 8:13 pm
I use:
Open Office (unless I have to use Word)
GIMP
Inkscape (vector graphics)
Pidgin (instant messaging)
Basically I never pay for software. If you are ever looking for something, search Sourceforge to see what is there first. I was looking for a PhotoShop plugin for GIMP that would have put me back $50, and there was an open source option for that too.
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- Paul - December 21, 2008 at 10:58 pm
  I haved used Sourceforge before for downloading, but never think about that site when looking for free software. I’ll have to remember to do that.
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Sjeltur - December 22, 2008 at 7:41 am
The only paid software I have are Windows Xp 64bits and Fruityloops (music making program) – rest is all freeware/opensource etc;
Email; Thunderbird
Office; Open Office
Virusscanner; AVG
Firewall; “build in” in router (which a lot of people do not know they have it already)
Mediacenter; TVersity
Pictures/drawing; Paint.net
On my webpage I am also mentioning them all (one per day….)
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Web-Betty - December 22, 2008 at 9:34 am
Check out my Diigo list for online resources: http://www.diigo.com/list/web-betty/instructor-online-resources
There are several free online image editors, some online documents (word processing, spreadsheet, PDF, presentation, etc.) and others.
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Linda - December 22, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Good list and I use most of them. I, too, have not paid for software!
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Laura-Junkfoodaholic - December 22, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Hi Paul! This is a great list of free software. I wanted to add that my daughter uses freeware Picasa (for photo editing) and LOVES it! I gave you some link love on my latest post “6 Helpful Entrecard Dropping Tips“Merry Christmas!
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- Paul - December 22, 2008 at 9:03 pm
  I haven’t used Picasa, but I have heard from many people who have used it and liked it as well.
  Thanks for the link, I appreciate it.
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Jolie du Pre - December 22, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Great tips!
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Telecommuting Lisa - December 23, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Inkscape is great for converting AI images.
Great list and thanks to Tom for the Sourceforge resource as well.
Happy Holidays!
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Martini - December 24, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Merry Christmas Paul!
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