The Best Open Source Software for Windows

Microsoft Windows is an operating system that changed our way of life. But it comes at a price.

 A price that we are paying with money for the operational system itself and for the software that makes our life easier . For many of them we might give a large sum of money , that’s why I’m gonna write in this article about the best open source software for Windows.

This software is just for home use,it can’t be used for making money yourself, like in firms,business. This are most of them software I use and I believe that are very useful.

I’ll start with a software that is used by everyone,Microsoft office. The free and open source software for Microsoft office is open office, that is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing,spreadsheets, presentations,graphics,databases and mush more. It is available in many languages
and works on all common computers ( download link http://www.openoffice.org ).

For web browsing we have Mozilla Firefox that has many features and is stable ( download link http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox ). Opera browser,with its features,speed and security will give you a great experience ( download link http://www.opera.com ). Safari,that is very fast and with many features either ( download link http://www.apple.com/safari ).

For e-mail we have Mozilla Thunderbird that is powerful spam filtering, solid interface, and has all the features you need ( download link http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird ) .

For video player we have Miro, that has beautiful interface,plays any video type and subscribe to video RSS, download, and watch all in one ( download link http://www.getmiro.com ). Another software is Mplayer that is very useful and stable ( download link http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html ). VLC media player that plays more video files than most players: Quicktime, AVI, DIVX, OGG, and more ( download link http://www.videolan.org/vlc ).

For most of you that like to edit photos or to make graphics we have Gimp that is photo editing application that rivals Photoshop in features ( download link http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html ), Paint.NET that is a graphics editor with a very nice interface ( download link http://www.getpaint.net/download.html ).

For 3D Graphics and Modeling we have Blender that is an powerful 3D Modeling software ( download link http://www.blender.org/download/get-blender ).

For FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol,sometimes called Secure File Transfer Protocol) we have Filezilla that is an excellent FTP program ( download link http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=21558 ).

For archiving we have PeaZip that is an fantastic archiving utility to extract and pack archives of an extensive amount of formats ( download link http://peazip.sourceforge.net/index.html ). Another powerfool archiving tool is 7-Zip ( download link http://www.7-zip.org/download.html ).

For managing personal finances in a simple and easy way, we have TurboCASH ( download link
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Business/Finance/TurboCASH_Download.html ).

I hope this article will be useful for you.

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