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9 Free Open Source Alternatives: Part 2
By John F | March 24, 2008
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Here is part 2 of 9 Free Open Source Alternatives. The remaining five programs are listed below.
5 - PDF Creator - Alternative to: Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat was the defacto standard in PDF creation. Then, boom, along came quite a few open source PDF creation tools, and no longer have you to pay to create PDF documents. You can create them for free. Excellent product.
6 - Thunderbird - Alternative to: Outlook/Outlook Express
Can those people at Mozilla do no wrong? Thunderbird is their email client program, and it’s a belter. All the functionality of Outlook and with a few extra handy options too, including an email phishing filter.
7 - Filezilla - Alternative to: CuteFTP
Filezilla is an open source program that allows you to upload files via FTP to a host. If that sentence doesn’t mean much to you, don’t worry. If you do have a presence on the Internet and you frequently upload files then Filezilla is an excellent piece of kit that does what it says on the tin.
8 - 7-Zip - Alternative to: WinZip
WinZip was and maybe for a little while longer, be a good file compression tool. I’ve only recently downloaded and used 7-Zip, and as much as WinZip has been a good servant, 7-Zip produces better results and quicker.
9- Miro - Alternative to: Windows Media Player
This is a good one! Miro can play virtually any type of file and gives you access to loads of free HD content. Miro also allows you to subscribe to any RSS feed, podcast or video feed. You can save videos from YouTube and Google Video and you can even use Miro to download torrent files. Ace!
I hope the Open Source Programs Alternative Programs combined lists are useful to you. If you have any feedback or can suggest some more useful open source programs, please leave a comment.
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