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Saturday, March 20, 2010

I was Searching on http://www.osalt.com/ the site to... 

"Find open source software alternatives to well-known commercial software"

I was searching for, "file organize" looking for an App to reorganize all my files and folders and I hit a Gold Mine of Apps!:) They turn out to be for allot more purposes than just file organization and actually I didn't find just what I was looking for. But what I did find was very interesting!:) Check em out...

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LimeWire 5.3
LimeWire stepped in to replace Napster after it was shut down and has become the most popular client for the Gnutella network. Its clean interface works on any operating system as long as you have... Alternatives: FrostWire
FrostWire 4.18
FrostWire is an alternative peer-to-peer file sharing service on the Gnutella network that is modeled after LimeWire and in fact, derived its code from LimeWire Pro. You'll find it a bit different...
WS_FTP Professional 2007
WS_FTP Professional is a complete package for all of your file transfer needs. Apart from the normal ftp it supports secure ftp (sftp) based of the best security/encryption protocols. WS_FTP can also... Alternatives: FileZilla Cyberduck WinSCP
Cyberduck 3.1
For Mac OS X Cyberduck is simply one of the best ftp clients around. Supporting both standard ftp and secure ftp (sftp) - Cyberduck is a versatile and easy to use ftp client. Additionally Cyberduck...
GParted 0.3.3
GParted is an open source partition manager also known as the Gnome Partition Editor application. It is actualy a LiveCD/LiveUSB that allows you to boot directly into GParted when you need it -...
ThinkingRock 2.2
Thinking Rock is a GTD (getting things done) application you can use both at home or at work. It is a very simple, bare bones way to organize and implement tasks with more options and choices than...
MindTouch Core 9
MindTouch is the Web's most popular commercially supported wiki platform for creating content and mashups using a wiki interface. The free, open source application is an easy to use program...
Inkscape 0.46
Inkscape is an open source 2d vector graphics editor. Supports all of the standard drawing features your will find in similar commercial product. Curves (bezier), lines, freehand drawing including...
7-Zip 4.57
7-Zip is a file archiver with high compression ratio. It supports the following formats for packing/unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR - and the following for unpacking only: RAR, CAB, ARJ, LZH,...
mIRC 6.21
mIRC is by far the most well-known IRC (internet relay chat) client on the market - and it has been for more than a decade. mIRC allows you to chat with people all over the world through different... Alternatives: XChat HydraIRC
FreeOTFE 4.71
FreeOTFE (on the fly encryption) is an open source tool for safe-keeping of your files through encryption. FreeOTFE allows you to create virtual encrypted disk drives - either as files on your...
Inno Setup 5.1.6
Inno Setup is a feature-rich open source installer for Windows applications. With it's integrated Pascal scripting engine you have full control of both installation as well as uninstallation. Inno...
Drupal 6.2
Drupal is an open source software package for individuals or communities of users that need to publish, organize and manage a website's content also know as a content management system (CMS). ...
Emesene 1.0.1
Emesene is a MSN Messenger clone, which primary goal is to support all features of the Windows Live Messenger Network (WLM). However, it does have a few extra features - besides trying to be...
Greenshot 0.7
Greenshot is a screenshot tool, supports several image formats as well as saving part or all of a screen into a file within one second's time. This program takes only a small amount of memory, a...
LMMS 0.4.5
Linux Multimedia Studio (LMMS) is a free DAW (digital audio workstation) created for Linux & Windows. Although it has a rather steep learning curve, there are many tutorials and it includes several...
Qt Creator 1.2.1
When you want to build applications with state of the art GUI interfaces you may want to look at Nokia's Qt Creator. It is focused on the idea of providing Qt users the features they need to get up...
Things 1.2
There are a lot of GTD (getting things done) applications flooding the market today, trying to make our lives easier and more organized. One of the latest is called "Things" and is both available... Alternatives: ThinkingRock
Symantec Norton Ghost 14.0
Norton Ghost is almost the ultimate solution when it comes to backing up your data. It backs up everything on your harddisks including operating system. Even if you have a complete harddisk failure -... Alternatives: Ghost for Unix (G4U) Partition Image Clonezilla
Adobe Illustrator CS3
Adobe Illustrator takes sophisticated drawing to a whole new level with its latest array of drawing tools, type and color controls and timesaving features. Whether you are drawing for industrial... Alternatives: Inkscape Skencil Xara LX
Kino 1.3
Kino is open source non-linear video editing at it's best. Easily imports DV video through IEEE-1394 (firewire) and allow detailed editing and transition effect for both video and audio. The move...
Apple iTunes 8
iTunes has gone through a massive development over the past few years. It started as a simple music player and organizer required to transfer music to and from your iPod - today iTunes is a portal to... Alternatives: Amarok Banshee Songbird musikCube
K3b 1.0.1
K3b is an open source application for creating/burning CDs and DVDs. Features include CD and DVD ripping with DivX/XviD encoding, DVD copy, ISO burning, Video CD (VCD) creation, Audio CD creation for...
Clonezilla
Clonezilla is an open source solution to computer backup, restoration and "ghosting". It is based on partition imaging and allows you to backup and recover your system should it be taken out by a...
Pidgin 2.6
Pidgin is an instant messenger (IM) application that cover multiple protocols - including (but not limited to) AIM, ICQ, MSN, IRC, Jabber, Novell GroupWise Messenger and Lotus Sametime. These...
aMSN 0.96
aMSN is an open source clone of MSN Messenger. It aims to implement as many features as possible from the original, and to provide even more features on top of that. Alot of the extra features are...
Fraps 2.8
Fraps is a great product in the unique market of real-time video capturing of DirectX an OpenGL based applications - mainly computer games. Fraps allows you to benchmark your games in always let you... Alternatives: Taksi
jGnash 1.10.6
jGnash is an open source personal finance manager. It will help you monitor and keep track of your accounts including investments. jGnash can import from Quicken (qif) and GnuCash - and generate...
Adium 1.2.4
Adium is open source instant messaging for Mac OS X. All of the most widely use protocols are supported such as AIM, ICQ, .MAC, MSN, Jabber and more - even Novell Groupwise and Lotus Sametime are...
Microsoft Windows Media Player 11
Available as freeware from Microsoft - Windows Media Player is the default choice when it comes to playing either music or video on the Microsoft Windows platforms. Windows Media Player also allows... Alternatives: VLC media player Helix Player MPlayer Amarok Miro Songbird musikCube
Sumatra PDF 0.9
Sumatra PDF is a fairly young project aiming to create a small, simple and fast PDF viewer. It main features are showing PDFs and starting up really fast - and it does both just perfectly. Apart form...
FreeMind 0.8.0
FreeMind is a great open source for all steps of project management. From simple note taking at project meetings - over brainstorming for new projects and keeping track of projects and time...
XML Copy Editor 1.2
XML Copy Editor is a versatile XML editor primarily focused on text editing with XML files. However, XML Copy Editor provides many other features including validation of DTD and XML schemas - as well...
MPlayer 1.0
MPlayer is an open source movie player originally made for Linux. Today, however, a number of platforms are supported - and it is most likely the movie player that supports the most formats....
WinZip 12
WinZip is what most computer users think of when they want to compress files to send or to save on their own computers. As well as saving space, WinZip is easy to use and is so common that nearly... Alternatives: 7-Zip
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0
Among the top 3 anti-virus products on the market you will surely find Kaspersky Anti-Virus. Well known for its outstanding detection rates Kaspersky is a sure pick when it comes to multilevel... Alternatives: ClamWin Clam AntiVirus Winpooch
Komodo Edit 5
Komodo Edit is an open source editor by ActiveState that is different from your run-of-the-mill editor in that it has many features that are usually absent in editors, but you might find in IDEs...
Alfresco 2.1
Alfresco (Italian for "outdoors") is an open source, less expensive alternative to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. The plentiful ECM (enterprise content management) features of Alfresco rival the...
Xpdf 3.02
Xpdf is an open source PDF or Acrobat file viewer. Designed and works under virtually any unix operating system. Only its command-line tool are available in Windows. Xpdf support the latest PDF...
SciTE 1.73
SciTE is a developers editor. Originally made as an example for the Scintilla project - an open source source code editing component, SciTE today is a fully featured text editor for developers using...
xvidcap 1.1.4
xvidcap is a screencast application for Linux. It allows you to capture either parts of the full screen of your Linux desktop. This makes it an ideal tool for making either demonstrations of software...
WikidPad 1.8
If you've ever been frustrated in finding the ideal application for organizing all your ideas, lists, contacts or notes, you'll be glad you tried WikidPad. The concept of "wiki" comes from the...
jEdit 4.2
jEdit is powerful open source editor that has taken the best features from all other editors and combined them into one. And as an open source java application is runs on virtually any platform....
Seashore 0.1.9
Seashore, an open source image editing program for the MacOS's Cocoa framework, stands somewhere between the old MacPaint and Photoshop. Its advantage lies in serving the basic image editing needs...
Editra 0.4
Editra is an open source text editor that supports a variety of features, including syntax highlighting, for over sixty programming languages. Since it is built using wxWidgets, it can run on...
WinMerge 2.6
WinMerge is an excellent tool for developers that simplifies merging. Start by selecting two directories and WinMerge will quickly show you which files are alike - and which there are different and...
Bacula 2.2.7
Bacula is an open source networked backup system for Linux/Unix, Mac and Windows clients. Contrary to some other backup solutions Bacula uses a specific client application written for each operating...
Microsoft OneNote 2007
At last, someone has put an end to endless sticky notes and lost slips of paper! Microsoft's Office OneNote allows you to gather all your information in text, pictures, audio and video recordings... Alternatives: WikidPad Zim
InterVideo WinDVD 7
WinDVD is a fully featured DVD player - with superb video and audio quality. It also plays Real media, QuickTime, H.264 - and high definition formats such as WMV-HD. DivX support includes subtitles... Alternatives: VLC media player MPlayer
Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2010
Probably the oldest, most well-know and widely used antivirus application. Protects while surfing the net, chatting, emailing and file swapping. Alternatives: ClamWin Clam AntiVirus Winpooch
VanDyke SecureCRT 5.1
For all your needs concerning secure communication either secure shell (SSH) or secure file transfer (SFTP) SecureCRT is the answer. Other advanced features include scripting, and tabbed display. Alternatives: PuTTY Poderosa
QuickBooks 2009
QuickBooks by Intuit (who also make Quicken) is an accounting software package for small and medium-sized businesses. One of its strongest assets is its ease of use, allowing responsible record... Alternatives: PostBooks
CuteFTP 8
For many years CuteFTP has been a household name when is comes to effecient and simple file transfer (ftp) primeraly used by people how want to publish/upload their websites. CuteFTP's forces are... Alternatives: FileZilla Cyberduck WinSCP
Pentaho Open BI Suite 1.0
Pentaho is an open source business intelligence (BI) platform that takes ETL (extract, transform, and load), reporting, data analysis, dashboards, and data mining and pulls them together on top of...
Sakai 2.5
Sakai is an open source learning system, an online collaboration to support teaching, learning and research collaboration. Many of the developers come from the organizations that are using Sakai; an...
XChat 2.8
XChat is an IRC (internet relay chat) client. IRC is a world wide chat systems that has existed since the 80s. Based on multiple networks of servers where each network lists it's own topics (aka...
HydraIRC 0.3
Hydra IRC, an open source chat client, is quickly gaining a stellar reputation. Internet Relay Chat (IRC) used to be only for the computer literate but Hydra makes it easy for anyone to enjoy it. ...
Snagit 9.1
TechSmith Corporation's Snagit has already won awards for its ease of use in capturing images from a computer. Not only can you capture images from webpages, video games or movie clips, you can edit... Alternatives: Greenshot
Typo3 4.2
Typo3, a content management system (CMS), is feature rich and yet is one of the easiest systems to learn. With new functions being created by more than 300 registered developers on a frequent basis,...
Zim 0.28
Zim-Wiki is a very useful open source application that allows you to organize your notes and thoughts. Simple to use and easy to learn, it supports inline images so that you can insert images from...
XMind 3
Mind mapping is the new approach to preparing big projects or organizing functions among a group or just helping you get things done in a timely manner. XMind is an open source program that helps...
Microsoft NetMeeting 3.01
NetMeeting is Microsoft's desktop videoconferencing tool that allows people to have face to face meetings via computer. If you have Windows 2000 or XP, you can take advantage of this marvelous... Alternatives: Ekiga
KeePass 2
KeePass is an open source password manager. Once you begin using this KeePass you'll need only one master password to unlock its database and you don't even have to remember that one. If you...
Ableton Live 8
Ableton Live is loop-based music sequencer designed to be as much an instrument as a composing and arranging tool. DJs often use it for precision mixing. Ableton Live has been designed for use... Alternatives: LMMS
Ventrilo 3.0
Ventrilo is a scalable VoIP designed to solve problems with packet loss, uptime, network latency and administration. Although Ventrilo is popular with gamers, it is good for home and personal use... Alternatives: Mumble

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