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Here are some types of open source software that you can easily get the software instead of paying your expensive:

• Linux
You can replace the Microsoft Windows that you use every day with the Linux operating system. The operating system first developed by Linus Trovald has become the best alternative to replace Microsoft Windows. Many variants and Linux distributions are developed with an excellent view. For example Ubuntu, Mandrake, and Fedora are a Linux distribution that is easy to use even by a layman.

• Open Office
One of the most appropriate office applications to replace Microsoft Office is Open Office. This software was developed specifically by a large company that is Sun Microsystems, but is freely available. In an Open Office package is available a lot of applications that can replace Microsoft Office tasks. Even Open Office can open files saved with Microsoft Office formats.

• GIMP
If you love to do design and draw, you can use the GIMP application. You can modify photos and images and save them in various image file formats. And this software can you get for free instead of Adobe Photoshop or Corel Draw a price of course is very expensive.

• Dia
Microsoft Visio would be good software to create charts. But did you know that you can also create a diagram with the software for free and legal? The software is named Dia. With this software, you can create a variety of charts with interesting formats.

• Mozilla Thunderbird
Do you often receive e-mail in Microsoft Outlook? You can use alternative e-mail application called Mozilla Thunderbird to receive, read and send e-mail address. Besides that Mozilla Thunderbird is also equipped with a News Reader to read the latest news.

• Gantt Project
If you are a person who was assigned to perform project management; you must always use Microsoft Project to perform this task. But you can also use free software alternatives that Gantt Project, which has the capability, such as Microsoft Project.

All open source software mentioned above (except Linux) can run on Microsoft Windows operating system or Linux with a variety of variants and their distribution. Surely you can save from hundreds to thousands of dollars if you start using open source software. Besides those mentioned above, there are many more open source software that you can use as an alternative to commercial software.



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