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#1 Nocturne

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Posted 28 November 2007 - 09:26 AM

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Feel free to list Open Source (Free) softwares which are available out there and can be used as an alternative to expensive softwares produced by different companies.

We should try our best not to use pirated, illegal or non-licensed softwares, if someone can buy those softwares they should for others who can't, the following list is for you, please do consider it before going for non-licensed software :). You can also post a software for which you need an open source/free alternative, I or someone else will post an open source/free ware alternative for it if available.

Those who post Open Source alternative, the software and link to it will be listed in this first post along with their name.

  • Commercial Softwares
    • Open Source Alternatives
  • Adobe Photoshop
    • GIMP
      GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc. GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted.
    • Gimpshop
      A GIMP hack which renames and reorganizes GIMP’s tools, options, windows, and menus to closely resemble Adobe Photoshop’s menu structure and naming conventions.
    • Paint .NET
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • PDF Maker
  • Microsoft Office
  • Norton Ghost
  • Nero Buring ROM
  • ACDSee
  • Conversion Softwares
    • SUPER
      SUPER © is a FREE Multimedia software to download and use. It plays & converts very fast full length movies to any other format without any time or function limitation. SUPER © does NOT require any additional external codec to be installed, absolutely nothing. Necessary codecs are built in! SUPER © can also play and save Internet Media Streams with different protocols ( mms://  rtsp://  http://) SUPER © does for FREE what other encoders CAN'T do for money.
  • CuteFTP Pro - FTP clients
  • Operating Systems - Microsoft Windows, Apple OS X
  • Web development softwares - Dream weaver, Microsoft Frontpage
  • Flash development softwares
  • Audio Editing Softwares, Adobe Audio booth
  • Adobe InDesign - Publishing Softwares
  • Adobe After Effects - Video Editing Softwares

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Paint .NET, Inkscape, PrimoPDF, KompoZer, Synfig, Audacity, Scribus, Jahshaka, Ubuntu, Fedora Core, Suse Linux, Mandriva Linux

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#2 dingdong

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Posted 29 November 2007 - 06:59 AM

Check out this link as well. Cnet.com posted a whole list of programs which can replace the whole Adobe creative Suite 3 package for free.

http://blogs.downloa...mp;tag=features

Also to replace proprietary Operating Systems like Windows, you cna use the free and excellent Linux operating systems. No they do not work on command line but some of them have Graphical User Interfaces which would make Vista look retarded and old fashioned. For basic users and for users who ahve successfully found alternates, Linux is a great choice. Recommended Ditros:
Ubuntu
Fedora Core
Suse Linux
Mandriva Linux

Edited by dingdong, 29 November 2007 - 07:27 AM.


#3 Nocturne

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Posted 30 November 2007 - 02:31 AM

Thanks for your contribution

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Posted 01 December 2007 - 12:02 PM

http://www.digitaldarknet.net/thelist/

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#5 Nocturne

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Posted 02 December 2007 - 01:07 AM

^
Thanks for the link :D.

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Posted 02 December 2007 - 04:44 PM

Your alternative to Norton Ghost seems only to be used on Linux.

#7 Maula Dha Mallang

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Posted 03 December 2007 - 11:39 AM

this is the most awesome thread in existence *weeps*

magic dvd ripper - free dvd ripper (does what it says on the tin ;))

Edited by maula dha mallang, 03 December 2007 - 11:40 AM.

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#8 Maula Dha Mallang

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Posted 13 December 2007 - 12:20 PM

is there anything for the free version of "adobe audition"?

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Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad from Hariz from Fudayl ibn Yasar who has said the following:

"I asked abu 'Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, 'Are love and hate part of belief?' The Imam asked, 'Is belief anything but love and hate?'

Source: Al Kafi Volume 2 Page 125


UNITY WITH SUNNI IS AGAINST ISLAM


#9 zaraa

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Posted 13 December 2007 - 12:49 PM

OK i am going to Book Mark this page  :!!!:

View Postmaula dha mallang, on Dec 13 2007, 06:20 PM, said:

is there anything for the free version of "adobe audition"?
www.download.com/Adobe-Audition/3000-2170_4-10724402.html - 65k -

but i am affraid if thats what you are asking

#10 Maula Dha Mallang

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Posted 13 December 2007 - 05:31 PM

thanks sis!!! u rule like school!

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Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad from Hariz from Fudayl ibn Yasar who has said the following:

"I asked abu 'Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, 'Are love and hate part of belief?' The Imam asked, 'Is belief anything but love and hate?'

Source: Al Kafi Volume 2 Page 125


UNITY WITH SUNNI IS AGAINST ISLAM


#11 Maula Dha Mallang

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Posted 04 June 2008 - 04:51 AM

salams and ya ali madat guys

just stumbled across this list....hope its useful

http://ubuntuforums....d.php?p=3255930

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Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad from Hariz from Fudayl ibn Yasar who has said the following:

"I asked abu 'Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, 'Are love and hate part of belief?' The Imam asked, 'Is belief anything but love and hate?'

Source: Al Kafi Volume 2 Page 125


UNITY WITH SUNNI IS AGAINST ISLAM


#12 Maula Dha Mallang

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Posted 04 June 2008 - 02:17 PM

heres a better list

http://downloadpedia..._Source_Windows

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Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad from Hariz from Fudayl ibn Yasar who has said the following:

"I asked abu 'Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, 'Are love and hate part of belief?' The Imam asked, 'Is belief anything but love and hate?'

Source: Al Kafi Volume 2 Page 125


UNITY WITH SUNNI IS AGAINST ISLAM


#13 Maula Dha Mallang

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Posted 29 June 2008 - 03:01 PM

heres another list:

http://www.pcworld.c...es/article.html

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Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad from Hariz from Fudayl ibn Yasar who has said the following:

"I asked abu 'Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, 'Are love and hate part of belief?' The Imam asked, 'Is belief anything but love and hate?'

Source: Al Kafi Volume 2 Page 125


UNITY WITH SUNNI IS AGAINST ISLAM


#14 Nocturne

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Posted 29 June 2008 - 03:04 PM

Thanks for that mallang.

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Posted 24 July 2008 - 09:43 AM

http://osliving.com/index.php

http://www.osalt.com/ - Open Source software alternatives to well-known commercial software

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#16 Maula Dha Mallang

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Posted 18 May 2009 - 10:22 AM

does anyone know of any open source business plan/ marketing plan software i can use, instead of business plan pro/ marketing plan pro?

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Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad from Hariz from Fudayl ibn Yasar who has said the following:

"I asked abu 'Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, 'Are love and hate part of belief?' The Imam asked, 'Is belief anything but love and hate?'

Source: Al Kafi Volume 2 Page 125


UNITY WITH SUNNI IS AGAINST ISLAM


#17 Al-Muqawama Al-Islamiya

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Posted 26 July 2009 - 07:02 AM

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anybody know how to download microsoft word any would be fine (free please)
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#18 Nocturne

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Posted 14 August 2009 - 12:17 PM

Some Freeware currently in use by me, instead of Alcohol 120%/Nero etc.

IMGBurn :    
* Read - Read a disc to an image file
* Build - Create an image file from files on your computer or network - or you can write the files directly to a disc
* Write - Write an image file to a disc
* Verify - Check a disc is 100% readable. Optionally, you can also have ImgBurn compare it against a given image file to ensure the actual data is correct
* Discovery - Put your drive / media to the test! Used in combination with DVDInfoPro, you can check the quality of the burns your drive is producing

and

VirtualCloneDrive

Virtual CloneDrive works and behaves just like a physical CD/DVD drive, however it exists only virtually. Image files generated with CloneDVD or CloneCD can be mounted onto a virtual drive from your hard-disk or from a network drive and used in the same manner as inserting them into a normal CD/DVD drive.

Probably the best virtual drive software, Virtual CloneDrive allows you to enjoy the freedom of a virtual drive and is completely free.

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Posted 24 August 2009 - 12:02 AM

VLC PLYER [Download]
VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player supporting most audio and video formats (H.264, Ogg, DivX, MKV, TS, MPEG-2, mp3, MPEG-4, aac, ...) from files, physical media (DVDs, VCD, Audio-CD), TV capture cards and many network streaming protocols.

#20 Maula Dha Mallang

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Posted 01 September 2009 - 06:25 AM

480+ open source applications and resources

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Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad from Hariz from Fudayl ibn Yasar who has said the following:

"I asked abu 'Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, 'Are love and hate part of belief?' The Imam asked, 'Is belief anything but love and hate?'

Source: Al Kafi Volume 2 Page 125


UNITY WITH SUNNI IS AGAINST ISLAM


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Posted 19 September 2009 - 05:44 PM

Take a look at http://www.newpcsetup.co.uk/ website - lists over 100+ plus free software products that you can download.

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Posted 16 January 2011 - 01:41 PM

i love the intention with which this thread was started. God bless you.

No excuses for the guilty :P

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Posted 23 August 2012 - 04:58 AM

very useful thread, nice.



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