Freeware of open source replacements for your windows programs.
a good link to find open source softwares for Windows : The OSSWin project
What do I use ?
| usage | software | comments |
|---|---|---|
| office app | OpenOffice.org | Absolutely perfect replacement for the MS suite. Reads MS documents perfectly, great features. |
| desktop database development | Suneido | Allows to develop quickly database frontends and reporting applications, a perfect replacement for things like MS Access |
| E/R Diagramming | DBDesigner | Very nice E/R diagramming software, allows reverse-engineering, natively for MySQL, SQLite, Oracle, MSSQL, or ODBC DBs. Very nice |
| Email client | Mozilla Thunderbird | A bit heavy, but solid and functionaly rich. Bayesian antispam filter integrated |
| Antispam | SpamPal | The best. 100% accurate with different plugins (notably the bayesian plugin) |
| OO Design | ArgoUML | Java/Swing based UML Modeler. Complete |
| Web Browser | Mozilla Firefox | The perfect replacement for IE. Great technology |
| network: packet monitoring | Ethereal | essential |
| Passsword Keeper | KeePass | very nice, light and secure password manager |
| Telnet client | Tera Term | I am using Tera Term, which has a SSH version. Also available is PuTTY |
| PIM | Ecco Pro | soon open source. Ecco was a commercial application abandoned in 1999 when Outlook dumped the market. Netmanage finally put the software in free download. It is still today the best PIM you can find. Not easy at the first sight, but incredibly powerful and meaningful. It is what a PIM should really be and truly helps you every day to manage your information. Far better than Outlook and all software that merely copy the Outlook interface and concepts (there's an obvious lack of creativity in this field) |
| Mind Mapper | Freemind | In Java. Nice and fully functional |
| Project Management | OpenWorkbench | similar to Microsoft Project, open source successor to Project Workbench |
| File Eraser | SureDelete | Freeware, closed sources |
| File Eraser | Eraser | GPL. Simple, nice and efficient |
| File Encryption | AxCrypt | strong file encryption by GUI or command-line |
| Partition Encryption | TrueCrypt | On-the-fly disk encryption |
| essential | TeaTimer | a tea timer/cooker for windows |
| MTA | HMailServer | a free and open source mail server for Windows |
| Disk Space | WinDirStat | disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for Microsoft Windows |
programming
| usage | software | comments |
|---|---|---|
| Delphi programming | Lazarus | Cross-platform IDE based on Free Pascal |
| Installation | InnoSetup | free installer for windows |
libre/applis_windows.txt · Dernière modification: 2006/06/19 07:52 (édition externe)