Open Source for the User

Open Source Applications and a comparison to closed source counterparts…
Our site doesn’t just aim spreading information about the new possible options, but also in creating opinion. For this very purpose, we have included a small section which compares selected commonly used applications and their little known Open Source counterparts…
Before that, let us first list out the most common usage of an ordinary desktop PC…

Office work
Graphics
Multimedia (music, videos, podcasts, etc)
Browsing/Surfing
Communication (emails/IMs)
Other Internet Activities (downloading, bit torrent, file sharing, FTP, etc)

Considering these essential applications for a common PC, hereby we list out some of the most popular closed source applications and give in a usage, statistical and general appeal comparison with its Open Source equivalents.

Inside This Section

OS applications with comparison

Office work, for any person on the planet would mean Word, Excel and Powerpoint, 3 widely used programs which are a part of the Microsoft Office Suite. It has been around since offices chucked out typewriters and brought in a more superior technology called computers…
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Advantages of going OSS

The advantage of Open Source lies in its very name. It is ‘OPEN’. That means that you can modify each and every part of any Open Source application according to your requirements.
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Open Source Platforms

Much of the success of Linux not due to only its outstanding performance, but also by the fact that it is a non-commercial, non-proprietary and an Open Source product.
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References

http://www.linux.org/
http://www.linux.org/about/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux
http://linuxreviews.org/features/

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