February 27, 2007 at 14:26We are legalizing. Overview of free software for Windows.
I will try to raise a hackneyed and partly controversial topic at the expense of specificity instead of religious wars.
Recently, the issue of compliance with copyright in Russia has become very relevant and one can note the increased zeal of the responsible authorities for compliance with the relevant laws of the Russian Federation.
In this regard, for those wishing to legalize, I publish a review of free software that replaces, and sometimes to one degree or another, surpasses paid analogues.
Recently, the issue of compliance with copyright in Russia has become very relevant and one can note the increased zeal of the responsible authorities for compliance with the relevant laws of the Russian Federation.
In this regard, for those wishing to legalize, I publish a review of free software that replaces, and sometimes to one degree or another, surpasses paid analogues.
- Office Applications: OpenOffice.org.
A popular free alternative to MS Office, which includes a text and html editor, a spreadsheet editor, a graphical editor, a presentation program, a database and a formula editor. Allows you to work with most formats of MS Office.
official site ( ru ) | download (90.9 mb) - Browsers: Mozilla Firefox, Opera.
The browser included in the operating system does not cost money by itself, but is inferior in functionality to excellent free alternatives. The most popular and sought-after alternatives to Internet Explorer are Mozilla Firefox and Opera.
Mozilla Firefox immediately after installation seems like a normal browser, similar in function to Internet Explorer 7, but in fact it is an excellent designer for creating your own tool with all the functions you need. This is done using plugins that are literally for every taste.
official site ( ru ) | download (6.4 mb)
Operaafter installation, it is already a browser, friendly, attractive to most users and ready to use, but not having such a huge plug-in base as Firefox.
official site ( ru ) | download (6.2 mb)
Both browsers allow you to import previously saved bookmarks (Favorites) from a browser preinstalled in the OS.
Email clients: Mozilla Thunderbird.
A fairly serious and at the same time free email client that may be needed by those who do not need the standard Outlook Express without the filters, templates and anti-spam included in the OS.
Allows you to easily transfer to it from other email clients using the standard function of importing letters and accounts.
official site ( ru ) | download (6.1 mb)