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- aahpandasrun, on 05/29/2008, -9/+63Microsoft Office 2007 > OpenOffice
Microsoft Outlook < Mozilla Thunderbird
Internet Explorer < Mozilla Thunderbird
Winzip < 7zip
Photoshop >>> Gimp - lilbugleboy09, on 05/29/2008, -15/+66How often do we have to submit one of these?
- Nougat, on 05/29/2008, -1/+39MS Remote Desktop is not VNC. They're completely different.
- brstilson, on 05/29/2008, -4/+38While I agree with the Photoshop one, Gimp is more than enough for most people. Photoshop is designed for professionals like print shops and graphic design artists; people who have to have the printed product match colors exactly to customer spec. Most people don't understand this, and end up pirating a $1000 program so they can make lolcats.
- cvanwage1, on 05/29/2008, -4/+37I am so glad someone posted this......I never see open source alternatives posted on digg...
- double051, on 05/29/2008, -2/+34MSPaint ------> Paint.NET
http://www.getpaint.net/ - Dradis, on 05/29/2008, -2/+31About as often as LOLCats, XKCD, Zero Punctuation, etc.
- abandonedhero, on 05/29/2008, -2/+27Winrar is a trial/pay product. 7zip is not. They've got the same functionality, which thus makes 7zip superior.
- salmonmoose, on 05/29/2008, -1/+26DUGG - for the people who "don't need the power of Photoshop" Paint.NET is a far better alternative than GIMP.
- cubicledropout, on 05/29/2008, -7/+30I heart openoffice, but i would go with K3B instead of infrarecorder.
- asssa3000, on 05/29/2008, -3/+22Well, do not forget the cash you have to pay for Office and Photoshop, where open source dose not cost you a dime.
- Gregsaw, on 05/29/2008, -0/+18That's just how bad IE is.. I guess..
- lololol1, on 05/29/2008, -2/+18I'd like to know an open source alternative to iTunes.
- troydoogle7, on 05/29/2008, -34/+49Please people- Whoevere rights these things.........
Gimp does not compare to photoshop
and openoffice does not compare to office 2007 - FrederikNS, on 05/29/2008, -1/+16Though I would personally say that anything is better than Internet Explorer, I find it a bit unfair that you compare Internet Explorer with an e-mail client :D
Correction:
Internet Explorer < Mozilla Firefox - absurdist, on 05/29/2008, -0/+13Since when is K3B available for Windows?
- brkhobowriter, on 05/29/2008, -1/+14Internet Explorer < Thunderbird?!
- son1k, on 05/29/2008, -0/+13Um. Ten bucks? bash.org/?23601
- sk11, on 05/29/2008, -0/+12Amarok is supposed to be quite similar.
- troydoogle7, on 05/29/2008, -0/+11songbird is too crashy at the moment, however shows promise.
- homercles337, on 05/29/2008, -1/+12Is that because you recently joined the Church of Apple and need to spread rumors and lies about everything windows related?
- ryanisnotsuper, on 05/29/2008, -4/+14Not even close! No professional could get away with using Gimp. It doesn't even have CMYK mode!
- ramiro1975, on 05/29/2008, -3/+12C'mon diggers, don't make it easy for those who just want to promote their blog.
- payhsaknurav, on 05/29/2008, -5/+14Try Songbird. Its great, the interface is very iTunes like as well
- inactive, on 05/29/2008, -0/+9What's the open source counterpart of MS Project?
- inactive, on 05/29/2008, -0/+9What should I give my sister for unzipping?
- brkhobowriter, on 05/29/2008, -6/+14I agree about the OpenOffice vs. Office 2007 part. OpenOffice has nothing on Office 2007.
- dubdope, on 05/29/2008, -4/+12i would agree with gimp vs photoshop, however, openoffice vs ms office is a very good comparison.
- Trueblood, on 05/29/2008, -2/+10If you don't know what Photoshop can do, the GIMP might seem cool. Setting the avalanche of features that Photoshop has the GIMP doesn't aside for just a moment, the GIMP interface is miserable.
Ryanisnotsuper has it right, "not even close!" - NJank, on 05/29/2008, -0/+8As often as people find it useful to digg up.
- rogue780, on 05/29/2008, -2/+10are "Whoevere rights" like "Miranda rights" or the "Bill of Rights"?
- GalacticCmdr, on 05/29/2008, -3/+10That depends on what you mean by offering up very little.
FF offers up a great deal more than IE (compliance, add-ons, security, etc).
Thunderbird makes OE look like a high school project. OE has come a long way since its early days, but it is still clearly a half-baked attempt.
MS Virtual PC currently only allows for DOS, Windows, and OS/2 installs. So that can be pretty limiting.
So, many of these built-in solutions have better counterparts and reasons to install them other than by those who only have a grudge. - simonnnomis, on 05/29/2008, -2/+9They're all obvious. Let's see some less well-known offerings...
- NJank, on 05/29/2008, -0/+7no. represents the popularity of open source on a site like digg. Inferring incorrect meaning from statistical data.
- inactive, on 05/29/2008, -0/+7IE is easily the worst mail client I've ever used. It doesn't even support animated smileys, for god's sake!
- Frost9999, on 05/29/2008, -0/+6Interesting question. So I scoured the internet, by typing "open source project management" into google.com and the results gave this great list:
http://open-source-project-management-tools.blogsp ...
dotProject seems to be one of the more often referenced ones so give that a go. - evildemonic, on 05/29/2008, -0/+6Clearly incorrect. 7zip is superior to winrar. What is your reasoning here?
- Burn, on 05/30/2008, -0/+6It's full name is Nero Burning Rom(e). It's a play on the fact that Nero (The Emperor)set the city of Rome on fire.
- AirRaven, on 05/29/2008, -2/+8Not exactly feature-complete, though.
Nor is it particularly stable.
Or fast.
...Or remotely pleasant to use, when compared with iTunes, for that matter. - OmegaWolf, on 05/29/2008, -0/+5For straight word processing, I recommend AbiWord, as it's a much smaller download than Open Office.
- marx2k, on 05/29/2008, -0/+5Faster than 7Zip?
- Nesh, on 05/29/2008, -0/+5I'm a big fan of MediaMonkey. It's not oss, but the free version is very capable.
- viserov, on 05/29/2008, -0/+5Maybe he can use an open-source program to make a less grainy logo.
- BlaenkDenum, on 05/29/2008, -0/+5I frickin love k3b, automatic checksum checks and all that.
- cesclaveria, on 05/29/2008, -0/+5three times a week?
- inactive, on 05/29/2008, -0/+4GIMP kicks the ass of Elements.
But CS3? Ya. No contest. - Ademan, on 05/29/2008, -3/+7yes, yes it does... http://www.blackfiveservices.co.uk/separate.shtml
- deadnewton, on 05/29/2008, -2/+6why why why..there are zillions of articles like this...much more comprehensive that this...much more ...
there is even a site dedicated to this [not mine] ...
http://www.linuxalt.com/ - ryanisnotsuper, on 05/29/2008, -3/+7From your link:
One thing preventing The GIMP from being useful in a pre-press environment is the lack of support for the CMYK colour-space. This plug-in goes some small way towards rectifying the situation, using a trick with layers to fake CMYK support.
The plugin is unfinished, but usable for its primary purpose, and since I'm unlikely to have time to develop it further in the near future, I'm releasing it as is.
Like I said, Gimp doesn't even come close to photoshop. It is totally useless for print. - estvir, on 05/30/2008, -1/+5That doesn't change that they do not compare with those products and can't fully replace them.
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