Frankfurt / Main (dpa / tmn) – For Software Computer owners can spend a lot of money. But do not have it, because there are free programs that can do almost anything on the computer. These programs can make it here in touch with commercial, professional software designed entirely
In this case there is a difference between free software and software that is only free -. Also known as freeware. Free software, also known as open source software, “based on four principles, on four fundamental freedoms,” explains Matthias Kirschner, president of the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE). Everyone therefore has the right to use the program to understand, disseminate and improve.
For Home among other things, that you can copy such a program without hesitation and share them with friends means. That was not always the case with freeware says Kirschner. Since there are often restrictions -. About that a program may only be used for private purposes, in particular or in some countries
Among the most popular open source programs include about the browser Firefox, the Thunderbird mail client, and the Office programs OpenOffice or LibreOffice. Larger notoriety also gained the chat program Pidgin. It allows an encrypted communication via the XMPP standard, which was also used by former US intelligence officials Edward Snowden to communicate with journalists, says Kirschner.
In fact, the choice of free and free programs is huge. Whoever wants as an overview, takes place on open source DVD to a good start. There you now find more than 700 programs, including games. The catalog is the brainchild of Christian Trabi. It all started ten years ago as have open source CD with about 50 programs, explains Trabi. Meanwhile, the collection fills not just one but several DVDs. “And they are all open source programs that run on Windows computers,” says Trabi.
Among the most popular downloads of VLC player that plays almost any video and audio file belongs. Who is more interested in the field of photography, should look Digikam, a photo suite for managing and editing photos. Even presentations as slide shows can be tinkering with it, so Trabi. When it comes to the pure image editing, there is no way past Gimp. However, the user interface of the free Photoshop competitor is anything but beginner-friendly. Significantly slimmer, but also equipped with many useful features is Krita, says Trabi.
If it is more likely to go to graphic creation and editing, Blender 3D is especially for those who a recommendation which is already somewhat with the have addressed the topic, says Trabi. The complex program, animations and movies can be created. Some, such as “Big Buck Bunny”, were even awarded prizes.
Who rather after watching movies is felt, the recommended Karsten Bunz of the computer magazine “Chip” MediaPortal and Kodi, two full-blown media center programs. Because Microsoft has set Windows 10 his own media center, the programs are likely to be particularly interesting right now
In order to increase the music library for Media Center, taking a look at the Ripper worth fre: ac.. It can convert music from CDs, not only in the MP3 format, but also in so-called lossless FLAC files. Fri:. Ac accesses at work on databases on the Internet and generates tracklists, so users no longer have to type each track manually
Where free software has limitations, freeware can provide good services. This applies for example to the Video section as Bunz explains. There would, for example, Lightworks: The program was originally developed for Hollywood movies, but is also available in a freeware version. Easy to use is hit movie 3 Express, whose users need to register but with an email address.
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