Examples

Different applications

Within this WBT and also other WBTs we mentioned some great and useful open source tool. For almost every commercial application there is a good (and sometimes GREAT open source alternative.

Open source tools are often developed for more than one operating system. So even if you are using Mac OS or Linux you can find loads of open source tools.

Please watch the video (with some popular open source tools) and answer the question.

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Open source alternatives?

What is an open source alternative for Microsoft Word?

	Open Office
	WordPerfect
	WordStar
	The Gimp

Some open source highlights

Category	Name	Website
Learning Management System	Moodle	http://moodle.org/
e-Portfolio	OSP	http://www.osportfolio.org/
Audio	Audacity	http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Graphic	Gimp	http://gimp.org/
Screen capturing	CamStudio	http://www.camstudio.org/
3D modelling	Blender	http://www.blender.org/
Video editing	Jahshaka	http://www.jahshaka.org/
Mind mapping	FreeMind	http://freemind.sourceforge.net/

Additional resources [Optional reading]

Some sites with open source projects:

http://sourceforge.net/ (Lists over 120,000 project)
http://directory.fsf.org/ (Lists over 5,000 packages)
http://freshmeat.net/ (Lists over 60,000 new releases)

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