Top 10 open source apps for Windows, at a glance

By Randall C. Kennedy, InfoWorld |  Open Source, Firefox, open source apps Add a new comment

August 07, 2009, 10:09 AM —

Where Windows and open source get along just fine

Although there is a rivalry between the proprietary Windows and open source communities, there's also a lot of great open source apps for Windows. InfoWorld picks the 10 best. For the full details on each, see our full story.

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    Anonymous 2 years ago
    It makes your Dell laptop an Energetic and Brilliant company when you are travelling with car.With it, you will have a trip full of Music, Radio Talk Shows, and Movies in your Eee PCmore info at:http://www.it-battery.com/laptop-cardc-adapters-dell-laptop-cardc-adapter-c-219_221.html
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    Anonymous 2 years ago
    While Firefox is probably the most common I see out there in the wild, I'm surprised that PuTTY and WinSCP didn't make this list, considering the amount of crossover between the Windows and *nix world that is going on today. WinSCP is a bit simpler and easier to use than FileZilla at the expense of some functionality that isn't used as often these days. FTP is so last century...
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    david2008 2 years ago
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    Anonymous 2 years ago in reply to david2008
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    Anonymous 2 years ago
    Did it not occur to anyone at ITWorld writing this to add the URLs so we can get these programs. Most are obvious, but some are not; paint.net you get from getpaint.net. Fortunately the people that own paint.net don't have compromised servers feeding malware.
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    ITworld staff
    ITworld staff 2 years ago in reply to Anonymous
    Get 'em while they're hot!
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