We have gathered and present to you five popular open source software for Windows 10, which highlight the variety of alternatives that exist in the world of open source software and are provided completely free of charge, without falling behind in any way in comparison to corresponding paid solutions of the kind.[su_spacer size=”10″]
[su_heading]1. VLC: Open source alternative to Windows Media Player[/su_heading]
It's hard to imagine Windows 10 without VLC. It's an open-source media player developed and maintained by the VideoLAN Project. What's in it for? In addition to playingdifferent audio/video formats, VLC can also be used to stream content online, download YouTube videos , and automatically find and download movie.
Of course, VLC's capabilities don't stop there. The popular media player:
-can play content even on damaged, incomplete or incomplete videos
-plays most codecs without the need for special packages: MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, MKV, WebM, WMV, ADPCM… and many more extensions
-works on all platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Unix, iOS, Android
-supports playback of encrypted DVDs on Linux using the DVD decryption library libdvdcss
You can download the latest version of VLC from here: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html
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[su_heading]2. DC++: Open source file sharing application[/su_heading]
You may have heard of the protocol Direct Connect (DC) used for sharing files over the internet. The open source DC++ is the most popular peer-to-peer, file-sharing client based on this protocol.
You can use DC++ as an ad-free alternative to BitTorrent. In addition to Windows, there are several DC clients available for macOS and Linux.
To download DC++ go here: https://dcplusplus.sourceforge.net/download.html
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[su_heading]3. GIMP – Free Alternative to Photoshop[/su_heading]
GIMP can be considered the open source answer to Adobe Photoshop. The first version of GIMP was created by Peter Mattis and Spencer Kimball in 1995 and has since evolved into a multi-tool for image editing, with endless possibilities and features, which we have presented in detail in our previous article. GIMP is available for Windows 10, Linux and macOS.
You can download the latest version of GIMP from the program's official website: https://www.gimp.org/downloads/
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[su_heading]4. Libre Office – The open source answer to Microsoft Office[/su_heading]
Libre Office is a worthy replacement for Microsoft 's popular office suite , offering a variety of open source applications such as Writer (which is similar to MS Word), Calc (MS Excel), Impress (Powerpoint), Math (used to create and edit mathematical formulas), Draw (Vector graphics editor) and Base (Database management program).
There are two main versions of Libre Office, the “Fresh” which includes the latest features developed for Libre Office, and the “Still” which is lacking in features but focuses more on stability.
Download Libre Office from here: https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/
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[su_heading]5. 7zip – File compression tool[/su_heading]
You can't argue with the power of a 17-year-old open source tool when it comes to compressing and extracting files. The fact that 7zip is open source makes it a great alternative for haters of proprietary software. 7zip also offers its own file compression format called 7z.
Download it from here: https://www.7-zip.org/download.html
