Difference between revisions of "Migrate to Open Source Software"
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| − | + | Years ago, there was a vigorous debate about whether open source software (also known as [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Free (as in speech) Software], software libre and freedomware) could ever compete with proprietary software. Usability, the traditional handicap of open source, is a problem that is gradually being solved. | |
Migrating to open source is not difficult; much open source software is available on Windows, so you won't have to switch to Linux if you don't want to. If you want to save money and free yourself from vendor lock-in, then start making the switch yourself. | Migrating to open source is not difficult; much open source software is available on Windows, so you won't have to switch to Linux if you don't want to. If you want to save money and free yourself from vendor lock-in, then start making the switch yourself. | ||
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== Steps == | == Steps == | ||
#Try out LibreOffice or OpenOffice, open source office suites which are available for many platforms (including Windows). They come with a word processor, spreadsheet, a presenter (akin to PowerPoint), an illustrator, and a database manager. Alternatively, if you only need a word processor and spreadsheet application, [http://www.abiword.com AbiWord] is a fast and lightweight word processor and [http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/ Gnumeric] is its counterpart spreadsheet program. LibreOffice comes installed on many Linux distributions. | #Try out LibreOffice or OpenOffice, open source office suites which are available for many platforms (including Windows). They come with a word processor, spreadsheet, a presenter (akin to PowerPoint), an illustrator, and a database manager. Alternatively, if you only need a word processor and spreadsheet application, [http://www.abiword.com AbiWord] is a fast and lightweight word processor and [http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/ Gnumeric] is its counterpart spreadsheet program. LibreOffice comes installed on many Linux distributions. | ||
