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Where to start?Are you aWindows user and want to gradually wean yourself off of a dependenceon Microsoft? Download, make a copy from a friend (yes, it'slegal), or order TheOpenCDwhich is a fantastic CD packed with a ton of great opensource software that will give you a taste on Windows of what'savailable on open source operating systems like Linux.You will be getting a fully featured, free office suite, a powerfulphoto editor, a cutting edge web browser, and so much more.Start usingthese very high quality, non-Microsoft applications today onWindows and you can gradually decrease your dependence on Microsoftat your own pace. Every Microsoft alternative you use helps tokeep choice and innovation in the software industry alive and itmoves you one step closer to being free fromeverything that is wrong with Microsoft. |
Category | Microsoft Product(s) | Alternative(s) | KMFMS Recommends |
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Desktop Operating System | Windows | Linux,Mac OS X,and many, many more | Fedora (Linux),Mac OS X |
Web Browser | Internet Explorer | FirefoxNetscape,Opera,Lynx,ELinks,iCab, andmany, many more | Firefox |
Office Suite, Word Processor, and Spreadsheet | Microsoft Office, Word, and Excel | OpenOffice.org,StarOffice,Corel Office,Lotus Smart Suite,Appleworks,KOffice,GNOME Office,WaveMaker | OpenOffice.org |
Email Client | Outlook | Thunderbird,Eudora,Pine,and many, many more | Thunderbird* |
Web Based Email | Hotmail | Gmail,Yahoo! Mail,Hushmail,KMFMS Email | Yahoo! Mail |
Server Operating System | Windows | BSD,Linux,Mac OS X,Solaris,and many, many more | RHEL,OpenBSD |
Web Server | IIS, Frontpage | Apache,Tomcat,lighttpd,Zeus,Boa,thttpd,Enhydra,and many, many more | Apache,Tomcat,lighttpd |
Game Console | Xbox | Sony PlayStation,Nintendo | Sony PlayStation* |
Internet Service Provider (ISP) | MSN | AOL,Earthlink, | Within the USA:Earthlink for dial-up, |
Email Server | Exchange | Sendmail,Qmail,Exim,Steltor's Outlook Connector | Evaluation not complete |