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'''We urge all BSD users to switch to a free [https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.en.html GNU/Linux distribution] as soon as possible.''' | '''We urge all BSD users to switch to a free [https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.en.html GNU/Linux distribution] as soon as possible.''' | ||
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'''We urge all Android users to switch to [https://www.replicant.us/supported-devices.php a mobile device that supports Replicant].''' | '''We urge all Android users to switch to [https://www.replicant.us/supported-devices.php a mobile device that supports Replicant].''' | ||
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'''We urge all macOS users to switch to a free [https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.en.html GNU/Linux distribution] as soon as possible.''' | '''We urge all macOS users to switch to a free [https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.en.html GNU/Linux distribution] as soon as possible.''' | ||
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Windows can be easily replaced with a free operating system on most PCs, but not iOS: there are ways to install [https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html Android] on some iThings, but its free counterpart, Replicant, cannot be installed on any of them. | Windows can be easily replaced with a free operating system on most PCs, but not iOS: there are ways to install [https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html Android] on some iThings, but its free counterpart, Replicant, cannot be installed on any of them. | ||
− | You may want to check the [https://directory.fsf.org/wiki | + | You may want to check the [https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Category/Runs-on/iOS Runs-on/iOS category] for more software. |
If you are technically minded, you may find it interesting to build these apps from source code rather than download them from the App Store. | If you are technically minded, you may find it interesting to build these apps from source code rather than download them from the App Store. | ||
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'''We urge all Windows users to switch to a free [https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.en.html GNU/Linux distribution] as soon as possible.''' | '''We urge all Windows users to switch to a free [https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.en.html GNU/Linux distribution] as soon as possible.''' | ||
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[[GNU IceCat]] (Mozilla Firefox ESR fork) dropped Windows support after version [https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/icecat/38.8.0/ 38.8.0]. | [[GNU IceCat]] (Mozilla Firefox ESR fork) dropped Windows support after version [https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/icecat/38.8.0/ 38.8.0]. | ||
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==Policy== | ==Policy== |
Revision as of 22:50, 15 January 2018
The lead and the Windows section is fork of https://www.gnu.org/software/for-windows.html that I had to ask the GNU Webmasters to update all the time (which led to limited improvement), the iOS section is a fork of https://www.gnu.org/software/for-ios.html that I requested, see the Log section for changes. I didn't start this page to propose changes to the Windows/iOS pages on gnu.org I rather want us to continue the work on the Free Software Directory. -- David Hedlund
Here is a list of popular free software applications that run on Microsoft Windows — along with the proprietary applications they replace. If you are still a user of a nonfree operating system like Windows or iOS, you can take a first step towards free software by installing these applications on your platform.
When we say these application programs are free software, we're talking about freedom, not price. It means that you are free to use these programs constructively, either alone or in a community, while respecting the freedom of others. The source code is available, so that you can study the software, adapt it to your needs, fix bugs, and release versions with new features. You can also convince or pay others to do these things for you. You are also free to give away and free to sell copies, under the terms of the applicable free software license. These programs are free software because you have freedom in using them. Free software develops under the control of its users.
Microsoft Windows is a clear and instructive example of nonfree software. Its source code is a secret, so programmers cannot learn from it, fix it, adapt it to their clients (your) needs, or even verify what it really does. If you share copies with your neighbors, you will be called a “pirate”, and users have been threatened with imprisonment for this. Nonfree software is completely controlled by its developer, who also has power over the users. We started the free software movement because this power is unjust.
Using free software on Microsoft Windows (or any nonfree operating system) is the first step towards freedom, but it does not get you all the way there. You're still under Microsoft's power as long as you use Windows.
So the next step is to replace Windows with a operating system such as GNU/Linux.
However, on this page we're concerned with the first step.
Contents
OS
GNU/Linux
We urge all GNU/Linux users to switch to a free GNU/Linux distribution as soon as possible.
Common distros usually provides a repository of nonfree software. Free GNU/Linux distros do not permit non-free software.
Type | Free program | Replacement for |
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3D computer graphics software | Blender | Autodesk Maya ("Maya") |
Anonymous P2P | GNUnet | |
BitTorrent client | Tribler, qBittorrent | |
Compiler | Mingw-w64 | |
Desktop publishing | Scribus | |
Diagramming software | Dia | |
Document viewer | Evince | Adobe Reader |
Email client, news client, feed reader | Claws Mail, Mozilla Thunderbird | |
Instant messaging client, softphone, and videotelephone (all-in-one) |
GNU Ring, Linphone | Skype, Signal |
Instant messaging client | Pidgin, Telegram | ICQ, Trillian, Yahoo! Messenger |
Live USB | Etcher, Ubuntu Live USB creator | UNetbootin |
Media player | VLC media player (VLC) | RealPlayer Basic |
Office suite | LibreOffice (OpenOffice.org fork) | |
Online storage | ownCloud (client only) | Dropbox |
Raster graphics editor | GIMP | |
Text editor | Emacs, Gedit, Vim (included) | |
Vector graphics editor | Inkscape, Xfig | |
Web browser | GNU IceCat (Mozilla Firefox ESR fork), Midori | Chromium, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox |
BSD
We urge all BSD users to switch to a free GNU/Linux distribution as soon as possible.
You may want to check the Runs-on/BSD category for more software.
Type | Free program | Replacement for |
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3D computer graphics software | Blender | |
Anonymous P2P | GNUnet | |
BitTorrent client | qBittorrent | |
Compiler | MinGW | |
Desktop publishing | Scribus | |
Diagramming software | Xfig | |
Document viewer | Evince | |
Email client, news client, feed reader | Claws Mail | |
Instant messaging client, softphone, and videotelephone (all-in-one) |
GNU Ring, Linphone | |
Instant messaging client | Pidgin | Yahoo! Messenger |
Live USB | ||
Media player | VLC media player (VLC) | |
Office suite | LibreOffice (OpenOffice.org fork) | |
Online storage | ownCloud (client only) | |
Raster graphics editor | GIMP | |
Text editor | Emacs, Vim | |
Vector graphics editor | Inkscape | |
Web browser | Midori | Chromium, Mozilla Firefox, Opera |
Source:
- FreeBSD: http://distcache.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/latest/All/
- OpenBSD: https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.0/packages/amd64/
Replicant
We urge all Android users to switch to a mobile device that supports Replicant.
You may want to check the Runs-on/Android category for more software.
Links:
Type | Free program | Replacement for |
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3D computer graphics software | ||
Anonymous P2P | uGet | |
BitTorrent client | Tribler | BitTorrent |
Compiler | ||
Desktop publishing | ||
Diagramming software | PlantUML (requested for F-Droid) | DrawExpress Diagram Lite |
Document viewer | MuPDF | Adobe Acrobat |
Email client, news client, feed reader | K-9 Mail | Microsoft Outlook |
Instant messaging client, softphone, and videotelephone (all-in-one) |
GNU Ring, Linphone | Skype, Signal |
Instant messaging client | Telegram | Facebook Messenger, ICQ, Trillian, Yahoo! Messenger, Skype |
Live USB | ||
Media player | VLC media player (VLC) | RealPlayer Basic |
Office suite | LibreOffice Viewer (LibreOffice port) (1) | Microsoft Office Mobile |
Online storage | ownCloud (client only) | Dropbox |
Raster graphics editor | Adobe Photoshop Express | |
Text editor | Markor | |
Vector graphics editor | ||
Web browser | GNU IceCatMobile (1, 2), Orfox (1) | Chromium, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox |
- Some popular apps from F-Droid do not work with Replicant without enabling llvmpipe as software renderer but it is slow. - https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/Graphics This is not a problem on Android but it's not entirely free either.
- GNU IceCatMobile: GNU IceCat (Mozilla Firefox ESR fork) discontinued official IceCatMobile support after version 38.6.0. However many F-Droid users preferred their unofficial IceCatMobile releases even when official releases existed.
Apple
Apple's Operating Systems Are Malware
macOS
We urge all macOS users to switch to a free GNU/Linux distribution as soon as possible.
You may want to check the Runs-on/OS_X category for more software.
Type | Free program | Replacement for |
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3D computer graphics software | Blender | Autodesk Maya ("Maya") |
Anonymous P2P | GNUnet | |
BitTorrent client | Tribler, qBittorrent | BitTorrent |
Compiler | Mingw-w64 | |
Desktop publishing | Scribus | Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress |
Diagramming software | Dia | |
Document viewer | Adobe Reader | |
Email client, news client, feed reader | Claws Mail, Mozilla Thunderbird | Apple Mail (included), Microsoft Outlook |
Instant messaging client, softphone, and videotelephone (all-in-one) |
GNU Ring, Linphone | Apple iMessage, Signal |
Instant messaging client | Pidgin, Telegram | Facebook Messenger, ICQ, Trillian, Yahoo! Messenger |
Live USB | Etcher | UNetbootin |
Media player | VLC media player (VLC) | Apple QuickTime, RealPlayer Basic |
Office suite | LibreOffice (OpenOffice.org fork) | Microsoft Office |
Online storage | ownCloud (client only) | Dropbox |
Raster graphics editor | GIMP | Adobe Photoshop |
Text editor | Emacs, Gedit, Vim (included) | Notes |
Vector graphics editor | Inkscape, Xfig | Adobe Illustrator |
Web browser | Apple Safari (included), Chromium, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox |
GNU IceCat (Mozilla Firefox ESR fork) discontinued official macOS support after version 38.8.0.
iOS
We urge all iOS users to switch to a mobile device that supports Replicant.
Windows can be easily replaced with a free operating system on most PCs, but not iOS: there are ways to install Android on some iThings, but its free counterpart, Replicant, cannot be installed on any of them.
You may want to check the Runs-on/iOS category for more software.
If you are technically minded, you may find it interesting to build these apps from source code rather than download them from the App Store.
Type | Free program | Replacement for |
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3D computer graphics software | ||
Anonymous P2P | ||
BitTorrent client | ||
Compiler | ||
Desktop publishing | ||
Diagramming software | ||
Document viewer | ||
Email client, news client, feed reader | Microsoft Outlook | |
Instant messaging client, softphone, and videotelephone (all-in-one) |
Linphone | Apple iMessage, Signal |
Instant messaging client | Telegram | ICQ, Trillian, Yahoo! Messenger |
Live USB | ||
Media player | VLC media player (VLC) | |
Office suite | Microsoft Office Mobile | |
Online storage | ownCloud (client only) | Dropbox |
Raster graphics editor | ||
Text editor | Vim | Notes |
Vector graphics editor | ||
Web browser | OnionBrowser | Apple Safari (included), Chromium, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox |
Microsoft
Microsoft's Software is Malware
Windows
We urge all Windows users to switch to a free GNU/Linux distribution as soon as possible.
You may want to check the Runs-on/Windows category for more software.
Type | Free program | Replacement for |
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3D computer graphics software | Blender | Autodesk Maya ("Maya"), Autodesk 3ds Max |
Anonymous P2P | GNUnet | DC++ |
BitTorrent client | Tribler, qBittorrent | BitTorrent |
Compiler | Mingw-w64 | Microsoft Visual C++ |
Desktop publishing | Scribus | Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress |
Diagramming software | Dia | Microsoft Visio |
Document viewer | Evince | Adobe Reader, Microsoft Reader, Nitro PDF Reader |
Email client, news client, feed reader | Claws Mail, Mozilla Thunderbird | Microsoft Outlook, Windows Mail (included) |
Instant messaging client, softphone, and videotelephone (all-in-one) |
GNU Ring, Linphone | Skype, Signal |
Instant messaging client | Pidgin, Telegram | ICQ, Trillian, Yahoo! Messenger |
Live USB | Etcher | UNetbootin, Windows To Go (included) |
Media player | VLC media player (VLC) | PowerDVD, Windows Media Player, Apple QuickTime, RealPlayer Basic |
Office suite | LibreOffice (OpenOffice.org fork) | Microsoft Office |
Online storage | ownCloud (client only) | Apple iCloud, Dropbox |
Raster graphics editor | GIMP | PaintShop Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Paint (included) |
Text editor | Gedit, Vim | |
Vector graphics editor | Inkscape, Xfig | CorelDraw, Adobe Illustrator, Xara Photo & Graphic Designer |
Web browser | Midori | Chromium, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer (included) |
GNU IceCat (Mozilla Firefox ESR fork) dropped Windows support after version 38.8.0.
Policy
- Software with external links do not have GNU/Linux support so they will not be added to Free Software Directory as required by the policy.
- Only official or preferred unofficial releases (eg IceCatMobile via F-Droid) added.
Log
- Synced https://www.gnu.org/software/for-windows.html
- Added Telegram
- Added Mingw-w64 for most GNU/Linux. Could not find mingw at https://www.parabola.nu/packages/?sort=&q=mingw&maintainer=&flagged=, https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=mingw&searchon=names&suite=stable§ion=all, https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=mingw&searchon=names&suite=xenial§ion=all
- Added Apple Mail
- Added Midori
- Added Xfig
- Added Mozilla Thunderbird -- GNU IceCat is a fork of Mozilla Firefox ESR, some add-ons run on both Firefox (and IceCat) and Thunderbird
- Moved Signal from "Free program" to "Replacement for". Added Skype to "Replacement for". Added GNU Ring and "inphone to "Free program".
- Moved UNetbootin from "Free program" to "Replacement for" (endorses nonfree GNU/Linux distros). Didn"t add FUSBi (abandonware) to "Free program"
- Removed Adobe FreeHand (Adobe Illustrator is already in the list) -- Since 2003 FreeHand development has been discontinued; in the Adobe Systems catalog, FreeHand has been replaced with Adobe Illustrator.
- Removed PageMaker, discontinued
- Removed AIM, discontinued (December 15, 2017)
- Removed Google Drive, a service not a software
- Removed Iridium -- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2017-01/msg00009.html, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2017-01/msg00056.html
- Removed Qupzilla -- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/directory-discuss/2017-12/msg00011.html, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/directory-discuss/2017-11/msg00005.html, and https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/directory-discuss/2017-11/msg00015.html
- Replaced Rufus (Windows only) with Etcher
- Replaced MSN (Windows Live Messenger, discontinued) with Facebook Messenger
- Replaced Napster with DC++
- Replaced Outlook Express (discontinued) with Microsoft Mail
- Replaced Windows USB/DVD Download Tool, WinToFlash, Windows USB Installer Maker with Windows To Go
- Cosmetic
- Made the categories more unique
- Replaced 3DSMax (formerly 3D Studio and 3D Studio Max) with Autodesk 3ds Max
- Replaced Blender3D with Blender (see menu bar Blender -> About).
- Replaced ICQ chat clients with ICQ
- Replaced InDesign with Adobe InDesign
- Replaced Maya with Autodesk Maya ("Maya")
- Replaced Paint Shop Pro with PaintShop Pro.
- Replaced Reader (Windows 8) with Microsoft Reader
- Replaced VideoLan Client with "VLC media player" (see menu bar VLC -> About).
- Replaced Xara Xtreme with Xara Photo & Graphic Designer -- The Windows version was previously sold under the names Xara Studio, Xara X and Xara Xtreme
- Replaced Yahoo with Yahoo! Messenger
- Synced https://www.gnu.org/software/for-ios.html and
- Added K-9 Mail
- Added uGet
- Added MuPDF
- Added XGimp Image Editor
- Removed LibreSignal (abandonware) - https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/blob/master/README.md
- Replaced VimTouch (abandonware, and removed from F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/net.momodalo.app.vimtouch -> https://f-droid.org/packages/net.momodalo.app.vimtouch/) with Markor
- For Replicant
- Added AndrOpen Office
See also
External links
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