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Here is a list of popular free software applications that we recommend to replace common proprietary applications. Ceasing to use proprietary appliations is a good way to start migrating to freedom.
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! Free program
 
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! GNU/Linux
 
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! GNU/Hurd
 
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! BSD
 
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! Replicant
 
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! macOS
 
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! iOS
 
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! Windows
 
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! Windows Mobile
 
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! Category
 
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! [[Blender]]
 
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| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Autodesk Maya ("Maya")
 
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| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
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| <!-- BSD -->
 
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| <!-- Android -->
 
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| <!-- macOS --> Autodesk Maya ("Maya")
 
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| <!-- iOS -->
 
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| <!-- Windows -->* Autodesk Maya ("Maya")* Autodesk 3ds Max
 
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| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
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| Multimedia
 
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! [[Claws Mail]]
 
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| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
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| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
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| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
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| <!-- Android -->
 
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| <!-- macOS --> Apple Mail (included)
 
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| <!-- iOS --> Apple Mail (included)
 
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| <!-- Windows -->* Microsoft Outlook* Windows Mail (included)
 
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| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
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| Internet
 
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! [[Dia]]
 
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| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
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| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
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| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
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| <!-- Android -->
 
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| <!-- macOS -->
 
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| <!-- iOS -->
 
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| <!-- Windows --> Microsoft Visio
 
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| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
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| Graphics and Design
 
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! [[Evince]]
 
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| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Adobe Reader
 
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| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
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| <!-- BSD -->
 
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| <!-- Android -->
 
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| <!-- macOS --> Adobe Reader
 
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| <!-- iOS -->
 
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| <!-- Windows -->* Adobe Reader* Microsoft Reader* Nitro PDF Reader
 
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| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
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| Office and Productivity
 
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! [[GIMP]]
 
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| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
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| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
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| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
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| <!-- Android -->
 
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| <!-- macOS --> Photoshop
 
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| <!-- iOS -->
 
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| <!-- Windows -->* PaintShop Pro* Photoshop* Microsoft Paint (included)
 
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| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
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| Graphics and Design
 
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! [[GNU IceCat]]
 
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| <!-- GNU/Linux -->* Chrome* Firefox
 
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| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
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| <!-- BSD -->
 
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| <!-- Android -->* ''Work in progress''
 
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| <!-- macOS -->* Chrome* Firefox* Safari (included)
 
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| <!-- iOS -->* Chrome* Firefox* Safari (included)
 
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| <!-- Windows -->* Chrome* Firefox* Internet Explorer (included)
 
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| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
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| Internet
 
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! [[GNUnet]]
 
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| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
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| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
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| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
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| <!-- Android -->
 
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| <!-- macOS --> Yes
 
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| <!-- iOS -->
 
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| <!-- Windows --> DC++
 
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| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
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| Internet
 
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! [[Inkscape]]
 
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| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
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| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
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| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
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| <!-- Android -->
 
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| <!-- macOS --> Adobe Illustrator
 
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| <!-- iOS -->
 
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| <!-- Windows -->* CorelDraw* Adobe Illustrator* Xara Photo & Graphic Designer
 
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| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
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| Graphics and Design
 
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! [[Iridium]]
 
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| <!-- GNU/Linux -->* Chrome* Firefox
 
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| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
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| <!-- BSD -->
 
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| <!-- Android -->* Chrome* Firefox
 
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| <!-- macOS -->* Chrome* Firefox* Safari (included)
 
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| <!-- iOS -->* Chrome* Firefox* Safari (included)
 
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| <!-- Windows -->* Chrome* Firefox* Internet Explorer (included)
 
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| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
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| Internet
 
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! [[LibreOffice]]
 
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| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
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| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
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| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
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| <!-- Android -->
 
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| <!-- macOS --> Microsoft Office
 
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| <!-- iOS -->
 
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| <!-- Windows --> Microsoft Office
 
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| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
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| Office and Productivity
 
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! [[MinGW]]
 
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| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
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| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
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| <!-- BSD -->
 
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| <!-- Android -->
 
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| <!-- macOS -->
 
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| <!-- iOS -->
 
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| <!-- Windows --> Microsoft Visual C++
 
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| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
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| Programming Utilities
 
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! [[ownCloud]] (client only)
 
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| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Dropbox
 
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| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
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| <!-- BSD -->
 
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| <!-- Android --> Dropbox
 
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| <!-- macOS --> Dropbox
 
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| <!-- iOS --> Dropbox
 
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| <!-- Windows -->* Dropbox* iCloud
 
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| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
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| Internet
 
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! [[Pidgin]]
 
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| <!-- GNU/Linux -->* ICQ* Trillian* Yahoo! Messenger
 
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| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
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| <!-- BSD --> * Yahoo! Messenger
 
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| <!-- Android -->* Facebook Messenger* ICQ* Trillian* Yahoo! Messenger
 
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| <!-- macOS -->* Facebook Messenger* ICQ* Trillian* Yahoo! Messenger
 
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| <!-- iOS -->* ICQ* Trillian* Yahoo! Messenger
 
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| <!-- Windows -->* ICQ* Trillian* Yahoo! Messenger
 
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| <!-- Windows Mobile -->* Facebook Messenger* ICQ
 
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| Internet
 
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! [[qBittorrent]]
 
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| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
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| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
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| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
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| <!-- Android -->
 
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| <!-- macOS --> BitTorrent
 
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| <!-- iOS -->
 
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| <!-- Windows --> BitTorrent
 
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| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
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| Internet
 
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! [[QupZilla]]
 
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| <!-- GNU/Linux -->* Chrome* Firefox
 
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| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
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| <!-- BSD -->
 
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| <!-- Android -->* Chrome* Firefox
 
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| <!-- macOS -->* Chrome* Firefox* Safari (included)
 
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| <!-- iOS -->* Chrome* Firefox* Safari (included)
 
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| <!-- Windows -->* Chrome* Firefox* Internet Explorer (included)
 
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| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
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| Internet
 
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! [[Scribus]]
 
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| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
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| <!-- GNU/Hurd --> Yes
 
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| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
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| <!-- Android -->
 
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| <!-- macOS -->* Adobe InDesign* QuarkXPress
 
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| <!-- iOS -->
 
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| <!-- Windows -->* Adobe InDesign* QuarkXPress
 
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| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
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| Publishing
 
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! [[Signal]]
 
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| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
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| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
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| <!-- BSD -->
 
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| <!-- Android --> Yes
 
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| <!-- macOS --> iMessage
 
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| <!-- iOS --> iMessage
 
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| <!-- Windows --> Yes
 
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| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
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| Messaging
 
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! [[Tribler]]
 
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| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
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| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
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| <!-- BSD -->
 
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| <!-- Android --> Yes
 
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| <!-- macOS --> BitTorrent
 
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| <!-- iOS -->
 
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| <!-- Windows --> BitTorrent
 
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| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
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| Internet
 
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! [[UNetbootin]]
 
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| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
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| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
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| <!-- BSD -->
 
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| <!-- Android -->
 
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| <!-- macOS --> Disk Utility
 
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| <!-- iOS -->
 
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| <!-- Windows -->* Microsoft Windows USB/DVD Download Tool* Windows USB Installer Maker* WinToFlash
 
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| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
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| Live USB Systems
 
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! [[Vim]]
 
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| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
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| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
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| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
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| <!-- Android --> Yes
 
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| <!-- macOS --> Notes
 
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| <!-- iOS --> Notes
 
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| <!-- Windows -->
 
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| <!-- Windows Mobile -->
 
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| Office and Productivity
 
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! [[VLC media player|VLC media player]] (VLC)
 
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| <!-- GNU/Linux --> Yes
 
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| <!-- GNU/Hurd -->
 
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| <!-- BSD --> Yes
 
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| <!-- Android --> Yes
 
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| <!-- macOS -->
 
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| <!-- iOS --> Yes
 
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| <!-- Windows -->* PowerDVD* Windows Media Player
 
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| <!-- Windows Mobile --> Yes
 
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| Multimedia
 
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Synced https://www.gnu.org/software/for-windows.html
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We have a separate list for each operating system because some of the free replacements don't run on all the operating system.
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** Added Iridium.
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** Replaced "Blender3D" with "Blender" (see menu bar Blender -> About).
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==Misc==
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** Replaced "VideoLan Client" with "VLC media player" (see menu bar VLC -> About).
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* [[Collection:File format|File format]]
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** Replaced "Paint Shop Pro" with "PaintShop Pro".
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* [[Collection:SaaSS|Service as a Software Substitute]]
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** Replaced "Xara Xtreme" with "Xara Photo & Graphic Designer" -- The Windows version was previously sold under the names Xara Studio, Xara X and Xara Xtreme
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** 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.
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==Free operating systems==
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** Replaced "Napster" with DC++
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* GNU-like
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** Replaced "MSN" (Windows Live Messenger, discontinued) with "Facebook Messenger"
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** [[Collection:BSD|BSD]]
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** Replaced "Yahoo" with "Yahoo! Messenger"
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** [[Collection:GNU/Linux|GNU/Linux]]
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** Replaced "ICQ chat clients" with "ICQ"
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* Android-based
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** Replaced "Maya" with "Autodesk Maya ("Maya")"
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** [[Collection:Replicant|Replicant]]
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** Replaced "3DSMax" (formerly 3D Studio and 3D Studio Max) with "Autodesk 3ds Max"
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** Removed AIM, discontinued (December 15, 2017)
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==Nonfree operating systems==
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** Replaced "Outlook Express" with "Microsoft Mail"
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* Apple [[Collection:iOS|iOS]]
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** Replaced "InDesign" with "Adobe InDesign"
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* Apple [[Collection:macOS|macOS]]
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** Removed "PageMaker", discontinued
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* Microsoft [[Collection:Windows|Windows]]
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** Removed Google Drive, a service not a software
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** Replaced "Reader (Windows 8)" with "Microsoft Reader"
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After you replace the nonfree apps, how about replacing the nonfree system next?  For your freedom's sake.
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** Added "Apple Mail"
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* Synced https://www.gnu.org/software/for-ios.html and
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==About==
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** Removed Rufus because there is no GNU/Linux version available.
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* '''Team Captain''': [[User:David_Hedlund|David Hedlund]]
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** Removed OnionBrowser because there is no GNU/Linux version available.
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* '''Participant''': [[User:Adfeno|Adfeno]]
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** Removed Orfox because there is no GNU/Linux version available.
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* '''Summary''': A listing of free software replacements.
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** Removed LibreSignal because there is no GNU/Linux version available.
 
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** Removed VimTouch because there is no GNU/Linux version available.
 
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** Added Telegram (as a replacement for LibreSignal).
 

Revision as of 20:35, 14 July 2018

Here is a list of popular free software applications that we recommend to replace common proprietary applications. Ceasing to use proprietary appliations is a good way to start migrating to freedom.

We have a separate list for each operating system because some of the free replacements don't run on all the operating system.

Misc

Free operating systems

Nonfree operating systems

After you replace the nonfree apps, how about replacing the nonfree system next? For your freedom's sake.

About

  • Team Captain: David Hedlund
  • Participant: Adfeno
  • Summary: A listing of free software replacements.

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