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GNU/Linux
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GNU/Hurd
BSD
Android
Apple
macOS
| Type
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Free program
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Replacement for
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| 3D computer graphics software
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Blender
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Autodesk Maya ("Maya")
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| Anonymous P2P
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GNUnet
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?
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| BitTorrent client
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Tribler, qBittorrent
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BitTorrent
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| Compiler
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Mingw-w64
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| Desktop publishing
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Scribus
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* Adobe InDesign* QuarkXPress
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| Diagramming software
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Dia
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| Document viewer
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Evince
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Adobe Reader
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| Email client, news client, feed reader
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Mozilla Thunderbird
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Apple Mail (included)
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| VoIP, telephony, softphone, SIP
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GNU Ring, Linphone
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Apple iMessage
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| Instant messaging client
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Pidgin
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* Facebook Messenger* ICQ* Trillian* Yahoo! Messenger
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| Live USB
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Apple Disk Utility
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| Media player
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VLC media player (VLC)
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Apple QuickTime
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| Office suite
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LibreOffice (OpenOffice.org fork)
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Microsoft Office
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| Online storage
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ownCloud (client only)
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Dropbox
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| Raster graphics editor
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GIMP
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Adobe Photoshop
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| Text editor
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Vim
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Notes
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| Vector graphics editor
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Inkscape
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Adobe Illustrator
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| Web browser
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GNU IceCat (Mozilla Firefox ESR fork)
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* Apple Safari (included)* Chromium* Google Chrome* Firefox
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iOS
Microsoft
Windows
| Type
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Free program
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Replacement for
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| 3D computer graphics software
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Blender
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* Autodesk Maya ("Maya")* Autodesk 3ds Max
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| Anonymous P2P
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GNUnet
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DC++
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| BitTorrent client
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Tribler, qBittorrent
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BitTorrent
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| Compiler
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Mingw-w64
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Microsoft Visual C++
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| Desktop publishing
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Scribus
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* Adobe InDesign* QuarkXPress
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| Diagramming software
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Dia
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Microsoft Visio
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| Document viewer
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Evince
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* Adobe Reader* Microsoft Reader* Nitro PDF Reader
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| Email client, news client, feed reader
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Mozilla Thunderbird
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* Microsoft Outlook* Windows Mail (included)
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| VoIP, telephony, softphone, SIP
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GNU Ring, Linphone
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Skype
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| Instant messaging client
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Pidgin
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* ICQ* Trillian* Yahoo! Messenger
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| Live USB
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* Microsoft Windows USB/DVD Download Tool* Windows USB Installer Maker* WinToFlash
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| Media player
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VLC media player (VLC)
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* PowerDVD* Windows Media Player* Apple QuickTime
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| Office suite
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LibreOffice (OpenOffice.org fork)
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Microsoft Office
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| Online storage
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ownCloud (client only)
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* Apple iCloud* Dropbox
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| Raster graphics editor
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GIMP
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* PaintShop Pro* Adobe Photoshop* Microsoft Paint (included)
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| Text editor
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Vim
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| Vector graphics editor
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Inkscape
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* CorelDraw* Adobe Illustrator* Xara Photo & Graphic Designer
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| Web browser
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GNU IceCat (Mozilla Firefox ESR fork)
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* Chromium* Google Chrome* Firefox* Internet Explorer (included)
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Windows Mobile
Multi view (outdated, archived as example only)
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Replacement for / Available
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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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Type
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| Blender
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Autodesk Maya ("Maya")
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Autodesk Maya ("Maya")
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- Autodesk Maya ("Maya")
- Autodesk 3ds Max
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3D computer graphics software
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| Dia
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Yes
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Yes
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Microsoft Visio
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Diagramming software
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| Evince
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Adobe Reader
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Adobe Reader
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- Adobe Reader
- Microsoft Reader
- Nitro PDF Reader
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Document viewer
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| GIMP
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Yes
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Yes
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Adobe Photoshop
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- PaintShop Pro
- Adobe Photoshop
- Microsoft Paint (included)
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Raster graphics editor
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| GNU IceCat (Mozilla Firefox ESR fork)
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- Chromium
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
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- Apple Safari (included)
- Chromium
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
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- Apple Safari (included)
- Chromium
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
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- Chromium
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
- Internet Explorer (included)
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Web browser
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| GNUnet
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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DC++
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Anonymous P2P
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| Inkscape
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Yes
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Yes
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Adobe Illustrator
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- CorelDraw
- Adobe Illustrator
- Xara Photo & Graphic Designer
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Vector graphics editor
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| Iridium (Chromium fork)
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- Chromium
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
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- Chromium
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
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- Apple Safari (included)
- Chromium
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
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- Apple Safari (included)
- Chromium
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
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- Chromium
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
- Internet Explorer (included)
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Web browser
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| LibreOffice
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Yes
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Yes
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Microsoft Office
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Microsoft Office
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Office suite
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| MinGW
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Yes
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Microsoft Visual C++
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Compiler
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| ownCloud (client only)
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Dropbox
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Dropbox
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Dropbox
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Dropbox
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Online storage
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| Pidgin
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- ICQ
- Trillian
- Yahoo! Messenger
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- Facebook Messenger
- ICQ
- Trillian
- Yahoo! Messenger
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- Facebook Messenger
- ICQ
- Trillian
- Yahoo! Messenger
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- ICQ
- Trillian
- Yahoo! Messenger
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- ICQ
- Trillian
- Yahoo! Messenger
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Instant messaging client
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| qBittorrent
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Yes
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Yes
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BitTorrent
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BitTorrent
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BitTorrent client
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| QupZilla
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- Chromium
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
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- Chromium
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
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- Apple Safari (included)
- Chromium
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
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- Apple Safari (included)
- Chromium
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
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- Chromium
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
- Internet Explorer (included)
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Web browser
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| Scribus
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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- Adobe InDesign
- QuarkXPress
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- Adobe InDesign
- QuarkXPress
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Desktop publishing
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| Signal
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Yes
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Yes
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Apple iMessage
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Apple iMessage
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Yes
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Encrypted voice calling, video calling and instant messaging
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| Mozilla Thunderbird
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Yes
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Apple Mail (included)
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- Microsoft Outlook
- Windows Mail (included)
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Email client, news client, feed reader
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| Tribler
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Yes
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Yes
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BitTorrent
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BitTorrent
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BitTorrent client
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| UNetbootin
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Yes
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Apple Disk Utility
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- Microsoft Windows USB/DVD Download Tool
- Windows USB Installer Maker
- WinToFlash
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Live USB
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| Vim
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Notes
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Notes
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Text editor
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| VLC media player (VLC)
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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- PowerDVD
- Windows Media Player
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Yes
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Media player
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Log
- Synced https://www.gnu.org/software/for-windows.html
- Replaced MinGW with Mingw-w64. 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
- Replaced 'Signal' with 'GNU Ring' and 'Linphone'
- Removed 'UNetbootin', and didn't replace it with FUSBi (abandonware)
- 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 'Claws Mail' with 'Mozilla Thunderbird' -- GNU IceCat is a fork of Mozilla Firefox ESR, some add-ons run on both Firefox (and IceCat) and Thunderbird. Thunderbird is much much popular than Claws Mail.
- Replaced "MSN" (Windows Live Messenger, discontinued) with "Facebook Messenger"
- Added "Apple Mail"
- 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.
- Replaced "Napster" with DC++
- Removed AIM, discontinued (December 15, 2017)
- Replaced "Outlook Express" with "Microsoft Mail"
- Removed "PageMaker", discontinued
- Removed Google Drive, a service not a software
- Cosmetic
- Made the categories more unique
- Replaced "Blender3D" with "Blender" (see menu bar Blender -> About).
- Replaced "VideoLan Client" with "VLC media player" (see menu bar VLC -> About).
- Replaced "Paint Shop Pro" with "PaintShop Pro".
- 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"
- Replaced "ICQ chat clients" with "ICQ"
- Replaced "Maya" with "Autodesk Maya ("Maya")"
- Replaced "3DSMax" (formerly 3D Studio and 3D Studio Max) with "Autodesk 3ds Max"
- Replaced "InDesign" with "Adobe InDesign"
- Replaced "Reader (Windows 8)" with "Microsoft Reader"
- Synced https://www.gnu.org/software/for-ios.html and
- Removed Rufus because there is no GNU/Linux version available.
- Removed OnionBrowser because there is no GNU/Linux version available.
- Removed Orfox because there is no GNU/Linux version available.
- Removed LibreSignal because there is no GNU/Linux version available.
- Removed VimTouch because there is no GNU/Linux version available.
- Added Telegram (as a replacement for LibreSignal).
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