Collection:Windows
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). See the Log section for changes. I didn't start this page to propose changes to the Windows pages on gnu.org I rather want us to continue the work on the Free Software Directory. -- David Hedlund
Microsoft's Software is Malware
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 |
---|---|---|
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.
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
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