Hellebaard would like to advocate free and open source software (FOSS) which is listed below. These software packages can be used free of charge on operating systems like MS Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. They are legal and quality alternatives for other software packages and guarantee more freedom for the user.
| type | alternative | name |
|---|---|---|
| webbrowser | MS Internet Explorer, Apple Safari, Google Chrome |
Mozilla Firefox |
| Chromium | ||
| email, addresses |
MS Outlook, Mail, Address Book |
Mozilla Thunderbird |
| calendar | MS Outlook, iCal, Google Calendar |
Mozilla Sunbird |
| media player | MS Media Player, QuickTime, DVD Player |
VLC |
| audio player | iTunes, Winamp, foobar2000 |
Songbird / Nightingale |
| messenger, chat, telephone, VOIP |
MS Messenger, MS NetMeeting, MS Office Communicator, iChat, Skype |
aMSN |
| Pidgin | ||
| Ekiga | ||
| office suite | MS Office | LibreOffice: |
| word processor | MS Word | - Writer |
| spreadsheet | MS Excel | - Calc |
| presentation | MS PowerPoint | - Impress |
| database | MS Access | - Base |
| drawing | MS Draw | - Draw |
| project management | MS Project, FastTrac Schedule, ConceptDraw PROJECT |
OpenProj |
| GanttProject | ||
| image manipulation | Adobe Photoshop, Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo |
GIMP |
| vector drawing | Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Fireworks, CorelDRAW |
Inkscape |
| simplified drawing | MS Paint Painting |
Tux Paint |
| desktop publishing | Adobe InDesign, Adobe FrameMaker, QuarkXPress |
Scribus |
| web design | MS FrontPage, Adobe Dreamweaver |
Mozilla SeaMonkey Composer |
| rich interactive web design |
Adobe Flash | OpenLaszlo |
| archiver, compression |
WinZip | 7-Zip |
| file transfer | WinFTP | FileZilla |
| planetarium, telescope |
MS WorldWide Telescope | Celestia |
| Stellarium | ||
| modelling, animation, rendering, ray tracing |
3ds Max, Maya, Rhino, LightWave 3D, solidThinking, Softimage|XSI |
Blender |
| POV-Ray | ||
| video editting | Windows Movie Maker, iMovie, Pinnacle Studio, Adobe Premiere, Avid Xpress Pro |
Avidemux |
| Cinefx | ||
| audio editting | Adobe Soundbooth, GarageBand, Sony Sound Forge |
Audacity |
| antivirus | McAfee VirusScan, Semantec Norton AntiVirus |
ClamWin / ClamXav / ClamTk |
| pixel repair | JScreenFix |
Please, also consider installating the following add-ons for XUL applications such as Firefox and Thunderbird.
Software for Linux can be installed via the package manager in the system administration menu. This will also automatically offer newer versions.