25 Useful Pieces Of Free (and Open) Software for Macs


	25 Useful Pieces Of Free (and Open) Software for Macs

prin1

11-1-2008 8:01 PM

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prin1 says:

most if not all are compatible with windows as well. he's listed 25 altogether. check them all out...maybe we can just put windows in it's final resting place...

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11-1-2008 8:42 PM

Lexica

Very useful - thanks!

11-2-2008 11:03 AM

glennbah

Great... another Mac supporter and user.

11-2-2008 11:37 AM

prin1

in my dreams i have a mac

11-3-2008 9:29 AM

brazilnut72

Thanks for posting these. I knew of most of them, but there were a couple new ones.

11-3-2008 9:40 AM

prin1

yeah, abiword and seashore seem particularly interesting and useful. i already use firefox and openoffice regularly but will try the rest once the election is over

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<A href="http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/">http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/</A>
<EM>Replaces Internet Explorer and Safari</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/11/01/25-useful-pieces-of-free-and-open-software-for-macs/"><STRONG>2. Quicksilver</STRONG>
<A href="http://www.blacktree.com/">http://www.blacktree.com/</A>
<EM>Unique but useful (productivity)</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/11/01/25-useful-pieces-of-free-and-open-software-for-macs/"><STRONG>3. Thunderbird</STRONG>
<A href="http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/">http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/</A>
<EM>Replaces Mail</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/11/01/25-useful-pieces-of-free-and-open-software-for-macs/"><STRONG>4. Sunbird</STRONG>
<A href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/">http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/</A>
<EM>Replaces iCal</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/11/01/25-useful-pieces-of-free-and-open-software-for-macs/"><STRONG>5. AbiWord</STRONG>
<A href="http://www.abisource.com/download/">http://www.abisource.com/download/</A>
<EM>Replaces Microsoft Word</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/11/01/25-useful-pieces-of-free-and-open-software-for-macs/"><STRONG>6. OpenOffice</STRONG>
<A href="http://www.openoffice.org/">http://www.openoffice.org/</A>
<EM>Replaces Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/11/01/25-useful-pieces-of-free-and-open-software-for-macs/"><STRONG>7. Seashore</STRONG>
<A href="http://seashore.sourceforge.net/index.php">http://seashore.sourceforge.net/</A>
<EM>Replaces (for most uses) Adobe Photoshop</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/11/01/25-useful-pieces-of-free-and-open-software-for-macs/"><STRONG>8. Scribus</STRONG>
<A href="http://www.scribus.net/">http://www.scribus.net/</A>
<EM>Replaces Adobe Pagemaker (desktop publishing)</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/11/01/25-useful-pieces-of-free-and-open-software-for-macs/"><STRONG>9. Adium</STRONG>
<A href="http://adiumx.com/">http://adiumx.com/</A>
<EM>Replaces iChat</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/11/01/25-useful-pieces-of-free-and-open-software-for-macs/"><STRONG>10. OneButton FTP</STRONG>
<A href="http://onebutton.org/">http://onebutton.org/</A>
<EM>Replaces “command line” FTP</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/11/01/25-useful-pieces-of-free-and-open-software-for-macs/"><STRONG>11. Audacity</STRONG>
<A href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/">http://audacity.sourceforge.net/</A>
<EM>Replaces/supplements GarageBand</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/11/01/25-useful-pieces-of-free-and-open-software-for-macs/"><STRONG>12. Cashbox</STRONG>
<A href="http://www.fadingred.org/cashbox/">http://www.fadingred.org/cashbox/</A>
<EM>Replaces Quicken</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/11/01/25-useful-pieces-of-free-and-open-software-for-macs/"><STRONG>13. Vidalia</STRONG>
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