Free Software Alternatives that you should use

This page lists some free software alternatives to some common proprietary software. Indymedia is based on free software and we likewise encourage people to embrace its use as much as possible.

Browers:
1) Mozilla Firefox (Windows, Mac, Linux)
2) Opera (Linux)
3) Konqueror (Linux)

Email Client:
Thunderbird - www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/

Instant Messaging / Chat:
Jabber - http://www.jabber.org/

VoiceCalls / Voice over IP:
Ekiga www.ekiga.org
Twinkle is a SIP softphone for linux only. http://www.twinklephone.com
Jitsi - Open Source Video Calls and Chat http://www.jitsi.org/

Whiteboard interworking:
Coccinella - http://thecoccinella.org/about

Webserver:
Apache - www.apache.org

Website development:
Perl language - www.perl.org PHP scripting language - www.php.net
MySql database - www.mysql.com

Web Content Management Systems
Oscailt (designed for Indymedia sites -runs this site) www.indymedia.ie/oscailt
Drupal - www.drupal.org
Wordpress -Blog and Publishing Platform - www.wordpress.org

Text Editor:
gvim text editor - www.vim.org

Image Editor:
GIMP -The GNU Image Manipulation Program - www.gimp.org

For a comprehensive list of free software, visit the Free Software Foundation Website and go to the page: http://directory.fsf.org/

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