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[edit] Free Software Replacements to Proprietary Softwares
This page is intended to provide a comprehensible list of Free Software Replacements for the Proprietary Softwares, especially used by Academic Community though not restricted to any domain. Please use the categories to group softwares, in alphabetical order, based on their domain and please follow the table structure as well.
[edit] Architecture
| Purpose | Proprietary | Free Software Replacements
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| CAD | ArchCAD |
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[edit] BioTech
| Purpose | Proprietary | Free Software Replacements
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| Tools for Computation Molecular Biology | | Biopython
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[edit] Business, Management and HR
| Purpose | Proprietary | Free Software Replacements
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| CRM | SAP CRM, PeopleSoft, Microsoft, SAS | SugarCRM
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| Purpose | Proprietary | Free Software Replacements
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| CAD | |
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[edit] Computer Science and IT
| Purpose | Proprietary S/W(s) | Free Software Replacements
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[edit] Database
| Purpose | Proprietary S/W(s) | Free Software Replacements
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| DBMS | MS SQL Server, Oracle | PostgreSQL, MySQL
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[edit] Electronics
| Purpose | Proprietary S/W(s) | Free Software Replacements
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| MuP Simulators | | GNUSim 8085
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| VHDL | ModelSim | Verilog, FreeDHL
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| EDA Tools | Xilinx | gEDA
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[edit] Electrical
| Purpose | Proprietary S/W(s) | Free Software Replacements
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| Simulations | MatLab | Octave
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| Graphical Tool for Measurement and Automation | LabVIEW
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| Analog and Digital Circuit Designing | Pspice |
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[edit] Financial
| Purpose | Proprietary S/W(s) | Free Software Replacements
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| Financial Accounting | Tally |
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| Point of Sale | |
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[edit] Gaming
| Purpose | Proprietary S/W(s) | Free Software Replacements
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| FPS | Quake Arena | Open Arena
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| RTS | Age of Empires |
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[edit] Graphics and Designing
| Purpose | Proprietary S/W(s) | Free Software Replacements
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| Image Editing and Processing | Adobe Photoshop | GIMP, Krita
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[edit] Industrial Engineering
| Purpose | Proprietary S/W(s) | Free Software Replacements
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| Statistical Tools | StatFit, Systat | R
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| Purpose | Proprietary S/W(s) | Free Software Replacements
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[edit] Mathematics
| Purpose | Proprietary S/W(s) | Free Software Replacements
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| Mathematical Simulation | Mathematica, Maple, Matlab,Scilab | Maxima, Axiom, Sage, Yacs, Octave , R
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[edit] Mechanical
| Purpose | Proprietary S/W(s) | Free Software Replacements
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| CAD/CAM Designing | AutoCAD |
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[edit] Medical
| Purpose | Proprietary S/W(s) | Free Software Replacements
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[edit] Office
| Purpose | Proprietary S/W(s) | Free Software Replacements
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| Office Suites | MS Office | OpenOffice.org, KOffice
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[edit] Personal
| Purpose | Proprietary S/W(s) | Free Software Replacements
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| Personal Messenger | Yahoo! Messenger, GTalk, MSN Messenger | Pidgin, Kopete
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| IRC Client | | XChat, IRSSI. Konversation, Kirc
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| Internet Calling | Skype | ekiga, Linphone, KPhone
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| Bit Torrent | | Transmission, delugu-torrent
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| Email Client | Outlook Express | Evolution, Thunderbird, KMail
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[edit] Programming
| Purpose | Proprietary S/W(s) | Free Software Replacements
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| IDE | Visual Studio | KDevelop, Anjuta, Eclipse, QT, Code::Blocks
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| Editors | Notepad | Emacs, Vi, GVim, Gedit, Kate, Joe, SciTE
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| Graphics Programming | OpenGL | Mesa3D
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[edit] Publishing
| Purpose | Proprietary S/W(s) | Free Software Replacements
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| Desktop Publishing | Pagemaker, Indesign | Scribus
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| Vector graphics | Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw | Inkscape OpenOffice Draw
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| Image Editing | Adobe Photoshop | GIMP
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[edit] Web Designing and Development
| Purpose | Proprietary S/W(s) | Free Software Replacements
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| Web Designing | Dreamweaver, Photoshop | Inkscape, Scribus, GIMP
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| Web Page Builder | MS Frontpage |
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| HTML/CSS Editors | | Quanta, Bluefish
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