Category | Open Source Software | Commercial Equivalent |
Office productivity suite | Open Office | Microsoft Office |
Image manipulation | GIMP | Adobe Photoshop |
Vector graphics editor | Inkscape | Adobe Illustrator |
Audio editor/recorder | Audacity | Apple Garage Band, Acoustica Mixcraft* |
Desktop publishing | Scribus | Microsoft Publisher |
Interactive paint program | Tuxpaint | Kidpix |
WinCamp Tools (Camp) | Inspiration | |
3-D content creator | Blender | |
Drawing | Dia | |
Web authoring | NVU | Dream Weaver |
Image view/edit | Picasa | |
Real time 3-D space simulation | Celestia | |
Web browser | Mozilla Firefox | Microsoft Internet Explorer |
Web browser | Google Chrome | |
Screen Capture | Jing | Camtasia |
Ed software (age 2-10) | GCompris |