OpenSource

[Legolash2o]

Ok, recently i've decided to move to OpenSource software, but for some programs i dont know a alternative so here is what i have so far...

">" = i now use

"?????" = need an alternative

Internet Explorer > Firefox 3 Beta 5

Adobe Reader > Foxit Reader

Office > OpenOffice

Visual Studio 2008 > Sharp Develop 3.0

WinRAR > 7zip

Nero 8 > InfraRecorder

ConvertXtoDVD > ?????

iTunes > SharePod 3.8.0

Thats all i can think of for now, please name some good alternatives which are free and small but very effective i.e. Foxit. Thanks

Edited April 12, 2008 by LegoLiam™

[PC_LOAD_LETTER]

not necessarily open source but everything on this list is free

http://www.msfn.org/board/MSFN-s-Official-...ist-t70784.html

but this is the only open source one i found that looks ok

http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/

[Legolash2o]

doesnt have to be OpenSrouce, but as long as its free, small and efficient Thanks for the links.

[MHz]

ConvertXtoDVD > ?????

Try AVStoDVD (uses QuEnc & HCenc to encode) or DVD Flick (uses FFmpeg to encode)

[phkninja]

also ConvertxToDVD could be replaced with

Mediacoder (uses FFMpeg or Mencoder)

has built in settings for converting to portable devices too

Edited April 13, 2008 by phkninja

[Tarun]

This may also be of some help to you:

http://wiki.lunarsoft.net/wiki/Freeware

[kz26]

For the ConvertXtoDVD alternative, try DVD Flick. Not nearly as flexible, but it gets the job done

[ajua]

ConvertXtoDVD -> StaxRip. This is a great media converter and encoder. DVDFlick is good at DVD only but its capable.

iTunes -> J. River Media Jukebox (www.mediajukebox.com) is awesome and better at everything iTunes does! or for basic as SharePod use Floola which i found better.

[Nick_White]

Don't limit yourself to ONLY open source. There are a lot of freeware apps that are better than open source.

[darrelljon]

LinuxAppFinder

OSAlt

OSLiving

TheOpenDisc

Edited April 25, 2008 by darrelljon