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, 200818 yr by LegoLiam™

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/

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

ConvertXtoDVD > ?????

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

also ConvertxToDVD could be replaced with

Mediacoder (uses FFMpeg or Mencoder)

has built in settings for converting to portable devices too

Edited April 13, 200818 yr by phkninja

This may also be of some help to you:

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

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

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.

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

LinuxAppFinder

OSAlt

OSLiving

TheOpenDisc

Edited April 25, 200818 yr by darrelljon