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| #Students can install these tools in their laptops and use it whenever they want it | | #Students can install these tools in their laptops and use it whenever they want it |
| See [[Why_public_software| more reasons]] for using public software | | See [[Why_public_software| more reasons]] for using public software |
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| + | {| class="wikitable" border="1" |
| + | |- |
| + | ! Area |
| + | ! Public Software |
| + | ! Proprietary Software |
| + | |- |
| + | | '''Operating system''' |
| + | | Ubuntu GNU-Linux / Bhartiya Open Source System (BOSS from CDAC) |
| + | | Microsoft Windows |
| + | |- |
| + | | '''Office Applications''' |
| + | |Open Office / LibreOffice |
| + | |Microsoft Office |
| + | |- |
| + | |'''Email client ''' |
| + | |Mozilla Thunderbird / Evolution |
| + | |Microsoft Outlook |
| + | |- |
| + | |'''Internet Browser ''' |
| + | |Mozilla Firefox / Chrome |
| + | |Internet Explorer |
| + | |- |
| + | | |
| + | |<span style="background:Wheat"> '''Vocational Educational tools''' </span>''' |
| + | | |
| + | |- |
| + | |'''Desktop Publishing''' |
| + | |GIMP, Inkscape, Scribus |
| + | |Page Maker, Corel Draw |
| + | |- |
| + | |'''Video editing''' |
| + | |PiTiVi, Kdenlinve, Openshot |
| + | |Adobe photoshop, Final Cut Pro |
| + | |- |
| + | |'''Audio Editing''' |
| + | |Audacity |
| + | |Wavepad |
| + | |- |
| + | |'''Animation''' |
| + | |Blender, Scratch |
| + | |Adobe Macromedia |
| + | |- |
| + | | |
| + | |<span style="background:Wheat"> '''Engineering software tools (for engineering colleges and polytechniques)''' </span>- |
| + | |- |
| + | |'''Engineering drawing''' |
| + | |Q CAD, CollabCad (NIC), FreeCad, Librecad |
| + | |AutoCAD |
| + | |- |
| + | |'''Numerical computing''' |
| + | |SCILAB |
| + | |MATLAB |
| + | |} |
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| + | |
| + | |
| ==Basic Public Software applications== | | ==Basic Public Software applications== |
| There are excellent public software alternatives to commonly used proprietary software as below | | There are excellent public software alternatives to commonly used proprietary software as below |