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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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− | ==Public-software (free and open source software) alternatives to proprietary software==
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− | ! Area
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− | ! Public Software
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− | ! Proprietary Software
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− | | '''Operating system'''
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− | | Ubuntu GNU-Linux / Bhartiya Open Source System (BOSS from CDAC)
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− | | Microsoft Windows
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− | | '''Office Applications'''
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− | |Open Office / LibreOffice
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− | |Microsoft Office
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− | |'''Email client '''
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− | |Mozilla Thunderbird / Evolution
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− | |Microsoft Outlook
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− | |'''Internet Browser '''
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− | |Mozilla Firefox / Chrome
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− | |Internet Explorer
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− | |<span style="background:Wheat"> '''Vocational Educational tools''' </span>'''
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− | |'''Desktop Publishing'''
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− | |GIMP, Inkscape, Scribus
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− | |Page Maker, Corel Draw
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− | |'''Video editing'''
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− | |PiTiVi, Kdenlinve, Openshot
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− | |Adobe photoshop, Final Cut Pro
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− | |'''Audio Editing'''
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− | |Audacity
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− | |'''Animation'''
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− | |Blender, Scratch
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− | |Adobe Macromedia
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− | |<span style="background:Wheat"> '''Engineering software tools (for engineering colleges and polytechniques)''' </span>-
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− | |'''Engineering drawing'''
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− | |Q CAD, CollabCad (NIC), FreeCad, Librecad
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− | |AutoCAD
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− | |'''Numerical computing'''
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− | |SCILAB
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− | |MATLAB
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| ==Basic Public Software applications== | | ==Basic Public Software applications== |