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See [[Why_public_software| more reasons]] for using public software.
See [[Why_public_software| more reasons]] for using public software.
==Public-software (free and open source software) alternatives to proprietary software==
==Basic Public Software applications==
There are excellent public software alternatives to commonly used proprietary software as below.
=== Commonly used applications===
Public software tools available and widely used on personal computers.
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 60%; height: 200px;"
|-
|-
! Area
! Area
! Public Software
! Public Software
! Proprietary Software
! Proprietary Software
|- style="height: 36px;"
! Operating System
|| [https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Ubuntu Ubuntu] GNU-Linux / Bhartiya Open Source System (BOSS from CDAC)
|| Microsoft Windows
|- style="height: 36px;"
!Office Applications
||Open Office / LibreOffice ([https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_LibreOffice_Writer text editor], [https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_LibreOffice_Calc spreadsheet], [https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_LibreOffice_Impress presentation], [[Learn database|database]], [https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_MyPaint drawing tools])
||Microsoft Office
|- style="height: 36px;"
!Email client
||[https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Thunderbird Mozilla Thunderbird] / [[Learn Evolution|Evolution]]
||Microsoft Outlook
|- style="height: 36px;"
!Internet Browser
||[https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Firefox Mozilla Firefox] / [[Learn Chrome|Chrome]]
||Internet Explorer
|-
|'''Search Engine'''
|[https://duckduckgo.com DuckDuckgo] search engine
|Google Search
|-
|
|'''Mobile Phone Apps'''
|
|-
|Messaging
|[https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007319331-Group-chats Signal]
|WhatsApp
|- style="height: 36px;"
|
!'''Vocational Educational tools'''
|
|- style="height: 36px;"
!Desktop Publishing
||[https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_GIMP GIMP], [https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Inkscape Inkscape], [[Learn Scribus|Scribus]]
||Page Maker, Corel Draw
|- style="height: 36px;"
!Video editing
||[[Learn PiTiVi|PiTiVi]], [https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Kdenlive Kdenlinve], [https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Openshot_Video_Editor Openshot]
||Adobe photoshop, Final Cut Pro
|- style="height: 36px;"
!Audio Editing
||[https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Audacity Audacity]
||Wavepad
|- style="height: 36px;"
!Animation
||[[Learn Blender|Blender]], [[Learn Scratch|Scratch]]
||Adobe Macromedia
|- style="height: 36px;"
|
!Engineering software tools (for engineering colleges and polytechniques)
|- style="height: 36px;"
|'''Engineering drawing'''
||[[Learn Q CAD|Q CAD]], [[Learn CollabCad (NIC)|CollabCad (NIC)]], [[Learn FreeCad|FreeCad]], [[Learn Librecad|Librecad]]
||AutoCAD
|- style="height: 36px;"
!Numerical computing
||[[Learn SCILAB|SCILAB]]
||MATLAB
|}
===Educational Software ===
Public educational software applications is available in all subjects, which allows us to integrate computer into regular teaching learning. Table below provides public education software tools subject wise.
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
|-
! Subject
! Public Software
! Description
|-
|-
| '''Office Applications'''
! rowspan="5" | SCIENCE
|Open Office / LibreOffice
| [https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Kalzium Kalzium]
|Microsoft Office
| Kalzium shows the periodic table and the properties of elements. It is an encyclopedia, explaining states of matter, evolution of elements. Basic equations can be balanced using this tool.
|-
|-
|'''Email client '''
| [[Learn KStars|KStars]]
|Mozilla Thunderbird / Evolution
| Desktop planetarium-Astronomy with over 130000 stars, all planets, etc.
|Microsoft Outlook
|-
|-
|'''Internet Browser '''
| [https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Stellarium Stellarium]
| This is a desktop planetarium software that shows exactly what you see when you look up at the stars.
|Internet Explorer
|-
|-
|
| [https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_PhET PhET]
|<span style="background:Wheat"> '''Vocational Educational tools''' </span>'''
| Fun, interactive simulations of physical phenomenon
|
|-
| [[Learn KTechLab|KTechLab]]
| Can be used to build your own circuits and explain various components
|-
|-
|'''Desktop Publishing'''
! rowspan="3" | MATHS
|GIMP, Inkscape, Scribus
|[https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Geogebra Geogebra]
|Page Maker, Corel Draw
|An algebra and geometry package providing for both graphical and algebraic input, very versatile to create lesson plans and resources for maths learning
|-
|-
|'''Video editing'''
|[[Learn Tux Math|Tux Math]]
|PiTiVi, Kdenlinve, Openshot
|A fun game through which children can practise their addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
|-
|-
|'''Audio Editing'''
|[[Learn KBruch|KBruch]]
|Audacity
|This tool can be used to explain fractions as well as for the children to practice arithmetic problems.
|Wavepad
|-
|-
|'''Animation'''
! rowspan="2" | LOGIC
|Blender, Scratch
|[[Learn Kturtle|Kturtle]]
|Adobe Macromedia
|K Turtle can be used to create exercises to learn logic.
|-
|-
|[https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_TurtleBlocks Turtle art]
|
|
|-
|-
|'''Engineering drawing'''
! rowspan="2" | SOCIAL STUDIES
|Q CAD, CollabCad (NIC), FreeCad, Librecad
|[https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_KGeography KGeography]
|AutoCAD
|Quiz on different states and capitals across the globe
|-
|[https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Marble Marble]
|This acts as a dynamic desktop atlas.
|-
! rowspan="4" | ENGLISH
|[[Learn KHangman|KHangman]]
|Guess the correct work with a certain number of guesses allowed
|-
|[https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Kanagram KAnagram]
|Unscramble the word
|-
|[https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_KLetters KLettres]
|Identify the alphabets by recognising the sound
|-
|-
|'''Numerical computing'''
|[https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Tux_Typing Tux Typing]
|SCILAB
|Tux Typing" is an educational typing tutor.
|}
|}
Please refer to our simple user manuals on many of the free and open source applications mentioned in this page '[https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Explore_an_application Explore an application]'
==Additional public educational applications==
#[[Learn Blender|Blender]]
#[https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_GIMP Gimp]
#[[Learn Pixlr - web based|Pixlr - web based]]
#[[Learn Scratch|Scratch]]
#[[Learn MIT App Inventor 2|MIT App Inventor 2]]
#[[Learn Code.org resources|Code.org resources]]
#[[Learn Mozilla Popcorn Maker|Mozilla Popcorn Maker]]
[[Category:Digital literacy]]
[http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/ GIMP], Inkscape, Scribus
