elRTE - open source WYSIWYG editor for Web 9 Must-Have OpenOffice Extensions Like Firefox, OpenOffice also comes with extensions that you can use to improve its functionality. Here, we have tested all the extensions and sorted out those that are useful for everyday use. Some of them are for general use while some are only meant for Writer, Calc or Impress. (For those who haven’t heard about OpenOffice before, it’s a popular free alternative to Microsoft Office) Before you carry on reading, here are some things that you need to do/know: Obviously, the extensions require OpenOffice to work. To install the extension, you have to go to Tools -> Extension Manager in any of the OpenOffice applications. Let’s proceed onto the 9 must-have extensions for your OpenOffice. 1) Sun PDF Import Extension Normally, OpenOffice only allows you to export your file to PDF format, but not to import and make changes to it. By default, this extension imports the PDF file into the Draw application rather than Writer, even though it may contain a full page of text. 4) Writer’s Tools
Home - Pencil Project Compiere Open Source ERP and CRM Business Solution CodeMirror The Top 50 Proprietary Programs that Drive You Crazy — and Their Open Source Alternatives | WHDb The Top 50 Proprietary Programs that Drive You Crazy — and Their Open Source Alternatives Update January 22, 2013: This article was originally posted February 7, 2008. Since then, it has been one of our most popular articles here at WHdb.com. In light of this, we have decided to give this article an update for 2013: we cleaned out some obsolete links and added a New for 2013 section. Enjoy! Not every proprietary program can drive a person crazy, right? The following fifty sixty proprietary programs are listed in no particular order within broad categories along with their open source alternatives. Jump to: Operating Systems & Web Browsers | Office Suites | Office Tools | Productivity | Graphic Programs | Web Editors | Desktop Publishing | Communications | Media | Utilities | Security | Financial | New for 2013 Operating Systems & Web Browsers Windows 10 to Ubuntu: This is Microsoft’s operating system (OS), and even Microsoft fans have become disillusioned with this product. Office Suites
Open Culture Open Source Living Overview — Sphinx 1.1.3 documentation PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB drives Wiki on a Stick Official Website Open Source Alternative to Commercial Software Graphic Applications ACDSee Imgv is a unique and feature rich Image Viewer. It is released as free software with full source code. Imgv is portable and can run on Windows, Linux, BSD, OSX, and other operating systems. Features include a GUI that doesn’t get in the way of viewing your images, a file browser, slideshows, zooming, rotating, on-the-fly Exif viewing, histograms, fullscreen support, wallpaper setting, the ability to view 4 images on the screen at once, adjustable thumbnail sizes, playlists, view and download images from Web sites, movie playing, file searching/filtering, multiple directory loading, transitional effects, image hiding and more. Cornice is a cross-platform image viewer written in Python + wxPython + PIL. Adobe After Effects Jahshaka is an editing and effects system. Adobe FrameMaker and QuarkXPress KWord is a frame-based word-processing and desktop publishing application. Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw Skencil is an interactive vector drawing appliction. CommView
welcome to Mako! OPEN SOURCE GOD: 480+ Open Source Applications Open source software is booming: here we round up over 480 open source applications for you to use or build upon. Feel free to add more apps in the comments. And don’t forget to subscribe to Mashable for the latest web news and resources. Also see the other entries in this series: ONLINE PRODUCTIVITY GOD, WORDPRESS GOD, ONLINE MEDIA GOD and FIREFOX GOD. Accounting Adaptive Planning Express - An open source solution enabling medium sized companies to automate budgeting and forecasting by moving beyond traditional applications like Excel. Buddi - A simple budgeting program for users with no financial background. CheckItOut - A Ruby on Rails application to manage personal money accounts. FrontAccounting - A professional web-based accounting system for ERP chain; written in PHP with use of MySQL. GFP - A free java based personal finance manager with the ability to run on any operating system. TurboCASH - Flexible small business accounting software fulfilling the major needs of any business. Dr.