<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" version="2.0"><channel><title>Free Software, Freeware, Open Source, Alternative Software</title><description>All about alternative free software and freeware for use.</description><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</managingEditor><pubDate>Fri, 6 Sep 2024 00:42:41 +0700</pubDate><generator>Blogger http://www.blogger.com</generator><openSearch:totalResults xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">20</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><link>https://freesoftware-community.blogspot.com/</link><language>en-us</language><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>All about alternative free software and freeware for use.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:owner><itunes:email>noreply@blogger.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><item><title>Alternative Software for Compression or Extract File</title><link>https://freesoftware-community.blogspot.com/2013/05/alternative-software-for-compression-or.html</link><category>Alternative Software</category><category>file compress</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 21:29:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173793377803220918.post-8365625266758814632</guid><description>Name: 7-Zip
URL: http://www.7-zip.org
License: Open source / GNU Lesser General Public License
Platform: Win32, Win64, Win IA64, Linux x86
Alternative to: WinRAR, WinZip
Notes: Can only compress into some of it's supported formats


Name: ICEOWS (Interface de Compression Ergonomique pour windOWS)
URL: http://www.iceows.com/HomePageUS.html
License: Freeware
Platform: Win32
Alternative to: WinRAR, </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Alternative Software to Adobe Product</title><link>https://freesoftware-community.blogspot.com/2010/10/alternative-software-to-adobe-product.html</link><category>Alternative Software</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:38:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173793377803220918.post-863777256036869697</guid><description>This list exists to inform users of free alternatives software to Adobe Product.

Name: CutePDF Writer
URL: http://www.cutepdf.com
License: Freeware (Free for personal and commercial use)
Platform: Win32, Win64
Alternative to: Adobe Acrobat Standard
&amp;nbsp;Name: PDFCreator
URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
License: Open source / GNU General Public License
Platform: Win32
Alternative</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><title>Alternative Software To 3D Studio Max</title><link>https://freesoftware-community.blogspot.com/2010/10/alternative-software-to-3d-studio-max.html</link><category>3d modelling</category><category>Alternative Software</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 12:24:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173793377803220918.post-3618064589842070288</guid><description>This list exists to inform users of free alternatives to common (or not so common) commercial software.

Alternative Software to 3D Studio Max
Name: Blender 3D
URL: http://www.blender3d.org
License: Open source / GNU General Public License
Platform: Win32, Linux x86, Linux PPC, Mac OS X, Solaris, FreeBSD
Alternative to: 3D Studio Max, LightWave 3D
Name: Freyja URL: http://icculus.org/freyja/
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When Defraggler reads or writes a file, it uses the exact same techniques that Windows uses. Using Defraggler is just as safe for your files as using Windows.

At a glance, you can see how fragmented your hard drive is. Defraggler's drive map shows</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Free 3GP Video Convert Wizard 3.6.1.1</title><link>https://freesoftware-community.blogspot.com/2010/04/free-3gp-video-convert-wizard-3611.html</link><category>Video</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><pubDate>Mon, 5 Apr 2010 12:33:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173793377803220918.post-3570326600308548109</guid><description>Free 3GP Video Convert Wizard will get all your 3GP conversion done with ease. Free 3GP Video Convert Wizard features a powerful 3GP converter to convert 3GP video to other video /audio formats supported by your portable devices like iPod, PSP and other music players. 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