Comments on: Open Source and Free Software I use http://bnee.com/2008/12/open-source-software-for-windows/ Brendan Nee Online Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:17:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: DuMeter Replacement - one more free app http://bnee.com/2008/12/open-source-software-for-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-1266 DuMeter Replacement - one more free app Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:16:31 +0000 http://www.bnee.com/2007/09/clean-install-programs-i-use/#comment-1266 [...] recently made a post about how many open source or free applications I am currently using after a reformat of my laptop. [...] [...] recently made a post about how many open source or free applications I am currently using after a reformat of my laptop. [...]

]]> By: Brendan Nee http://bnee.com/2008/12/open-source-software-for-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-1195 Brendan Nee Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:38:01 +0000 http://www.bnee.com/2007/09/clean-install-programs-i-use/#comment-1195 I haven't tried the gimp, but I will have to check it out. Now that google documents launched a web based powerpoint competitor, its looking more and more likely I could live without MS office. I generally am not picky about my documents and am very comfortable with OO, but my clients send me all sorts of strangely formatted files, and issues might arise if I sent them a file with less than perfect formatting. However, I find that I rarely actually send out Office documents, I'm either sending out pdfs or trying to get my clients to collaborate with me via google documents. It seems like more and more people are ditching word. My advisior from the University of Minnesota <a href="http://blog.lib.umn.edu/levin031/transportationist/2007/05/_ms_word_is_hereby_banished.html" rel="nofollow">banned the use of word</a> for all academic purposes. I'm not in a position to do that with my clients (yet). I haven’t tried the gimp, but I will have to check it out. Now that google documents launched a web based powerpoint competitor, its looking more and more likely I could live without MS office.

I generally am not picky about my documents and am very comfortable with OO, but my clients send me all sorts of strangely formatted files, and issues might arise if I sent them a file with less than perfect formatting. However, I find that I rarely actually send out Office documents, I’m either sending out pdfs or trying to get my clients to collaborate with me via google documents.

It seems like more and more people are ditching word. My advisior from the University of Minnesota banned the use of word for all academic purposes. I’m not in a position to do that with my clients (yet).

]]> By: Slushpupie http://bnee.com/2008/12/open-source-software-for-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-1194 Slushpupie Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:25:01 +0000 http://www.bnee.com/2007/09/clean-install-programs-i-use/#comment-1194 There will always be some formatting differences between OpenOffice (OO) and MS Office, since they use different storage formats. Ive been using OO for a long time now, and most of the time the formatting issues are not a big deal. But it depends on if you are the producer or consumer of the document, and how picky you are. I think both products do a lousy job at advanced formatting features. For a Photoshop replacement, have to looked at the Gimp at all? It certainly isn't a 1:1 replacement, but for website development and basic to moderate photo editing it works great (some advanced features are there, but not quite to the degree Photoshop has) There will always be some formatting differences between OpenOffice (OO) and MS Office, since they use different storage formats. Ive been using OO for a long time now, and most of the time the formatting issues are not a big deal. But it depends on if you are the producer or consumer of the document, and how picky you are. I think both products do a lousy job at advanced formatting features.

For a Photoshop replacement, have to looked at the Gimp at all? It certainly isn’t a 1:1 replacement, but for website development and basic to moderate photo editing it works great (some advanced features are there, but not quite to the degree Photoshop has)

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