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Useful free software
There are numerous very useful tools to organize, communicate, decide... Most famous commercial software has at least one free alternative. This page is a short guide to useful software for CENIR users.
Where can I find alternatives?
alternativeto.net is THE online resource to find alternatives (free or not, Windows, Mac, or Linux...) for all everyday software.
The Framasoft initiative promotes numerous free open-source alternatives to online services of the web giants.
Free open-source software recommended by the French state in 2017: http://www.numerama.com/content/uploads/2017/03/SILL-2017-socle-interminist%C3%A9riel-logiciels-libres_0.pdf
Image edition
Alternatives to:
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
... and more!
Pinta (a simpler photoshop)
Inkscape (Illustrator)
Gimp (Photoshop)
XnViewMP (bulk processing)
http://www.xnview.com/fr/xnviewmp/
Shutter (screen capture tool)
Imagej
Video
VLC
Video editing
Screen capture
Sound
Code versioning, text handling
Alternative to GitHub...
GitLab (code repository hosted by icm-institute.org)
https://gitlab.icm-institute.org/
ICM guide to GIT: GIT
smartGit (graphical Git client)
http://www.syntevo.com/smartgit/
Meld (text file comparison and merge)
Atom (programming text editor)
Remarkable (Markdown editor and rendering)
Cloud
Alternative to Dropbox, googledocs, googlecalendar, googleform, doodle...
Slack, Trello...
owncloud (dropbox replacement hosted by icm-institute.org)
http://owncloud.icm-institute.org/
framacalc, framadate, framagenda (online services replacing GAFA's ones)
Mattermost (replacement for slack, a live chat hosted by icm-institute.org)
https://mattermost.icm-institute.org
Project management (replacement for Trello and the like)
https://openproject.icm-institute.org
File management / transfer
FreeFileSync (synchronization, bulk copy...)
