Top 10 open source apps for Windows, at a glance

Every Windows user should consider making these utilities part of their standard applications

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    Where Windows and open source get along just fine

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    1. FileZilla

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    2. VirtualBox

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    3. OpenOffice.org

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    4. Firefox

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    5. Paint.Net

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    6. Media Player Classic

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    7. TrueCrypt

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    8. PDFCreator

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    9. 7-Zip

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    10. ClamWin

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Where Windows and open source get along just fine

Although there is a rivalry between the proprietary Windows and open source communities, there's also a lot of great open source apps for Windows. InfoWorld picks the 10 best. For the full details on each, see our full story.

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Privacy Paramount 12-Aug-09 2:36am

If using MPlayer consider also CCCP. While it might not be essentially open-source it's in the 'must have' column above Mulder's MPlayer.

Privacy Paramount 12-Aug-09 2:27am

If using MPlayer be sure to use Mulder's build:

http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/home/?page=projects

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