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Top 10 open source apps for Windows, at a glance

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

By Randall C. Kennedy

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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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August 05, 2009

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