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Bossie Awards 2011: The best open source desktop and mobile software

InfoWorld's Test Center picks the best open source productivity software and mobile tools of 2011

By Doug Dineley, Peter Wayner, Serdar Yegulalp | InfoWorld

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Bossies 2011: Desktop and mobile
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7-Zip
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Google Android
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CamStudio
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Google Chrome
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LibreOffice
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Oracle VM VirtualBox
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PDFCreator
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Pidgin
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PortableApps.com
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TrueCrypt
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VLC
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Bossies 2011: Desktop and mobile

With so many great open source desktop applications, is there any reason to pay for software? This year's Bossie winners in desktop and mobile include the InfoWorld Test Center's top picks for office suite, Web browser, media player, disk encryption, and desktop virtualization, plus a handful of other handy tools for productive people on the go.

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