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September 2010: 11 Free Linux Apps Your Organisation Needs Now

Despite the wealth of free applications out there, many small organisations continue to spend an inordinate amount of their all-too-scarce resources on software or resort to pirated software. For example Microsoft Office 2010 – Professional edition $499. The good news is that there are free and open-source alternatives for virtually every package and most of them are excellent. All the applications listed below can be downloaded and used free of charge.

1. Office Productivity: OpenOffice

OpenOffice.org 3 (also known as OO.o) is a fantastic open-source alternative to Microsoft Office. With components for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more, it is available in many languages and works on all common operating systems, including Linux, Mac and Windows.

2. Accounting: GnuCash

GnuCash is a personal and small-business financial-accounting software package that's also available for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. Both powerful and flexible, GnuCash lets you track bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses. As quick and intuitive to use as a checkbook register, it is based on professional accounting principles to ensure balanced books and accurate reports.

3. Desktop publishing: Scribus

Scribus is a free program that offers professional page-layout capabilities for Linux, Mac OSX and Windows desktops. Scribus supports professional publishing features and it's comparable to InDesign or Publisher, for instance.

4. E-mail: Zimbra

Zimbra Desktop is free e-mail and calendar software that runs on any Linux, Mac or Windows computer. The tool offers e-mail, contacts, calendar and document capabilities all in one application, and it lets users read e-mail from any POP or IMAP e-mail account, including Gmail, Hotmail or organisation e-mail.

5. Web page editing: KompoZer

KompoZer is a tool for anyone who ever works with a Web page. It is what is referred to as a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor, meaning that you can edit Web pages visually as well as by working with the raw HTML code. The free software is extremely easy to use, making it ideal for nontechnical computer users who want to create an attractive, professional-looking Web site without necessarily needing to know HTML.

6. Graphics: GIMP

GIMP, which stands for "GNU Image Manipulation Program," is a free and open source alternative to Adobe's pricey PhotoShop product. With an interface very similar to PhotoShop's, GIMP offers capabilities including photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It's perfect for making Web graphics, retouching product photos and creating marketing materials, and any images created can be saved in an array of common formats, including PSD Photoshop.

7. Backup: Amanda

Amanda is a backup and recovery solution that lets you set up a single master backup server to back up multiple hosts to a single large-capacity tape or disk drive. The software can back up a large number of workstations running multiple versions of Linux, Mac OS or Windows.

8. HR management: OrangeHRM

OrangeHRM is a free package for human resources management. With modules for personnel information management, benefits, recruitment, employee self-service, leave, and time and attendance‚ the software also offers optional paid services including training, support and customization.

9. E-mail campaigns: phpList

If your business runs e-mail campaigns, phpList can be a great tool. The software is easy to integrate with any Website. Ideal for newsletters, publicity lists, notifications and many other uses, phpList is designed to manage mailing lists with up to hundreds of thousands of subscribers. A Web interface lets you write and send messages and manage phpList over the internet.

10. Project management: OpenProj

OpenProj is a free project-management package that substitutes nicely for Microsoft Project but works with Linux and Mac as well as Windows. Gantt charts, PERT charts and all the other capabilities offered by Microsoft's software are in OpenProj as well, and existing Project files can be easily imported.

11. Antivirus: ClamAV

Even if you're running Linux, it's still a good idea to use some kind of antivirus software. Originally designed for Unix, ClamAV is a nice package that's now available for Linux as well as for Windows and a number of other platforms. The tool offers built-in support for almost all mail file formats as well as popular document formats including Microsoft Office, HTML, RTF and PDF. The virus database is updated multiple times per day.

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Summarised by the WOUGNET TechSupport team from an article by Katherine Noyes posted on IT World .

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