Best Free Open Source Software For Windows

Posted by timothy on Wednesday August 5, 2009 @10:12AM from the where's-vlc? dept.

snydeq writes "InfoWorld surveys the FOSS-on-Windows landscape, detailing the 10 free open source solutions most likely to unseat proprietary offerings. 'Some, like TrueCrypt and VirtualBox, are real diamonds in the rough: enterprise-grade solutions that deliver many of the same bells and whistles of their commercial brethren, but for free. Others, like Firefox and OpenOffice.org, are already legendary, and their strong followings ensure their continued development and support at levels that rival the best proprietary solutions.'" Rather than click through 10 different pages, the slideshow presentation at least lets you hover over each page's link to preview the author's top picks.

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Re:paint.net? by EvanED · 2009-08-05 10:44 · Score: 5, Insightful

Is there a reason, other than complexity of interface, that one might choose it over gimp.
"complexity of interface" is a pretty damn good thing to base a decision on.
I suppose gimp does not have all the shapes of a drawing program, but it does paint, with colors.
When you have to look up documentation to figure out how to draw a straight line in the Gimp, and that documentation is somewhat condescending, you might start to think that the Gimp isn't actually that good for simple tasks.