Free alternatives
18/08/08 14:56 Filed in: Software &
Updates
There’s a
lot of free alternive Mac software out there, for
things like Photoshop, Quark etc. You may have to put
up with some non Mac standard interfaces. You will
probably also need you to upgrade your X11 using
XQuartz, but for the price
it’s worth a try, even with an initial fiddley
setup. So, before you start searching torrents and
hoisting your skull and crossbones, why not conisder
a few of these:
Alternative to Photoshop? Try Gimp. Probably the best place to download is from Wilber Loves Apple
Alternative to Illustrator? How about Inkscape.
Alternative to Quark? Scribus, an open source DTP/Page layout package. Download.
Alternative to Microsoft Office? On the Mac there appears to be a number of distributions of Open Office under various different guises. The most Mac like at the moment appears to be Neo Office. There is also an Aqua version of Open Office on offer here.
Dreamweaver? I obviously use RapidWeaver, which is a great and simple app to use, but isn’t free. So, why not try Quanta Plus. There’s also NVU, but it hasn’t been updated in some time.
How about messenger clients, like Adium which allows you to have all your clients in one, or aMSN a MSN client which adds video support, which even the official version doesn’t have.
There’s probably an alternative for most apps you can think of, osalt.com is a great place to find them.
Experiment, try some out, save yourself some cash and avoid all that law breaking as an added bonus.
Alternative to Photoshop? Try Gimp. Probably the best place to download is from Wilber Loves Apple
Alternative to Illustrator? How about Inkscape.
Alternative to Quark? Scribus, an open source DTP/Page layout package. Download.
Alternative to Microsoft Office? On the Mac there appears to be a number of distributions of Open Office under various different guises. The most Mac like at the moment appears to be Neo Office. There is also an Aqua version of Open Office on offer here.
Dreamweaver? I obviously use RapidWeaver, which is a great and simple app to use, but isn’t free. So, why not try Quanta Plus. There’s also NVU, but it hasn’t been updated in some time.
How about messenger clients, like Adium which allows you to have all your clients in one, or aMSN a MSN client which adds video support, which even the official version doesn’t have.
There’s probably an alternative for most apps you can think of, osalt.com is a great place to find them.
Experiment, try some out, save yourself some cash and avoid all that law breaking as an added bonus.