“Popcorn”: more movies and shows that Netflix – and without paying anything
New column shows the way. First step: install on your current system, free software to replace Office, listen to music, handle all messaging services or watch free thousands of movies
André Solnik, in the Open Source
You may already have heard of GNU / Linux out there and get tanned philosophy that supports the free software movement, but is waiting for right time to give a turning point in your computing life and time to migrate from a platform and free systems. The problem is that this moment never comes …
A lot of calm! All is not lost: there is a simple way to get in touch with that world. As some free programs are cross-platform – that is, can be used in more than one operating system -., You can try them on Windows or OS X, Apple, eliminating the installation of GNU / Linux
One is the Firefox, one of the most used browsers in the world. And with merits: it is stable, fast, full-featured and supports installation of extensions. The client emails Thunderbird, also developed by the Mozilla Foundation, has a friendly interface and, like his brother Firefox, you can extend its functions through extensions.
How about joining all messaging services in only one? That’s the idea Pidgin, which shows a single list all your contacts from MSN, Google Talk, Facebook, ICQ (yes, him again!) And many others. Although there is an unofficial version of Pidgin for OS X, the project site itself recommends Adium. Both programs support the OTR protocol, which encrypts all messages sent and received, making it difficult for a third snoop your conversations.
LibreOffice is a complete office suite. As Microsoft Office comes with the trio of iron word processor, spreadsheet and presentation editor, and other tools for more specific uses, as an editor of mathematical formulas, a data base manager and a vector graphics editor . All of this without you having to shell out a penny or worrying about the renewal of licenses every year. But like so many other projects that develop free software depends on voluntary donations to continue living and active. Contribute!
If you still use Windows Media Player, is more than time to migrate to the VLC, a popular multimedia player is light, easy to use and especially to accept virtually all existing audio and video formats. A very useful feature is the automatic downloader subtitles: just start the movie, activate the downloader and expect it to do all the work
The controversial Popcorn Time allows free streaming of any video torrent, heating. the debate on file sharing on the internet and lighting a red alert at the offices of Netflix, which, even offering a paid service provides a limited catalog of movies and series. And since it comes torrent, a great option to manage them is the Transmission:. It does what it promises simply, without showing advertisements or create tools drawbacks bar in your browser
To organize your music library, download the Clementine. In addition to putting all their albums in order, he comes with hundreds of predefined radio stations, automatically downloads the lyrics and artist information of the song you’re listening, converts various file formats and can also be controlled remotely through an application for Android. You will edit or record an audio? Simple and intuitive that Audacity impossible.
The Photoshop is so famous that it has even become a verb. Cast the first stone the photographer who never gave a “photoshopped”. The GIMP has not ventured in other parts of speech, but by no means is no longer a first-line photo editor. One of the interesting things GIMP is the possibility of installing a multitude of extensions created by the users. If you do need a few touches and does not want any advanced features, try the Pinta. It has a similar interface to Paint, but with much more features.
I heard posters, icons, logos? Try Inkscape, reference when it comes to vector drawing. Krita is aimed at digital painting: illustrations, comics and any other 2D image that your imagination allows. To create objects, animations and 3D games, be sure to explore the Blender, which is also a very complete video editor (see a short film done with it here and advertise here). Scribus is a desktop publishing software, ideal for creating books, newspapers, magazines, and also to adjust the colors of a file before you send it for printing.
There are many others, of course, but the idea here was to present a set of programs that realized the daily grind (or not) of a common user. If you know someone who could not have been left out, leave a comment. The next post in the series “Free software in practice” will be on open formats. Stay tuned!
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