Beginning with this edition of the free software
series and future episodes to come we'll take a look the best free and open
source programs for your computer in short, when you see the term open source
software, it means that its source code is freely available for users to inspect
modify and distribute the software to anyone for any reason, but so many free
and open-source programs, that are actually grade coming up I will show you ten
of our personal favorites many of which you've heard me discuss previously in
other videos, they're all well-established trusted and completely free let's
get started.
First up is Libre Office this office suite
released in 2011 is a great alternative to Microsoft Office, the Microsoft Word and Excel alternatives have improved
quite a bit over the years, when opening and converting those file formats
included with LibreOffice is a writer which has many of the same features
as Microsoft Word calc is similar to excel impress can be used instead of
PowerPoint draw is a vector graphics editor and math can be used to
create, and edit mathematical formulas LibreOffice is available for Windows
Mac and Linux there are two versions available for download there's one for
early adopters, that want the latest features and their
another one is their stable release with fewer bugs developed by the Mozilla Foundation way back in 2002,
The open-source Firefox browser is still one of
the most popular browsers available, it has a ton of add-ons and extensions
that enhance your browsing experience, you can sync between your desktop
and mobile devices and includes an excellent manager for bookmarks other
browsers that use variants of the Firefox source code include
water Fox and the privacy and security-focused tour browser; the Firefox web browser is available for Windows Mac and Linux various distributions of
Linux Firefox is often the default web browser.
Next up is OBS studio released in 2012 the screen the recorder is available for Windows Linux
and Mac it's very popular for streaming video games
and other live content recordings can also be saved to your computer to be
imported into your favorite video editor, if you have an older PC with
low system specs, you may encounter lag for most people, the only true thick's
for this is to upgrade your computer many users of OBS studio report, that
they find it to be confusing to use when starting out I'd highly recommend checking
out the various tutorials, and available online shortcut is a great video editor
for new users, it was initially released in 2004 and is updated on a rig cervesas
a few years ago it was the first editor, I used for editing YouTube videos
before switching over to Premiere Pro, it includes a ton of features, that are
often locked behind a paywall with most free video editors including support
for 4k resolutions and allows for multiple tracks on the same timeline.
If you've tried out other video editors shortcuts user interface may not be, what you're used to for example when adding tracks
to the timeline, you have to click on the menu icon in the lower-left then select
add video track and go back in, and add audio track before adding your clips on
the shortcut website, they include video tutorials that will teach you how to
use it chalk cut is available for Windows Mac, and Linux the oldest program in
this video is GIMP released in 1996, this image editor is one of the best free
alternatives to Photoshop before we go any further many of the free and open
source programs offered to depend on the donations of others for development, if
you'd like to donate to any project you'll often see a donate button near the
top of their website with Jim it's to the right of tutorials let's move on GIMP
supports layers and includes tools for retouching your
photos or creating brand new images from scratch in the past year GIMP has received
a major upgrade making it more useful including cosmetic changes that make it
look better I personally prefer the dark theme but if you don't here's how you
change the theme go to edit and select preferences go down to the interface
section and select theme your choices are dark which is what I'm using right
now grey light and system which is way too bright if you want to check out the gimp
it's available for download on Linux Mac and Windows.
One of the best screenshot utilities ever to be
created it was initially released in 2007 and at this time is only available
for computers running Windows 7 or newer with so many features and ways to
capture any portion of your screen it makes the new screenshot tool
in the latest version of Windows 10 look pathetic, it's quite simple to use just
go to capture in the left pane and select your screenshot method for
simple tasks you can even use chair X to record your screen otherwise
you're better off using OBS studio if you select web page capture it works
great to capture an entire webpage at the top just enter the URL of the webpage
you'd like to capture in this example I'll just use the share X website click on capture
when it's done click upload with every screen capture method at the top
you have various ways save upload and mark up your images blender is a 3d
computer graphics toolset released in 1998 it's been used to create
animated films video games visual effects and a whole lot more some of its
features include 3d modeling raster graphics editing rigging and skinning and
even includes a video editor blender does have a high learning curve and the user the interface will be overwhelming for first-time users so I'd recommend checking
out the various tutorials on the blender website when you're getting started
using it blender is available for Windows Mac and Linux if you're a programmer Adam is a source code editor
with support for plugins written in node js and embedded get control released in
2014 it's available for Windows Linux and Mac with thousands of themes and opens
source packages to choose from to change the look and feel of the atom it includes
developer tools and with its user-friendly layout it's really easy to use
especially when analyzing code it's a definite step up from the standard
notepad unlike most of its competitors it's truly open-source.
The VLC media player has been around since 2001
and will play just about any audio or video file
format it's available on all major platforms including
apps for both Android and iOS its user interface has been described by many
people as being clunky when compared to other media players but at least it's
ad-free has no spyware and just works great once you get used to it VirtualBox
released in 2007 allows you to create and manage guest virtual machines running
other operating systems on your computer setup can be confusing for new users
that's why I created a beginner's guide on this channel using the Linux distro
Ubuntu as an example you can install other operating systems using the same
steps just adjust the memory and CPU as needed if you experience any issues
especially on older pcs, you may need to go into your BIOS and enable virtualization VirtualBox is available for download on Windows Linux and
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