Best Free And Open Software of 2021 : for home and business uses - Subtechz

Want free, Super-duper and useful Software?
Yes, We all do want!
If you then you have to pay a lot of money for the best software but you haven't looked hard enough.

Free and Open software is an alternative to the high costing paid softwares. Free and Open Software has been fantastic for students, professionals  and businesses alike who are looking for useful and comprehensive free.

I know that you know what "free" means, "open source" means that all the code of the software is available on the internet and you can change it or build on it if you want to.

 For example- the android device on which you are reading this post is also made from free and open software and some customizations has been done by the company to quality and the quantity.

Using free and open software is legal and avoids piracy. While plenty of people use the pirated versions of many softwares such as Microsoft Office, Photoshop etc.

These all pirated softwares are old or buggy and you can't update them also. Many pirated software also comes with malware and you don't want your computer to delete all the data just because you're using a pirated software, do you?

This article is dedicated to some of the very best and most useful free and open software that everyone can use to produce amazing creations. Anyone can download these softwares and all of these are free and full versions.

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All the listed software can be used offline, so you don't need access to do your work.

Free And Open Source Softwares 

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1. GIMP

GIMP ( GNU Image Manipulation Program) is free image editing softwares and is excellent alternative to the very costliest Adobe Photoshop. 

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GIMP contains most of the thing you will find in Photoshop or other paid image editors. This include photo retouching, complete art work creation, and many more.

There are plenty of advance features once you start to explore.

If you are new to image editing then you can find plenty of beginners tutorials through to advanced tutorials available on YouTube or it's own website.

Photographers, artists, students, on a budget all use GIMP.  

This is the perfect tool to help produce images in your assignments, edit photo for social media etc.

2. Scribus

Scribus is a powerful desktop software for creating or editing complex and colourful page layouts like magazines, newsletters,  and posters which are often needed in assignments.

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With  this software you can create a presentation for yourself as well as a professional business documents for applying for further studies or work. 

This is the best alternative to Adobe InDesign or QuarkXPress. 

If your are facing problem to use MS Word or PowerPoint to create a beautiful project then you should try Scribus instead. I'm sure you will it easy than any other.

Scribus support professional publishing features such as CMYK colours, spot colours, versatile PDF creations. 

3. Libre Office

MS office is the desktop suite of the tool that is generally used by almost all the people around us. However, the suite itself is to costly to buy even on student discounted price. Thanks to Libre Office suite because it has almost all the features provided by the MS Office suite.

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You can create text documents with LibreOffice just like in MSWord. Impress is the presentation app that works just like the PowerPoint. There is also Math which is handy in use for mathematics subjects and Base which is almost alike to MS Access Database.

4. ImageJ

Image analysis is a tough job. However, there is a free tool that open the gate for you. ImageJ is used by scientific researchers and many students to analyse, process, edit, save and print the image.

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 You can edit or analyse the image of any formate such as TIFF, PNG, GIF, JPEG, BMP, DICOM, FITS, and other raw formats.

The most of the functionality has been extended by the use of plugins developed by the active ImageJ community.

5. Google Drive

Cloud storage is a necessity these days, especially when you have so much important school work saved. Whether you accidentally delete files for good or you drop a drink on your laptop which breaks your hard drive then you will surely need a backup.

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Google drive can be used to backup any files or folders on your computer and ensure the version is same on both of the devices. These files or folders are then can be available to you anywhere with a internet connection. 

Google gives everyone 15 GB of free storage, plus an unlimited number of photos and videos under Google Photos using the high quality setting.

Conclusion 

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All the softwares which are listed on this page are free, powerful and packed full of features.

These days free and open software can be just as good as or can be better than paid softwares.  It can take some time to adjust to a different application software than the one that you are used to, so be patient and you will get there.