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Free Software Stack for Students
Free Software Stack for Students
How many of you have purchased a desktop/laptop?
How many have licensed copy of Windows Professional?
How many have licensed copies of MS Office?
How many have licensed anti-virus software?
How many of you use a database?
How many programming tools do you have?
Windows 7 Price in India
Windows 7 Home Basic Price – Rs.5,400
Windows 7 Home Premium Price – Rs.6,700
Windows 7 Professional Price – Rs.10,200
Windows 7 Ultimate Price – Rs.10,950
Microsoft Office 2007 Prices
Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 Price – Rs.3,025/-
Microsoft Office 2007 Standard Edition Price – Rs.14,500/-
Microsoft Office 2007 Professional Edition Price – Rs.16,500/-
Microsoft Office 2007 Small Business Edition Price – Rs.15,700/-
Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 Price – Rs.26,800/-
Windows Server Standard 2008
Windows Server Standard 2008 Price 32-bit/x64 English DVD 5 Clients – Rs. 30,000/-
Windows Server Standard 2008 Price 32-bit/x64 English DVD 10 Clt – Rs. 47,714/-
Windows Small Business Server Standard Price – Rs. 49,550/-
Windows Small Business Server Premium Price – Rs. 83,150/-
Windows Server Enterprise 2008 Price – Rs. 1,71,900/-
Source:http://www.newtechnology.co.in/
Equivalent Freeware and its Cost
Ubuntu
Open Office / Libre Office
CentOS
MySQL / PostGre SQL
Cost – Nil : Just Download & Use
Why do we use computers?
High speed
High level of accuracy
High volume processing
Excellent for repetitive tasks
What do we use computers for?
Communication
Data Processing
Sharing Devices and Data Resources
Data Storage & Retrieval
Operating System
Desktop (Desktop)Windows
Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora/Suse/Mandrake)
Network (Interconnected computers)
Windows Server
Unix
Linux (Ubuntu Server/CentOS/FreeBSD)
Communication Freeware
EMail Thunderbird/Outlook Express
ChatGoogleTalk/Yahoo Messenger/Pidgin/Skype
AudioAudacity/Winamp
VideoVLC Player
Programming Tools
Dev C++ / Codelight (C & C++)
Seamonkey (HTML)
Eclipse (Java, C, C++, Perl, PHP, Python)
Netbeans (Java, JavaFX, PHP, JavaScript,Ajax, C/C++)
Komodo (Perl, PHP & Ruby)
Dot Net (Paid)
Data Processing
Word Processing/Spreadsheets/Presentations
Open Office / Libre Office
Databases
MySQL / PostGre SQL
Drawing
Inkscape / Dia / Draw / MS Visio (Paid Software)
Graph Drawing
GraphViz / JGraph
UtilitiesAntivirus: AVGFree/Avast/Avira Personal Ed.
Formatting : Partition Editor
File Management: muCommander
FTP: FileZilla
Mind Mapping: Freemind
Image Editing: Gimp
Rendering: Blender
PDF Creation / Joining: Pdf Creator
Cloning: Clonezilla
Data Storage, Exchange & Backup
FreeNAS
Open Filer
MediaFire (Cloud)
Free Cloud Computing Apps
Google Apps
Windows Skydrive
Zoho
Pixir
Cloud AntiVirus
Google Maps
YouTube
Special Purpose Applications
Joomla
Moodle
Open Bravo
Samba
Vtiger
Zen Cart
Zimbra
