Open Source Alternatives to Commercial Programs Part 2

Hey all,
once again I’m sorry that it’s taken me so long to post. The program that I wanted to cover today is VLC. VLC is a basically a universal media player so if you can’t play a file using Quicktime or Windows Media Player you can probably play it with this software. It can play anything from Quicktime to AVI to DVD files. So in general it’s a good idea to use this if you want to open the media file on your first try…

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Open Source Alternatives to Commercial Programs Part 1

Hey All,

Sorry that it’s taken so long to post but i have to do my school work. Anyway, I was thinking and realized that there are a lot of real neat Programs out there that you may want that cost a lot of money and for this reason can’t afford. There are probably also programs that you are using that are not as effective as some of the free alternatives that are out there. So my intention is to write a series of posts that explore some of the free alternatives out there and what exactly they do. Hopefully it will all be an informative and interesting experience.

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