Making Use of Free Softwares-I

For my daily activities, I need to use many softwares. Some of them need user license while others are free of cost. Though I am a casual user of Windows PC, I often use Linux (Ubuntu), and occasionally MAC OS. I use these operating systems in coordination because each has some functionality that serves me better. Whenever I need to start using a software, I first check for a free version.

Be aware of ‘freewares’, ‘free softwares’, ‘opensource softwares’, ‘sharewares’, etc. In case of softwares, the term ‘free’ can be used differently. Please refer to this post for detailed meaning.

Here is a list of softwares that I use on daily basis and occasionally.

Text Editor

• Microsoft Office
• LaTeX

Bibliogrpahy

• EndNote
• JabRef

Data Analyses & Plotting

• R and RStudio

Mail Client

• Mozilla Thunderbird
• Lightning (Calendar)

Media Player

• VLC player

Utilities

• Adobe Reader
• Sumatra PDF Reader
• Faststone Image Viewer
• InkScape
• GIMP
• PickPick
• Snagit

Command Line Tools

• PDFtk
• ImageMagic

Others

• WebPlotDigitizer
• CCleaner
• NotePad++