In today’s world, varieties of software are available in the market for different platforms. Among them is open-source software. It is a kind of software where a developer gives permissions to its users to modify, and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose. Open-source software has many advantages. While using it, any developer can check for bugs and lags and report it to the leading developer. Some open-source software that can be used for home or business purposes are mentioned below
- Linux
Linux is one of the widely used open-source operating systems. It was released in 1991 and is a family of various open-source operating systems. Some of its examples are Chrome OS, Ubuntu along with its different types etc. Earlier, Linux was used by a limited number of users, especially the developers or the people in the coding field. But today, it is working upon user-friendly graphics to attract people to its community and is mostly succeeding in that process.
- VLC Media Player
Other than Linux, VLC also remained a famous open-source media player. With a VLC media player, one can also play audios and videos of different formats. It is a lightweight application which hardly acquires any storage space on a device. One can also stream online music using VLC. The good part is that the company is continuously working on ways to improve the software.
- GIMP
GIMP is a widely recognized open-source photo editing software. It was released in 1996 and has ever since tried to maintain its position as one of the best. GIMP has powerful tools for image editing, and one can easily compare it with Adobe Photoshop to a great extent in terms of graphics, editing tools, lag-free user experience and much more. Similar to Adobe Photoshop, one needs to spend a reasonable amount of time to learn the usage of the GIMP app.
- Shortcut
It is a free, open-source software for video editing. The developers worked hard on the software and made it from a normal to a pro-level video editor which can be counted with other high-end video editing software like Adobe Premiere Pro and many more. With Shortcut, one can easily edit videos of almost every format. The application provides advanced effects, filters and many other tools that can make your video look good in terms of graphics and quality.
- Audacity
It is a powerful and most widely used open-source audio editing software which works on iOS, Windows and Linux as well. With Audacity, one can now edit and improve the quality of audios by using a variety of filters and record any clips as well. One can also add external plugins to use many more tools to enhance your tracks.
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