Out of the box software for your office or your site changed so radically in the last two years, more than most people are not aware of a trend in the open source world. After the Microsoft Corporation for a portion of my career working with statistics like 95% of the world uses Microsoft. I was a true revelation of the number of different software packages in the open source world. Once I was off that the open source world is unsupported and reliability of the software fully, and no one to call if I need help. My question was, how could this be better paid than the commercial software? For Microsoft employs 70,000 people work for their software.

I have compiled a list of the ten best free tools for every professional on the Internet. The first five are devoted to your desktop and in the next five are for your site. If you do not have a website, you should consider a place and how these free tools.

1. Ubuntu: Most people have heard of RedHat Linux as an operating system for your office. Many who have tried to seem disappointed and Return to Microsoft for its ease and simplicity. Ubuntu is a unique selling proposition that says “Linux for human beings.” Download and get a powerful operating system, your computer is simple and easy to use can.

2. OpenOffice: If you use Microsoft Office, and we believe it necessary to communicate with users of other word in the world, you’re right. However, if you have an Excel spreadsheet or a Microsoft Word document that you will not be able to open, you need Open Office to help you. Exactly. Microsoft Office has bugs and if all else fails, you can use OpenOffice to open your documents. OpenOffice runs on your Windows platform or on Linux and is as simple as Microsoft Office. The only real difference is that you do not pay up to $ 500 for it or pirate. Open Office is distributed as open source and is free on your favorite OS to use.

3. GIMP: Most people know or have worked with Adobe Photoshop. If it is good to work with advanced graphics features such as layers, transparency, or Adobe file formats work, GIMP works right. GIMP runs on most operating systems and offers a powerful alternative interface for editing and amending of the graphic files, logos and custom animations.

4. Free Your Mind: When it comes to your mind about the taste of Leonardo da Vinci used structure Mind Maps. There are many tools of Visual Mind Mapping is, some with a 30-day trial. They try several if you want the best on the market, it is an open-source software called Free Your Mind. This software is easy to create and organize. You can publish these mental maps on the Internet with a few clicks.

5. DB Designer: If you have a database of all kinds, such as Microsoft Access, MySQL or Oracle have, you need to check the structure of the table to create reports or from data that have closed, please. If you have a database that you may not work with known ER / Win. You can analyze reverse engineer a database and its structure table with DB Designer free. Reverse engineering a database is similar to a map of a city preserved. Without a card, you have lost and have no way to get to your destination. DB Designer makes it possible for free.

6. Studio Cam: If you are an educational video on how you want to create your site for lead users, here is a simple tool that lets you record your voice while recording your screen into a video format for web.

7. Wordpress: The quickest way to a site with content that you create can easily publish to a blog. Creating a blog is easy if you use Wordpress. You can install programs and for their operation a few clicks. You can easily generate Google AdSense ads on your content and you earn extra income from the clicks of users.

8. phpESP: You’ll need an investigative tool to get feedback from your users, or to receive a rating of 360 on yourself to your colleagues. You can try many options study, or cut to the point by PHP ESP, a free tool. The installation is not so simple, but there are tons of help and guidance on this site about how to install it.

9. Sugar CRM: The best tool for managing customer relationships of all time is not Goldmine, Salesforce or any other Microsoft CRM solution. It is clear, if you are a Sugar CRM installation will receive operational. You can guarantee your customer database and marketing campaigns easily with this tool. There are many features of this tool. Make sure all the help files and online tutorials, go to your benefit from this powerful customer management tool to maximize customer relationship management (CRM).

10. Language Translation Tool: If you have a website, why not translate the automatic translation of the language for a Web site in 10 languages. The translation may not be perfect, but it’s getting better every day with new technologies. You can use your web content several times by ten times and increase your reach with this free tool. Installation is easy and only takes a few clicks.

So consider the next time you spend hundreds of dollars to buy the next version of the software. If you really want to spend money, why not help the homeless or less fortunate, instead of or in support of the open source community.