recommended software
there are for every use case open source products. also in the office area, as a replacement for proprietary solutions! most products will also run on MS Win$$$dows and M$$$$$$ac. try it out and feel free ...
operating system
debian linux
![opensuse](/pic/opensuse_Icon-distribution.png)
opensuse linux
![openSUSE Conference 2013](/pic/osc2013-logo.png)
openSUSE Conference 2013 saloniki greece
we like the gecko! that's why it's so big and stays here for a while ...
browser
![Firefox Browser](/pic/firefox-128.png)
firefox browser
office applications
![LibreOffice](/pic/libreoffice_logo_218x45.png)
LibreOffice corresponds to the MS Office package and offers equivalent tools for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings and databases.
LibreOffice has broken away from OpenOffice and is maintained by a free community.
Desktop publishing / Page layout application
![Scribus](/pic/scribus-logo-web.png)
scribus
Picture management
![DigiKam](/pic/digikam_245.png)
digikam
Image editing
![Gimp](/pic/gimp_logo.jpg)
gimp (bitmap)
![Krita](/pic/240px-Calligra_Krita_icon.svg.png)
krita (bitmap)
![Inkscape](/pic/inkscape-icon.png)
inkscape (vector)
Email client
evolution
evolution is a personal information management application that provides integrated mail, calendaring and address book functionality.
![thunderbird](/pic/thunderbird_logo.png)
thunderbird
sorry mozilla! we can NOT recommend thunderbird anymore!
yu doing not a good job! a pitty!!
![k9mail](/pic/k9mail_icon.png)
k9mail (android)
Encryption
![GnuPG](/pic/gnupg_logo.png)
gnupg
Desktop search
![recoll](/pic/recoll64.png)
recoll
android
f-droid
F-Droid is an app store and software repository for Android, serving a similar function to the Google Play store. The main repository, hosted by the project, contains only free and open source apps. (wiki)