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Dr. Harry
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Open Source Software for Windows 8.1

09/23/2017 6:18 PM

Anyone have recommendations for general open source software for Windows 8.1 ?
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Re: Open Source Software for Windows 8.1

09/23/2017 6:28 PM

Software to do what?

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Re: Open Source Software for Windows 8.1

09/23/2017 7:39 PM

LibreOffice - Free download and software reviews - CNET Download ...

Apache OpenOffice - Free download and software reviews - CNET ...

I use notepad sometimes as it comes free of charge and is a pretty good clone of Word.

Apache OpenOffice is my go to source, since I refuse to buy Windows crap.

I tried LibreOffice and thought it was slow.
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Re: Open Source Software for Windows 8.1

09/23/2017 8:16 PM

Why are you still running 8.1????

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Re: Open Source Software for Windows 8.1

09/23/2017 9:27 PM

I'm running 8.1 on this machine and my other laptop runs Vista.

I deleted W 10 upgrade offers as soon as they were made available. Having Microsoft know my passwords, banking information, credit card access information and everything I said and wrote was too much for me.
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Re: Open Source Software for Windows 8.1

09/25/2017 10:20 AM

The good thing about W10 is the ease of hacking your information....so the hackers tend to ignore us dummies still on XP and Vista! (not always but manageable)

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Re: Open Source Software for Windows 8.1

09/25/2017 10:54 AM

The wife's machine downloaded W10 in the middle of the night, without her permission.

It took her weeks to get it in order enough to be useful, but she didn't have the IT guy revert it back to W7, so now whenever it feels like it it shuts her down and loads more useless updates.
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Re: Open Source Software for Windows 8.1

09/25/2017 12:17 PM

In a similar vein, one possible additional layer of (insulation) against hacking is to pay monthly expenses &/or all other costs with a credit card that has a hard upper limit of only $300 to $500...

That practice should discourage hackers who are looking to make big-ticket single purchases, until they get desperate(er?)...

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Re: Open Source Software for Windows 8.1

09/25/2017 12:13 PM

I still prefer 7 over 8.1, but that is just my opinion.

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Re: Open Source Software for Windows 8.1

09/26/2017 2:01 PM

Agreed. It was a greed for Microsoft to come out with Windoze 10.

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Re: Open Source Software for Windows 8.1

09/26/2017 2:56 PM

You don't own W 10, you rent it, as you will all MS software starting with W 365.

This is just the same as your pusher giving you heroin for the first week to get you hooked. Once you take the plunge, you're committed to keep paying.

This all stated with Adobe.

Software as a Monthly Rental - The New York Times "But now, Photoshop is also the biggest-name software that you can’t actually buy. You can only rent it, for a month or a year at a time. If you ever stop paying, you keep your files but lose the ability to edit them."

Steppenwolf said it best!

"God damn, the pusher
God damn, I say the pusher
I said God damn, God damn the pusher man"
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Re: Open Source Software for Windows 8.1

09/26/2017 4:42 PM

Amen brother, amen, on that one, great song, BTW.

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Re: Open Source Software for Windows 8.1

09/26/2017 7:37 PM

...so sayeth the pushee?...

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Re: Open Source Software for Windows 8.1

09/26/2017 7:44 PM

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Re: Open Source Software for Windows 8.1

09/26/2017 1:59 PM

Great minds travel in similar circles, and unfortunately even dummies like me, can think like you do at times.

I thought about cleaning my brain, but then I would be brain-washed.

I so hate Windows 10, I almost threw out my rear main bearing!

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Re: Open Source Software for Windows 8.1

10/27/2017 6:29 AM
I know a website of components, hope it can help you

http://www.findic.us/?lnk=lt

http://de.findic.com/?lnk=lt
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Re: Open Source Software for Windows 8.1

07/23/2018 11:09 AM

I hate Windows 10, its usability and interface so, I'm running 8.1 on my laptop too. I prefer to download software via different trusted torrent sites
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Re: Open Source Software for Windows 8.1

02/16/2019 12:35 AM

You can go for "Apache Open Office". It is a freeware suite.
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Re: Open Source Software for Windows 8.1

01/23/2020 8:09 PM

That's interesting to discuss
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Re: Open Source Software for Windows 8.1

01/23/2020 8:10 PM

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Re: Open Source Software for Windows 8.1

03/28/2021 10:56 PM

Many thanks for sharing Open Source Software for Windows 8.1.
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