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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Entra ID

September 10, 2026 Steve Emms Office

Best free and open source alternatives to Microsoft Entra ID for identity management, SSO, authentication, access control and federation.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Internet Information Services

September 6, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Web Apps

Discover the best free and open source alternatives to Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), including Apache, nginx and Caddy.

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PowerShell – cross-platform automation and configuration framework

March 22, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

PowerShell is a cross-platform automation and configuration framework that combines an interactive command-line shell, a scripting language, and more.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Windows Journal

May 20, 2025 Steve Emms Software

Windows Journal is a note-taking application that allows users to create and organize handwritten notes and drawings

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Loop

May 14, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity

Microsoft Loop is an online collaborative workspace helps users gather, organize, and build notes, ideas, and projects.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to MSN Weather

May 8, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific

MSN Weather gets you the very latest weather forecast, including temperature, humidity, precipitation for your location. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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xemu emulates the original Microsoft Xbox game console

April 9, 2025 Steve Emms Emulators, GUI

xemu emulates the original Microsoft Xbox game console. Play your original Xbox games on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Windows Media Player

February 4, 2025 Steve Emms Multimedia

Windows Media Player is a video and audio player. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.

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Uno Calculator – cross-platform Windows Calculator port

January 15, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Uno Calculator recreates Windows Calculator with scientific and programmer modes, date calculations, memory and unit conversion.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Calendar

December 23, 2024 Steve Emms Productivity

Microsoft Calendar is a personal calendar application which offers synchronization with various calendar services. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Clipchamp

November 6, 2024 Steve Emms Multimedia

Clipchamp is non-linear editing software that allows users to import, edit, and export audiovisual material in an Internet browser window.

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Textual Paint – MS Paint in your terminal

October 2, 2024 Steve Emms Graphics, TUI

Textual Paint is a TUI (Text User Interface) image editor, inspired by MS Paint.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft PowerPoint

July 19, 2024 Steve Emms Documents

Microsoft PowerPoint is a powerful slide show presentation program. This is proprietary software and not available for Linux. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Notepad

July 17, 2024 Steve Emms Utilities

Notepad is a simple text editor; it creates and edits plain text documents. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Remote Desktop

July 10, 2024 Steve Emms Internet

Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection tool lets you connect from afar. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Power BI

July 3, 2024 Steve Emms Documents

Power BI is software services, apps, and connectors that turn unrelated data into coherent, visually immersive, and interactive insights.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft File Explorer

July 1, 2024 Steve Emms Productivity

File Explorer is a file manager and default desktop environment. It provides a graphical user interface for accessing the file systems.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Sound Recorder

June 29, 2024 Steve Emms Multimedia

Sound Recorder is an app for recording lectures, conversations, and other sounds. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Sticky Notes

June 24, 2024 Steve Emms Utilities

Microsoft Sticky Notes is a utility to create notes, type, ink or add a picture, add text formatting, and stick them to the desktop.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Paint

June 21, 2024 Steve Emms Graphics

Microsoft Paint is a simple raster graphics editor that has been included with all versions of Microsoft Windows. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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