Transition from Paid Closed Solutions to Free and Private Open Source Solution
Paid Closed Solutions:
Windows 10 & 11
Microsoft Office 365 Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Browsers: Edge, Chrome, Firefox
Email: Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook
Free and Private Open Source Solutions:
Linux 22
Office: Libre Writer, Calc, Impress
Browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Opera
Email: Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, Thunderbird
Media: VLC, Shotcut, Gimp
Meets every Thursday
8am – 12 pm
Room D
Open Systems is CW’s support team of Free and Private, cross platform, software that works on PC Windows 10 & 11, Mac OSX, PC/Mac Linux.
Microsoft Windows 10 is no longer providing free updates (as of October 2025). Your options are to pay Microsoft, subscribe to 1 of their services, or move to Windows 11. Our option is to keep your existing computer working using Open Systems Solutions!
Also computers with Linux run faster than Mac OS and MS-Windows on the same hardware, so if you have an older computer we can help you install all Open Systems software and keep using it.
BTW, Did you know that Turbo Tax and Quicken programs are the only programs that require Windows or Mac OS?