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Top Cross platform software

In the changing trend in which both Linux and Mac are gaining their market shares, it’s necessary for one to know about the software that works in all these three platforms.

• TrueCrypt - File Security

It’s a platform independent tool to protect and encrypt your files. What if you use some software to encrypt a file in windows and get into a situation of opening it in a Linux system?

• Thunderbird – Email Client

Thunderbird’s portable version has always been an attractive email client to back up the emails and read it even when your web service is down and it is cross platform software.

• Pidgin – Internet Messenger

Pidgin is an all in one IM with the combination of all major IM’s one can chat with friends using any of the IM service.

• 7-Zip – Compression

It doesn’t have a pleasing look but still its brilliant inside. No other compression software support multi-platform compressed files as this handles. It even handles .rar files along with .tar and .gz files.

• Drop Box – Backup and Sync

It’s cool software in its domain. No matter what platform you are in, no matter what system you use, Drag and drop files and it is synchronized and the backup is done.

• Firefox – Browser

Firefox, a compact safe and secure browser in the web market. Already Firefox holds half the market share so people would know its cross platform features.

• VLC – Media Player

Big things come in small packages. This is true in the case of VLC. It’s an absolute compact player that works with almost every single format with the pre-installed codecs.