Great Applications That You Might Not Know About

I'm not a Microsoft basher. Really, I'm not. If it wasn't for Microsoft, we probably wouldn't have a personal computer in every home as we have today. Sure, a few shining stars have been snuffed out by the Redmond behemoth but, all in all, a whole lot of the good things in our lives run on Microsoft software. And I'm personally very grateful for the contributions MS Word and MS PowerPoint have made to my career.

I'm just saying that, for some of the things we need to do, we can look a little further afield, out where the software runs wild and free . . . or at least cheap :)

Firefox 2.0



The Very Best Browser Regardless Of Cost
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The award-winning Web browser is now faster, more secure, and fully customizable to your online life. With Firefox 2, we’ve added powerful new features that make your online experience even better.

Here's Their Pitch

Use OpenOffice.org

OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute. To help build the community, join us.

Thunderbird



Change your outlook on life . . . groan
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Thunderbird delivers. Enjoy safe, fast, and easy email, with intelligent spam filters, quick message search, and customizable views. Brought to you by Mozilla, Thunderbird makes email better.

Here's Their Pitch

Use OpenOffice.org

OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute. To help build the community, join us.

OpenOffice.org



Somewhere Between An Online Brochure And Amazon.com Please
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OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute. To help build the community, join us.

Here's Their Pitch

Use OpenOffice.org

OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute. To help build the community, join us.

Ubuntu Linux



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Ubuntu is a complete Linux-based operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. It is developed by a large community and we invite you to participate too!

The Ubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the Ubuntu Philosophy: that software should be available free of charge, that software tools should be usable by people in their local language and despite any disabilities, and that people should have the freedom to customise and alter their software in whatever way they see fit.

These freedoms make Ubuntu fundamentally different from traditional proprietary software: not only are the tools you need available free of charge, you have the right to modify your software until it works the way you want it to. Do you like the look of this website? It was so easy to build, I swear you could build it yourself, if you had the time and a little technical knowledge, but you don't have the time to learn how to build one, much less actually do the work and then there's the time you have to spend to update it and keep it current.

Here's Their Pitch

Use OpenOffice.org

OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute. To help build the community, join us.

Sizer.exe by Brian Apps



I use this little utility every single day.
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Sizer is a freeware utility that allows you to resize any window to an exact, predefined size. This is extremely useful when designing web pages, as it allows you to see how the page will look when viewed at a smaller size. The utility is also handy when compiling screen-shots for documentation, using Sizer allows you to easily maintain the same window size across screen grabs.

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Use OpenOffice.org

OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute. To help build the community, join us.

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