Back To School - Top Software Freebees:
Before you go forking over a wad of cash to load up your computer software, check out the following recommendations for software freebees:
Office software: Openoffice.org A very good alternative to the office pay suites, it offers very good compatibility with Microsoft office documents.
Photo editing - Gimp - an alternative to Photoshop at a price which will leave you flashing a smile, Gimp is great for touching up photos and other image manipulation tasks.
FTP Download (Mac) Cyberduck which lets you ftp's for browsing and editing your website or for (PC) FileZilla
Web Design (mac and PC) KompoZer offers a free way to build your own website with out the cost of many web development software programs
Communications - For free communications with friends Skype offers a great way to communicate with or with sound and video. Free to communicate with others on Skype, you can also save on long distance charges to phone lines.
Music - iTunes or Media Monkey both offer great free music players for your audio libraries.
Web Browsers- Opera and Safari both offer speady browser options for without costing you a penny.
