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Free software offers to give your computer something to do. There are a few select free software offers listed below. This is not meant to be a comprehensive list but just some of the best values in free software.
Free Commercial Software
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Free Office Software Online and Offline
Find out how you can use the free Open Office applications with the free Google applications to have the best of both worlds for free.
Free Microsoft Office Accounting 2007
Microsoft is offering Office Accounting 2007 free. You can either download the 200 megabyte file or order a free CD-ROM. This is a single user accounting package intended for small businesses. It has integration of eBay and PayPal features.
Free Ubuntu or Kubuntu Dapper Drake CDs
Canonical Ltd. is now taking orders for free installation CDs with the 6.06 (Dapper Drake) version of Ubuntu and Kubuntu Linux.
Top Free Online Word Processors
The pundits have been saying for years that software will become a service that is accessed on the Net instead of discrete programs that are installed on our local computers. There are a number of free online word processors that are leading the way. These may not replace installed software for most of us, but they can be interesting to experiment with and downright useful for some of us and for some applications.
Free Development Tools
Despite a bit of confusion this is a great opportunity for those who might not otherwise get a chance to learn to program with modern easy to use tools to do so for free
Opera Browser now Totally Free
As many of you know, I am a big fan of the Mozilla Firebird browser -- not just because I love anything that is free, but because I like the features and the improved security over IE. I've had no real reason to give the Opera browser a test drive until now. [p] Opera has announced that version 8.5 of their browser is free to all Well, now that Opera is truly free it is time for me to give it a spin.
Ubuntu Linux
The Ubuntu developers have a philosophy and a product that seems to be in line with what I've been looking for in a Linux distribution. Here are some of major points I find appealing:
Firefox 1.0 Full Release
The 1.0 "final" release of the Firefox browser from The Mozilla Foundation is now available. If you are using Firefox or Mozilla, you already know how much beter and more secure it is than Internet Explorer. If you are still using IE, you don't know what you are missing. (Windows, Mac, Linux)
About Shareware and Freeware
While I have a select few free software listings on this page, the About Shareware and Freeware Guide has an entire site devoted to helping you find the best free software.
About Graphics - Top Free Graphics Software Picks
If you can't afford the premium price for software like Photoshop, you can still do the computer graphics thing with these great free software offerings.
Mozilla
This is the download page for the release (non beta) version of the Mozilla. Mozilla is an open source browser, email client, and HTML composer. (Windows, Mac, Linux and many more platforms)
Opera Web Browser
The Windows verstion fo the small and fast Web browser Opera is now free. Opera previously sold for $40.
Vocabulary Master
They offer this language vocabulary builder software for 13 different languages. You can download them one at a time for free or order a CD with all of them and pay a shipping charge. (international)
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