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Fernando

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Feb 6^th, 2008, 1:03am

The OpenCD Project was created to provide Free Open Source Programs and Applications orginally created for Linux, converted to run on Windows. It is died, though you could download their OLD CDs from their Web Site: http://releases.theopencd.org/

The OpenDisc Project was created to pickup where Open CD left off. They list many great programs, incuding 1 or 2 that you may already use: Firefox. A list of programs and their explainations can be found here: http://theopendisc.com/programs

Of the programs listed, a BASIC Windows User would enjoy the following:

The Gimp - A Photoshop Free Software Clone.

Scribus - A Pagemaker/Quark Work Alike for DeskTop Publishing.

FireFox - The Netscape Web Browser

Audacity - An MP3 Sound Editor

Celestia - A simulation of the entire universe...

Stellarium - A planetarium for your computer.

VLC - A Multimedia Player for many formats.

Open Office - A Microsoft Office Clone. 100% Comptiable to MS Office

PDFCreator - creates Adobe Acrobat .pdf files.

7-Zip - A Compression/Decompression tool

Clamwin - An Antivirus Program for Windows.

-ALL FREE! Just download the CD image and Burn it to a CD.

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Nathan Kaiser Newbies Posts: 3	Re: FREE SOFTWARE!! Reply #1 - Feb 7^th, 2008, 11:11pm Thanks for the link
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Hondo I. Sackett

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Reply #2 - Feb 8^th, 2008, 1:40am

Nice stuff!! all this free? hmm . . . :suspition

Well the cowboy, like the red man, you had to leave your land
You can't raise your stock and plant your crop in the gumbo and the sand
Greed disguised as progress has put us to the test
They won't be glad until we're gone from our home out in the west
It's sad to see those good old days replaced with greed and doubt
Soon we'll leave the country, the campfire has gone out
Bid 'em all adieu, you can't turn the world about
The cowboy left the country, the campfire has gone out

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Fernando

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Reply #3 - Feb 8^th, 2008, 8:13pm

It was orginally written for Linux.
But to keep the free software movement going, they converted some of these programs for Windows Users. Windows it self, like Linux is just the operating system. A computer with just the operating system is just pretty much useless.

Thats why the software is free.
In the Linux world- these are the big titles to have.

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Nathan Kaiser Newbies Posts: 3	Re: FREE SOFTWARE!! Reply #4 - Feb 11^th, 2008, 2:19pm The Planetarium like Program is Awsome!!!!!
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Reply #5 - Feb 19^th, 2008, 10:54pm

Quote from Fernando on Feb 6^th, 2008, 1:03am:

The Gimp - A Photoshop Free Software Clone.

I've used this one for years, but Adobe Photoshop does seem a lot more polished, comprehensive and intuitive.

Quote from Fernando on Feb 6^th, 2008, 1:03am:

FireFox - The Netscape Web Browser

It's not really Netscape... the history is long and convoluted. Suffice it to say that Netscape's rendering engine from version 4 became the basis for "Mozilla", which was eventually completely re-written into what is called "Gecko", which was used in the Mozilla Suite, which was used as the basis for Firebird (and Thunderbird, Sunbird, Netscape 6, and Netscape 7), which was renamed Firefox (for copyright reasons), which was used as the basis for Netscape 8 and Netscape 9. They're like 'cousins' of the same bloodline, but I wouldn't say that Firefox is the Netscape web browser.

Quote from Fernando on Feb 6^th, 2008, 1:03am:

Open Office - A Microsoft Office Clone. 100% Comptiable to MS Office

It's a good suite of office tools, but again it's not as polished as Microsoft Office. Also, I've seen a few cases where Microsoft Word and Excel files get scrambled upon importation, so I'd not call it exactly 100% compatible.

Quote from Fernando on Feb 6^th, 2008, 1:03am:

7-Zip - A Compression/Decompression tool

A very nice one too, with support for RAR files and ZIP files, as well as the well-performing 7zip format.

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Fernando

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Reply #6 - Feb 20^th, 2008, 11:43am

Given the option of spending hundreds of dollars for the software above or spending some time to download a cd image file and burning it to a disk and have a 'license' to run the software, I'll take my chances with Free.

People do not understand that there is quality software out there that they can get and use for free which is as good or better than the pay stuff. They think that they can pump money into their machines and expect them to run better. People live in such a falicy...

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