Top Free Applications
I will spend this week, the week of November 17, blogging about my seven favorite legally free applications, one per day. The majority of software I use is open source, because I can find no reason to justify paying for software when I can use a free and often better alternative. Some paid software, such as Microsoft Office, is not only ineffectively written but also highly priced, so I support the open source versions of programs with similar functions.
I am not saying that the programs I am going to introduce this week are the best available in their categories, even compared to the highest class paid versions, but they are my choices, because they are just as suitable for my needs as paid software would be, and I always look for cost effectiveness (i.e. As long as you’re not a professional graphic designer, you can perform all your needed photo editing functions using GIMP, even though the most expensive version of Photoshop probably does have more features, features that the average user will never need). After all, I am a poor college student at this point in life and have better things to spend hundreds of dollars on other than software. I hope readers of this week’s entries can find something useful and save more than few bucks at the same time.
Sure, some will tell me that the standard more popular software can be free too from bittorrent or P2P sites, but isn’t that the same thing as calling them “free” if you’re willing to steal them from the store?
Pre-determined list:
1. Seamonkey all-in-one internet application suite
2. AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
3. FileZilla FTP Client
4. Cerulean Studios Trillian
5. OpenOffice.org
6. VLC media player
7. Stepmania
Stay posted the week of November 16, 2008 for my personal reviews, features, and tips about these programs.
Update: This weekly series is now complete
Related posts:
- OpenOffice.org - More Than Just Poor Man’s Microsoft Office This is post 5/7 in my weekly series of...
- AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition This is post 2/7 in my weekly series of...
- SeaMonkey internet application suite This is post 1/7 in my weekly series of...
- Cerulean Studios Trillian Messenger This is post 4/7 in my weekly series of...
- FileZilla FTP Client This is post 3/7 in my weekly series of...
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