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Software and Music Piracy. How do they do it? And why? 2007-05-06 16:38:08 Software and music piracy can and do become addictive. It starts out simple enough, some music, a few program discs from a friend. Once some people learn how to do it though, on a mass scale, they become hogs, their hard drives full of programs they will never use, ever.
I personally know people with hard drives and piles of discs, a lot of programs they don’t even know how to use, let alone need. They feel the programs have some inherent value though, to who I don’t know, so they just keep collecting.
Once you understand how to use a bit torrent client, it’s not tough, and how to use a search engine, you can pirate almost anything. But why? There are plenty of good open source programs on the market for free that outdo their brand name counterparts.
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Free and Open-Source Mac Software 2007-04-29 19:24:21 Centerstage
Full-screen interface for playing audio, video, and photos. Connect it to your TV.
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Freemind
An innovative application for note taking and outlining. Takes time to get used to, but some people swear by it.
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Cashbox
Simple, easy to use application for managing personal finances.
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Buddi
A personal finance and budgeting program, aimed at those who have little or no financial background.
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Tomato Torrent
Download torrents. Nice and simple.
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Blender
Powerful 3D Modeling software.
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iEatBrainz
Fills in the correct metadata (title, artist, etc) for MP3s in your collection.
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Free Open Source Developer Tools 2007-04-29 19:00:19 SharpDevelop
Open Source
IDE for the .NET Framework. Utilizes the multiple programming languages and Windows forms
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Notepad ++
Open Source programmers notepad for Windows
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ScITE
Source code Editor for Windows and X
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Web Developer
Server Suite
Very good WAMP Stack (Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP) Very thouroughly tested on Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server (preliminary testing on Longhorn Server underway). Highly Recommended
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Free Open Source Software CD 2007-04-05 20:47:56 Marti van Lin wrote in and suggested the following:
TheOpenCD is a collection of high quality Free and Open SourceSoftware
. The programs run in Windows and cover the most common tasks such as word processing, presentations, e-mail, web browsing, web design, and image manipulation. We include only the highest quality programs, which have been carefully tested for stability and which we consider appropriate for a wide audience. Here’s the link http://www.theopencd.org/
Boycotting Microsoft (Microsoft products are no longer needed) 2007-03-25 14:17:37 There was a time when the average user had no choice but to use Microsoft
products, that time has passed. Due to the efforts of the open source community the average user no longer has to use Microsoft products if they don’t want to. Now there is a choice.
If you are a gamer,you’re pretty much stuck with Microsoft for now. How many people are gamers though? Most people are just average users, they surf, email, do some photo editing..etc.
Ubuntu covers everything the average user does, and more. It is faster and more reliable than anything Microsoft has ever come out with and is totally free. You don’t need anti virus software either with Ubuntu, no adware programs, no crashes, imagine…and it is free.
Making the switch is easy. Go to the Ubuntu site and do a little reading, it’s not hard to install, download it, and forget about Microsoft and Norton, Mcafee, and all the numerous ad ware programs you may have needed in the past.
Bye Bye Microsoft.
Free Jukebox 2007-03-18 18:41:58 The best of the top 100 from the golden years of popular music. You can search by the year, and listen to the popular tunes from that era.
You cannot download the music but you can listen to it as much as you want, or just have it playing in the background.
Check it out here-Free Jukebox
Sun’s Star Office 8 (vs) Microsoft Office 2007-03-16 20:50:54 If you don’t want to spend a few hundred dollars on the latest Microsoft
Office Suite, or cannot afford it check out Star Office 8 by…
“Sun Microsystems”
At a Glance
Powerful and integrated word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, and database capabilities
Download price of $69.95, and volume discounts for businesses
Improved Microsoft Office
compatibility and conversion
OASIS OpenDocument format for global compatibility
Free PDF export capability included
Migration tools ease the transition
Alternative to Windows or Mac O/S 2007-03-16 17:49:16 Alternative: Ubuntu Linux
Publisher: Canonical Ltd / Ubuntu Foundation
Price: Free
Ubuntu is a relatively new distribution of Linux, if compared to old stalwarts like Mandrake and Fedora that have been around for ages. Billing itself as ‘Linux for human beings’, it’s a free download that has gained a cult following for its ease of installation and ease of use. In less than 18 months since release it has become the most popular distro amongst bit-tech readers.
Ubuntu includes the latest Linux kernel, along with a customised Gnome desktop. It also includes some key applications to allow you to get started, including FireFox and OpenOffice. It has support for desktop themes and also includes some basic image editing tools.
If Windows
died tomorrow, Ubuntu would probably be Pete’s first port of call. It does everything that the vast majority of people need from an operating system and it costs absolutely nothing. It has lower system requirements than Windows and suf Read more:Alternative
Links to Brand Name Software Alternatives 2007-03-16 17:47:56 http://www.openoffice.org/
This is a free alternative to Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint or to the Microsoft Office Suite. You get a free word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, HTML editor and drawing program which look and work just like Microsoft’s. It is available in 25 languages and on Windows, Solaris and Linux. Create, save, load and transfer files in Microsoft file formats. At over 60MB, download time will be long for 56K modem users.
http://software.visicommedia.com/en/products/acehtmlfreeware/
HTML editor freeware which includes great features like ready to use templates, javascripts, DHTML scripts, Style Sheet Editor, MS-Word Spell Checker, AceFTP and many more features for even the most advanced webmaster. This software is worth the download for its Extended Replace feature which allows you to edit a portion of html on every page of your site at the same time.
http://www.completelyfreesoftware.com/
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Open Source Content Management Systems - CMS 2007-10-18 15:09:14 The days of static html websites are over, and have been for awhile. Most company, organization, and personal websites are interactive. There are a number of “ContentManagementSystems
” you can buy for a whack of money, some are cheap, most are simply crap. Add to that the fact that there is very little support for a number of the paid ones.
I have experience with a couple that I bought. The biggest piece of crap “CMS” I bought was called “Siteworkspro”. I don’t know what the “Pro” in the name refers to because there is nothing professional about it. Their own website barely works. The support forums don’t work, and you’ll be lucky to get an email back in less than 48 hours if you have a problem, like I did.
Sorry to pick on one product, this is just to illustrate a point, the point being, most paid software is buggy and has crappy support. On the other hand, open source software that is free has some great support, an Read more:Source
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