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Why pay €$ for proprietary software when so many excellent free programs are available? Free software
has other advantages too, such as less susceptibility to virus infections, malware and adware and support for open
standards, so you can easily swap files with your friends.
Here is a selection of some of our favourites at Catnip Corner:
Office
OpenOffice.org 2 A multiplatform and multilingual office suite
Multimedia
Audacity The Free, Cross-Platform Sound Editor
VLC media player the cross-platform media player
Graphics
The Gimp GNU Image Manipulation Program
Internet
Firefox The leading web browser
Thunderbird Email client
Gaim A multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client
NVU The complete multiplatform web authoring system
Wget A package for retrieving files
Games
The Battle for Wesnoth A strategy game with a fantasy theme
Fonts
Bitstream Vera Sans
Toga
Gentium
Linux Libertine
DejaVu
TheOpenCD
A convenient way to try these and other free programs is to obtain a
copy of TheOpenCD.
Portable Apps
Now you can carry your favourite programs around with you on your USB flash drive! When your USB flash drive
is plugged in, you have access to your software and personal data just as you would on your own PC.
And when you unplug, none of your personal data is left behind.
Download portable apps from PortableApps.com.
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