Free Software

Having switched to Firefox as soon as it came out, I have a new respect for open source software. Annoyed by microsoft and the other big companies that charge a fortune for their programs, I have decided to embrace open-source, or more importantly FREE programs.

I have made this mage more of an aide memoire for me, somwhere to keep all the links for reinstallations etc... but someone might find it useful. All programs will be completely free, and not trials etc. Downloads are mainly from download.com, or google.

Firefox
Browsing is soo much better than Internet Explorer, this should definately be my first link. The program is very small, and the tabbed browsing is great.

Open Office
OpenOffice.org is both an open-source product and a project. The product is a multiplatform office productivity suite. It includes desktop applications such as a word processor, a spreadsheet program, a presentation manager, and a drawing program, with a user interface and feature set similar to those of other office suites. OpenOffice.org also works transparently with a variety of file formats, including those of Microsoft Office. Open Office - download page

VLC Player
Plays most video files, but is an itsy bitsy teeny weeny little program, including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MP3, and OGG, as well as for DVDs, VCDs download page

FLV Player
FLV Player is a standalone application to play Flash .flv files with. You can use this to play videos downloaded from youtube, google video etc
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Download YouTube Video
Download videos from Youtube, Google, Metacafe, iFilm, Dailymotion, and a growing list of more than 60 video sites. You can also download all embedded objects on a Web page directly. VideoDownloader add a small icon on the status bar at the bottom of your Firefox window and a toolbar button. Just click the button to download the video you are watching. download YouTube Video

Juice PODCASTING
A free podcasting program, which I use in preference to itunes.
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