Moving to free software /

Stop paying for Windows software! There are free alternatives that are just as good ... even better! In Moving to Free Software, world-renowned open source software expert Marcel Gagne tours the little-known world of free Windows software, uncovering today's best packages for everything you...

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Main Author: Gagné, Marcel
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Addison Wesley Professional, 2006
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505 0 0 |g Ch. 1  |t Introduction to free software --  |g Ch. 2.  |t Surfing the Web with firefox --  |g Ch. 3.  |t Thunderbird : a safer email client --  |g Ch. 4.  |t Gaim : multiprotocol instant messaging, and IRC, tool --  |g Ch. 5.  |t Skype : free long distance, anyone? --  |g Ch. 6.  |t Creating documents with OpenOffice.org writer --   |g Ch. 7.  |t Using OpenOffice.org Calc for spreadsheets --  |g Ch. 8.  |t Presentations with OpenOfice.org impress --  |g Ch. 9.  |t Personal databases : OpenOffice.org base --  |g Ch. 10.  |t CDex : an all-purpose CD ripper and audio converter --  |g Ch. 11.   |t Audio magic with audacity --  |g Ch. 12.  |t juice : a podcast aggregator --  |g Ch. 13.  |t Nvu : a graphical Web site design tool --  |g Ch. 14.  |t Inkscape : a vector drawing program --  |g Ch. 15.  |t Digital art with the GIMP --  |g Ch. 16.  |t 7-zip is decompression heaven --  |g Ch. 17.  |t Spybot : protecting you from spyware --  |g Ch. 18.  |t ClamWin : free antivirus protection --  |g Ch. 19.  |t Scribus : free desktop publishing --  |g Ch. 20.  |t Endless free fun and games --  |g Ch. 21.  |t ultimate free software : Linux. 
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