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CVI2 recommends that associates provide the poor with free, "open source" software.
These programs are widely used and have proven stable. All may be freely downloaded, deployed and shared with others.
Several have helpful web pages and volunteer "tech support" folks who will answer your queries via e-mail.
Most also run under MS Windows, Linux, Mac, Solaris, etc. Updated 30th June 2008. Send us your suggestions.
Audacity is a sound mixer and sound file editor. http://audacity.sourceforge
Camstudio is a complete screen and sound capture application that produces various streamable media. http://camstudio.org/
Mozilla Thunderbird is a general purpose e-mail client with more features that MS Outlook Express. With freely available plug-ins, it can also serve as your calendar and contact manager. http://mozilla.org
Filezilla is an FTP client and server that makes it easy to transfer files to distant computer servers. http://filezilla.sourceforge
Freemind is a thought and process outliner. http://freemind.sourceforge
Gimp is a many-featured photo and image editor. http://www.gimp.org/
Kompozer is an "html" web page editor that can even edit files located on distant servers. http://kompozer.net
Open Clip an archive of user contributed clip art that can be freely used. http://OpenClipArt.org
Open Office is an office suite with word processor, spread sheet, presentation graphics, data base manager, and much more. It can read and write MS Office documents. http://openoffice.org
Scribus is a complete desktop publisher. http://www.scribus.net
Ubuntu Linux operating system free from http://www.ubuntu.com
Not open source but free to use:
Avast is an anti-virus protector free to individuals. http://avast.com/
AVG free editions of antivirus, anti-spyware and anti-rootkit. http://free.grisoft.com
Gmail provides unlimited online storage of your email along with superb spam filters. http://gmail.com
Google Documents provides password-protected, online word processing and spread sheets. http://docs.google.com
Google Calendar provides online calendars with your editable appointments.http://calendar.google.com