Software: 3rd Party Recommended

Here is free software that we recommend for you to use so you don't have to pay for expensive alternate software. Click on the product name to go to the publishers web site to review and download the products.

Free Software (3rd Party)

Libre Office (Business Tools)

LibreOffice is a powerful office suite; Its clean interface and its powerful tools let you unleash your creativity and grow your productivity.

GIMP (Professional Photo Editing)

It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.

Firefox (Browsing)

The award-winning Firefox Web browser has security, speed and new features that will change the way you use the Web.

Chrome (Browsing)

One browser for your computer, phone and tablet.

Thunderbird (Email Client)

Enjoy safe, fast and easy email, Mozilla-style. The Thunderbird email client includes intelligent spam filters, powerful search and customizable views.

VLC (Audio/Video Player)

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player supporting most audio and video formats from files, physical media (DVDs, VCD, Audio-CD), TV capture cards and many network streaming protocols.

AVG AntiVirus Free (Anti-Virus )

Protect your computer from viruses and malicious programs.

Ashampoo (CD Burning)

Multi-disc file backup and restore on CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs. You can download the free version from CNet.

KeePass (Password Protection)

KeePass is a free open source password manager, which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way.

Audacity (Audio Editor/Recorder)

Audacity is a free, easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.

HandBrake (Video Encoder)

HandBrake is a tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs.

Web Development, Tools & Operating Systems

Debian (Linux Distribution)

Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run.

Linux Mint (Linux Distribution)

The purpose of Linux Mint is to produce a modern, elegant and comfortable operating system which is both powerful and easy to use.

Apache (Web Server)

The Apache HTTP Server Project is an effort to develop and maintain an open-source HTTP server for modern operating systems including UNIX and Windows NT.

MariaDB (Database)

High-end open source database. An enhanced, drop-in replacement for MySQL.

PHP (Scripting Language)

HP is a popular general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited to web development.

NetBeans IDE (Development IDE)

Quickly and easily develop desktop, mobile and web applications with Java, HTML5, PHP, C/C++ and more.

IPFire (Firewall)

IPFire was designed with both modularity and a high-level of flexibility in mind. You can easily deploy many variations of it, such as a firewall, a proxy server or a VPN gateway.

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