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Software Suggestions and Resources
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Anti-Virus & Anti-Spyware
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Free Software and Shareware Sources
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Download.com
http://www.download.com
All kinds of shareware and freeware for all platforms.
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Tucows
http://www.tucows.com
All types of software for Windows, Mac, Linux.
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Version Tracker
http://www.versiontracker.com/
This site tracks and links to every new version of software for all platforms, Windows, Mac, Linux and more.
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The Open CD
http://theopencd.sunsite.dk/index.php
This site is a good source for free applications that can help you with many computer related activites, including web development. They offer a downloadable ISO image that can then be burned to a CD with all the applications.
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FTP Programs
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Graphic and Image Software
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HTML Editors
- Nvu (Next generation Composer)
http://www.nvu.com/
Nvu (stands for New View) is an open source WYSIWYG web editor which is free to download and
available for most platforms. It is new and still under much development but early reviews have been positive.
It should work and act very much like Composer with many additional features.
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1st Page 2000i (Windows only)
http://www.evrsoft.com/download.shtml
A free HTML editor for Windows.
- Taco HTML (Mac only)
http://tacosw.com/index.php
Taco HTML Edit is a full-featured HTML editor and PHP editor distributed as freeware.
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Office Tools & Suites
- AbiWord
http://www.abisource.com/
AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft® Word. It is suitable for a wide variety of word processing tasks.
- OpenOffice.org
http://www.openoffice.org/
A free opensource Office suite for Windows® and Linux, Mac version is in the works. It includes a word processor, spreadsheet, drawing, Web editor and many other useful programs. It is Microsoft Office® compatible so you can open Word and Excel documents with it.
- NeoOfficeJ (Mac only)
http://www.neooffice.org/
NeoOffice/J is a full featured office productivity suite including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, vector drawing, database, and macro functionality.
- Star Office
http://www.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/get_businesses.jsp
Star Office from Sun is now free for Educational Institutions. This is the office suite the OpenOffice is based on and Sun has professional support services available.
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SSH Clients
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Web Browsers
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