Free software is great, but how do you find it? AlternativeTo Let’s say you want a program that is like Microsoft Visio to create flowcharts and diagrams. Instead of Googling and maybe getting a scam site or something. Go to AlternativeTo.net, search for Visio. One of the best results is Dia a free and opensource…
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Other Software
There is other great software out there that doesn’t cost a penny. Some of my favorites are: 7-Zip is a free and open-source file archiver, a utility used to place groups of files within compressed containers known as “archives”. Examples: .zip, .tar, and .rar. Uses: take several large files and add them to an archive…
Alternative Audio/Video Programs
Here are some super helpful programs to help you with many of your media related projects. VLC No free software geek should be without this first program. VLC is a free media player that is so much more. It converts audio and video formats. It doesn’t slice and dice but it is an invaluable tool….
Install Chrome OS On Any PC Or Mac
CloudReady, a distribution of Chromium OS designed to be installed on existing computers. Chrome OS Google’s version CloudReady: Home Edition is the free, easy way to transform your old PC or Mac into a high-performing Chrome device. CloudReady is super easy to install. On the free download page go to the “Download USB Maker”. It…
What is Chrome OS?
Chrome OS is a Gentoo Linux-based operating system designed by Google. It is derived from the free software Chromium OS and uses the Google Chrome web browser as its principal user interface. Unlike Chromium OS, Chrome OS is proprietary software. Google announced the project, based on Ubuntu, in July 2009, conceiving it as an operating…
One Bootable To Rule Them All
Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files. With Ventoy, you don’t multiple USB sticks, or UCB creation programs. You just need to copy the ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files to the Ventoy drive. Go here to download Ventoy. Select the Windows Zip File.
How To Use Gimp
GIMP is a free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image manipulation and image editing, free-form drawing, transcoding between different image file formats, and more specialized tasks. GIMP is released under GPL-3.0-or-later license and is available for Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows. Similar to PhotoShop GIMP is a very powerful tool for editing images…
Run Linux On Windows
The Windows Subsystem for Linux lets developers run a Linux environment — including most command-line tools, utilities, and applications — directly on Windows, unmodified, without the overhead of a traditional virtual machine or dualboot setup. This is not particularly useful for the casual user who has no interest in playing with the commandline but soon…
Must Have Free Software
There is lots of free software out there but is it and is it really good, and where can you safely download it? Here’s some of my favorite programs… VLC VLC is a video player and so much more. First of all I use it as my default media player, because it is much lighter…
Microsoft Makes Remembering Easier
Microsoft To Do is the smart daily planner with My Day, intelligent and personalized suggestions to update your daily to do list. A truly cross platform task manager. Whether you’re at home or on the go you can access your task list and stay organized. Shared to do lists help keep you connected with friends,…
Good-N-Free Meetup 