What every computer should have

We feel that there are some software you simply can not be without for your everyday use of your computer. Theses alternatives well matches the commercial alternatives. Since most computers come with trial or limited versions when you buy a new windows computer we will guide you to free alternatives instead. Just klick on the blue name links to go direst to the software for download.

Office suite

Every computer should have an office suite. OpenOffice is a free alternative that well matches Microsoft Office (word, excel, Powerpoint). Open office for example have integrated pdf creation from your documents and is fully compatible with Microsoft office documents.

Antivirus

Every computer needs an antivirus software one free alternative is clamwin. Another fee alternative if yiou have a genuine version of Microsoft Windows is Microsoft Security Essentials.

CD Burner

One thing fhats bother us, is when you buy a new computer and you going to do your burning and you notice that the bundled software that come with your computer has a lot of limitation, like not being able to burn image files. Get Infrarecorder a free alternative without these limitations and very easy to use.

Image editor

One good alternative to photoshop is Gimp. In gimp you can easilly work with layers etc just as in Photoshop. Get Gimp here.

PDF

In open office you can create PDF directly from inside that office suite, but sometimes you might want to create a PDF document from another software you are using. Then CutePDF is for you Get CutePDF here. An another good PDF viewer, writer is PDF exchange which gives you the ability to save pdf forms and then go back and edit them. Get PDF Exchange here.

Desktop publishing

If you are making a bit more advanced newsletters, etc. perhaps you want to use a desktop publishing program instead of an office suite. Then Scribus is for you. Scribus is the free alternative to Adobe Pagemaker. Get Scribus here.

Clip art

Perhaps you want to illustrate your news letters, office documents with an illustration or picture. Then Open clip arts is something for you. Get open Clip arts here.