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SOURCE FORGE

     SOURCE FORGE was “the originator of GNU and the open source system,” says Mike Hodapp, my computer mentor. Come to this software map to browse more than 16,000 free, open source games and entertainment projects and 1,973 hardware projects – among much else.

http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/

OPEN OFFICE

     Mike Hodapp finds OPEN OFFICE to be far superior to Microsoft Word’s Office 2008. It too is from SOURCE FORGE, and it is of course free:

http://www.openoffice.org

HOW FREE, OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE BEGAN

     Free software doesn’t simply mean free of charge. It is “a matter of the users' freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software.” Learn about GNU-Linux from the early days of computing to the present:

http://www.gnu.org/

20 OPEN SOURCE WINDOWS APPS

     Great list.

http://www.teknobites.com/2007/07/19/
20-open-source-windows-apps-for-you/

RUNNING YOUR BUSINESS ON (MOSTLY) FREE APPS

     An excellent listing.

http://foundread.com/2007/11/05/
8-steps-to-running-your-business-on-mostly-free-apps/

U.S. TELEPHONE DIRECTORY SEARCH

     You can download the personal version of ARGALI for free. The program allows you to search for people and businesses all over the U.S. ARGALI is also a reverse directory, in which you insert the phone number and they give you the street address. And, as they point out, their directory search program is great if you’re traveling and want to find a good motel or restaurant at your destination.

http://www.argali.com/

PROBLEMS OPERATING YOUR NEW GIZMOS?

     If you have problems mastering any kind of new electronic device, you may need ZOLVED.COM. They say, “Use ZOLVED to solve technical support issues for your computer, wireless network, MP3 players and more . . .” Just put into their searchbox the name of the item that’s troubling you, and see what comes up.

http://www.zolved.com/

     You can learn still more about your electronics at HOW STUFF WORKS:

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/

ADD VOICE TO YOUR SITE

     Step-by-step instructions to webmasters who want to add a voice function to their sites.

http://vozme.com/webmasters.php?lang=en

FREE SOFTWARE DIRECTORY

     The site says, “The Free Software Directory is a project of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). We catalog useful free software that runs under free operating systems — particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants.

http://directory.fsf.org/

FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

     In addition to this listing, there’s much more information to be found using items in the lefthand column.

http://www.webi.org/

SHAREWARE.COM

     A regularly updated listing of Shareware.

http://www.shareware.com/
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