Useful Programs

This is where everything else is going to be posted. This includes well-known mainstream applications. Make sure you are equipped with superior browsers, email programs, and office suites. These are all free versions.

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The Browser That Has It All. Firefox has security, speed and new features that will change the way you use the Web. Don’t settle for anything less.
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Organize Your Email. Thunderbird 2 includes many new features to help you manage your inbox. With Thunderbird 2, it’s easier to prioritize and find your important email with tags and the new find bar helps you find content within your email faster.
Open Office is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.
SystemRescueCd is a Linux system on a bootable CD-ROM for repairing your system and recovering your data after a crash. It aims to provide an easy way to carry out admin tasks on your computer, such as creating and editing the partitions of the hard disk. It contains a lot of system tools (parted, partimage, fstools, …) and basic tools (editors, midnight commander, network tools). Supports networking and includes Firefox browser. Good for solving problems and cloning drives. No grab-and-go system is complete without this disc.

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