[Bradford] 10 free software applications you should try...

[Alice Kaerast]

Hi,

I produced an article on this a few years ago. It'll be out of date now
and I can't find the original.  But it included the following software:

Firefox
Thunderbird
Gimp
VLC
Audacity
Open Office

You probably also want to include a decent text editor, I was using
Scite at the time, but there's probably something better.

If we're talking phones, then clearly Android needs mentioning.

The Really Slick Screensavers often get mentioned for Windows, just as
a bit of eye candy which doesn't need any training.

Which just leaves one space left for a decent game.

Part of me wants to add in something highly specialised or server
based.  Not because anybody's actually going to try it, but as a way of
showing just what's out there and what's being used.  So maybe the Lamp
stack should be mentioned, or some highly specialised scientific
software.

-- 
Alice Kaerast

Systems Reliability Guru
Computer Gentle Group


On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:20:48 +0100
David Carpenter <david.carpenter at nornir.co.uk> wrote:

> The CVS newsletter is asking for an article aloing the lines of:
> 
> 10 free software/open source applications you should try...
> 
> We need to come up with a 'top 10' and then I think we have people
> that will put the words to that list.
> 
> Can I suggest it as a topic for the next meeting, but in the meantime,
> can you post your suggestions to the list?
> 
> I think we're probably looking at a ***doze based audience, but maybe
> we want to also look at phone apps, and anything else we can think
> of...
> 
> John, in particular, and Wayne have been involved in dealing with this
> request from CVS so far, so thanks to them. 
> 
> Cheers
> David
> 
> 
> 
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