Free Software???

I don't want to sound like a saleswoman but here we go. I've just been reading the January 2009 issue of Which? and there is a section on free software. The ones that I have tried I will add a little review, if that helps you then good luck.

Photography:

Gimp - http://www.gimp.org/ - (saves you £75) (couldn't find the link for the download - if you can please send me that link)

PhotoPlus 6 - http://www.freeserifsoftwarre.com/ - (saves you £75) (tried a few times to download but for some reason it wouldn't stick - ahhhh)

PhotoShop Album starter Edition 3.2 - www.adobe.com/products/photoshopalbum/starter.html (yay actually managed to download - it's ok - it sorted out my pictures for me can't seem to find anything else to do with it though - i'll explore it more later)

Office Applications:

OpenOffice 3 - http://www.openoffice.org/ (saves you £350) (I actually love this, it took ages to download but when it did... it has word, powerpoint, etc. I particularly like the database package as it's easy to use and doesn't confuse me like the microsoft one usually does *****)

Scribus - http://www.scribus.net/ - (saves you £120) (again I got lost by all the links and couldn't really find anything - if anyone wants to help...)

Google Docs - http://docs.google.com/ - (saves you £350) (my vista infested computer doesn't like pop-ups - if you can get passed that please review for me)

Security Software:

AVG FREE - http://www.free.avg.com/

ZONEALARM FREE FIREWALL - http://www.zonealarm.com/

WINDOWS DEFENDER - http://www.microsoft.com/

As I said before I got these from Which? magazine - if they help you then yay!!!!

You could also access more information about these by going to http://www.which.co.uk/ and i'm sure you'll find something good there. : )