Finding great technology for no cost is a win/win scenario, in my book. I used to display the links to many of these application sites on the links page of the previous iteration of our family site. I’m reposting them here with a few significant additions – Open Office, Gimp, and Ubuntu. If any of you would like to discuss my experience with any of these, drop me a line!
Oh yeah, did I mention that all these are free? 😉
Note: Most of these applications assume a high-speed Internet connection.
Dropbox
Very exciting application that allows you to sync, backup, and share your files across multiple computers – automatically! Works on Windows, Mac, and Linux. The basic level offers 2+ GB of free storage.
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
AVG Free for Windows is a free anti-virus protection tool developed by Grisoft for home use.
Google Earth
Google Earth is a broadband, 3D application that allows you to zoom in and out of any location on the earth. It’s a really cool!
Flickr
A great way to share your photos with your friends and family and do photo back up, with both free and professional accounts. Look for our “romefamily” photo stream and add us to your contacts!
Pandora – Internet Radio
A new kind of radio – stations play only the music that you like!
Open Office is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more.
GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. Like Photoshop, only free.
Super-fast and great-looking, Ubuntu is a secure, intuitive operating system that powers desktops, servers, netbooks and laptops. Ubuntu is, and always will be, absolutely free.