Software that won't break your wallet

Here is a listing of free open source software that is valuable for you to know and learn about should you want to optimize the abilities of your computer without paying big money. These are great money savers. Sources of information on these came from thescreensavers.com

• Photoshop alternative = Gimp
• Illustrator alternative = Karbon14. (not available for Windows, only for Mac & Linux.
• Winzip has alternative of = IZArc
• Microsof Word = AbiWord also saves in word format.
• Norton Anti-virus = AVG
• Internet Explorer and Outlook Express = Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird this also includes some amazing plugins that allow some great powerful options.
• Tuturial on extracting video or audio from DVD's with Mpeg Stream Clip, a free program,
• Tutorial on compressing with iTunes.
• Word Counter
• Character Counter