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Suggested Free Software
Below is a list of suggested free software for anyone to use. This is also the solution for users who are not eligible for campus software on their personal computers. Note: ITS and AT will not provide support for these software. They are for yourself to download and install.
Legend: W: - MS Windows | M: - Apple Mac OS X | L: - Linux Mint or Ubuntu Linux
Note: Cisco Clean Access (CCA), provided by ITS, will accept most brands of antivirus software. To check which version that will work with Gallaudet's CCA, currently at version 4.5.1, click here
| Anti- Virus |
W: |
Microsoft Security Essentials - http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials - (easy to use and "set it and forget it") Comodo Internet Security - http://www.comodo.com - (advanced and informative activity alerts) Netbook Users: P3 Purple Book, Acer Aspire One and other models may find AVG Antivirus Free better -- http://free.avg.com - (light and quick) |
| M: | PC Tools iAntiVirus - http://www.iantivirus.com | |
| L: | avast! Linux Edition - http://www.avast.com |
Anti- Spyware |
W: | Spybot Search & Destroy - http://www.safer-networking.org |
| M: | PC Tools iAntiVirus - http://www.iantivirus.com | |
| L: |
Office Suite |
W: | OpenOffice.org - http://www.openoffice.org (for Linux, use Synaptic Package Manager for easy install) |
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| L: |
PDF Creation (basic) |
W: | PrimoPDF - http://www.primopdf.com |
| M: | built-in | |
| L: | built-in |
PDF Reader |
W: | Adobe Reader - http://get.adobe.com/reader |
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| L: |
Web Browser Alternatives |
W: | · Mozilla Firefox - http://www.mozilla.com · Opera - http://www.opera.com · Apple Safari - http://www.apple.com/safari (Win / Mac only) |
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| L: |
Web Authoring |
W: | · Amaya - http://www.w3.org/amaya · SeaMonkey (Composer) - http://www.seamonkey-project.org · MS SharePoint Designer for Windows - http://office.microsoft.com/sharepointdesigner (for Linux, use Synaptic Package Manager for easy install) |
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| L: |
Java Runtime |
W: | Sun Java Runtime Edition (JRE) - http://java.com |
| M: | built-in | |
| L: | Sun-Java-6 (install via Synaptic Package Manager) |
Web Flash Player |
W: | Adobe Flash - http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer |
| M: | ||
| L: |
Media Players |
W: | · VLC Player - http://videolan.org · Apple Quicktime - http://www.apple.com/quicktime · Windows Media Player - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmedia/player |
| M: | ||
| L: | · VLC Player (install via Synaptic Package Manager) · Ubuntu-Restricted (install via Synaptic Package Manager) |
Graphics |
W: | the GIMP - http://www.gimp.org (for Linux, use Synaptic Package Manager for easy install) |
| M: | ||
| L: |
Graphics Alternatives |
W: | Paint.NET - http://www.getpaint.net |
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CD/DVD Burning |
W: | CDBurnerXP - http://cdburnerxp.se |
| M: | Burn - http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net | |
| L: | Brasero or K3b (install via Synaptic Package Manager) |
Subtitles |
W: | Subtitles Workshop - http://www.urusoft.net/products.php?lang=1 |
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| L: |
Uncompress and Compress files |
W: | · built-in (limited) · 7-Zip - http://www.7zip.org · IZArc - http://www.izarc.org/ |
| M | · built-in (limited) · The Unarchiver - http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html |
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| L | · built-in · Unrar (install via Synaptic Package Manager) |
Cleaning and Optimizing |
W | · CCleaner - http://www.ccleaner.com · Advanced SystemCare Free - http://www.iobit.com |
| M | · Onyx, Maintenance, Deeper - http://www.titanium.free.fr/index_us.html |
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Virtualization |
W: | Sun VirtualBox - http://www.virtualbox.org |
| M: | ||
| L: |
Text Editor Alternatives |
W: | Notepad++ - http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net |
| M: | Smultron - http://tuppis.com/ultron | |
| L: | Bluefish (install via Synaptic Package Manager) |
Apps Updater |
W: | FileHippo Update Checker - http://filehippo.com/updatechecker |
| M: | Metaquark AppFresh - http://metaquark.de/appfresh | |
| L: | built-in (Update Manager and Synaptic Package Manager) |
More Useful Tools
WordWeb Free - http://wordweb.info/freeMoffsoft FreeCalc - http://www.moffsoft.com - tape calculator
Google Earth - http://earth.google.com
FileZilla - http://filezilla-project.org
