Free and Useful Software For Students

• Open Office — A free "office" suite (like MS Office) for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux
• AbiWord — Want just a word processor? Here you go.
• Firefox — A free web browser that isn't riddled with security problems like Internet Explorer (for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux)
• Thunderbird — A free email client
• Google Scholar — Google's academic search engine
• Adobe Reader — Free application for viewing PDFs
• PDFCreator — Make PDFs from MS Office applications
• 37signals — Project management, organization, to-do lists, and collaborative drafting software
• Notely — Organizational/note-taking/sharing software for students
• Picasa — Google's photo management and manipulation software (like iPhoto for the Macintosh)
• Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition — Photoshop's photo management software
• The Gimp — Poor man's Photoshop for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux
• Adobe Flash Player - Animation viewer required to see some areas of our website
• NVU - Website editor like Frontpage or Dreamweaver
• gtk+ - Package required to run GiMP or Dia, below
• Dia - Draw diagrams, charts, flowcharts, network designs, etc
• GiMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program - Free alternative to Adobe Photoshop or Coral PaintShop Pro
• Paint.Net - Free Alternative to Adobe Photoshop Elements
• Freemind - Mind Mapping Software
• Scratch - Basic introduction to computer programming and procedural control