Free Stuff

If you know where to look, there is tons of Open Source (free!) software on the internet...here are a few links for some that we use frequently.

If you are looking for something particular, let's say an alternative to Excel for example, just go to Google and search "Open Source Excel" and it will take to you the site for Open Office, the Open Source alternative to MS Office.

AVG Anti-Virus AVG is an excellent anti-virus program that includes an email scanner, built-in browser link scanner, automatic updates, scheduled scans, and more. Outstaning...and FREE!
Firefox In our humble opinion, a far superior web browser to IE.
Glary Utilities 100% Freeware, this is a great little utilities package with a disk cleaner, memory optimizer, and much more...a must have to keep your computer in top shape.
Open Office Don't have a few hundred bucks to shell out for your own copy of MS Office? Use OpenOffice, totally free, and can view and edit all of your Word, Excel, etc, files.
GIMP GIMP stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program. You can work on your photos, create graphics, anything you want. GIMP has a bit of a learning curve, but a great alternative to graphics programs costing hundreds of dollars...very powerful!
Joomla! Want to build your own web site? Joomla! is an open source content management system that is very powerful. AnthonysBarbers.com is built on the Joomla! platform.
ConTEXT Sick of the limitations of Windows NotePad? This is NotePad on steroids!
NVU Want to build a simple web site or need to construct some html emails? You don't need an expensive editor, just download NVU.
File Shredder Shred your unused files for your protection.
CCleaner CCleaner is a utility for cleaning your disk and internet cache, managing your startup and registry, along with other tools. Truly awesome, totally free!