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Free Software

 * ~  ||~ Web ||~ Photo ||~ Photo ||~ Photo / Paint ||~ Draw ||~ Office ||~ Sound ||~ Desktop Pub ||~ Mind Map ||
 * ~ Software ||= **[|Firefox]** ||= **[|Picasa]** ||= **[|IrfanView]** ||= **[|Gimp]** ||= **[|Inkscape]** ||= **[|Open Office]** ||= **[|Audacity]** ||= **[|Scribus]** ||= **[|FreeMind]** ||
 * ~ Open? ||= Open ||= Proprietary ||= Proprietary ||= Open ||= Open ||= Open ||= Open ||= Open ||= Open ||
 * ~ OS ||= L / M / W ||= L / W ||= W ||= L / M / W ||= L / M / W ||= L / M / W ||= L / M / W ||= L / M / W ||= L / M / W ||
 * OS:** L-Linux, M-MacOS, W-Windows / (U might want 2 download MP3 plug-in 4 Audacity / GhostScript 4 Scribus)

There is a huge range of free and open source software available. You use this software at your own risk – make sure you read the details of the software and that it meets your needs [|Sourceforge.net]- the world's largest Open Source software development web site [|wikipedia - free software list] [|wikipedia - open source software list] [|wikipedia - free graphics software]

Some popular free open source tools
[|Xara Xtreme] for Linux is a powerful, general purpose graphics program for Unix platforms including Linux, FreeBSD and (in development) OS-X [|Inkscape]A Linux, Windows & OSX vector graphics editor (SVG format) featuring transparency, gradients, node editing, pattern fills, PNG export, and more [|GIMP]is a program for tasks such as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring [|Blender]is a free open source 3D content creation suite [|Audacity]is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds

Self Eduation
from the [|self made scholar blog]

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