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Top 10 Linux apps - Six to 10

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The Sweet Stuff: Software

Thursday September 30, 2010

Making the switch to Linux, even part-time, can feel like a bit of a shock to the system. Doc helps to ease the transition by rounding up his 10 favorite Linux apps that are free for the download. This week, we finish the series off with numbers six through 10. Check out last week's episode for apps one through five.

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OpenOffice for Ubuntu 32-Bit

OpenOffice for Ubuntu 64-Bit

- A full-featured office suite.

- Can open all Microsoft Office files.

- Is loaded with features that make it comparable to Office.

- Gives you a powerful office suite for free!

- Dropbox

- Supports Windows, Mac, and Linux.

- Also has versions for Android, BlackBerry, and iPhone.

- Whatever you put in a Dropbox appears in ALL of them.

- First 2 Gigabytes is free

Mozilla Thunderbird

- Spans all the platforms.

- Full-featured email client.

- Also handles all your RSS feeds.

- Can also do USENET newsgroups.

- Lots of add-ons available to make it even more powerful.

GIMP

- An amazing image editor.

- Create images from scratch using a full range of tools.

- Edit images in a variety of ways.

- Apply filters, adjust colors, and more.

- Work in different layers.

VirtualBox

- Virtualization software that lets you create and run virtual machines.

- Extremely flexible and configurable.

- In our tutorial, we had a VirtualBox Ubuntu virtual machine running inside of a VMware Ubuntu virtual machine.

- Like the other products, VirtualBox runs under Windows and Mac as well.

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