The Best of the Free Intranet

Silly me. I used to think I had to PAY for a cool computing experience! While it's still true that you have to (hopfully customize) and purchase your Personal Communicator (my acronym for the PC, Personal Computer), you really DON'T have to pay for all that cool software! Why? Well, think about this for a minute. When you go to the store, to let's say, get some pain killers, how often do you actually buy the name-brands? I don't either - I go generic. Well, it's the same way in the Personal Computing world. There are the big players (Microsoft and Apple), and then there are all the little guys who's sole purpose in life is to make your life easier (for donations), not to screw your pocketbook over. They are your "generic" brands. They're the "friendlies." I'm listing below my personal favorites:

Operating Systems
Linux
Other OS
What to do when you already have Windows
How to have multiple OS on your PC

Office Software
OpenOffice (Sun)