1. What Bill Gates Doesn’t Want You to Know (aka: Good computer programs for free)

2. David Scovic Kingsbury School Technology Director (248) 628-2571 x217 dscovic@kingsburyschool.org http://www.kingsburyschool.org/UserFiles/MACUL_149.ppt

3. Open Source Software What is it? Software that is collaborative, free, available to all who want to work on it and use it Who uses it? Everyone (Approx. 2/3 web servers use Apache) Why use it? Reliable, dynamic, free Well-known examples: Linux, Firefox, OpenOffice Lesser-known Open-source examples: Cola, Beer, Medicine

4. The World Is Flat – Thomas Friedman Flattener #4: Open-sourcing Open source is an important flattener because it makes available for free many tools, from software to encyclopedias, that millions of people around the world would have had to buy in order to use

5. Mozilla Firefox Web browser Works with most websites I’ve found Stability & Security Tabbed browsing Customizable – Lightweight, only install what you want & need http://www.mozilla.com/firefo x/

6. Mozilla Firefox Web browser Privacy – clear private data with one click Pop-up blocking Live bookmarks http://www.mozilla.com/firefo x/

7. Firefox – Stability & Security Not tied into Windows OS – If browser crashes, computer doesn’t crash Not Microsoft – Some virus writers target MS Smaller market share – Virus writers may want biggest impact http://www.mozilla.com/firefo x/

8. Mozilla Firefox Tabbed browsing Faster & easier navigation Efficiency Multi-tasking http://www.mozilla.com/firefo x/

9. Tabbed Browsing Hold the key while you click a link. OR Right click on any link on a web page. A menu will appear – select “Open Link in New Tab” or just push the “T” key on your keyboard. To view a tab, simply click on it. When you are finished, click on the red X and only that web page will close. You don’t need to use the Back button on your browser to find your original page.

10. live example

11. Firefox - Customizable Adblock RSS readers Forecast Fox del.icio.us BugMeNot Image Zoom Always Remember Password https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/?application=fir efox – Extensio ns

12. Firefox - Customizable Themes – Red Cats (cat theme) – Microfirefox (minimal menu areas) – Check the link for what interests you https://addons.mozilla.org/themes/?application=firefox

13. OpenOffice http://www.openoffice.org/

14. Office Suite – cross-compatible with Microsoft Office ( $499 ) – Writer = Word; Calc = Excel; Impress = PowerPoint; Base = Access Save in multiple file formats (including pdf) Free OpenOffice http://www.openoffice.or g/

15. ThinkFree Online www.thinkfree.com

16. Word, Excel & PowerPoint 30 MB online storage Save online or to local computer Multiple file formats (including pdf) Free ThinkFree www.thinkfree.com

17. Anti Virus Avira AntiVir Personal Edition – http://www.free-av.com/ AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition – http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1 Alwil Avast Home Edition – http://www.avast.com/i_kat_207.php?lang=ENG Free vs. $30-40 for typical anti-virus program

18. Anti SpyWare AdAware Personal – http://www.lavasoft.com/ SpyBot Search & Destroy – http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/ Free vs. $30 for typical anti-spyware program

19. Other Programs Gimp: PhotoShop equivalent ( $650/$100 ) – http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/ Audacity: Audio editor – http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Thunderbird: Email program – http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/ TuxPaint: KidPix equivalent – http://sourceforge.net/projects/tuxpaint/

20. What Bill Gates Doesn't Want You To Know David Scovic Kingsbury School Technology Director (248) 628-2571 x217 dscovic@kingsburyschool.org http://www.kingsburyschool.org/UserFiles/MACUL_149.ppt