How not to buy Software for your Computer

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There are many companies out there trying to sell you software, from .... to ..... But a happy hiker is one that can save money to spend elsewhere, normally somewhere with a large supply of antiduiretics. So heres the guide to saving money on software...

Downloading Free Software


The internet has completely changed software, and nowhere is this more apparent as with free software.

Open Source


There are many different definitions of OpenSource, but, in general, Open source software is software for which the source code 1 is freely avaliable. It is not always free, but often is. You are often allowed to give these to your friends, too.


The standard for "open source" software is set by the Open Source Initiative -

Using a free Operating System


http://www.linux.org/


1Source code is the instructions written by people, which are then converted into the machine-readable files

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