Tips for the Newly On-Line - Part 1: SOFTWARE
  
 
 
 
Open Source &/or Free-to-Use SOFTWARE (for Windows 2000, XP, Vista)
  
FUNCTION
PROGRAM
VER
FEATURES
LIMITATIONS
RATING
Text Editing
EditPad Lite
6.5.2

Ease of Use

Non-commercial use only; not OSS
* * * * *
File Transfer
FileZilla client
3.3.0.1
Ease of Use; robustness
(OSS)
* * * * *
eMail
Eudora
7.1
Immune to Outlook Express exploits
Not OSS; support may be waning
* * * * *
VoIP
Skype
4.1.32.179
Costfree text, voice & video; it's also in 3's 3G mobile SkypePhones
Not OSS; closed protocols
* * * * *
File Sharing
Vuze (Azureus)
4.3.0.4
Shows how P2P works; Java based
(OSS)
* * * * *

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