Open source software.

I have recently been using open source software and I am thoroughly impressed. I started using Mozilla Firefox, a free, downloadable, web browser, probably a year and a half ago and am enjoying it much more than Internet Explorer. There are no pop-ups and I haven’t gotten any viruses and I don’t use a virus protection program. Aside from Mozilla, I’ve also started using the Open Office suite which is basically a free version of Microsoft Office. It saves to the same file type as all of the Office programs and is just as easy to use. Instead of paying for the whole Microsoft Office suite, you can basically get it for free. My favorite program though is definitely GIMP. GIMP stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program. it is basically a free version of Adobe Photoshop, a $600 program. It has all of the capabilities of Photoshop except its better because I don’t have to pay for it. I’ve done some incredible thing with it and I can now make my pictures look absolutely amazing.