Music Editing
Audacity - It is designed for editing and capturing audio but works great for editing songs. It is great for converting file types.
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Disc burning
Burn - Another great disc burning software. This one has a "simple" interface. However, because its so simple it can be hard to use.
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Photo Editing
GIMP - this is as close to photoshop as you can get without paying for it. It's overkill for most people.
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Video ripper/encoder
Handbrake - It allows you to convert almost any video type into another type. It has all that advanced options you could want, but also has presets making it very easy to use.
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MakeMKV - It will convert your video file or disk into an uncompressed MKV. The file size is huge but you can then use another program to convert it. This is great for making a legal backup of your videos.
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internet programs
Firefox - This browser has been around forever and has the most plugins. It is not the fastest anymore but is still great.
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Opera GX - Opera has been around for a long time. This is an updated version that focuses on having easy to access features for gaming and streaming.
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Brave - If you have to use a Chrome based browser, do yourself a favor and use this one. It is more secure.
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qBittorrent - If you ever need to download a torrent file this is the program to do so. Of course only use this for legal torrents.
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OFFICE
Open Office - This is the most known replacement for Microsoft office.
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LibreOffice - This was based off of Open Office. It is growing fast and is worth a try.
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Video Playback
VLC - Nothing beats this. It can play almost any file you will find.
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utilities
Quicksilver - Allows you to create your own hotkeys (shortcuts).
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The Unarchiver - Opens many file types such as .zip, .rar, .tar
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Steam - Allows you to play games.
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Antivirus
Bitdefender - The best free antivirus out there.
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File Storage/Backup
Dropbox - Lets you backup files and photos, you can also access them from anyplace with a internet connection.
Create account and Download. You will get extra space doing it this way
Create account and Download. You will get extra space doing it this way
Google Drive - If you like Google go this route.
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OneDrive - Microsoft has created a nice file storage program.
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