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On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 11:05:08 +0100 Paul Sutton wrote: > With the rising cost of fuel, food etc families are being hit harder, > families with school age children are also being hit in the pocket > with the demands they purchase software which, in this economic > climate and even taking student discounts in to account, can > possible mean the difference between a hot meal or a piece of > software. > > Free software may be able to help here, free software is not only > free as in cost but you are also free to install on unlimited > computers and give to all your friends, if your home has 1 or 10+. > > There are free software packages for nearly every need, so if you > need a replace ment for MS office you can use open office which uses > open standard file formats but is also compatible with MS office. > there are replacements for MS outlook int he form of Thunderbird with > an extension called lightning to provide calender faculties, for > browsing you can use Firefox or chrome both of which can offer > improvements in security and performance over MS office. Plus a lot > more > > You can also get support from your local linux user group who are > happy to not only help with Linux related issues, but also support > free software also runs on windows. > > --- > > > ok what is above probably sounds crap can someone take the above and > get a flyer from it. to get the main points across > > Paul One of the problems, I think, is the unfortunate tendency for people to have a "tl;dr" attitude (to borrow from a rather annoying Internet trend). I find it difficult too, but I'll have a crack at it later today. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq