Welcome to our Guide to Open Source Software!
This is a guide to help you learn the benefits of Open Source and to get started in using Open Source Software.This guide will cover:
- Why Open Source Software can be better than Microsoft, Macintosh, and other proprietary software producers.
- Detailed instructions on how you can start using some of the most popular and useful Open Source programs today.
- Firefox: a web browser which has become very popular because of its good features and security.
- Open Office: an office suite that is similar to the popular Microsoft Office Suite you may be familiar with, but will cost you nothing.
- Linux: a free alternative to MS Windows or Macintosh Operating Systems which usually cost over $100.
- Other programs: programs like Gimp and Thunderbird, which are useful but don't merit their own page in this guide.
If you are comfortable using Windows then you should have little difficulty learning what we have in this guide
Continue to the introduction page if you aren’t sure you want to try Open Source yet, or click on any link in the list below or the links on top if you want to skip to a specific section.