FireFox 3 Released !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This week Mozilla Corporation released Firefox 3 to the public. Our favourite web browser is now out of beta and free to download at the firefox website This latest version boast a variety of new features and seems to be more secure and quicker than previous versions. Mozilla set a world record with over 8 million downloads on its first day of release. Give Firefox a try as an alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer today.
Back in April, Ubuntu 8.04 was launched. This latest version of the Linux operating system has a lot to offer. I have been using this new release exclusively on my desktop now for almost two months now. This new alternative to Windows Vista has been running without a hitch. If you are fed up with Microsoft why not give this distribution of LInux a try. Head over to the Ubuntu Website to learn more... The best thing about linux is that its free !!! so you have nothing to loose by giving it a try.
Open Office is the classic free file. Originally developed as Star Office in 1999 the office suite was purchased by Sun Micro Systems in 2000 and the code was released under the GNU Public license to offer a free alternative to Microsoft Office. The development by the open source community over the last 7 years has created an impressive suite of office apps at an unbeatable price, FREE !!! I have been using the Mac version of the suite NeoOffice for that last year and a half and the compatibility with Microsoft's product is unmatched. With Microsoft Office retailing at near $900.00 at Best Buy you should give it a try.
Win-Get is a linked repository for windows based software. It can be executed from the command line to download software from a repository. This is very common in the Linux but no so in Windows. Hundreds of applications are available in the repository and can be view from the application list. All you have to do is download 2 small files and place them in the /windows directory on you :C driver. Then to install an application run win-get "name of application" from the command line. The software goes out to the repository and fines the file you want install and downloads it. For more information visit the win-get site.
IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista.
It is trying to be simple for beginners and powerful for professionals.
IrfanView is trying to create new and/or interesting features in its own way, unlike some other graphic viewers, whose whole "creativity" is based on feature cloning, stealing of ideas and whole dialogs from ACDSee and/or IrfanView! (for example: XnView has been stealing/cloning features and whole dialogs from IrfanView, for 7+ years).
IrfanView was the first Windows graphic viewer WORLDWIDE with Multiple (animated) GIF support.
One of the first graphic viewers WORLDWIDE with Multipage TIF support.
The first graphic viewer WORLDWIDE with Multiple ICO support.
Visit the IfranView Website Here
This is now segment for Abbeyspotlight and for us at AbbeyGraphics. We have decided to spotlight a free file of the week. There are so many great developers out there for the Windows, Linux and Mac OS X platforms producing great freeware products that we thought we would take a few minutes and blog about them each week. Our first file is Auslogics Disk Defrag from the developers at Auslogics Software Pty Ltd located in Sydney New South Wales, Australia. Auslogics makes a whole suite of software but their disk defrag too is worth a try. The requirements to run the product are :
Auslogics Says :
Disk fragmentation leads to system slowdowns, PC crashes, slow startup and shutdown and sometimes to system failures. Auslogics Disk Defrag is designed for fast optimization of today's modern hard disks. Get the maximum performance out of your expensive hardware investments.
Download you copy of Auslogics Disk Defrag HERE
