Freeware- Opensource

For laptop schools, the cost of software becomes an important issue. One lab pack is a far different cost as apposed to ever student having access to all software. Below are web sites and organizations that are supporting the 'Open' movement. There are a considerable number of resources available.

The Case for Open Source
http://www.techlearning.com/shared/printableArticle.php?articleID=196604245

Recommendations - PC World http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,130045/printable.html

Open Source Victoria- 80 page book (PDF) of free software www.osv.org.au/index.cgi?tid=155
Education_FOSS_catalog.pdf

• k12opensource.org K-12 Pen Source
• http://www.k12opentech.org/ CoSN K-12 Open Technologies
• opensourceschools.org/  School Forge
• thefreecountry.com/
• theopencd.org/  -Site is no longer active - available as archive
  Free and Open Source Software- can create a free CD (Click to view content of the CD)
• http://www.edu-soft.org/content/index.php
• www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation Free Software Directory
• www.iosn.net/education/foss-education-primer
• http://www.opensourcemac.org/ & http://www.freesmug.org/
• www.shambles.net/pages/school/freesoft/ Shambles Home (Chris Smith)
• www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm
• http://www.gnu.org/education/software.html#gnusoftware Free Software Directory
• Recommendations - PC World http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,130045/printable.html
• My 'Free' Bookmarks Free Bookmarks (this file can be imported into your browser)