I wanted to compile a list of some of my favorite software titles that I use for my notebook. I hope you enjoy!

 OpenOffice.org: OpenOffice was Sun’s open solution to Microsoft Office, it closely resembles Office 2003 and it seems to have the same kind of functionality and limitations.  Overall this is a great solution if you don’t have a lot of cash to feed Microsoft for a copy of Office. I hope that they release a good update soon so they can compete with the new release of Office 2010.

GIMP: GIMP stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program, it is very similar to Photoshop but it is free. A lot of the tools that look just like the Photoshop tools but there are a lot of differences.  I don’t have much user experience with this product simply because I’m not very artistic, but I use it when I need to make a simple edit to a picture.

Wikidpad: Make a complete wiki in a notepad style. 

Crimson Editor : Your one stop shop for text editors, it can any type of text file and you can set the syntax type for easier editing, if you're editing source code. Column mode also allows you to edit multiple rows at once, this is a an amazing feature when you are working on large CSV files.

Google Chrome: A fast and easy web browser, The Google made a great browser and it keeps getting better. 

CD BurnerXP : A simple solution to burning CD/DVD discs. The best reason, it's free.

VLC Media player : If you are tired of Winamp or Windows Media, or Heaven forbid iTunes. Use this puppy it is a small install and can play pretty much any media file.