Lessfuss News http://www.lessfuss.co.uk/ Free hand picked and tested software from Lessfuss en Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:53:56 +0100 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss editor@lessfuss.co.uk editor@lessfuss.co.uk free software, freeware 1440 RSSeditor v0.9.54 (http://www.rss-info.com) http://www.lessfuss.co.uk/images/lessfuss_rss.gif Lessfuss Free Software RSS Logo http://www.lessfuss.co.uk/images/lessfuss_rss.gif Featured Free Software http://www.lessfuss.co.uk/free-software-files.php#xchangeviewer Andy Software Videos http://www.lessfuss.co.uk Andy There are a lot of movies, and video casts for many of the free software listed on lessfuss. So I am now in the process of locating these and linking them from the relevent titles. You are able to see if a program also has video, by a film strip icon in the listing. Video is a great way to get an overview of a piece of software and see if it's what you need. It's also a quick way to get started with many programs, as they often show you some of the basics. I hope you find these of use (where they are available), and if you know of, or have produced a movie for any software listed on this site, then drop me an email so that I may provide a link.

]]> AVG 8 & Filezilla http://www.lessfuss.co.uk/free-software-security.php#avg Andy Updates (or lack of!) http://www.lessfuss.co.uk Andy Sorry for the lack of updates over the last month. This was due to a couple of reasons. I moved house and have been very busy there with decorating and the likes! Secondly, my PC went bang, which left me with nothing to work on from home for a while. Anyway, I'm back up and running now, and I have a number of updates to follow. So, watch this space!

]]> Mind Map - New Resource Andy http://www.lessfuss.co.uk/free-software-office.php#freemind New Addition! http://www.lessfuss.co.uk/free-software-office.php#OxygenOffice OxygenOffice is an extended version of OpenOffice -

 It includes ready made templates for various common documents & projects, a font collection & more than 3,200 graphics are also included - photos & clip art . It comes with extended help & tips as well as its own user manual, making it ideal for beginners too. Integrated Wikipedia search (OOoWikipedia), allows you to research or instantly get answers from the free online encyclopedia, which is one of a number of other additional features.

[See Open Office in the Office & Productivity category]

]]> Featured Free Software http://www.lessfuss.co.uk/free-software-graphics.php#dogwaffle Andy Project Dogwaffle

Fancy yourself as a bit of an artist? Then let your creativity go with Project Dogwaffle. Its what they call a natural media program, and can simulate the effects of oil paints, watercolour, charcoal, pencils and more. You can even set up your paper or canvas type and texture before starting.

With a bit of patients and learning, you can get some fantastic results that do look really authentic. You are only limited by your imagination, so give it a try.

]]> Germanix Audio Transcoder http://www.lessfuss.co.uk/free-software-audio.php#germanix Andy I'm pleased to report the Germanix Audio Transcoder website is back up after a makeover - and very nice it is too! I did get concerned for a while there thinking it may be the end, but fortunately everything is back up and looking good. This is still my favorite freeware audio transcoder and definitely one of the better ones available.

So, if you need to convert any audio files from one format to another, then pay the new site a visit, and download it.

]]> Featured Free Software http://www.lessfuss.co.uk/free-software-system.php#weathrwatcher Andy The best free FTP http://www.lessfuss.co.uk/free-software-internet.php#filezilla Andy Filezilla, probably the best file transfer program currently available has had quite a number of updates lately. Click on Help in the menu, and then select check for updates to see if you are running the latest version.

Of course if you do need to use FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to get pages onto your web server or similar, then Filezilla is a good choice - even over many commercial programs.

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