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Tom cuts through the clutter, and counts down what's trending in the geek zeitgeist. From the hottest gadgets and downloads to the weirdest internet memes, Tom's Top 5 is the newest go-to resource for what people are really talking about in the nerd-osphere. Read More

Top 5 Best Free Software

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011 – running time 04:10

Free is great but amazingly useful software that works great and is also free, is the best.

They say information wants to be free. We could debate that all night, but I do know I like free software. And software is information. So I want software to be free. Sometimes.

Free software is not a dirty word either. I'm not talking about stealing, I'm talking about open source. Software that's meant to be free.

We live in a golden age, where anyone with a computer can get pretty much every piece of software they need from an open source project. Some of it however, is better than others.

I polled the Internet to find out just what software people liked the best, added in my own thoughts, and voila. A useful and helpful top 5 that costs you absolutely nothing.

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Show Title:
Tom's Top 5
Description:
Tom cuts through the clutter, and counts down what's trending in the geek zeitgeist. From the hottest gadgets and downloads to the weirdest internet memes, Tom's Top 5 is the newest go-to resource for what people are really talking about in the nerd-osphere.
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Technology & Gadgets
Launch Date:
Jun 22, 2010
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