Communications Tools

• JitBit AutoText boilerplate text insertion tool: https://www.jitbit.com/autotext/
  Lets you type a few letters and get an entire phrase. For example, you can set it up so when you type "iite" you get "Illinois Institute of Technology." Free for personal use; Windows only.
• LibreOffice Full office suite: https://www.libreoffice.org/
  Includes word processor, presentation graphics, spreadheet, database app, vector graphics editor, and equation editor. Open source with boatloads of possible extensions; Windows/Linux/Mac versions. Nominally compatible with OpenOffice.org but has better developer support. Can read and save in Microsoft Office formats.
• Graphic Arts tools
  • sK1 2.0 vector graphics editor: https://sk1project.net/sk1/
    Designed to be CorelDraw compatible so the interface is easy to learn and easy to use; Windows/Linux.
  • Inkscape 1.3 vector graphics editor: https://inkscape.org/
    Far more complex but far more capable than sK1 and uses SVG as a native format; Windows/Linux/Mac.
  • PhotoDemon 9.0, a fast, free, portable photo editor: https://photodemon.org/
    Windows only.
• LibreOffice and Inkscape can be downloaded together for installation—along with many other Windows apps—at https://ninite.com/

Free/Open Source Automated Project Management Tools

• TaskJuggler - Linux: https://taskjuggler.org
• OpenWorkbench - Windows: https://sourceforge.net/projects/openworkbench/
• ProjectLibre - Win/Lin/Mac: https://www.projectlibre.com/product/1-alternative-microsoft-project-open-source
  Can read Microsoft Project files
• Project.net - Win/Lin/Unix: http://www.project.net/ and https://sourceforge.net/projects/projectnet
  Requires Oracle so not completely free
• GanttProject - Win/Lin/Mac: https://www.ganttproject.biz
• ToDoList - Windows: https://www.abstractspoon.com/
  

Web-based Project Management Tools

• dotProject: https://dotproject.net/
• eGroupWare: https://www.egroupware.org
• Freedcamp: https://freedcamp.com
• Redmine: https://www.redmine.org
• Trello: https://trello.com
• Wrike: https://www.wrike.com/project-management
• ZohoProjects: https://www.zoho.com/projects/

Windows Software Provisioning Tools

• ninite.com: https://ninite.com/
• Chocolaty - The Package Manager for Windows: https://chocolatey.org/
• WinGet - the official Microsoft Windows Package Manager: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/winget/
  • Download WinGet and find packages at winget.run: https://winget.run/
• UniGetUI - A Graphical User Interface for Windows software repositories WinGet, Chocolaty, Scoop, and more: https://www.marticliment.com/wingetui/

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