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The tech space is not a friendly place these days. Companies have too much power over our data, our hardware, our lives. There are alternatives that are less intrusive, transparent and free. Best of all, they are often better than the expensive options.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Free Open Source Software (FOSS)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Freedom 0<\/strong>
The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freedom 1<\/strong>
The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freedom 2<\/strong>
The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help others<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freedom 3<\/strong>
The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To find out why the numbers start out at zero plus a lot of other cool information about the open source movement, start with these links.

Free Software Foundation<\/a>
Open Source Initiative<\/a>
FOSS on Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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We use Davinci Resolve for many of our creations and recommend it since it has a full featured free version, even though it is not open source. Following is a list of free open source software that we use now or have in the past. We are not connected with or endorsed by any of these, we just think they are useful and want to let you know<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Office Workspace<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n