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FREE SOFTWARE

AND

FREE CLOUD STORAGE

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Web location for this

presentation:

http://aztcs.orgClick on

“Meeting Notes”

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SUMMARY

Free software and

free cloud storage

can greatly enhance

the usefulness of

your computer!

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TOPICS• Karaoke software

• "Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation"

• Office Software

• Virtual DVD/CD Drives

• Anti-virus/Anti-malware Software

• Adobe Software

• Additional Free Software

• Virtual Machines

• Free Cloud Storage

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A LIVE DEMO OF

FREE SOFTWARE

AND FREE CLOUD

STORAGE

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I started by installing

the free

"Windows 8 Enterprise

Evaluation" into my

computer:

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Then I installed

"Kingsoft Office Suite

Free 2012" which

includes the "Kingsoft

Presentation" program:

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Then I installed the

free "VMware Player"

program:

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Then we ran "VMware

Player" and we

created a new virtual

machine.

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Then we installed

"Ubuntu" GNU/Linux

into the new virtual

machine:

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Then we "played"

the new virtual

machine by double-

clicking on it:

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The free "PyKaraoke"

program gives you a

virtual karaoke

machine inside your

computer:

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The free "PyKaraoke"

program is available

for "Windows..", Mac

"OS X", and

"GNU/Linux".

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The free "TVTime

Television Viewer"

program requires a

USB, PCI, PCIe, or

local area network-

based TV tuner:

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The free "TVTime Television

Viewer" program is only available

for "GNU/Linux".

For Mac "OS X", you have to

purchase the "EyeTV" program.

For "Windows.." computers, you

have to purchase or activate

"Windows Media Center" or

purchase "WinTV".

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The free "efax-gtk"

program provides a

working virtual fax

machine inside a

"GNU/Linux" computer:

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The free

"LibreOffice.org" office

suite is available for

"Windows..", Mac "OS

X", and "GNU/Linux"

computers:

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"LibreOffice Writer" can

open, edit, and create

"Microsoft Office" .DOC

and .DOCX documents:

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"LibreOffice Calc" can

open, edit, and create

"Microsoft Office" .XLS

and .XLSX documents:

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"LibreOffice Calc" can

open, edit, and create

"Microsoft Office" .PPT

and .PPTX documents:

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The "Google Drive" Web

site provides you with 5

Gigabytes of free, online

storage space:

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Microsoft's "SkyDrive"

Web site provides you

with 7 Gigabytes of free,

online storage space:

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The "Box" Web site

provides you with 5

Gigabytes of free,

online storage space:

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Real, host computer

runs "Windows 8

Enterprise Trial"

"VMware Player 4.1" program

"Ubuntu 12.10" virtual machine

"Pykaraoke" program

"LibreOffice" software suite (default)

"TVTime Television Viewer" program

"SkyDrive" and "Box" Cloud Storage

"Google Drive" via "Chrome" browser

Efax-GTK

"Kingsoft Presentation

Free 2012"

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KARAOKE SOFTWARE

oFREE KARAOKE

SOFTWARE

FREE VIRTUAL

KARAOKE MACHINES

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KARAOKE SOFTWARE (continued)

oReal karaoke machines

and software sell for

lots of money at Best

Buy and Radio Shack!

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KARAOKE SOFTWARE (continued)

o For examples of real karaoke

machines and professional

quality CD+G 12-track CDs, see

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Mu

sical-Instruments/Karaoke-

Machine-

System/abcat0207005.c?id=abc

at0207005&searchresults=1&se

archterm=karaoke

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KARAOKE SOFTWARE (continued)

• Virtual karaoke machine

inside a "Windows.."

computer-Part 1

• Virtual karaoke machine

inside a "Windows.."

computer-Part 2

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KARAOKE SOFTWARE (continued)

• Virtual karaoke machine

inside a Mac "OS X"

computer

• Virtual karaoke machine

inside a "Ubuntu"

GNU/Linux computer

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KARAOKE SOFTWARE (continued)

• Non-professional file

formats for karaoke:

.KAR and .MIDI / .MID

• Legal issues and

guidelines for karaoke

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"WINDOWS 8 ENTERPRISE

EVALUATION"

• Installing and Using the

Free "Windows 8

Enterprise Evaluation"

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"WINDOWS 8 ENTERPRISE

EVALUATION" (continued)

• Installing "Windows 8" So

That It Creates a Local

User Account

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"WINDOWS 8 ENTERPRISE

EVALUATION" (continued)

• Making the Legacy

Desktop of "Windows 8"

Easier to Use

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"WINDOWS 8 ENTERPRISE

EVALUATION" (continued)

• Making Custom Tiles for

the Start Screen of

"Windows 8.."

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"WINDOWS 8 ENTERPRISE

EVALUATION" (continued)

• "Windows 8" Care

Package

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OFFICE SOFTWARE

• "Microsoft Office" Viewers

• "Apache OpenOffice.org"

• "LibreOffice"

• Kingsoft's "Office

SuiteFree 2012"

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OFFICE SOFTWARE (continued)

• Free "Microsoft Office"

Viewers o "Excel Viewer" is available at

http://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/download/details.aspx?id=1

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OFFICE SOFTWARE (continued)

• Free "Microsoft Office"

Viewers (continued)

o “PowerPoint Viewer” is

available at

http://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/download/details.aspx?id=

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OFFICE SOFTWARE (continued)

• Free "Microsoft Office" Viewers

(continued)

o The various “Microsoft Office

Viewers” will not install if

“Microsoft Office 2010” or

“Microsoft Office 2013” is

already installed into a

"Windows.." computer and vice

versa:

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OFFICE SOFTWARE (continued)

• Free "Microsoft Office"

Viewers (continued)o "Word Viewer" is available at

http://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/download/details.aspx?id=4

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OFFICE SOFTWARE (continued)• Free "Microsoft Office" Viewers

(continued)

o If you install any of the "Microsoft

Office Viewers", you will also need

to install the "Compatibility Pack"

at http://office.microsoft.com/en-

us/products/microsoft-office-

compatibility-pack-for-word-excel-and-

powerpoint-HA010168676.aspx

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OFFICE SOFTWARE (continued)

• Free "Microsoft Office"

Viewers (continued)

o Cannot edit documents,

spreadsheets, or

presentation files

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OFFICE SOFTWARE (continued)

• Free "Microsoft Office"

Viewers (continued)

o “PowerPoint” viewer only

shows .PPT and .PPTX files

in “Slide View” so you cannot

do an “Find” for a word or

phrase

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OFFICE SOFTWARE (continued)

• Free "Microsoft Office"

Viewers (continued)

o “Excel Viewer” cannot unhide

hidden rows and columns in

a spreadsheet.

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OFFICE SOFTWARE (continued)• Free "Microsoft Office" Viewers

(continued)

o Cannot start the “Word Viewer”,

the “Excel Viewer”, or the

“PowerPoint Viewer” by

dragging and dropping

document, spreadsheet, or

presentation files on top of the

respective shortcuts

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OFFICE SOFTWARE (continued)

• The "LibreOffice" free, full-

function office suite is available

for “Windows”, “Mac OS X”, and

“GNU/Linux”

• The "Apache OpenOffice" free,

full-function office suite is

available for “Windows”, “Mac OS

X”, and “GNU/Linux”

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OFFICE SOFTWARE (continued)

• "LibreOffice" Full-Function

Office Suite

o "LibreOffice" is a "fork" from

"Apache OpenOffice"

o "LibreOffice" is a the default,

bundled office suite in most

of the popular distros of

"GNU/Linux"

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OFFICE SOFTWARE (continued)

• "LibreOffice" Full-Function

Office Suite (continued)

o Download the

"LibreOffice" office suite

and it's "Help Pack" from

http://libreoffice.org

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OFFICE SOFTWARE (continued)• "LibreOffice" Full-Function Office

Suite (continued)

o "LibreOffice Writer" ~

"Microsoft Word"

o "LibreOffice Calc" ~

"Microsoft Excel"

o "LibreOffice Impress" ~

"Microsoft PowerPoint"

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OFFICE SOFTWARE (continued)

• "LibreOffice" Full-Function

Office Suite (continued)

o After you install

"LibreOffice" and its "Help

Pack", you can start up

"..Writer", "..Calc", or

"..Impress".

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OFFICE SOFTWARE (continued)

• "LibreOffice" Full-Function

Office Suite (continued)

o After you start up "..Writer",

"..Calc", or "..Impress", you

can always press F1 to get

to the "Help Pack" which is

equivalent to an entire free

book on "LibreOffice".

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OFFICE SOFTWARE (continued)

• "Apache OpenOffice.org"

Full-Function Office Suite

o Download the "Apache

OfficeOffice" office suite

from

http://www.openoffice.org/

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OFFICE SOFTWARE (continued)

• For most computer users,

there is no difference between

"LibreOffice" and "Apache

OpenOffice.org" with the "Help

Pack" (accessed via F1) of

"LibreOffice" giving it a slight

edge.

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OFFICE SOFTWARE (continued)

• "Kingsoft Office Suite Free

2012"

o Download it at

http://www.kingsoftstore.c

om/kingsoft-office-

freeware.html

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OFFICE SOFTWARE (continued)

• "Kingsoft Office Suite Free

2012" (continued)

o Creates and modifies .DOC,

.XLS, and PPT files

o Views but cannot create

.DOCX, .XLSX, and .PPTX

files

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OFFICE SOFTWARE (continued)

• "Kingsoft Office Suite Free 2012"

(continued)

o Can convert .PPT and .PPTX

files to .DOC files: The results

are not pretty but this is a handy

feature for presenters who need

a quick way to make paper

notes from presentation files

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OFFICE SOFTWARE (continued)

• "Kingsoft Office Suite Free

2012" (continued)

o Cannot open some .XLS

spreadsheets for an

unknown reason:

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SOFTWARE PROGRAM PROCESSRAM USAGE

(Kilobytes)

= MICROSOFT POWERPOINT 2013 POWERPNT.EXE 73,630

= MICROSOFT POWERPOINT 2010 POWERPNT.EXE 34,428

= MICROSOFT POWERPOINT VIEWER PPTVIEW.EXE 47,496

OpenOffice.org Impress component simpress.exe 77,816

+ OpenOffice.org 3.4.1 component soffice.exe 820

= OPENOFFICE.ORG IMPRESS 77,816

LibreOffice Impress component soffice.bin 81,896

+ LibreOffice.org 3.4.1 component soffice.exe 816

= LIBREOFFICE IMPRESS 82,712

= Kingsoft Presentation wpp.exe 45,628

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OFFICE SOFTWARE (continued)

• Detailed Comparisons of the

Office Software Suites

o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comp

arison_of_office_suites

o http://arstechnica.com/informatio

n-technology/2013/03/libreoffice-

adoption-soaring-but-openoffice-

still-open-source-king/

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OFFICE SOFTWARE (continued)

• In a professional environment,

minor incompatibilities can

cause problems when moving

documents, spreadsheets, and

presentation files back and

forth between “Microsoft

Office”, “LibreOffice”, and

“OpenOffice”:

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OFFICE SOFTWARE (continued)

o http://ostatic.com/blog/migrati

on-to-document-freedom-

isnt-as-easy-as-it-seems

o http://thevarguy.com/open-

source-application-software-

companies/will-linux-users-

ever-be-able-ditch-microsoft-

office

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VIRTUAL DVD/CD DRIVES

• Using the free "Virtual

CloneDrive" software program

for "mounting" .ISO file

images of DVDs and CDs (in

"Windows 7" and earlier) to

avoid burning and using a real

DVD-R or CD-R disc

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ANTI-VIRUS/ANTI-MALWARE

SOFTWARE• According to page 1 of the

May 2012 issue of “The Club

Connection”, three highly-

recommended anti-virus/anti-

malware software products are

Avast! Free Antivirus

SuperAntiSpyware Free Edition

and Advanced SystemCare

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ANTI-VIRUS/ANTI-MALWARE

SOFTWARE (continued)

• MalwareBytes Anti-Malware Free

is another highly anti-malware

software utility.

• MalwareBytes Anti-Malware Free

(and the not-free "..Pro" version)

get alone well with most other

anti-virus/anti-malware products.

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ANTI-VIRUS/ANTI-MALWARE

SOFTWARE (continued)

• "Microsoft Security Essentials"

is a free, anti-virus/anti-

malware software utility that

has to be downloaded for

"Windows XP", "Windows

Vista", and "Windows 7".

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ANTI-VIRUS/ANTI-MALWARE

SOFTWARE (continued)

• "Windows 8.." is bundled with

"Windows Defender" which is

actually "Microsoft Security

Essentials" in look, feel, and

performance.

• “Windows Defender” can be

managed

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ANTI-VIRUS/ANTI-MALWARE

SOFTWARE (continued)• "Windows 8.." is bundled with

"Windows Defender" which is

actually "Microsoft Security

Essentials" in look, feel, and

performance.

• “Windows Defender” can be

managed in the “Control

Panel” of “Windows 8”.

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ADOBE SOFTWARE

• http://www.adob

e.com/download

s/cs2_download

s/index.html

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ADOBE SOFTWARE (continued)

• To install these old

software programs into

“Windows..”, you probably

will have to right click on

the installation file and

then pick “Troubleshoot

Compatibility”

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ADOBE SOFTWARE (continued)

• You might have to

install these legacy

applications more than

once before they work

right.

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VIRTUAL MACHINES

oVIRTUAL MACHINES

SOFTWARE

VIRTUAL

THROWAWAY

COMPUTERS AND

VIRTUAL NETWORKS

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ADDITIONAL FREE SOFTWARE

• The Tucson Computer

Society has many online

folders containing hyperlinks

to free software of all types at

their "Tech Support" pages at

https://www.box.com/shared/ff

0p9m41h0

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ADDITIONAL FREE SOFTWARE

(continued)

• The online folders at this Web

site default to "Sort by date"

so click on "Sort by Date" and

change it to "Sort by Name",

prior to using the this Web

site:

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VIRTUAL MACHINES (continued)

• Installing and Using Virtual

machines

• Using Microsoft Free

Software Trials

• "Windows 8" magic in a virtual

machine

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VIRTUAL MACHINES (continued)

• Virtual Networks from

Virtual Machine

Programs

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"WINDOWS 8 ENTERPRISE

EVALUATION"

• The totally-free "Windows 8

Enterprise Evaluation"

provides you with a time-

limited copy of "Windows 8.."

that you can use for testing

and training.

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"WINDOWS 8 ENTERPRISE

EVALUATION" (continued)

• See

http://aztcs.org/meeting_not

es/winhardsig/win8/win8ente

val.pdf

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"WINDOWS 8 ENTERPRISE

EVALUATION" (continued)

• Once you get it installed, the

"Windows 8 Enterprise

Evaluation" can be used to

create bootable "Windows

To Go" hard drives.

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CLOUD STORAGE• Free cloud storage provides

you with a way to back up

some of your data files and

folders at a remote system

of server farms in order to

protect you from data loss

due to hard drive failures.

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CLOUD STORAGE (continued)

• Using Cloud Storage--An

Overview

• A Comparison of

"SkyDrive", "Google Drive",

"Box", and "iCloud"

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CLOUD STORAGE (continued)

• Using Microsoft's "SkyDrive"

Cloud Storage

• Using "Google Drive" Cloud

Storage

• Using "Box" Cloud Storage

• Using Apple's "iCloud" Cloud

Storage