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Since I do a decent amount of work with Linux, I often find that I need to work with various types of compressed files, such as TAR and RPM, on Windows computers. 7-Zip is a great free Open Source program that can easily zip/unzip almost any type of compressed file with a simple right-click of the mouse and is also a very good add-on for Windows. The more you begin to work with Linux, the greater this need becomes as almost everyone is using a Windows computer somewhere in the mix. For example, if you were using a Windows machine with Putty (a free Open Source SSH client) to administer a Linux server, you could easily work with Linux compressed files for back and forth transfer.

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Although I have touched on this particular Open Source software package in my Free Linux Desktop article, I thought it would be worth mentioning that this product is also available to Windows users as well. If you are are in need of an easy to use yet fully featured office software suite and you don’t want to spend money on one of the other commercial products out there, then follow these steps to download and install OpenOffice and begin creating documents, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, and more.

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Don’t throw away those old computers just yet. Why not build a free Linux desktop and give it to someone who needs a computer? In this blog post, you will learn how to turn your old computer (or newer computer if you are lucky enough) into a stable Internet browsing, Email sending, Word Processing, and Instant Messenging desktop – all for free!

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