Online Courses .org has a pretty comprehensive rundown of what's available, if anything, we are spoiled for choice.

Whether you’re a blogger, journalist, or writer, you know that the days of pen and paper alone are long gone. These days, you have a huge arsenal of tools at your disposal, from word processors, to content management systems, organization, and more, many of them open source and even free. Read on, and you’ll learn about 100 open source tools that can make your life as a writer easier. From 100 Awesome Open Source Tools for Writers, Journalists, and Bloggers

I'll be having a look at some more of these, but I can recommend from experience these on their list.

• OpenOffice Writer: OpenOffice Writer offers a fully featured, familiar, and easy to use word processor.
• PDF Creator: PDF Creator offers a simple way to create new PDF files.
• Filezilla FTP: Put your writing files on the web easily with FileZilla.
• WordPress: Bloggers can use open source WordPress to create a customizable blog.
• Freemind: With this mind mapping tool, you’ll be able to explore all of your great ideas.
• Audacity: Audacity is a simple sound recording tool.
• Mozilla Firefox: Use this open source browser for research and more.

If you have any experience with any of the 100, especially if you have a few minutes to write a review of it for us, please drop in to the comments. If you have any other suggestions, comments are open to those as well.

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