Abiword 2.8.6 - simple word processing application. Allows you connect to another AbiWord user across a network and work on the same document in real time.
Scribus 1.3.8 - desktop publishing program has a macro language GIMP with a number of prepackaged macros (Eg: a calendar generator), can produce professional-quality CMYK PDFs, and even includes a "preflight check" function.
SeaMonkey 2.0.6 - Mozilla's "suite" product, which bundles Web browsing, email, IRC chat, and an HTML editor in one application, hasn't received nearly as much attention as Firefox or Thunderbird, both of which are now incorporated as part of the SeaMonkey bundle.
GIMP 2.6 - GNU Image Manipulation Program, a staple recommendation as an alternative to Photoshop.
Paint.NET 3.5.5 - spectacular program comes closer than any other to replacing Photoshop for the casual user. support for just about every major image format make this program well worth having.
Inkscape 0.48 - Free software's answer to Adobe Illustrator. Its native file format is conventional XML, and it can import and export from a whole bevy of existing vector and raster formats, as well as PDFs.
Dia 0.97 - A flowchart and diagram drawing tool that is much like an AbiWord for illustration, in that it gives you only what you need to create a certain class of design and doesn't burden you beyond that.
FreeMind - a drawing tool specifically for creating "mind maps," or diagrams that illustrate conceptual frameworks.
pdfedit, Kword, Scribus, flpsed - for editing the PDF documents
PDFEdit is the best free open source software for for Linux / Unix-like operating systems. However, it does not support editing protected or encrypted PDF files.
Xfig - for drawing the images in linux(MS Visio is a great tool in windows for drawing images)
jing - video capturing tool in linux
Storybook, Writer's Cafe - Tools for writing stories or novels in a structured manner. Both are cross platform(Run in both Linux and Windows).
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