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Ask Slashdot: Good, Useful Free Software For Gifts?

Posted by timothy on Friday November 18, 2011 @02:47PM from the lump-of-coal-doesn't-fit dept.

First time accepted submitter Jeng writes "I'm planning on sending flash drives to friends and family as stocking stuffers. Rather than just send a blank drive, I'm looking for what good useful free software that I can load on it — from system utilities and encryption software to fun little games." We've asked similar questions before, but software keeps getting better, and so do the prices on flash drives. So what would you give as a gift this holiday season?

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Re:MS Office 2010 Home edition by Anonymous Coward · 2011-11-18 15:08 · Score: 0, Offtopic

oops I missed the "free" part in the title, I just read it as "useful software for gift"
Hmm, it seems that if the recipient knows that the gift can be obtained for free with a two minute download, doesn't that automatically make it a suspect present, no matter how good or useful the software is? What a cheapskate! Seems like both giver and receiver should be looking for something where the going rate is at least 25 bucks, more if you can afford it.
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