Hi John, Thank you so much for so generously sharing your list of software. I've used many with great satisfaction - e.g. Audacity (most intuitive software I've ever used, Mozilla FF and TB), etc. I would add Edit Lite 8 as a text editor. I had a huge TB Inbox file to open and search and Notepad++ didn't work but EP did and as freeware that was so appreciated. I edited my 1st vidoes for the library with OpenShot. Good people there and not a bar video editing application although if you need more I'd suggest DaVinci Resolve Free. DR is probably more than what most of our public library patrons could endure. :) Hi Erich, Thanks for sharing your thoughts about open source nto the threat others think it is. MS said that for years re: FF, Opera and before that Netscape. I visited a friend's time share and in their corporate center they offered free use of PCs with FF and Libre Office - No MS software except the OS. I've played around a little with Linux Mint and it's so intuitive with lots of built-in applications (including video editing; basic though enough for many) and the "experts" all advised against using that OS as dangerous, too. Charles. From: "Hammer, Erich F" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Software on Public Computers