OMG EVERYTHING GREAT IS FREEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG, a totally new world has opened up before my eyes. I mean, I have always known about free software, but I never believed it would be as good as their commercial counterparts. I mean, how could they when the commericial versions are backed by $1 million budgets. Now, I see things differently after taking the "red pill" and tumbling down through the hole leading to the land of "Google". I now see the truth, great products come FREE OF CHARGE!!!! (Stadium Cheer)

What brought me to find these great products was me researching tools to use to build my game "Block Drop". I have always known about SDL, but as I was searching for libraries that supported the SDL to use for my game. At that point, I realized I needed an image editing program to build the graphics for the game. The first 2 products that popped into my head were Adobe Photoshop and Jasc Paintshop Pro. I mean, from all the buzz, if you wanted a quality product you had to spend cash for it. Well, since I am on this kick to stay legit and not steal software, I began my quest to find a half-way decent product that would perform basic image editing procedures. And that is when it all started to happen, I saw the "GIMP"!

At first I was skeptical, but after seeing some screenshots, reading about its features, and it's support by the independent community I was hooked. I then installed it and my juices began to flow even further. And then it hit me, like my Momma had slapped me when I wasted her money in my high school marching band by playing Super Mario Brothers and Battlezone at the local Shoppette on Post (that's another story)...

Anyways, you have to go check it out if you ever need a free image editing product just as good as its $5000 counterpart. I mean geez, IT'S FREE!!!

Another free bit of software I found was MinGW Developer Studio. It is similar to MS Visual Stuido, but FREE!!!. It uses the mingw version of the gcc and g++ compilers. So far it works like a champ! Check it out.

Looking for a text editor that is extensible beyond your every dream? A truly platform independent text editor with a nice interface? Well, look no further, it is here, and it goes by the name of "jEdit". jEdit is a text editor written in Java 2 that has a fantastic plugin system to extend its capabilities. It can also be setup as a compiler for a plethora (i love that word) of languages including JAVA, C/C++, perl, and many more. I know, I know, but Java is slow, not this time around. This app is lightning fast for a java app anyways. I totally recommend this one! Go see this one tooo!

I feel like that salesman screaming at you from inside the TV to come to the new EXPO where everything is FREEE!!!!! =P.

Man, this makes me want to dump Microsoft and got strictly linux. I mean now my conscious can rest assured that no one can come knocking down my door because I wanted to tryout (*wink) their new version of their software to decide whether it works for me or not! Stick that up your tailpipe and spin on that you money grubbing bastards!

Anyways, post any other free development software you come across, so we can share the wealth of FREEDOM!!! Viva la Revolution!!!

OOH OOH EEH EEH