Nice to see the BBC news 24 Click program doing a feature on open source software. Long being a fan of open source software it's good to see it getting some mainstream coverage. At my old company we even ran the office on Linux and software like Open Office.
Open Office
Open office is a brilliant Microsoft Office alternative which offers pretty much the same set of features as the costly alternatives + a few more such as easy and relaible PDF creation. Cross compatibility with Office is pretty good with only some minor formatting issues found so far.
Open office site
Inkscape
Inkscape is a free vector graphics program in the mould of Adobe illustrator. The interface can sometimes seem a little unintuitive but the progam is stable and great from doing all manner of design and vector graphics work such as logo or web layout design.
