Finally a Photoshop alternative that is better than GIMP!  Krita is an Open Source FREE software with many advanced features.  Features of Krita that make it one of the best alternatives to photoshop include:

Layer Styles (Drop Shadow, Bevel, Glow etc.) YES!
Touch-friendly input for painting on tablets and touch enabled screens
Brushes (Import and create)
Import AND Save Adobe Photoshop files! (.PSD)
Vector layers, Text Layers, Vector Selection
Free scaling/transform selection & layers
Group Layers
Layer Masks
Save TIFF, PNG, JPG, and more popular graphics file-formats
CMYK Support
Adjustments (Color Balance, HSV, Levels)
Filters and Effects

Krita has many more features, and it's user interface is close enough that Photoshop users should feel fairly comfortable getting around and figuring out the differences here and there.  This is an amazing find for those looking for a powerful alternative for Photoshop.  Though it was originally designed for digital painting, it has become quite a robust piece of graphics software, and best of all, it's FREE!

Versions for Windows (32bit/64bit), Mac OSX, and Linux are available for download on the website.


https://krita.org/download/krita-desktop/

Shotcut is a free, open-source video editing program.  Don't let the simplistic interface fool you, this editor has a lot of great features tucked away behind the scenes, so to speak.  With support for a variety of formats, this editor sits among the very few free alternatives to programs such as Adobe Premier or Final Cut.

A list of features from the developer's website are listed below:

• Supports oodles of audio and video formats
• Supports many image formats such as BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, SVG, TGA, TIFF
• Frame-accurate seeking for many formats
• Multi-format timeline: mix and match resolutions and frame rates within a project
• Audio signal level meter & Volume control
• Scrubbing and transport control
• Flexible UI through dock-able panels
• Encode/transcode to a variety of formats
• OpenGL GPU-based image processing
• Video filters: Blur, Color Grading, Crop, Glow, Invert Colors, Mirror, Rotate, Saturation, Sepia Tone, Sharpen, Stabilize, White Balance
• Audio filters: Balance, Copy Channel, Downmix, Normlize, Gain, Pan, Swap Channels
• 3-way color wheels for color correction and grading
• Control video zoom in the player: fit viewable area (default), 50%, original (100%), and 200%
• Multitrack timeline with thumbnails and waveforms
• Audio mixing across all tracks
• External monitoring on an extra system display/monitor
• Cross-fade audio and video dissolve transitions easily by overlapping shots
• Video wipe transitions: bar, barn door, box, clock (radial), diagonal, iris, matrix, and custom gradient image

Open Office has become the free standard for Office software.  With a familiar layout and feel, Open Office provides a quality, free alternative to Microsoft Office. Open Office will also open, edit, and save in file formats compatible with MS Office!

More details from the OpenOffice.org website are listed below:

• Writer a word processor you can use for anything from writing a quick letter to producing an entire book.
• Calc a powerful spreadsheet with all the tools you need to calculate, analyze, and present your data in numerical reports or sizzling graphics.
• Impress the fastest, most powerful way to create effective multimedia presentations.
• Draw lets you produce everything from simple diagrams to dynamic 3D illustrations.
• Base lets you manipulate databases seamlessly. Create and modify tables, forms, queries, and reports, all from within Apache OpenOffice.
• Math lets you create mathematical equations with a graphic user interface or by directly typing your formulas into the equation editor.

Inkscape is a free, open-source vertor art editing program with functions similar to Adobe Illustrator.  With tools that allow for editing and creation of many popular vector art formats including .pdf, .eps, .svg, and more, graphic designers are sure to appreciate this free software alternative.  An added benefit is the tracing function which allows a static photo to be converted into a vectored file.

Audacity is sound editing and production software that will allow you to edit and create WAV, MP3, and other popular audio formats.  The fully functional editor also allows for sound recording on multiple tracks, layering, and other effects and mastering options.

Weebly is an easy to use solution for anyone looking to create a website.  This do-it-yourself solution features a drag-and-drop interface that is so simple, yet feature-rich, that just about anyone can create a professional looking website or blog within minutes!