free to a good home


there's always something to do on the world wide web.

create

libreoffice [link]

open-source office suite, alternative to microsoft office

gimp [link]

powerful open-source image editor

photopea [link]

an in-browser photo editor

audacity [link]

digital audio workstation

neocities [link]

go make your own site


read

the internet archive [link]

goes without saying. possibly one of the biggest digital libraries, ever.

project gutenberg [link]

free online library

anna's archive [link]

an open-source digital library

the international music score library project [link]

kind of niche but an excellent resource for musicians and learners alike. is what it says on the tin. thousands of scores and a fairly decent search function.


learn

entertrained.app [link]

improve your typing skills while also reading public domain classic books.

openstax [link]

textbooks and other learning resources across a variety of subjects

openlearn [link]

a subset of the open university, feat free courses and other study resources on a wide range of subjects

mit open courseware [link]

a collection of material from the entire MIT curriculum

crash course [link]

high-quality educational videos on a range of subjects


watch

vlc [link]

an open-source media player that works on all platforms and plays almost anything

ihavenotv.com [link]

so many documentaries. bonus points to being curated to exclude overt pseudoscience and misinformation.


listen

librivox [link]

free, public domain audiobooks