How To: Stop Being Bill Gates' Pawn For World Domination (Part 1.)

Well basically this is about setting up your pc to run on totally free software. Buying original software is hard on the wallet so why not go for freewares!!
What you will need:
1. A PC
2. Net Access(preferably broadband)
3. Spare time

Step 1. Buy A Mac!!(Just Kidding!!) Think about your OS if your not really into complex software that eat too much resources why not go Linux. Linux is pretty much free depending on the distro. Why not go for Ubuntu. Go ubuntu.com and download the latest build.

Ubuntu offers a hybrid interface of Mac and Windows but sometimes compels you to learn some commands. Actually that is a hurdle anymore because there are tons of tutorials found in the web or if your too lazy to google go to ubuntu's community and feel free to post a query they will be happy to help.

Installation of Ubuntu is almost fool proof just be careful what build to download because they have different versions for different processors but basically it does not eat that much hardware. Adding software is easy too just go to synaptic package manager and choose what software you need. As I have said there is a large percentage of the population that has migrated to Linux just join their respective forums and feel free to ask questions and read the wiki for the distro.

Ubuntu can also send cd's to you just sign up to canonical and they will be happy to send a copy to you free of charge.