Attention starving students! There's a whole cd of free software [ready for the downloadin'][1] over at Software for Starving Students. And that would be free as in beer.

The kids today have it easy, when I was young we had to walk to Google just to find our free software. Uphill both ways. In the snow.

True you could still scour the web and dig up all this stuff yourself, but why bother when someone else has already dug it all up and put in one easy to download CD? Just download, burn a copy and pass it down the hall to your friends. It's all legal.

Naturally you needn't be a student to take advantage of the offer.

There are two version of the CD, one for the Windows Platform and one for Mac. For a complete list of what software is included on the CDs have a [look at the FAQ][2] on softwarefor.org.

I'd like to think things like this would put an end to the old piracy argument "but I'm a broke student, I can't afford ____________," but that's probably wishful thinking. 

Remember kids, just cause you ain't got no job, doesn't mean you can steal stuff. There's plenty of software out there that can accomplish what you need to do without resorting to piracy. 

If you don't believe me feel free to list expensive software in the comments and let the wisdom of Monkey bites readers enlighten you. Or you could get a job, ya freeloaders.

Found via our friends at [Lifehacker][3].

[1]: http://softwarefor.org/ "Software for Starving Students"
[2]: http://softwarefor.org/faq.html#q5 "Software for Starving Students list of programs"
[3]: http://www.lifehacker.com/software/students/download-of-the-day-software-for-starving-students-winmac-225341.php "Lifehacker on Software for Starving Students"