Robert's Genealogy Pages Starting Points on the Internet Software Genealogy software can help keep us motivated, with the ability to print nice charts and look up information quickly. Most importantly, our capability to share information is increased. However, most people would probably not like to spend money on something when they're not sure about a committment. So a good way to get started at saving genealogy data on a computer is to use a freeware or shareware product. That way you're never stuck with a program because you can't move your data to a new program.
LifeLines can produce great charts.
It runs on Unix systems and recently under MS Windows. Access to a PostScript printer is a plus. Brother's Keeper has a simple, sometimes too simple, user interface. Limits on the lengths of some text information can be frustrating. It can produce charts, but the text reports don't wrap long lines which can make them unsightly when printed.