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of this software is free of charge, at least for the basic versions
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Please be aware that some of these programs are large downloads, so be careful not to go over your ISPs limit.
I have added free anti-virus and firewall software links, but please be aware, full licensed versions have more features and protection. However something is better than nothing. If you use email and the internet you MUST install anti-virus software. Update your virus definitions regularly, daily is best.
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| Essentials | |
| Firefox | my favorite web browser, excellent alternative to internet explorer |
| Thunderbird | alternate email client to outlook express and outlook |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader | pdf reader, must be installed on every computer |
| WinAmp | media player, know for music, but plays most video formats. |
| Adaware | anti-adware and spyware, personal edition is freeware |
| Spybot, Search and Destroy | privacy software, adware and spyware detector |
| Anti-virus | |
| a-Vast | free of charge for home users who do not use their computer for profit |
| AVG | avg free edition is for private, non-commercial, single home computer use only |
| Firewall | |
| Zonealarm | free firewall for individual and not-for-profit charitable entity use (some exceptions) |
| Sygate Personal Firewall | Sygate has been purchased by Symantec and is no longer free |
| Free or Open Source | |
| Office Suite/Word Processors | |
| Open Office | office suite, (word processor, spreadsheet etc.) |
| AbiWord | word processing program similar to microsoft word |
| PDF Creator | easily creates PDFs from windows programs |
| Bulletin Board | |
| phpBB | high powered, fully scalable, and highly customizable open source bulletin board |
| Internet Telephony | |
| Skype | Internet telephony, voip (must be installed at both ends, quality dependent on connection speed) |
| Graphics | |
| Irfanview | my favorite image viewer, and so much more. an essential piece of software |
| Gimp | image manipulation program, similar to photoshop |
| Picasa 2 | image and photo manipulation and organization software |
| TuxPaint | drawing program designed for young children |
| Blender | full functional integrated 3d creation software suite |
| Dia | much like the commercial windows program 'Visio' |
| Take Colour | small tool that captures the color value of any screen pixel |
| LeoCAD | CAD program that uses bricks similar to lego to build objects. |
| Mwsnap | powerful program for snapping (capturing) images from selected parts of the screen |
| Audio | |
| Audacity | software for recording and editing sounds |
| CDex | a tool to do all sorts of things audio related |
| Sheep Friends Billy | very simple mp3 player (get Billy 1.04b beta) |
| Multi-Media | |
| DVD Shrink | backup DVD discs to DVD-R (please be aware of your local copyright laws) |
| VideoLAN | excellent video player, plays all video formats |
| Project: guliverkli (sourceforge) | home of vobsub, media playercClassic (mpc) and other misc utils |
| Codecs | |
| XP Codec Pack 1.2.1 | one of the most complete codec packs (inc Media Player Classic ) |
| CD/DVD Burning | |
| CDburnerxp Pro | cd burning software, burns Data-CDs/DVDs, Audio-CDs, etc. |
| Web | |
| Html Kit | web site authoring, web site creation software |
| Web Album Generator | helps you easily create photo albums for the World Wide Web |
| Fonts | |
| House of Lime | free interesting fonts and dings (read his terms, not free for commercial use) |
| System Tools | |
| VNC | virtual network computing, remote access software |
| Unlocker | utility to unlock folders and files when windows won't let you delete |
| 7 zip | file archiver with high compression ratio, opens zir, rar, ace files etc. |
| DAEMON Tools | virtual cd/dvd-rom emulator (please read disclaimer) |
| EVEREST Home Edition | system information, system diagnostics and benchmarking solution for home PCs |
| KNOPPIX | bootable CD with lots GNU/Linux software, OS that boots from a CD (great recovery tool) |
| Other Stuff | |
| Celestia | space simulation that lets you explore our universe |
| Gaim | multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client i.e.aim, icq, msn, yahoo etc |
| Abby | simple conversion tool, i.e. temperature, speed, weight etc. |
| Freeware,Shareware,Demos | |
| SourceForge.net |
world's largest Open Source software development website |
| with the largest repository of Open Source code and applications available on the Internet | |
| Tucows (virus, adware, spyware free) |
huge collection of freeware, shareware and demo software. Look for a local mirror |
| a great place to get access to "try before you buy" versions of just about anything | |
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