Free Software Listing

Productivity

OpenOffice.org

The leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more.

Lotus Symphony

This richly-featured set of productivity tools. There are three applications that make up Symphony:Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations.

Security

Avast Antivirus

avast! antivirus Home Edition is available free of charge for non-commercial home use.

AVGFree Antivirus

Basic antivirus and antispyware protection for Windows available to download for free. Forr private and non-commercial use only.

Ad-Aware

The world's most popular anti-spyware! Detection, removal and cleanup in one easy to use program!

Spybot S&D

Detects and removes spyware that may not be removed by most anti-virus programs.

Rootkit Revealer

an advanced rootkit detection utility. Its output lists Registry and file system API discrepancies that may indicate the presence of a rootkit

TrueCrypt

Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux. As secure as secure can be.

Internet

Firefox

The award-winning Web browser is now faster, more secure, and fully customizable to your online life.

Safari

Experience the web, Apple style, with Safari: the fastest, easiest-to-use web browser in the world.

Thunderbird

Mozilla's Thunderbird 2 email application is more powerful than ever. It's now even easier to organize, secure and customize your mail.

Skype

Make calls from your computer - free to other people on Skype and cheap to landlines and cell phones around the world.

Graphics

Picasa

Find, organize and share your photos. Edit and add effects to your photos with a few simple clicks.

Paint.NET

Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows.

The Gimp

GIMP is an Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.

Online Applications

Photoshop Express

That's right, a 100 percent free version of Photoshop is now available to anyone with a web browser and an Internet connection.

Buzzword

the breakthrough online word processor from Adobe. Buzzword is currently in preview and free to use

Google Docs

Google's online office suite. Import your existing documents, spreadsheets and presentations, or create new ones from scratch.


Utilities

CCleaner

A freeware system optimization and privacy tool. Frees up hard diskk space by removing unused files from your system.

CDBurnerXP Pro

CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It includes the feature to burn and create ISOs.

VMWare Server

VMware Server is a FREE, robust and easy to use product for users new to virtualization technology.

Belar Advisor

Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your software and hardware, missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status, and displays the results in your Web browser.


Multimedia

Handbrake

HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 converter, Use with DVD43 to copy DVDs to your iPod.

DVD Decrypter

Allows you to decrypt DVDs THAT YOU ALREADY OWN! Once decrypted, it can be copied

DVD Shrink

A FREE software solution for shrinking original DVDs onto recordable media.

DVD43

a free DVD decrypter that runs in the background and decrypts DVDs on the fly.


Just for Fun

Google Earth

Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings and even explore galaxies in the Sky.

Celestia

The free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions. Celestia runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.