Free Computer Stuff

Today as a continuation of enlightening my readers, I thought I would post a list of free programs that you may have a use for on your computer.


30 Pieces Of Free (and Open) Software for Windows


1. Firefox
http://www.getfirefox.com/
Replaces Internet Explorer

2. Thunderbird
http://www.mozilla.org/thunderbird/
Replaces Microsoft Outlook or Eudora

3. Sunbird
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/
Replaces Microsoft Outlook’s calendaring functions

4. Abiword
http://www.abisource.com/
Replaces Microsoft Word

5. OpenOffice
http://www.openoffice.org/
Replaces Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint

6. ClamWin
http://www.clamwin.com/
Replaces Norton AntiVirus or McAfee

7. Gaim
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
Replaces AIM, Windows Messenger, etc.

8. BitTorrent
http://www.bittorrent.com/
Original but essential

9. GIMPShop
http://www.gimpshop.net/
Replaces Adobe Photoshop

10. Gnucleus
http://www.gnucleus.com/Gnucleus/
Replaces LimeWire, BearShare, etc.

11. VLC Media Player
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Replaces Windows Media Player, Quicktime, RealPlayer, etc.

12. Juice
http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/
Unique but essential

13. Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Unique but essential (for some

14. RSSOwl
http://www.rssowl.org/
Unique but essential

15. Filezilla
http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
Replaces WinFTP

16. Keynote
http://www.tranglos.com/free/keynote.html
Unique but essential

17. MusikCube
http://www.musikcube.com/
Replaces iTunes

18. Handbrake
http://handbrake.m0k.org/
Unique but essential

19. X-Chat 2
http://www.silverex.org/
Replaces mIRC

20. KeePass
http://keepass.sourceforge.net/
Unique but essential

21. TrueCrypt
http://www.truecrypt.org/
Unique but essential

22. PDFCreator
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
Replaces Adobe Acrobat

23. Freemind
http://freemind.sourceforge.net/

24. NASA Worldwind
http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/
Replaces Google Earth

25. Notepad2
http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html
Replaces Notepad

26. HealthMonitor
http://healthmonitor.zucchetti.com/
Unique but useful

27. Workrave
http://www.workrave.org/
Unique but useful

28. GanttPV
http://www.pureviolet.net/ganttpv/
Replaces Microsoft Project

29. GnuCash
http://www.gnucash.org/
Replaces Microsoft Money or Quicken

30. True Combat: Elite
http://www.truecombatelite.net/
Replaces Quake IV, Halo, etc.


And that's a wrap for Saturday. See you tomorrow right here right now with more of less !!!