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Free Softwares Be clean and save moneyThis page contains many good free softwares which can replace those expensive and heavy commercial softwares. 1.
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Anti-Virus AVG FreeAntivirus programs can be used as a secondary preventative Internet security solution inside a firewall. AVG provide a good layer of protection from a multitude of viral, Trojan, and rootkit Internet threats. Its detection rate is also excellent. Regular automatic updates come quickly. Other options include AntiVir, Avast and BitDefender. 3.
Web Browser Mozilla FirefoxFeatures included with Firefox are tabbed browsing, spell checker, incremental find, live bookmarking, an integrated download manager, and an integrated search system that uses the user's desired search engine. Firefox is said to be the saftest browser and delivers the "best possible browsing experience to the widest possible set of people.". Other products include Opera, Safari and Maxthon. 4.
Office OpenOfficeHighly recommmended. OpenOffice.org is a collection of applications that work together closely to provide the features expected from a modern office suite. Many of the components are designed to mirror those available in Microsoft Office. It also includes the ability to export Portable Document Format (PDF) files with no additional software, and can also function as a WYSIWYG editor for creating and editing web pages. 5.
Email Client Mozilla ThunderbirdMozilla Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform e-mail and news client developed by the Mozilla Foundation. Thunderbird can manage multiple e-mail, newsgroup and RSS accounts and supports multiple identities within accounts. Thunderbird provides enterprise and government-grade security features such as SSL/TLS connections to IMAP and SMTP servers. With contributors all over the world, the client is translated into at least 36 languages/locales, covering a wide number of languages. 6.
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File Compress 7-Zip7-Zip supports many features, some which may not be found in popular commercial compression software. For encryption, 7z archives support the 256-bit AES cipher. 7-Zip flexibly supports volumes of dynamically variable sizes, useful for backups on removable media such as writable CDs and DVDs. 7-Zip has the ability to unpack archives with corrupted filenames and create self-extracting archives. 8.
CD/DVD Burner CDBurnerXPCDBurnerXP is an optical disc authoring software application for Microsoft Windows. It possesses all of the core features you need. It has the ability to author data discs, create and copy audio CDs playable in a regular CD player, create and burn ISO image files, and create bootable discs. In addition to the core features, CDBurnerXP also has several additional features: customizable boot disc options (lacking in DeepBurner), integrated cover printing utility, integrated audio player and audio, the ability to rip audio CDs to various formats (including MP3 with CDDB lookup), and support for Double layer DVDs, Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. 9.
Image Viewer IrfanViewIrfanView is a lightweight viewer/player which is noted for its speed, ease of use, and ability to handle a wide variety of graphic file formats.The program is compact: the latest version is less than 1200 kB in size. The program has built-in TWAIN support for retrieving images from scanners; it also has extended support for taking screenshots.It can crop, resize, and rotate images. Images can be adjusted by modifying the brightness, contrast, tint, gamma level, and so forth, and by converting them between formats. 10.
Screen Capture Screenshot CaptorScreenshot Captor is a program for taking screenshots on your computer. It's different from other screenshot utilis in several notable ways: Optimized for taking lots of screenshots with minimal intervention. Smart autonaming of files, and ability to embed textual comments in files. Good multi-monitor support. Lots of capture modes: Multimon (multiple monitors), Desktop, Active Window, Region, Windows Object. Each mode has a hotkey for quick access. Another good program is Gadwin PrintScreen . 11.
Media Player Media Player Classic + FfdshowMPC looks like the old Windows Media Player v6.4, but it's a totally different program. It integrates most options and features found in modern media players. When incopperated with ffdshow, there is almost nothing it won't be able to play. MPC requires NO installation on your PC. 12.
Media Recorder CamstudioCamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs). Be sure not to violate the copyright laws in your state. 13.
Image Editor GIMPIf you want to find some free software to replace the expensive Adobe Photoshop, The GNU Image Manipulation Program, or GIMP, is the best choice currently. 14.
Audio / Video Format Converter SUPERSUPER © Simplified Universal Player Encoder and Renderer able to convert any kind of video files to a format you can use on your PSP, iPod, iphone or mobile devices. It supports almost all Multimedia file format. Format Factory is another good choice. 15.
PDF Viewer/Editor Adobe Reader and PDFCreatorAdobe Reader is available as a no-charge download from Adobe's web site, and allows the viewing and printing of PDF files. PDFCreator easily creates PDFs from any Windows program. Use it like a printer in Word, StarCalc or any other Windows application. Foxit Reader is a light PDF viewer. 16.
Video Processing AvidemuxAvidemux is a free open-source program designed for multi-purpose video editing and processing. Avidemux has often been considered to be an open-source substitute for high-end commercial editors, such as Adobe Premiere Pro. VirtualDub is another powerful video editor. |
