Free Software
- ABC Bittorrent Client
- ABC is a good client for downloading torrents.
- ArtRage
- Free painting software.
- Audacity
- Opensource audio editor/recorder. Capable of multi-track recording.
- Blender3D
- Opensource 3D graphics software.
- dBpowerAMP
- “Swiss army knife of audio.” Use this to convert your audio files.
- FileZilla
- Open source FTP client.
- Firefox
- The browser, reloaded. Take back the web.
- IconEdit32
- Probably the best freeware icon editor.
- Inkscape
- A good vector art program.
- KeePass
- “The Open-Source Password Safe.”
- Mozilla Sunbird
- A standards-based scheduling program in the works from Mozilla.
- Nonags
- Good site to find free software.
- N|vu
- Open source web authoring system.
- Open Office
- Open source office suite. Replaces Word, Excel, and PowerPowerpoint.
- PSPad
- A free programmer's text editor.
- SnapFiles
- Good site to find free software.
- Sourceforge
- Good site to find open source software.
- The GIMP
- Open source image editor, with features comparable to Photoshop.
- Thunderbird
- Open source email client.
- GAIM
- Use AIM, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ, etc all in one program.
- TUGZip
- Free archiving utility. Opens ZIP files as well as many others.
- VideoLAN
- Free media player that will open a variety of formats, including DVD video.
- Winamp
- A nice media player with visualizations and plugin support.