Free Software for ALL Of Your Needs

[BamaLefty]

Below is a list of programs that are free to use. I have used most of these programs myself.

Enjoy! :)

3D Graphics:
Anim8or - http://www.anim8or.com/
Blender - http://www.blender3d.org/
Now3D - http://digilander.libero.it/giulios/Eng/homepage.htm
gmax - http://www.discreet.com/products/gmax/

Adware/Spyware Removal:
*#Ad-Aware: http://www.lavasoftusa.com
*Spybot Search & Destroy: http://www.spybot.info

Anonymity
*#Peer Guardian: http://www.methlabs.org/methlabs.htm

Anti-Virus:
*AVG - http://www.grisoft.com/
AntiVir - http://www.free-av.com/
Avast - http://www.avast.com/i_idt_1018.html

Audio Players:
*#Winamp - http://www.winamp.com
Foobar 2000 - http://www.foobar2000.org/
iTunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes/

Audio Tools:
CDex - http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net
MP3 Book Helper - http://mp3bookhelper.sourceforge.net/
TagScanner - http://xdev.narod.ru/tagscan_e.htm
The GodFather - http://users.otenet.gr/~jtcliper/tgf/
K-MP3 - http://www.katarncorp.com/
dBpowerAMP Music Converter - http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
GermaniXEncoder - http://www.germanixsoft.de/
Encounter 2003 - http://www.waschbusch.com/
SoundEngine Free - http://www.cycleof5th.com/en/index.htm
mp3DirectCut - http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~pesch/
MP3Gain - http://www.geocities.com/mp3gain/
mp3Trim - http://www.logiccell.com/~mp3trim/
EAC - www.exactaudiocopy.de

CD/DVD Burning:
CDBurnerXP - http://w1.878.telia.com/~u87812405/
Burnatonce - http://www.burnatonce.com/
Deepburner - http://www.deepburner.com/
CDRDAO - http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/
CDR Tools Frontend - http://demosten.com/cdrfe/
Burn4Free - http://www.burn4free.com/
DVD Decrypter: http://www.dvddecrypter.com/
Easy Burning, DropCD & Audio CD - http://www.paehl.de/cdr

Compression / Decompression:
*#WinRar - http://www.rarsoft.com
*#WinZip: http://www.winzip.com

Defrag Software:
DIRMS & Buzzsaw - http://www.dirms.com/
OpenVMS - http://www.execsoft.com/freeware/freeware.asp

Download managers:
Star Downloader - http://www.stardownloader.com/downloads.php
Fresh Download - http://www.freshdevices.com/freshdown.html
Net Transport - http://lycos26486.l78.lycos.com.cn/default.htm

Encryption and data security:
Axcrypt - http://axcrypt.sourceforge.net/
*#Ciphire - https://www.ciphirebeta.com/
Blowfish Advanced CS- http://web.bsn.ch/lasse/bfacs.htm
File Shredder - http://www.sys-shield.com/fileshredder.htm

File Managers:
Gyula's Navigator - http://www.wanari.com/
2xExplorer - http://netez.com/2xExplorer/
JExplorer - http://home.megapass.co.kr/~woosjung/
A43 - http://www.shawneelink.net/~bgmiller/
MeeSoft Commander - http://meesoft.logicnet.dk/

File repair and recovery:
PC Inspector File Recovery - http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm

Firewalls:
Kerio (Kerio Personal Firewall is FREE for home and personal use) - http://www.kerio.com/kpf_home.html
Sygate (FREE for personal use) - http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm
*Zonealarm Basic firewall - http://www.zonelabs.com/

FTP Clients:
SmartFTP - http://www.smartftp.com/
*Filezilla! - http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla

FTP Servers:
GuildFTPD - http://www.totalshareware.com/asp/detail_v...pplication=8334
Quick 'n Easy FTP Server - http://www.pablovandermeer.nl/ftp_server.html
WarFTPD - http://www.jgaa.com/
FileZilla - http://filezilla.sourceforge.net
SlimFTPd - http://www.whitsoftdev.com/slimftpd

HTML Editors:
Aracnophilia - http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/
1st page 2000 - http://www.evrsoft.com/download.shtml
HTML-Kit - http://www.chami.com/html-kit/
AceHTML - http://freeware.acehtml.com/download.html
Trellian webPAGE - http://webpage.vendercom.com/
TSW WebCoder - http://www.tsware.net/
Selida - http://www.amaryllis.8m.com/

Image viewers:
Irfanview - http://www.irfanview.com/
XNView - http://www.xnview.com/
SlowView - http://www.slowview.at/
Ahaview - http://www.aha-soft.com/ahaview/ahaviewfree.exe

Instant Messenger:
*AdiumX - http://adiumx.com/index.php
Gaim - http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
Miranda32 - http://www.miranda-im.org/
PSI - http://psi.affinix.com/
*#Trillian - http://www.trillian.cc

Internet Explorer Front-Ends:
MyIE2 - http://www.myie2.com
SlimBrowser - http://www.flashpeak.com/sbrowser/sbrowser.htm
Avantbrowser - http://www.avantbrowser.com/

Mail & Calendar programs:
*Thunderbird - http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/
Sunbird - http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird.html
*#Plaxo: http://www.plaxo.com

Network Tools:
PuTTY - http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty
WinSCP - http://www.winscp.com
*TightVNC - http://www.tightvnc.org

Office Suite:
*Open Office - http://www.openoffice.org/
602PC Suite free edition - http://www.software602.com/products/pcs/download.html
*AbiWord - http://www.abiword.com/

Partition Managers:
Ranish Partition Manager - http://www.ranish.com/part/

PDF Makers:
Free PDF - http://www.webxd.com/zipguy/frpdfdl.htm
PDF 995 - http://www.pdf995.com/

Photo manipulation and image design:
*The Gimp - http://www.gimp.org/
ColorPic - http://www.iconico.com/colorpic/
Sodiodi - http://www.sodipodi.com/
Pixia - http://www.ab.wakwak.com/~knight/

Programming:
Python - http://www.python.org/
Freepascal - http://www.freepascal.org/
Dev C++ - http://www.bloodshed.net/
Dev Pascal - http://www.bloodshed.net/

Pop-up Blockers:
NoAds - http://www.southbaypc.com/NoAds/
Proxomitron - http://www.proxomitron.info/

System Information and Monitoring:
AIDA32 - http://www.aida32.hu/
*Motherboard monitor - http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=311
Gkrellm - http://bill.nalens.com/

Video players:
*#Media Player Classic - http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=82303
BsPlayer - http://www.bsplayer.org/
VideoLan - http://www.videolan.org
MaximusDVD - http://www.maximusdvd.com/
FFDSHOW - http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow
*#Real Alternative - http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/1054136293/1
*#Quicktime Alternative - http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/QuickTime_Alternative/1049831315/1

Video tools:
xviD - http://www.roeder.goe.net/~koepi/xvid.shtml
VirtualDub - http://www.virtualdub.org
DVD Shrink - http://www.dvdshrink.org
Zwei-Stein Video Editor - http://www.thugsatbay.com/software/index.html

Web browsers:
*#Camino - http://www.mozilla.org/products/camino/
Firebird - http://texturizer.net/firebird/index.html
*#FireFox - http://www.firefox.com
Mozilla - http://www.mozilla.org/
K-Meleon - http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/
Netscape - http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/default.jsp

Web servers:
TinyWeb - http://www.ritlabs.com/tinyweb/index.html

[lpbk2713]

1. Very good and comprehensive list.

But what is a good site to get drivers from, generally speaking.

[BamaLefty]

4. Try DriversGuide...

http://www.driversguide.com

[lpbk2713]

5. Thanks

:thumbsup:

[ET Awful]

2. Great List! :)

I'm bookmarking for future use :).

[rock]

3. Love your list

Thanks!

[madison2000]

6. People be careful and remember to install one thing at a time and test it.

If your machine gets funky its always easier to undo one install than several.