Your top 10 software freebies

chopperharris

ubuntu - free windows style operating system
vlc media player - no need for windows media player , plays everything
Mame - multi arcade machine emulator , plays those old games for free
avg free - free antivirus

Alloneword

Can't be bother with links sorry.
However:
Firefox
Flash
Winamp "Classic" 2.81
TClockEx (http://www.rcis.co.za/dale/tclockex)
QuickPar
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack
HideOE (puts Outlook Express in your systray)
AutoGK
Cool Beans NFO Creator
arniWORX (nice add on for D Tools, right click ISO file and mount it)
Attribute Changer (http://www.petges.lu)


All1

pjbltd

TrueCrypt - Awesome for encrypting sensitive data

pjbltd

GIMP 2 - freeware photoshop

(sorry I know these are top 10s)

lew

Any recommendation for a good defrag, please? I am on XP home. Thanks.

arte

Any software to make music? Thanks

Welshwoofs

lew wrote: »

Any recommendation for a good defrag, please? I am on XP home. Thanks.

Defraggler will do it for you

heynonnynonny

AVG is an excellent free antivirus found it much better than the paid ones eg Norton, and Adaware is of course a must!!

Saetana

Top of my list has got to be Revo Uninstaller (a recent find) which uninstalls any program in the add/remove programs list by first using the program's own installer and then you can scan for traces left behind in the registry and folders. The program finds them for you and then you choose whether or not to delete them - this is an excellent bit of kit for removing all the crap that programs leave behind when you uninstall them, it is highly recommended by my computer magazine.

Foxit Reader (PDF reader) is another good one - its smaller than Adobe Reader and you can open PDFs from within your browser as well (such as the one for the £5 House of Fraser voucher).

Super Antispyware is a good on-demand spyware scanner - it found loads of tracking cookies the first time I used it.

There is some really good free software out there if you know where to look - try Computer Active's or PC Advisor's websites for good safe recommendations for free downloads (computer magazines I have subscriptions with but you don't need to subscribe to use the sites).

liz1376

Firefox
Open Office - alternative to ms office, and just as good
Picassa - for organising photos
7 zip - free alternative to winzip
Gimp 2 - alternative to photoshop
Avast - anti-virus
Nvu - html editor
Mozy - backup thing, which automatically backs up you docs and stores online
Incredimail
Ad aware