Free Software, Programs And Games To Download

Mixture of Freeware and Open Source.

Programs with next to them, are programs that I highly recommend.
Programs with [M] next to them means the program has a Mac version and [L] for Linux.

Internet Security

• AutoPatcher ( Windows Updates + Power Tools FREE )
• Active Virus Shield ( No.2 best Anti - Virus FREE ) Click Here To See The Virus Test
• Avast! Home ( Anti - Virus that has a screensaver scanning mode FREE )
• AVG [L] ( Anti-Virus Free ) Good for low end PC's
• Comodo Firewall ( Firewall FREE )
• PC Tools Firewall Plus ( Firewall FREE )
• Outpost Firewall ( Firewall FREE )
• Spyware Blaster ( Stops Spyware FREE )
• SpywareGuard ( Compliments Spyware Blaster FREE ) Tip Spyware Blaster must be installed first.
• Spyware Terminator ( Anti - Spyware Program with 100% Real-Time Protection FREE )
• Spyware Doctor ( Anti - Spyware OnGuard Program FREE )
• Ad - Aware ( Spyware Scanner And Remover FREE )
• Spybot ( Spyware Scanner And Remover FREE )
• SUPERAntiSpyware ( Spyware Scanner And Remover FREE )
• WinPatrol ( Windows Watch Dog FREE ) keeps an eye on your programs and settings and lets you know if they have been changed
• Cyberhawk ( Computer Analyzes Program FREE ) constantly analyzes your computer's behavior to detect and block any malicious activity.

Optimization And Tweaking Tools

• Advanced WindowsCare Personal ( Keep your PC safe, error-free, and running at top speed. )
• CCleaner ( System Reg Optimization And Clearner FREE )
• JkDefrag GUI ( Defragmentation Application that has a screensaver mode FREE )
• Power Defragmenter ( Defragmentation Application FREE )
• TCP Optimizer ( Tuning and optimizing your Internet connection )
• Win Sock XP Fix ( Fix Xp Internet Connectivity FREE)
• NeoTweak XP ( Allows You To Tweak Some Hidden Windows Settings FREE )
• Recuva ( Undelete files that were removed from the recycle bin FREE )
• Restoration ( Undelete files that were removed from the recycle bin FREE )
• ZSoft Uninstaller ( Better Way To Uninstall Programs FREE )
• 7 - Zip [L][M]( File Compression FREE )
• TUGZip ( File Compression FREE )
• Xp-AntiSpy ( Windows AntiSpy Tweaking Program FREE )
• Partitioning Software ( FREE )
• Partition Saving ( Disk Image Backup/Restore FREE )
• DAEMON Tools ( Virtual CD/DVD drive FREE ) Good if you play games on your PC That Acquires You To Put The CD In
• Windows Desktop Search ( Search Program FREE ) IMO better then Google Desktop Search
• VirtualBox [L][M] ( Virtual Machine FREE )
• Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 ( Virtual Machine FREE ) A good way to install and test a Linux OS. Click here to see what OS will work
• LogMeIn ( Remote access to PCs though a web browser FREE )
• RealVNC ( Remote PC access software FREE )
• filehippo.com Update Checker scans your computer for installed software, then updates any program that needs updating.
• AMD Dual-Core Optimizer

Browser, E-mail Office ect.

• FireFox [L][M] ( Internet Browser FREE )
• Opera [L][M]( Internet Browser FREE )
• Safari ( Internet Browser FREE ) Handy if you build websites and want to see if the site looks ok on a Mac.
• ThunderBird [L][M] ( E-mail Program and RSS reader FREE )
• Lightning [L][M] ( Calendar Plugin For Thunder Bird FREE )
• Mozilla Sunbird [L][M] ( Calendar Program FREE )
• OpenOffice [L]( like Microsoft Office But FREE ) Click HERE for Guides. Mac users can use NeoOffice
• Office Accounting Express 2007 ( simple accounting program from Microsoft FREE )
• Money Manager Ex [L]( Easy-to-use personal finance software )
• Grisbi [L][M] Personal finance manager for keeping track of different bank accounts and other financial matters.
• GnuCash [L][M] ( financial-accounting software )
• TurboCASH ( Managing personal finances )
• AbiWord [L][M]( Word processing program FREE )
• Gnumeric [L] ( Spreadsheet program FREE )
• Foxit ( A Light Fast PDF Reader FREE )
• Foxit Firefox Plugin Instructions Inside ZIP.
• PDF XChange Viewer ( PDF Reader )

Image and photo manipulation And Viewing software

• GIMPShop [L][M]( like photo shop But FREE ) Click HERE for the Gimp Manual
• Paint.NET ( More advanced version of windows paint )
• Inkscape [L][M]( vector graphics editor )
• Artweaver ( Paint Program )
• Picasa [L][M]( Picture Editor And Organiser FREE )
• HP Image Zone Express ( Photo Software FREE ) I find this program better then Picasa for printing photos
• JetPhoto Studio [M]( Digital photo management )
• IrfanView ( Graphic Viewer FREE )
• XnView [L][M]( Graphic Viewer FREE )
• FastStone Capture ( Screen Capture Program FREE )
• Gadwin PrintScreen ( Screen Capture Program FREE )

Media Players And Tools

• K-Lite Mega Pack ( Codec Pack FREE comes with Media Player Classic )
• QuickTime Alternative ( Quicktime Codec FREE )
• Windows Media Player 11
• The KMPlayer ( Media Player FREE ) KMPlayer Skins
• MPlayer Windows GUI [L][M]( Media Player FREE )
• Foobar2000 ( Music Player FREE )
• VLC [L][M]( Media Player FREE )
• SMPlayer [L] a real competetor of VLC
• Media Player Classic( Media Player FREE )
• Songbird [L][M]( Web player and digital jukebox )
• Miro aka Democracy Player [L][M] ( All in one app, Video RSS, Internet TV, Torrent support )
• Quintessential Player ( Music Player )
  
• Fusion ( Media Player )
• FeedYourZune ( RSS reader/aggregator for audio and video podcasts )
  
• Winamp ( Media Player FREE )
• MojoMaster ( Visualizer For Winamp FREE )
• MP3myMP3 Recorder ( Sound Recorder FREE )
• MP3 Gain ( MP3 manipulation tool )
• MP3 Book Helper ( ID3v1, ID3v2,Ogg,Speex and Flac Vorbis tags editing )
• EphPod ( ipod Program FREE ) Only works with none video iPods
• Lyrics Plugin for Winamp and Windows Media Player, start listening to your favourite songs and lyrics will be displayed automatically.

Burning, Ripping And Encoding Tools

• Avid Free DV ( Free Video Editing Program ) Click HERE for Free Training
• Super ( Video Converter FREE )
• DVD Flick ( powerful DVD Authoring tool )
• MediaCoder ( Video Converter FREE )
• Video DVD Maker ( FREE )
• DVDBuilder (DVD Program To Make Menus FREE)
• CD-BurnerXP Pro ( burn CDs and DVDs )
• DeepBurner Free ( burn CDs and DVDs )
• DVD Decrypter ( .iso/Image burning and encoding tool )
• DVD Shrink ( DVD Copying Program FREE )
• VideoMach ( Video Converter and video and audio clip Joiner FREE )
• Audacity [L][M]( easy-to-use audio editor and recorder FREE )
• Useful Software for Ripping And Making DVD's
• CamStudio ( Desktop Video Capture Program FREE ) Handy if you want to create demonstration videos
• Screencast-O-Matic ( Online Video Capture )
• Wink [L]( Desktop Video Capture Program FREE )

RSS Readers

• FeedReader ( Simple, lightweight aggregator. )
• RSSOwl [L][M]( Solid cross-platform RSS client. )
  

IM & VoIP Programs

• Pidgin [L]( All-in-one IM client )
• Miranda ( All-in-one IM client )
• Trillian ( All-in-one IM client )
• Exodus ( Jabber Powered Client )
• ICQ ( IM software FREE )
• Skype [L][M]( Voip client )
• Gizmo [L][M]( Free Phone for Your Computer )
• Phonegaim [L]( Voip client )

File Transfer and P2P Programs

• Azureus Classic [L][M]( Bittorrent client FREE ) Click here for an install guide.
• µtorrent ( Bittorrent client FREE ) Good for low end PC's
• Wyzo [M]( Bittorrent web browser built on firefox for integrated torrent downloads )
• Alt.Binz ( Usenet/Newsreader client FREE ) Click here for an install guide.
• Pando ( File Transfer Program BETA )
• Ares (P2P FREE)
• eMule (P2P FREE)
• Gnucleus ( A very good Gnutella search and download filesharing program. )

TV Software

• MediaPortal a very advanced Media Center software that can run rings around MCE 2005.
• XMLTV GUI Grabber [L] Grabs Tv listings from Radio Times
• GB-PVR Pretty good if you can get it installed, but its not the easiest of programs to get working.
• MythDora A MythTV distribution built on Fedora.
• LinuxMCE Very easy to install but needs to be installed on a PC running Ubuntu, click here for the demo video
• TVUPlayer brings you programs from around the world using P2P technology. There are some good channels like Sci-fi, Comedy Central and Fox
• ORB Stream your content through any internet-connected device like a mobile phone, PDA, or any other computer
• Joost[M] you can watch more than 15,000 shows, with more added daily.
• ted: torrent episode downloader [L][M] Downloads Tv shows from torrent sites and opens them with your default Bittorrent client.

Web Authoring

• NVU [L][M]( Web Authoring FREE ) click HERE for NVU Manual or HERE to watch an video
• 1st Page 2000 is an extremely popular, easy-to-use editor for web pages that allows for either direct code editing or a design view.
• KompoZer [L][M](A more up-to-date bugfix release of NVU FREE)
• FileZilla [L][M] ( FTP client FREE )
• Wordpress ( Web Blog Software )
• web.py ( web framework for python )
• List of free web hosts

Games

Watch Video's Of Games In Development

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• Get your game on with SuperGamer (Live DVD No Install Runs Off The DVD)
• Return to Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory [L][M](Full FREE FPS Game)
• Legends [L](Full FREE FPS Game)
• America's Army [L][M](Full FREE FPS Game)
• Penumbra (Full FREE FPS Game)
• NEXUIZ (Full FREE FSP Game)
• Warsow [L](Full FREE FSP Game)
• Tremulous [L](Full FREE FPS Game)
• VDrift [L][M](Full FREE Driving Game)
• Links To Free Games On SU Freeware Group

3D Software

• Blender [L][M] Click here to watch an open source video made with Blender or HERE for the PDF Blender Basics Free Classroom Tutorial Book
• Blenderart magazine ( Open Source CG tools magazine featuring all new up-to-date tutorials )
• DAZ 3D [M]
• YafRay [L][M]( works well with Blender )
• Terragen [M]( scenery generator )
• Jahshaka [L][M]( Realtime Editing and Effects System. )
• DX Studio
• AutoQ3D [L]
• Rhino 3D ( Will save 25 times. After that it is still functional except it will not save. )

Other

• Live CD's
• PortableApps.com ( Portable Apps For USB Drives )
• Mobile Phone Software

Operating System's With Pre-Installed Software

• PCLinuxOS If you are NEW to linux I highly recondmend you to use this distro as it is the easiest to use.
• Dream Linux A good simple OS that looks a lot like Mac OS X with a good selection of software pre-installed.
• Sabayon Linux This is the Best Linux OS around just a bit hard to use if you have never used linux before.
• Freespire Offers optional use of the CNR™ Service to install software and a very nice easy to use distro.

System Monitoring and Information

• SpeedFan 4.31 monitors voltages, fan speeds and temperatures.
• CoolMon
• CPU-Z allows you to get some information on your system hardware.
• WinAudit reports on virtually every aspect of computer inventory and configuration.
• WinDirStat is a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool. It is extremely useful for figuring out where your hard drive space is going.

Programing Tools

• SharpDevelop
• Notepad2
• Notepad ++
• CodeBlocks
• BloodShed Software
• Dia for Windows
• wxDev-C++

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