Communication

Internet browser

Firefox

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Internet browser/e-mail/web page editor

Mozilla

http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/

Internet browser

Opera

http://www.opera.com/

Internet browser

IE7 beta

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie7/ie7betaredirect.mspx

e-mail client

Thunderbird

http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

e-mail client

GMail

http://mail.google.com/mail/help/intl/en/about.html

Not a program but a webmail service

e-mail client

Pegasus

http://www.pmail.com/index.htm

http://www.dendarii.co.uk/FAQs/pmail-addons.html

(documentation)

e-mail client

Eudora

http://www.eudora.com/products/eudora/download/

web page editor

NVU

http://www.nvu.com/index.html

Map Program

Google Earth

http://earth.google.com/

FTP client

FileZilla

http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/

Telnet and SSH client

PuTTY

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

Internet Radio program

Quick Time Movies

Apple Quick Time

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone.html

This is the stand alone version without iTunes

Quick Time Movies

Quick Time Movies

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/win.html

This is the version with iTunes

Office

Office Suite

Open Office

http://www.openoffice.org/

Office Suite

602 office

http://www.software602.com/download/

Office Suite

Thinkfree Office

http://www.thinkfree.com/

Office Suite

Easy Office

http://www.download.com/3000-2079-10054140.html

ftp://64.156.1.69/easyoffice.exe

Database

MySQL

http://www.mysql.com/

Database

PostgreSQL

http://www.postgresql.org/

Java

Java

http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp

Encryption

Cryptainer

http://www.cypherix.com/cryptainerle/

Encryption

PGP

File manager

Xplorer2

http://zabkat.com/x2lite.htm

Graphics

Graphics Editor for Windows ME

GIMP 1.2

http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/old.html

Graphics Editor

Gimp 2

http://www.gimp.org/

Graphics Editor

Picasa 2

http://picasa.google.com/index.html

Graphics Editor

IrfanView

http://www.irfanview.com/

Sound

Audio file editor

Audacity

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Audio file editor

Cdex

http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/

Video Players

K-Lite Codec

http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm

VideoLAN

http://www.videolan.org/

Security

Anti virus

Micro Trend online scanner

http://www.trendmicro.com/en/home/us/personal.htm

Anti virus

AVG

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5

Read the fine print concerning data collection about your computer

Anti virus

Avast

http://www.avast.com/

Cleaner

CCleaner

http://www.ccleaner.com/

Anti-Spam

K9

http://keir.net/

Firewall

ZoneAlarm

http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp

Anti-adware

AdAware

http://www.lavasoft.com/

Anti-spam

Spyware

HiJackThis

http://www.hijackfree.com/en/

Utilities

Registry Mechanic

Wireless program

Orb

http://orb.com/

PDF program

Primo PDF

http://www.primopdf.com/

Zip/unzip utility

7 Zip

http://www.7-zip.org/

Tweak Windows

Power Toys

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Yellow Stickies

Post-it Software Notes - Lite

http://www.3m.com/us/office/postit/digital/digital_notes.html

also see http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/3981?wlg=yes

Process Explorer

Belarc Advisor

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

Process Explorer

SIW

Backup

Cobian

http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm

program

Deep Burner

http://www.deepburner.com/index.php?r=download

Calendar program

Calculator

MS Calculator +

http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/outreach/dnloads/calcplus.mspx

Un-Erase

Restoration

http://aumha.org/a/recover.php

Reference

Bible program

e-Sword

http://www.e-sword.net/

Bible program

FreeBible

http://www.freebiblesoftware.com/

Search Engine

Copernic

www.copernic.com

Audio books (actually not a program)

Games

Tetris

Mahjong

Freeware Sources

PCWorld

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/

Tucows

http://www.tucows.com/

Priceless

http://www.pricelessware.org/thelist/index.htm

Freeware Home

http://www.freewarehome.com/

JavaCool

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/downloads.html

Major Geeks

http://www.majorgeeks.com/

Download.com

http://www.download.com/2001-20-0.html

Tech Support

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm

100-Downloads

http://100-downloads.com/

Kim Komando

http://www.komando.com/bestshareware.asp

Nonags (fee)

http://www.nonags.com/

Freeware

http://aumha.org/freeware/freeware.php#restore