Here I have listed some of my favourate software utilities. These are the softwares that I use most frequently to get my work done, as well as for entertainment purposes.I have selected these softwares with a few criteria in mind - ease of use, stability, good interface,portability across platforms and OSes and last but not the least, cost factor.
This is a very good,stable chatting software that can be used to do Internt Relay Chat on the net. It has all the functionality of mIRC and is available for Linux Platform as well.
This is a newsreader with a very good user interface. The best thing I like about this newsreader are the numerous keyboard hotkeys for each and every command.It comes with many useful features, including Plonk file , quick and advanced filtering options, support for multiple servers, remappable keyboard and more. Subscribed newsgroups can be organized in folders for easy navigation. Xnews also offers header caching, permanent archival of messages and support for binary attachments.
My favourate Text Editor - One of the best there is.
Mozilla is an award winning Web & Email applications suite. It is available for all major platforms like Win98/2k/xp, Linux, MacOS and Amiga.
Applications that collect data from RSS-compliant sites are called RSS readers or "aggregators." RSSOwl is such an application. It lets you gather, organize, update, and store information from any compliant source in a convenient, easy to use interface, save selected information in various formats for offline viewing and sharing, and much more.RSSOwl is also free of charge, fast, cross-platform, and unobtrusive. It's easy to install, easy to use, and easy to move.
The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program.It is a freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It is more powerful than the Industry favourate Adobe Photoshop atleast for creating images for use on the web.
OpenOffice.org is a leading international office suite that will run on all major platforms and provide access to all functionality and data through open-component based APIs and an XML-based file format.One of the major gains in using this free office productivity suite is its support in opening and saving in MSWord document as well as in PDF formats.
7-Zip is a file archiver with highest compression ratio.It is released under GPL and Supports a wide variety of formats like 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB. You can even create an executable file of your archives.