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FreeWare

I'm a big fan of freeware. It's free and it support most of the functions I need... ok almost all :-p Well, you don't actually use most of the functions of those payable s/w right :-D

Here is a list that I have extracted from Vr-zone.
The list is made out of Free/Library and Open Source Software

Office

Calendar
-Sunbird

Diagram Drawing
-Dia

Office Suite
-OpenOffice

PDF Maker
-PDFCreator

Word Processor
-AbiWord

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Graphic

3D Modelling
-Blender3D

Image Editing
-GIMP

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E-mail

E-mail Client
-Thunderbird

E-mail Notification
-PopTray

E-mail Anti-Spam
-SpamBayes

Miscellaneous
-YPOPs!

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Multimedia

Audio Editing
-Audacity
-MP3 Gain

CD Ripping
-CDex

Video Player
-VideoLan

Video Processing
-VirtualDub

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Internet/Networking

Browser
-Firefox
-Netscape

File Transfer Program
-FileZilla

File Transfer Server
-FileZilla Server

Instant Messaging
-Miranda IM

Network Analyzer
-Ethereal

Secure File Transfer/SCP
-WinSCP

Web Server
-Apache HTTP Server

Web Site Downloader
-HTTrack

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Antivirus
-ClamWin


Data Wiping
-Darik's Boot and Nuke

Encryption
-AxCrypt
-GNUPG
-PGP

Password Management
-KeePass Password Safe

Miscellaneous
-Nmap

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File Management

File Compression
-7-Zip

File Integrity
-MD5Summer

File Renaming
-Rename-It!

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System Utilities

Diagnostic and Benchmark
-Memtest86
-Memtest86+
-PowerStrip

PC Emulator
-Bochs

Remote Access
-TightVNC
-UltraVNC

IDE and Editors

C++ IDE
-Code::Blocks
-Dev-C++

C# IDE
-SharpDevelop(#develop)

Database
-MySQL
-PostgreSQL


HTML Editor
-Nvu

Installation Creation
-Nullsoft Install System
-InnoSetup

Java IDE
-Eclipse
-netBeans

PHP Editor
-Dev-PHP

VB.NET IDE
-SharpDevelop(#develop)

Miscellaneous
-jEdit
-Syn
-WinMerge
-WinLAMP

Microsoft has release a suite of Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition products.

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Useful CDs
-Knoppix
-SystemRescueCd

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Links:
http://sourceforge.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...tware_packages

Some of the information taken from:
http://forums.hardwarezone.com/showthread.php?t=590758
http://forums.anandtech.com/messagev...7283&forumid=1

Last Updated: 28-08-2005