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Heres a list of the programs I use at work and personally. the are all free and all great. If there's better ones post a link, if i recognize it ill post it, if not ill review it. these work fine for me and would certainly help someone out who doesnt have anything. Items w/ stars behind are recommended personally. Anything w/ 2 stars you need to get as i dont know how you can even function.
Anti-Virus and Firewall
*Comodo AV (this ones not a Fisher-Price AV you have full control):
http://antivirus.comodo.com/
*Comodo FW (again not Fisher-Price style):
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/
AVG:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/us/frt/0
Avast:
http://www.download.com/Avast-Home-Edition/3000-2239_4-10747101.html?tag=pop.software
Anti-Spyware/Adware/Malware
*AdAware (use the personal verision as its free):
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
*Spyware Blaster:
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
*SpyBot:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/
Audio
*Winamp (player):
www.winamp.com
Audacity (music editor)
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
MP3Gain (volume leveler):
http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/
MixMeister (Beat per minute analyzer):
http://www.mixmeister.com/download_freestuff.html
Video
*DVD Shrink (Fits a full DVD to 4.7GB burnable DVD)
www.dvdshrink.org/
*DVD decrypt (use for encrypted DVDs)
http://www.dvddecrypter.org.uk/
Movica (editor)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/movica/
PDF
**Foxit Viewer (loads in 2 seconds compared to 30sec w/ adobe:
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
PDF Creator (I use it to create PDFs of autocad drawings for clients. will print anything to a PDF i believe):
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
Pictures
Gimp (similar to photoshop)
http://www.gimp.org/
*IrfanView (Fast viewer w/ editing options)
http://www.irfanview.com/
Misc
**Stickies (Digital Post-its, tons of features and can send sticky notes between networked computers)
http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/
Open Office (similar to Microsoft Office):
http://www.openoffice.org/
*Google Earth (Digital Globe)
http://earth.google.com/
Sketch Up (3D modeling)
http://sketchup.google.com/
**GetRight (faster downloads)
http://getright.com/
WinZip (compression)
http://www.winzip.com/index.htm
WinRar (compression)
http://www.rarlab.com/
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Anti-Virus and Firewall
*Comodo AV (this ones not a Fisher-Price AV you have full control):
http://antivirus.comodo.com/
*Comodo FW (again not Fisher-Price style):
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/
AVG:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/us/frt/0
Avast:
http://www.download.com/Avast-Home-Edition/3000-2239_4-10747101.html?tag=pop.software
Anti-Spyware/Adware/Malware
*AdAware (use the personal verision as its free):
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
*Spyware Blaster:
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
*SpyBot:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/
Audio
*Winamp (player):
www.winamp.com
Audacity (music editor)
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
MP3Gain (volume leveler):
http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/
MixMeister (Beat per minute analyzer):
http://www.mixmeister.com/download_freestuff.html
Video
*DVD Shrink (Fits a full DVD to 4.7GB burnable DVD)
www.dvdshrink.org/
*DVD decrypt (use for encrypted DVDs)
http://www.dvddecrypter.org.uk/
Movica (editor)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/movica/
**Foxit Viewer (loads in 2 seconds compared to 30sec w/ adobe:
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
PDF Creator (I use it to create PDFs of autocad drawings for clients. will print anything to a PDF i believe):
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
Pictures
Gimp (similar to photoshop)
http://www.gimp.org/
*IrfanView (Fast viewer w/ editing options)
http://www.irfanview.com/
Misc
**Stickies (Digital Post-its, tons of features and can send sticky notes between networked computers)
http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/
Open Office (similar to Microsoft Office):
http://www.openoffice.org/
*Google Earth (Digital Globe)
http://earth.google.com/
Sketch Up (3D modeling)
http://sketchup.google.com/
**GetRight (faster downloads)
http://getright.com/
WinZip (compression)
http://www.winzip.com/index.htm
WinRar (compression)
http://www.rarlab.com/
::Construction Ahead::
mozilla
avast