Free Software List

I wanted to write up something for 'free' software, not trials, demos, or programs that expire in 30-60 days, but full-fledged free.

For your viewing pleasure, I took the time to get all this alphabetized by topic and bolded topics.

Most links and hard work was originally done by atakiBOON and Neowin.net. I will add to this list, and let it grow.

3D Graphics
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3Delight Free - http://www.3delight.com/index.htm
Anim8or - http://www.anim8or.com/
Blender - http://www.blender3d.org/
Now3D - http://digilander.libero.it/giulios/Eng/homepage.htm
OpenFX - http://www.openfx.org
POV-Ray - http://www.povray.org/
Terragen - http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/
Toxic - http://www.toxicengine.org/
Wings 3D - http://www.wings3d.com/

Anti-Spyware
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Ad-aware - http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
A-Squared - http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/
AVG Spyware - http://free.grisoft.com/doc/20/lng/us/tpl/v5
Hijackthis - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
SpyBot Search & Destroy - http://spybot.safer-networking.de/

Anti-Virus
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AntiVir - http://www.free-av.com/
Avast - http://www.avast.com/i_idt_1018.html
AVG - http://free.grisoft.com/

Audio Players
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Foobar 2000 - http://www.foobar2000.org/
iTunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Media Monkey - http://www.download.com/MediaMonkey/3000-2...tml?tag=lst-3-2
Musik - http://musik.berlios.de/
musikCube - http://www.musikcube.com/
Sonique - http://sonique.lycos.com/
Winamp - http://www.winamp.com/
XMPlay - http://www.un4seen.com/xmplay.html

Audio Tools
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Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
dBpowerAMP Music Converter - http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
K-MP3 - http://www.katarncorp.com/
MP3 Tag - http://www.mp3tag.de/

CD/DVD Burning
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Deepburner - http://www.deepburner.com/
DVD Decrypter: http://www.dvddecrypter.com/

Compression / Decompression
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7-zip - http://www.7-zip.org/
WinRar- http://www.rarlabs.com/
WinZip- http://www.winzip.com/

Desktop Enhancements
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Blackbox - http://xoblite.net
CursorXP - http://www.stardock.com/products/cursorxp/download.html
Glass2k - http://www.chime.tv/products/glass2k.shtml
MobyDock - http://www.mobydock.com/
Panorama - http://www.ivory.org/panorama.html
Widgets - http://widgets.yahoo.com/

Download managers
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Download Accelerator Manager (DAM) - http://www.download.com/Download-Accelerat...tml?tag=lst-0-3
FlashGot - http://www.download.com/FlashGot/3000-2378...tml?tag=lst-0-8
LeechGet - http://www.leechget.net/en/

DVD Players
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Artisan DVD/DivX Player - http://www.download.com/Artisan-DVD-DivX-P...tml?tag=lst-0-1
DivX - http://www.download.com/DivX-for-Windows-w...tml?tag=lst-6-4

DVD Rippers
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DVD Decrypter - discontinued
DVD Shrink - http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_so.../dvd_shrink.cfm

Encryption and data security
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Blowfish Advanced CS- http://web.bsn.ch/lasse/bfacs.htm
Cryptainer LE - http://www.download.com/Cryptainer-LE/3000...tml?tag=lst-6-4

Firewalls:
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Zone Alarm - http://www.download.com/ZoneAlarm-Windows-...tml?tag=lst-0-1

FTP Clients
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FTPSurfer - http://www.download.com/FTP-Surfer/3000-21...tml?tag=lst-0-5
SmartFTP - http://www.smartftp.com/
WS_FTP - http://www.download.com/WS-FTP-----English...tml?tag=lst-0-6

Instant Messenger
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Gaim - http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
Skype - http://www.skype.com/
Trillian Basic - http://trillian.cc/downloads

IRC Clients
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BersIRC - http://www.bersirc.com/
XChat - http://www.silverex.org/news/

Mail programs
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Thunderbird - http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/

Office Suite
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OpenOffice.org - http://www.openoffice.org/

Operating Systems (Linux/Unix)
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Debian GNU/Linux - http://www.debian.org
Fedora - http://fedora.redhat.com
Gentoo Linux - http://www.gentoo.org
Kubuntu/Ubuntu- http://www.ubuntu.com/
Mandriva Linux - http://www.mandriva.com
Slackware Linux - http://www.slackware.com
SUSE Linux - http://www.suse.com
Yellow Dog Linux - http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/

-CD Bootable OS's-
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BartPE - http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/#download
Knoppix - http://www.knoppix.org/
Ultimate Boot CD for windows - http://www.ubcd4win.com/

the full list - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiveCD


PDF Utilities
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CutePDF - http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
Foxit PDF Reader - http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

Photo manipulation and image design
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GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)- http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html
Paint .NET - http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/
Photo Plus 6 - http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/commence-...plus&Check=True
The Gimp - http://www.gimp.org/
Tuxpaint - http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint

System Information and monitoring
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CPU-Z - http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
Everest - http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/EVER...load-16369.html
Sisoftware Sandra - http://www.sisoftware.net/index.html?dir=d...264&langx=en&a=
SpeedFan - http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

Video codecs
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DivX Codec - http://www.divx.com/divx/?src=toptab_divx_from_/index.php
XviD - http://www.xvid.org/

Web browsers
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Mozilla FireFox - http://www.mozilla.com
Opera - http://www.opera.com

Misc. Utilities/Applications
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Cacheman- http://www.download.com/Cacheman/3000-2248_4-10216523.html
CCleaner - http://www.ccleaner.com
Memtest-86 - http://www.memtest86.com

I took off all the discontinued products, and took off all the ones a noob wouldn't probably need anyway...

If you want anything on here that I forgot, tell me about it. I'll put it up if it’s relevant.

Edit: Clumped atakiBOON and Neowin.net’s list together as one, so it will be easier for me to edit.

Enjoy!

 

Nice work xMasterx

 

Yes, a very useful list, thanks man
Guess whos off to clean his registry...lol

 

almost the same as this sticky thread

http://www.gamerenders.com/forum/index.php...pic=112823&st=0

 

I already got most of these...they all work really good...nice list
pz..

 

I added his in to not copy it, notice I put 'origionally made by' on it. those things are free as well, why not add em in, Im gonna add more stuff later....

 

Nod32 isnt free its a 30 day trial even though you said it was free

 

that was before i knew, ill take that off asap

 

WOW ... i can dl all the free stuff i want from mscracks........

 

^but thats illegal, hes providing a legal source of perfectly good programs.

 

it is illegal, added more above...

 

nice list i was looking for a free anti virus

 

you should put winzip and winrar in as they are unlimited trials.

 

trillian basic is limited options til pay. trillian pro is unlimited, but that's after pay/crack, might wanna remove that

 

At least you gave credit to the people who took the time to put those lists together (neowin.net and me). It's a good list.