61 Free Apps We’re Most Thankful For

61 Free Desktop Applications, Webapps, and Tools We’re Most Thankful For

1. Firefox (see also: Top 10 Firefox 3.5 Features)

2. VLC (see also: VLC Hits 1.0 with

   Better Playback and File Support)

3. CCleaner (see also: Dropbox (see also:

   folder”>Sync Files and Folders Outside Your My Dropbox Folder)

4. 7-Zip (see also: Five Best

   File Compression Tools)

5. OpenOffice.org (see also:

   toolbar”>OpenOffice.org Screenshots Preview a Ribbon-Like Toolbar)

6. Google Chrome (see also: µTorrent (see also: Five Best BitTorrent

   Applications)

7. Notepad++ (see also: AutoSave Adds

   Reassurance to Notepad++ Editing)

8. Gmail (see also: Our full Gmail coverage)
9. GIMP (see also: Paint.NET (see also:

   lets-you-open-photoshop-files”>Paint.NET Plugin Lets You Open Photoshop Files)

10. Microsoft Security Essentials (see also: Microsoft Security Essentials Free Antivirus App Leaves

    Beta, Stop Paying for Windows

    Security; Microsoft’s Security Tools Are Good Enough)

11. Revo Uninstaller (see also: Evernote (see also:

    evernote”>Expand Your Brain with Evernote)

12. Thunderbird (see also: Thunderbird 3 Release Candidate Available for Download)
13. Audacity (see also: ImgBurn (see also: Five Best CD and DVD

    Burning Tools)

14. Picasa (see also: Skype (see also: Our full Skype coverage)
15. Pidgin (see also: Five Best Instant

    Messengers)

16. Ubuntu (see also:

    harmony”>Dual-Boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu in Perfect Harmony)

17. iTunes (see also: foobar2000 (see also:

    -own-killer-audio-player-with-foobar2000″>Hack Attack: Roll your own killer audio player with foobar2000)

18. Foxit Reader (see also: Lifehacker

    Pack 2009: Our List of Essential Free Windows Downloads)

19. FileZilla (see also: Five Best FTP

    Clients, Build a Home FTP Server with FileZilla)

20. VirtualBox (see also: TrueCrypt (see also: Five Best Portable Applications)
21. Avast! (see also: Five Best

    Antivirus Applications)

22. Defraggler (see also: KeePass (see also:

    password-syncer”>How to Use Dropbox as the Ultimate Password Syncer)

23. Opera (see also: AVG (see also: Digsby (see also: Five

    Best Instant Messengers, Digsby Sees the Light,

    Removes (Some) Bundled Crapware)

24. Google Reader (see also: Our full

    Google Reader coverage)

25. Winamp (see also: Google Earth (see also: TeraCopy (see also: Launchy (see also: Our full Launchy coverage)
26. Transmission (see also: Eclipse IDE
27. SpyBot Search & Destroy (see also: Five Best Malware Removal Tools)
28. Adium (see also: PuTTY (see also: Songbird (see also:

    add+ons-make-songbird-so-much-better”>Killer Add-ons Make Songbird So Much Better)

29. Sumatra PDF (see also: Sumatra 1.0 is a Blazing Fast Replacement for Adobe

    Reader)

30. XBMC (see also:

    awesome-skins”>Customize XBMC with These Five Awesome Skins, Blender (see also: Learn

    Blender with free e-book)

31. CDBurnerXP (see also: Everything (see also: Top 10 Tiny &

    Awesome Windows Utilities)

32. HandBrake (see also: Rainmeter (see also: AutoHotkey (see also:

    autohotkey”>Hack Attack: Knock down repetitive email with AutoHotKey)

33. Google Calendar (see also: MediaMonkey (see also: Quicksilver (see also: WinSCP
34. Google Voice (see also:

    to-ease-your-transition-to-google-voice”>How to Ease Your Transition to Google Voice)

35. Boxee (see also:

    with-loads-of-new-features”>Boxee to Launch Beta with Loads of New Features)

36. AdBlock Plus (see also: Media Player Classic (see also: Posted in Utilities | Leave a Comment »

Software Resources

Posted by nsdhami on November 9, 2009

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Freeware Utilities

Posted by nsdhami on September 10, 2009

NirSoft web site provides a unique collection of small and useful freeware utilities, all of them developed by Nir Sofer. More …

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