Well, have a PC and want to get open licensed software? Can't be bothered to pay or don't like using torrents or newsgroups to download. Then here's a list of free software. For an image creation program use Paint.net, very good free program http://www.getpaint.net/ For an all in one office suite use OpenOffice.org, very good free office suite http://www.openoffice.org/ For a video editing program use Wax, not used it properly yet but worth a good go http://www.debugmode.com/wax/download.php For a good free antimalware program use Spybot, an effective, regularly updated program http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html OR an alternative, more professional program use Javacool SpywareBlasterhttp://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html For another good security program use AVG, a professional security prgram for gerneral protection against trojans and viruses http://free.avg.com/ For an effective, usable audio editing program use Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ For a brilliant free earth viewer use Google Earth http://earth.google.co.uk/ For a free image mounting program use Virtual CloneDrive http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html For a brilliant DVD Backup program use DVD Shrink (Now unsupported) http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_rippers/dvd_shrink.cfm And finally for a good media converter use this web based one at http://www.media-convert.com/ Also for an alternative safe browser use Mozilla Firefox http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/ For a faster way of copying files from one place to another (i.e Different Disk Drives) use Teracopy http://www.codesector.com/download.php For an alternative image viewer use CDisplay http://www.geocities.com/davidayton/CDisplay For a good alternative to MS Windows Notepad then use Notepad++, exactly the same as notepad but tweaked for more capabilities and better performance http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm For a good FTP Viewer use the trusted FireFTP from those great guys over at Mozilla http://fireftp.mozdev.org/ For a good Disk encryption program use this *free* program called TrueCrypt http://www.truecrypt.org/ Anyone who wishes to add to this list just PM me and ill add them in. Hope i could be of some help to you guys.
virtualdub is the defacto standard free video editing. paint.net is more of an image creation program than editing. GIMP is free image editing. spybot is antimalware not security, and does not conflict with AVG as far as I know. to help prevent spyware, try javacool spywareblaster (you have to pay for automatic updates, but manual updates are free) sygate personal firewall is a good free firewall Daemon tools lite has a wider range of supported image formats than clonedrive. for a microsoft office compatible free office suite, try www.openoffice.org
Best Free Copy/Paste tool : Teracopy. Free comic book viewer : CDisplay. Free notepad replacement : Notepad++ Best free FTP client : FireFTP OR FileZilla Free OTF encryption : TrueCrypt. amongst other programs...
I just choose the best software I can find for my specific need, regardless of its open-sourceness. If it's commercial, I pirate it. If it's free, hooray.
