FREE SOFTWARE
Always download software from the original providers site to avoid getting a copy that might have been modified by malicious parties. All the links below take you to the original providers.
Of interest to general users:
WinSplit Easily move and size windows around the desktop
OpenOffice Great free office software suite. Word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, drawling, and more.
Format Factory A great video/audio file format converter. Free, $10 suggested donation. Has not failed me yet.
CDBurnerXP A good free CD/DVD burner program. Has helped me burn ISO files to DVD in situations that other programs refused to do.
Paragon Backup A good free backup & restore program to make copies of your entire disk system which can then be restored later to recover from catastrophic failure.
Of interest to true & aspiring geeks:
EASUS Disk Manager Useful disk/partition management tool free for personal use. I have used this to re-size partitions and change partition types from FAT32 to NTFS.
Puppy Linux A Linux OS distribution that run completely in memory. This makes it an interesting Linux to use for secure computing and runs great on really old computers.
EasyPeasy Linux A great small system Linux. Designed for netbooks, but is one of my pics for replacing Windows for light/beginner computer users. Very pretty, very functional. Also a good secure web browsing choice as it is supplied in forms that will run in a virtual machine from a USB drive.
FileZilla full featured FTP program.
GREAT LOW COST SOFTWARE
Total Commander The best file manager program BAR NONE.
Thumbs Plus My long-time picture manager of choice. Has built in tools for useful photo fix-up. A batch facility for applying the same changes to a set of photos. Great stuff.
Always download software from the original providers site to avoid getting a copy that might have been modified by malicious parties. All the links below take you to the original providers.
Of interest to general users:
WinSplit Easily move and size windows around the desktop
OpenOffice Great free office software suite. Word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, drawling, and more.
Format Factory A great video/audio file format converter. Free, $10 suggested donation. Has not failed me yet.
CDBurnerXP A good free CD/DVD burner program. Has helped me burn ISO files to DVD in situations that other programs refused to do.
Paragon Backup A good free backup & restore program to make copies of your entire disk system which can then be restored later to recover from catastrophic failure.
Of interest to true & aspiring geeks:
EASUS Disk Manager Useful disk/partition management tool free for personal use. I have used this to re-size partitions and change partition types from FAT32 to NTFS.
Puppy Linux A Linux OS distribution that run completely in memory. This makes it an interesting Linux to use for secure computing and runs great on really old computers.
EasyPeasy Linux A great small system Linux. Designed for netbooks, but is one of my pics for replacing Windows for light/beginner computer users. Very pretty, very functional. Also a good secure web browsing choice as it is supplied in forms that will run in a virtual machine from a USB drive.
FileZilla full featured FTP program.
GREAT LOW COST SOFTWARE
Total Commander The best file manager program BAR NONE.
Thumbs Plus My long-time picture manager of choice. Has built in tools for useful photo fix-up. A batch facility for applying the same changes to a set of photos. Great stuff.
