What Free Software Do We Need On Our Computer? free software....

[-Sky- 0]

I use Firefox, Internet Explorer 8.Windows:Microsoft Office 2000Firefox 3Internet Explorer 8 (incase Firefox crashes and doesn't load)Photoshop CS3ImageReadyWindows Media PlayerAnd any other programs you want. -Sky

[DeM0nFiRe 0]

I see that AVG Antivirus has been mentioned. DON'T GET IT! It's awful! Comodo Anti-Virus is better than most commercial Anti-viruses and it's free!Graphics Gale is a great alternative to any pixel art program like Paint.

[minimcmonkey 0]

Ok,
well, there is a free alternative to office, which is compatible with its formats called open office
this can be found at
https://www.oracle.com/sun/index.html
This can run quite slowly, but if you want free stuff, this is the best aternative to buying office.

Then, if you're into programming, i would download the evauation version of textpad, its not atall cutdown, and you can use it for as long as you want, without buying it.
find that at
http://www.textpad.com/

Then if youre looking for a free antivirus, get AVG free, youll have to download antivirus, and antispyware, but you dont have to pay for it, and it even seems to get rid of things like messenger viruses
thats
http://www.avg.com/de-de/free-antivirus-download

I would recomend getting the newest meesenger, because it comes with other software like windows live mail - a mail application, which works with multiple accounts, which i have found to be as good as outlook
that will be at
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/18614/windows-essentials

want an icon or cursor editor, go to
http://www.rw-designer.com/
there are many free tools for cursor, image and icon editing ect.

Also, you should go to http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/ and have your operating system verified as genuine, you can then get LOTS of free software, like document viewers for the new MS office files, and world wide telescope ect.

You should also look at he google pack, you probably wont want all of it, but you can select what you want, and some of it is quite good. Youll get star office free with that - (thats the pay version of open office)
find that at https://www.google.de/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=eUUsVMSaJsqH8QeZ-4HQBg&gws_rd=ssl


There is other google software you could get like
- google chrome
- google sketchup
- google web accelerator
they have loads of software for download which is very good just search the softwares name in goofle.


Internet running slowly?
Why, google web accellerator of course.
http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/


and finally we come to the software that is virtually essential for using the innternet
flash player - http://www.adobe.com/downloads.html
java - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/downloads/index.html
acrobat reader - http://www.adobe.com/downloads.html

[imskaterpunk 0]

heres my top ten that you can get for free1. Opera Web Browser2. Pigin Instant Messenger (all mesengers in one)3. Microsoft Office 20074. AVG 8.0 Professional Anti-Virus5. Limewire6. Total Video Converter7. Replay Media Catcher8. ConvertX to DVD 39. ISO Ultra10. Folder Lock 6.0

[Tran-Gate 0]

Ooooooh, you need WinRAR or 7-zip to extract compressed files... you need PowerISO or any other virtual manager to create/mount .ISOs......DirectX9/10 for the latest games.......AVG Anti-virus to you know, get rid of viruses.......Google Desktop because it is pretty......get the VistaVG ultimate theme to get the Vista look without using much RAM.......Acrobat Adobe to view .PDF files.........Windows Media Player to watch mpeg, mp3, avi, etc. files........I think the other people got the rest...=)

[TheDisturbedOne 1]

I could really use a Photoshop like picture editor for my Mac. CS2 is the only one that works, and I don't have the mney for it. I have to get other people do do all my graphics, whether it's a banner or a color change.Seeing as I have Office, I don't need it, but I would need a free type of it if I didn't get it for so cheap.

[galexcd 0]

Microsoft Office 2000Firefox 3
Internet Explorer 8 (incase Firefox crashes and doesn't load)
Photoshop CS3
ImageReady
Windows Media Player
-Sky

You might want to double check your math there. You see he asked for free applications, and last time I checked the prices of Photoshop and Microsoft office are greater than free.

I could really use a Photoshop like picture editor for my Mac. CS2 is the only one that works, and I don't have the mney for it.

You could check out Gimp. It's a free alternative, and it can do everything photoshop amateurs can do in photoshop. There are plenty of features that photoshop has that Gimp doesn't, but those features aren't known by the average user.

[xpress 0]

1. Autostart and Process Viewer(APV) : To monitor and control all processes and startup entries running on your system.

 

2. Opera Browser and Firefox browsers : To be able to surf the internet safely with best web experience...

 

3. Avira AnitVir Personal : Light weight Antivirus to protect from viruses and malware...

 

4. Ashampoo Firewall Free : Very light firewall to protect our computer from unwanted connections and attacks.

 

5. Eclipse IDE : Best IDE for Java and other programming developers...

 

6. Open Office : A free and best alternative to MS Office.

 

7. VLC Media Player : To be able to play all media files without downloading any other codecs.

 

8. Utorrent : To download torrents files...

 

9. Adobe Reader: To read pdf files

 

10. WAMP Server : For PHP Developers(most of us)...

 

All of the above are free...

Edited November 4, 2008 by xpress (see edit history)