Compiled from The Star Intech, these are various programs that are free and available to download from the net.
Office suite
OpenOffice
www.openoffice.org
Contains Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw and Base.
Writer: word processor
Calc: spreadsheet program
Impress: Constructing presentations
Draw: Photo editor
Base: used to manipulate and monitor a database
Antivirus
AVG
www.avg.com
Best free antivirus around.
Multimedia players
Winamp
www.winamp.com
Plays music, videos, stream radio transmissions and organize pictures, an all-round multimedia hub that can even be used to sync your iPod.
VLC Media Player
www.videolan.org
A player that can play just about any media file.
Encryption tool
Flexcrypt Free
www.flexcrypt.com
Protect text, e-mail messages, files and instant messengers.
Password manager
Efficient Password Manager
www.efficientpasswordmanager.com
Keep track of passwords for applications and online sites, software registration codes and more. Random password generator available. You only need to remember one password.
Photo editing
Softwares to rival Photoshop
PhotoScape
www.photoscape.org
Paint.NET
www.getpaint.net
GIMP
www.gimp.org
Sticky notes
Hott Notes
www.hottnotes.com
GPS
EasyGPS
www.easygps.com
Recover Files
Recover Files
www.undeleteunerase.com
Recover files removed from Recycle Bin, network drive, Flash drives and portable drives via a DOS prompt or Windows Explorer.
File zip
7-Zip
www.7-zip.org
Zips and unzips 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ and many more formats. And also encrypt files.
P2P clients
uTorrent
www.utorrent.com
For all your torrent download needs.
Web Browser
Firefox
www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
Too many good points to list down. Just use it.
Google Chrome
www.google.com/chrome
Opera 9.6
www.opera.com/browser
Operating System
Ubuntu
www.ubuntu.com
