Free software for windows.
I’ve written before about free software you can find on the internet.
As anyone who has baught software recently, can tell you, Its not cheap at all. Here is a list of free software for windows. I use about 10 of these.
Firefox, avg, filezilla, Google Pack, Open Office, Skype, VLC media player and a few more.
Now all that needs to happen is for windows and photoshop to be free.
Free online Software
I’ve written about free online services previously. Now I’m goin to talk about free software you can get on the internet.
Have you ever come across something you have downloaded, you install it and it tells you you need to buy it? Its happened to me many times. So here is a list of free software on the internet.
Browsers:
Firefox - Probably the best Internet browser.
Opera - another great browser that works well an simple
Google Chrome - Internet browser created by Google
Camino - Browser created by Mozilla
Media Players:
VLC - A great media player that comes with its own codecs.
winamp - More aimed at playing music, but works well handling videos.
Other:
AVG - Free Anti virus, works well and does the basics.
Add Aware - Some more PC Security you will need for that unwanted spyware
Winrar - Unzip those files quick an easy
Winzip - Unzip files with an easily managed program
That is only a small list, I will add more to this list in due corse, If you know of any free programs online, post it here, let us know.
Free online services
I’ve signed up to alot of things on the internet over the years, and I thought to my self, how many of them are actually free? They claim to be, but there is always a catch. So here is a list of free online services that you really don’t have to pay for.
Free online services:
Mail: You can get your own email address for free, you don’t have to pay for it.
Gmail - Google’s mail. I use this and only this for my mail.
Yahoo! - Yahoo’s mail service
Msn - Msn Mail service
Hotmail - Free basic Email service.
Free social services.
Facebook - Need I say more?
Stumbleupon - Surf, share and find anything.
Myspace - Create a profile, and share with everyone
Website Creation.
These are blogs and websites.
Blogger - Create and manage your own blog using blogger
Wordpress - Create a self hosted blog or create a blog hosted by wordpress
Joomla - Create your very own website with no knowledge of web design or coding.
Web Analytics.
Google analytics - analize and track visitors on your site (You will need a Google account)
Clicky - Web analytics. Its not completely free, but the basics you get for free. - I use this
freestats - Free online Website analyzer
That is a short list of free online services. There are many more, and others that do a whole bunch of other things.
If you know of any other Free online services, Feel free to post them in the comments.
