When purchasing a computer, few take into account the cost to furnish the machine with software. While most machines include the cost of the operating system, generally Microsoft Windows XP, few include more than that. Below is a list of open source, freeware and free-for-personal-use software for Windows. Recommended products are marked with an *.
Anti-Virus
Archive ( Zip ) Manager
- 7 Zip
- Power Archiver 6.11*
- FilZip
Backup
Browser
Calendar
CD/DVD Burner
- CDBurnerXP Pro 3.0
Email client
Firewall (unfortunately they’re all free for home and personal use only )
FTP / File Transfer
Games (these are free games, mostly older titles released to the public)
- America’s Army*
- Battlecruiser 3000AD & Millennium
- Duke Nukem 3D
- Elder Scrolls: Arena
- Grand Theft Auto 1 and 2
- Ground Control
- Hidden & Dangerous Deluxe*
- Steel Panthers
- Tribes 1 and 2
- War Rock
- Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory*
Image Viewer / Editor
Office or productivity suite
- Konfabulator ( Yahoo Widgets )
- Open Office
Partition Management
PDF Creator / Viewer
Remote Control
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