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by Im Alec has abandoned this account on February 9th, 2007
Firefox
by Karl Plesz on February 11th, 2007
Until lately, my answer would have been Firefox.
But not long ago, I found a very powerful conversion program called Super.
http://www.erightsoft.net/SUPER.html
It boggles my mind what this program can do. It can convert practically any multimedia format to any other format. AVI to MPEG-4? Done. WMA to MP3? Done. MOV to DivX? Also done. The GUI is a little intimidating, but it isn't impossible to learn. The best part is that all of the codecs needed to do the conversion are built in.
This program wouldn't be useful to everyone, but if you've ever had a music file or video in the wrong format and wish you could change it - Super is the tool. I can't believe that it's free.
by Joshua_Frozen on May 1st, 2007
OpenOffice!
by Meleggles on December 29th, 2008
Changing to Firefox has been wonderful! I love Adblock as well
by Frank Tank on July 23rd, 2007
Spybot. The best free spyware detection sw!
by Wolfen on February 9th, 2007
Adaware & CCleaner
by shahrukhmalik on January 4th, 2008
Ubuntu Linux
by raghu77 on October 4th, 2007
irfanview. No two ways about it guys
by James Laughs Alot on September 15th, 2007
AVG Spy ware/anti-virus software
by MyKinKStar on February 9th, 2007
RoboForm at: http://www.roboform.com/
TinyURL is great too! http://tinyurl.com/
by DevilDoc on August 11th, 2009
I'd have to say Firefox or Songbird.
by crabmed on October 3rd, 2007
Winrar..Ü
by Ender is back.. And slightly confused. on September 15th, 2007
Kubuntu.
by Jodie44 on June 8th, 2007
Convert. It's a program that, like its name suggests, converts values from one measurement to another (kilograms to pounds, Fahrenheit to Celsius, inches to miles, etc.) I placed a screen shot below.
http://joshmadison.com/software/convert/download.php
by inkhaterespect on June 3rd, 2007
+ Adware
+ Spybot
+ Firefox
+ Trillian
+ ZoneAlarms
by PrivateGomerSpooner on September 10th, 2009
Mozilla.
GIMP - freeware image editor.
SUPER(c) - video and audio file converter.
CCleaner.
Adobe Acrobat Reader.
7-Zip.
Skype.
by mwmerrow on April 20th, 2009
ok i scanned through 88 answers i saw (open office & firefox) seem to have been the most common ones / i have to agree with open office / as i have vista and had big time problems with works 9 / and have deleted it !! and installed open office / problem solved there !!! / but for firefox browser / yes i use it as my default browser, its much safer than internet explorer / but for us yahoo e-mailers / we still need internet explorer / as i have found it quite problematic to try and download (or create) yahoo email attachments with firefox / for my answer on the best piece of free software i have come across on the internet / i go with the media player category / and select "jet audio basic" (i did not see it, in the 88 answers i scanned through)
http://www.filehippo.com/download_jetaudio/
at filehippo we can even get older versions. and that is what i like, the version 6.2.8. for jet audio basic is the one i like to stick with / it's sound quality for music, is far better that windows media player / and it can play almost 60 formats of audio & video files / and is full of extra features too
by SilentPurr on February 4th, 2009
Open Office, Photo Filtre, CCleaner, and Firefox
by vittau on December 21st, 2008
My top 5 is probably this:
Firefox (browser)
The GIMP (bitmap image editor)
Inkscape (vector image editor)
foobar2000 (audio player)
Orbiter (spacefight simulator)
by Herbert J. Bowers on March 20th, 2008
Firebug is an extension that can be added to FireFox. It is a great product, a lot like Adobe Dreamweaver. It is a WYSIWYG product. FireFox also has a lot of other extensions for developers or developer-wana-bes.
by Takei-Shihan on October 10th, 2007
Open Office ... I have two versions, the newest ones for Linux and for MS-Windows.
http://download.openoffice.org/
by rsmithjrr on October 10th, 2007
DVD Shrink
by skel1977 on September 10th, 2009
Microsoft suite
by Anonymous on September 10th, 2009
DAP 9 accelerator. is the best freeware in my sight.
by mrinsane7066 on August 31st, 2009
CAVESTORY
by teranos on August 11th, 2009
Mozzila firefox
by Moonlightsal on August 10th, 2009
When I downloaded the program Paint.Net.
The special effects and textures you can apply
to paintings and photos is awesome.
When you work with something it can be turned
into something completely different.
by vittau on August 10th, 2009
1st - Firefox (browser)
2nd - foobar2000 (player)
3rd - Frets on Fire (game, guitar hero clone)
by Nightwatchdog on August 10th, 2009
Open office, Firefox, VLC media player, and AVG.
I also run a computer, ( I have several ), with Umbuntu, which is a good FREE LINX distribution.
by SomeOne1199 on August 10th, 2009
I can get everything for free in the internet but freeware, i would say firefox.
by leons1701 on June 9th, 2009
ZoneAlarm Firewall & AVGFree.
by Gone on March 14th, 2009
Open office.
by excusemaker on March 14th, 2009
Wondershare YouTube Downloader.
by douchebarge on February 16th, 2009
For more than ten years now, my OS and nearly all the software that I run has been freeware downloaded from the internet. There's so much of it that I can't really name a particular favorite. Ubuntu's pretty good, Fedora was nice too. Firefox is nice, and Battle for Wesnoth. Tremulous is fun, and so is Audacity(when it works!)
by AllyCool12 on October 2nd, 2008
Opera Mini Browser (for mobile). This piece of s/w has made my life so easy.
by MADDY on July 25th, 2008
my windows...!!!
by Amanda Stephen on January 31st, 2008
BitTorrent
by tatertot on January 31st, 2008
Limewire and squilz morph( its a funny morphing program that you can morph two peoples face into one)
by Anonymous on December 14th, 2007
AVG anti virus program
by fxef79 on December 10th, 2007
Gadwin Printscreen
http://www.gadwin.com/
by DixieRock on December 7th, 2007
The free version of AVG, been using it a long time→
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/
by Hayseed on December 2nd, 2007
Too many to count, and here's why: LOTS of great free software and games at these sites:
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/
http://www.game.giveawayoftheday.com/
Mostly new developers offering their fully-licensed software for a single 24-hour period.
**
For open-source (both PC and Mac) programs try:
http://mashable.com/2007/09/23/open-source/
http://www.dmoz.org/
**
For free software try:
http://www.nonags.com/
http://bearbottoms1.com/
http://www.majorgeeks.com/
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm
http://www.ablestable.com/resources/free/free.html
http://100-downloads.com/
http://www.1000files.com/
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For MOBILE apps, try Handango: http://www.handango.com/FreeAppFriday.jsp
**
If you would like more links, just ask. I have dozens upon dozens of them.
by Anonymous on November 9th, 2007
AVG anti-virus, CCleaner, & Spybot
by Joey Espinosa on October 23rd, 2007
Ubuntu 7.10
by sponster on August 27th, 2007
firefox
mailwasher
spybot
ad-aware
avg
CC CLEANER
sweet!
by Joey Espinosa on August 13th, 2007
Thank God for the person that said Ubuntu. I was getting scared reading things like "WinAmp". Yes, Ubuntu is the best freeware (or, more appropriately, open-source) I have gotten on the Internet. It blows Windows and Mac away completely. I'll never look back from the days of Windows. As far as typical software goes, I would say the best freeware I've gotten is either amaroK or The GIMP (amaroK is only for Linux, The GIMP is for Linux also, but there's a version for Windows as well). amaroK is a music player, that integrates cleanly into the desktop environment, lets you sample tracks without opening them (just hold your mouse over the file), even on external media, it builds a database of your collection, fetches lyrics to your music from the internet, and connects to your iPod/Zen/iRiver/whatever. The GIMP is the open-source alternative to Photoshop, and is super-functional and perfect for most uses of graphics editing/creating.
by shaney on June 27th, 2007
avast! and i dont realy kno the best
by Skerdog on June 22nd, 2007
Firefox
Thunderbird
Irfanview
Spybot - Search and Destroy
The list is endless....
by MG1942 Has a Life Penguin on June 22nd, 2007
Spybot Search and Destroy, and Skype!
by KungFucius on June 15th, 2007
porn.. without a doubt
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Using it now :)
by Perryman on February 9th, 2007
Me too, it's the best and great that it's free.
by DavidHume on February 9th, 2007
Agreed!
by gone on February 9th, 2007
Firefox rox.
by Stableboy on February 11th, 2007
Agreed.
by Shelby on June 15th, 2007
fire fox seems to slow down my computer... i no likey.
by haggis on June 22nd, 2007
I'm not sure why exactly I prefer FF, though the tabbed browsing was a huge novelty until IE7, but I've been so indoctrinated on AB that I have to agree with this answer!
by Carmella on June 22nd, 2007
Agreed.
by shahrukhmalik on January 4th, 2008
Glary utilities, I'm still finding out how to use it. whenever my PC starts acting up I run Glary.
by wheelnut53 on October 7th, 2009