No Credit Needed has a post on free software he uses every day.
I'm a big proponent of open-source software, since I think it's every bit as good as commercial software, and often is better. It's also usually really frugal — there's great stuff out there! If I need something done with software, two of the first places I check are download.com and hotscripts.com. So here's my list of free software:
- Firefox web browser
- WordPress blogging software
- Zen Cart shopping cart software for a business I'm involved in
- AdAware spyware removal program
- Spybot Search and Destroy spyware removal program
- IrfanView picture viewer
- TurboLister eBay auction manager
- Google Earth
What free software do you use? Post on it (with hyperlinks to the download sites as done above) and let me know, and I'll post a link to it here!
I use Crimson Editor to code all of my websites. It's a great little program if you're turned off by the prospect of another software program writing code for you. Check it out at Crimson Editor.com.
Firefox, thunderbird, NVU, abiword and YS Flight as entertainment.
I love Firefox and IrfanViewer. Trillian is a nice tool for multiservice chat but I like Meebo even better lately, unfortunately Meebo does not support IRC which is why I still use Trillian.
Textpad is far superior to Notepad too since it gives you your byte and line positions, which are key for me when I'm mapping out data.
I like OpenOffice.org: it has all the functionality that I'd need from MS Office, but for free.
I'm also a HUGE fan of Eclipse for Java development. It's one of the best development environments I've ever used.
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