[LINK] Best 50 Free PC Downloads

andrew clarke mail at ozzmosis.com
Sat Mar 14 02:38:42 AEDT 2009


On Thu 2009-03-12 18:20:25 UTC+0000, stephen at melbpc.org.au (stephen at melbpc.org.au) wrote:

> Web's Best 50 Free Downloads
> 
> March 13, 2009 5:02 AM AEST by Tim Danton etc © 2009 Dennis Publishing 
> www.pcauthority.com.au/Feature/110139,webs-best-50-free-downloads.aspx
> (Note: clickable-links for all software mentioned at the above website)

AFAIK almost all of these are Windows-only, but ignoring that, PCA's
Top 50 is not a bad list, with some apps in there that I'd not heard
of before, so thanks for that.

Although, there are a couple of odd omissions.  One app I use on a
daily basis is the open source TrueCrypt, instead of their suggestion
of Password Safe.

http://www.truecrypt.org/

> Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac
> OS X, and Linux
>
> * Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a
>   real disk.
>
> * Encrypts an entire partition or storage device such as USB flash
>   drive or hard drive.
>
> ...

Also, CCleaner and IrfanView are brilliant.

http://www.ccleaner.com/

> CCleaner is a freeware PC optimization tool.
> It combines a system cleaner that removes unused and temporary files
> from your system and also a fully featured registry cleaner!
> CCleaner allows Windows to run faster, more efficiently and gives you
> more hard disk space.

http://www.irfanview.com/

> IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE
> (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows
> 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista.

Also, if you're into using command-line shells (I am, but maybe I'm in
the minority!), there is a free version of TCC, the console version of
Take Command, called TCC/LE.  It's similar and mostly compatible with
the CMD.EXE shell that's in Windows, only much more versatile and
programmable.  TCC/LE was formerly known as 4NT, and 4DOS before that.

http://www.jpsoft.com/

Also, many of the apps in PCA's Top 50 are available for download from
FileHippo.  I notice FileHippo was advertised on the wall of my local
public library.  I'm not sure what the arrangement is there, but it's
certainly a useful resource.  Their RSS feed is a good way to keep
track of new versions of the software they have available.

http://www.filehippo.com/

Regards
Andrew



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