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This software might not have a nice skinned interfaces, but it does the job for free

Please note, i use this software because it serves my needs and it has proven to be
better / faster / stable than others, but your Mileage May Vary!

AntiVirus
AntiVir
http://www.free-av.com/

Office
Open Office
http://www.openoffice.org/

WebBrowsing
Firefox
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

FTP
AceFTP
http://software.visicommedia.com/en/pro ... pfreeware/

Email
Foxmail
http://www.foxmail.com.cn/english/

Chat
Trillian
http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/

P2P
BitSpirit (Torrent)
http://www.bytelinker.com/intl/bs.htm

Download Manager
Star Downloader
http://www.stardownloader.com/

Paint
UltimatePaint
http://www.ultimatepaint.com/

Anti-Spam
K9 (useless if you use Foxmail )
http://keir.net/k9.html

Compression
IzArc (supports 39 types!)
http://www.izsoft.dir.bg/

CD / DVD Burning
DeepBurner
http://www.deepburner.com/

Tweaked Drivers ATI / NVidia
Omega Drivers
http://www.omegadrivers.net/

System Defrag
Page Defrag
http://www.sysinternals.com/

DOS Emulator
DOS Box
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net

These are a few i use:

Archiving:
PowerArchiver
http://www.powerarchiver.com

Anti-Virus:
AVG AntiVirus
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php

Email:
Mozilla Thunderbird
http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

Browser:
Opera 8.0
http://www.opera.com


Email:
Opera 8.0
http://www.opera.com


ICQ:
Opera 8.0
http://www.opera.com


Newsgroups:
Opera 8.0
http://www.opera.com


Downloadmanager:
Opera 8.0
http://www.opera.com

Newsfeedreader
Opera 8.0
http://www.opera.com

@freedimension

I can see a pattern in your software choises.....

ICQ:
Opera 8.0
http://www.opera.com

how?

Freedimension, add this to your list:

WAP Browser:
Opera 8.0
http://www.opera.com

Note manager:
Opera 8.0
http://www.opera.com

Text to Speech:
Opera 8.0
http://www.opera.com

Opera kicks ass of Firefox and IE.

@freedimension:

> Opera 8.0

Opera is not freeware

Greetings ... Kiffi

> Opera is not freeware

Correct. I hate ad banners.

File Manager, FTP, Compression, and others...

Total Commander

http://www.ghisler.com/

(It's Shareware, but no limits of use as Freeware)

BR
Joaquin

total commander is a good tool! but not freeware...

with plugins firefox has:

but anyway firefox has also a great calendar, notes, adfilter, email[Mozilla Thunderbird, GREAT piece of free software!], Newsgroups[thunderbird again], download manager...

and a LOT of other things. again, some of the functions above are plugins, but thunderbird and calendar is made by mozilla.

so get firefox, and try the plugins. Oh forgot one feature: NO AD'S!

Yeah Opera is adware. But it's a good browser. But it doesn't handle tables properly. I use Firefox and I'm very happy with that. I also use Thunderbird on a day to day basis even though I got a license for The Bat! hehehe. Guess I prefer stability over funtionality

Avast Home is my antivirus of choice and Sygate as a firewall. Very happy with those too.

yeah thunderbird is a very stable.. 1.0.2 is the newest and it actually has some nice features! I was using Pegasus mail but switched to Thunderbird. Its easier and i prefer to be able to view html without having to launch a browser..

Compression-decompression:
Have you compared 7z with your current preferred file cruncher-decruncher?
www.7-zip.org
and it's free

Psychophanta wrote:Compression-decompression:
Have you compared 7z with your current preferred file cruncher-decruncher?
www.7-zip.org
and it's free

IzArc supports 7zip too.... and some other i've not even eard of...

Num3 wrote:IzArc supports 7zip too.... and some other i've not even eard of...

Mmmhh! nice! Thanx!