| Internet | |
| Browser | Firefox (www.mozilla.org), Opera (www.opera.com) |
| Telnet | PuTTY |
| FTP | Filezilla (sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla), ?SmartFTP (has free version for personal use) |
| Thunderbird? | |
| Other | WinHTTrack |
| Multimedia | |
| MP3 player | Winamp (www.winamp.com) |
| MP3 ripper | CDex |
| Photo | GIMP (www.gimp.org) and IfanView (www.irfanview.com). |
| Drawing | Inkscape (inkscape.org) |
| Quicktime | Quicktime (www.apple.com), also possibly QuickTime Alternative www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm |
| Real | Real Player (www.real.com), also Real Alternative www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm |
| Flash | Flash (www.macromedial.com |
| Audio edit | Audacity? |
| Programming | |
| Java | NetBeans and Sun's SDK - java.sun.com |
| Editor | jEdit - www.jedit.org, SCiTE - www.scintilla.org |
| C++ | Dev-C++ - www.bloodshed.net |
| DB | MySQL, MySQL Front (old version better) |
| Office | |
| Office | Open Office - www.openoffice.org or Star Office |
| Mindmap | FreeMind - freemind.sourceforge.net |
| Utilities | |
| zip | ZipGenius - www.zipgenius.it or 7-Zip - 7zip.sourceforge.net or WinZip - www.winzip.com |
| Acrobat | Acrobat - www.adobe.com |
| Misc | PowerToys from MS - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp |
| Security | |
| Virus | AVG Anti-Virus - www.grisoft.com |
| Spyware | Spy-bot Search and Destroy - www.safer-networking.org |
| Links | |
| Misc | theopencd.sunsite.dk |