Comments on: 51 Essential Programs For A Freeware Only PC

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Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:07:38 +0000

@hyenad and Johnny Karp
PeerGuardian has nothing to do with being anonymous, it simply blocks connections with specified IP ranges.

For freeware to make you anonymous online try either

TOR @ http://tor.eff.org

or set up a VPN with ItsHidden, go to http://www.itshidden.com for details on how to set it up and to sign up for the service. After almost two years I have never gotten a single piece of spam after signing up and it’s totally free and anonymous with little loss in surfing speed.

By: esa

esa — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:51:08 +0000

How about talking about installing an -open source operating system- instead of promoting freeware apps running on the crappy Micro$oft operating system…

By: James Smith João Pessoa, Brazil

James Smith João Pessoa, Brazil — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:20:33 +0000

I approve of these choices but I am surprised that OpenOffice was not listed. The open-source software replaces MS office and does it quite well. Even better, it is constantly being improved by a myriad of developers. Then I know of not malware that operates through using its features.

There is even a special version for Macs called NeoOffice.

VLC media player is a free alternative to Windows Media Player and seems to work with fewer bugs on a greater variety of media.

The GIMP performs well as a replacement for Photoshop even though it’s interface isn’t as pretty. But for about 95% of users it does everyting you’ll ever need.

All of these have Mac versions that perform at least as well as the PC versions.

By: NotNeeded

NotNeeded — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:29:37 +0000

The pagination hype that is taking over almost all blogs lately is driving me crazy. I don’t want to (re)load more than 10 pages to see your “51 Essential Programs”. The reloading is slow, it’s annoying, and you can easily fit more than, say, five programs on a single page. I know it’s all about loading ads (and possibly generating revenue), but this is basically like flipping the bird to your readers saying “I don’t care if this is highly annoying to you.” Way to go.

By: Jackson

Jackson — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:43:34 +0000

Great post! But the best free video converter i have used is iwisoft free video converter.

By: GetJef

GetJef — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:25:03 +0000

Excellent site! I love it! What an eye-opener for anyone who pays for equivalent programs. Explore. The world is our play ground.

Thank you for all this wonderful information.

GetJef =-)

By: Johnny Karp

Johnny Karp — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:03:26 +0000

Linux mint is very good indeed, I’m using it too.

By: Johnny Karp

Johnny Karp — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:02:47 +0000

@Red
Using pirated software is called stealing if you ask me. And my parents taught me not to steal.

By: Ali Qayyum

Ali Qayyum — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:54:30 +0000

hi very useful list. i really like this, i wanted to add more 80+ Freeware Softwares for the windows. That also addition of this list.

By: Cit Smith

Cit Smith — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:42:13 +0000

It’s all good. Ubuntu is worth a try if you want to take it further, I have been using it for years now and haven’t had any major dramas. I will go back to dual booting with XP one day (when I get round to it) and will definitely be keeping it as open source as possible. Shit, I have an XP license so I may as well use it.