Downloads

I tend to use these applications daily and recommend them. I will add more software here as I use it.

• Web Browsing
  • Firefox – Fast open source Web browser.
  • Opera – A decent, but less-common Web browser.
  • Safari – Another browser that Macs have, now for PC & Windows.
  • Google Chrome – While not for the privacy advocate, Chrome does perform well as an alternative browser.
  • Adblock Plus (for Firefox) – Ideal way to block and prevent ads from showing during your browsing. Must have!
• Email
  • Thunderbird – Slick email client from the creators of Firefox.
• Instant Messaging
  • Pidgin – Multi-protocol IM Client. Supports all the major and minor IM networks. Runs smooth and fast and has helpful plugins including encryption.
  • Adium (Mac) – Great alternative to iChat for Mac. Supports multiple networks and looks slick.
• Archiving
  • 7-zip – High-compression multi-format archiving utility.
• FTP
  • FileZilla – Probably one of the best FTP clients.
• Multimedia
  • VLC media player – Excellent video player, handles many formats.
  • K-Lite Codec Pack – Essential for Windows, many codecs that make video playback easy.
  • WinAmp – Open of the longest running MP3 (and other formats) Players to date!
  • iTunes – Apple’s infamous music and video player. (Will install Quicktime)
  • foobar2000 – Alternative, high-performance audio player.
• DVD/CD Burning
  • CDBurnerXP – A great, user-friendly CD burning program. Goodbye, Roxio!
  • ImgBurn — Another quality image (disc) burner for Windows.
• Office/Productivity
  • OpenOffice- A full-featured “Office” suite that supports Microsoft Office files and PDF output as well.
  • Notepad++ – Powerful alternative to Microsoft Notepad.
  • Komodo Edit - Great IDE for developers who code.
  • NeoOffice (Mac) – Great alternative office suite built for mac, adapted from Open-Office.
    
• Anti-Virus
  • AVG Free – A leading free anti-virus software. (You don’t need to upgrade at all.)
  • Avast! – Another great anti-virus software that performs well. Requires registration to get free reg code.
  • Sophos Anti-Rootkit – Reputable scanner for rootkits on Windows (direct download).
• Anti-Spyware & Privacy
  • Spybot Search and Destroy – A Very good anti-spyware application that has tools to manage exactly what runs on your computer.
  • Hijack This! – A reporting tool that shows you details about where spyware and privacy risks can reside. (Power users only!)
  • MBAM – Excellent tool to triage and identify immediate spyware risks. (Trial)
  • CCleaner – Great app to help clear all the temporary/cache files and manage privacy on your computer.
  • Tor – If you want to browse the Web anonymously, but slow, Tor is what you need.
  • PeerBlock – Block known IP ranges from accessing your computer. P2P, Ads, Government, etc.
• DVD Archiving
  • DVD Shrink – A wonderful tool for DVD archiving/backup.
  • Handbrake – Great app to handle video conversion.
• Images & Graphics
  • Ifran View – A popular free Image viewer and manipulator.
  • Jing Project – Free app to make short screencasts and screenshots.
  • Skitch (Mac) – Cool screencap app for Mac users, competes with Jing.
• Graphic Design
  • GIMP – An open-source graphics design application to help you if you don’t have Photoshop.
• Audio Manipulation
  • Audacity – Simple but powerful audio editing tool.
• System Information
  • CPU-Z – Gives details about your CPU and RAM settings.
  • Belarc Advisor – Popular app to give you a report on the all the info about your machine and OS.
  • SuperPI – CPU stress test to aid in burn-in and reliability testing.
• File Sharing
  • uTorrent – The most powerful BitTorrent client known to man.
  • FrostWire – Great alternative to “Limewire”, operates on the Gnutella network.
  • Dropbox – While not exactly file-sharing, it’s file backup and you can manage a public folder for people to access files free.

If you know of a great application I should use, hit me up: joemanna at gmail.com.