I would like to present a quick list of the freeware I think is essential for a PC.
- Mozilla Firefox (free, Internet browser)
- Mozilla Thunderbird (free, Email client)
- Google Chrome (free, Internet browser)
- AVG (free, Antivirus)
- Spybot Search & Destroy (free, Anti-spyware)
- OpenOffice (free, office suite with very nice features)
- Windows Live Essentials (free, mostly Windows Live Messenger, the rest is far from essential)
- CCleaner (free, Cache, Registry and much more cleaner)
- 7zip (free, for zip, rar, 7z archives)
- Skype (free, Computer Telephone Like Communication)
- TeamViewer (free, All-in-one remote control of a PC. Please purchase if used commercially)
- TextPad (free, file editor, personally I prefer the 4.7 version)
- Foxit Reader (free, PDF viewer)
- FLV Player (free, name is self-intuitive)
- Virtual Clone Drive (free, mounts iso images as drives)
- Irfanview (free, image viewer with a great batch conversion feature)
- Gmail Notifier (free and great for Gmail users)
I personally couldn't use a computer as effectively as I do without all these free programs.
A big thanks to all the developers!
P.S.: Links are not provided for the freeware because it is quite easy to find them all with a single Google Search.
