Free PC programs with good value

This page contains information about PC programs tested by Piksu..

These programs are completely free or there is available at least a free of charge version for noncommercial personal use.  We have not included programs that have only a free trial period because there is a truely free program alternative availabele for most of the purposes. 

Internet browseres

Mozilla Firefox A good value Internet browser
Opera A good value Internet browser
Netscape A good value Internet browser

Internet voice and chat

Skype Internet voice/chat with your buddies
Windows live messenger Internet voice/chat with your buddies

Office tools

Open Office Office programs including text processing, spreadsheet, vector graphics, presentation tools and databases. 
Adobe reader  PDF reader
Thunderbird Mail client 

Security

Ad-Aware Malware protection
Antivir Virus protection
It is essential that you keep your firewall closed and avoid downloading SW from sources that you do not know. Virus and malware protection is not absolutely necessary if you take these measures.

Picture and photo editing

Paint.net Picture processing and painting (windows)
Gimp Picture processing (windows, linux, mac)
Picasa Picture editing

Internet page ediors

NVU An easy to use editor for Internet www pages

File transfer (FTP)

Filezilla File transfer (e.g updating Internet pages and content on a server)

Audio editing and mixing

Audacity Audio editor and mixing

Media

Winamp Media player
Bittorrent Content sharing
uTorrent Content sharing
RssReader RSS news reader

Others

Google earth Global map service
Mapquest Global map service

SW run time environments

JavaSE Java Standard Edition run time environment