Millions of free and open source projects are available, many of them are better than commercially available products. Below is a short list of whatever we think, which has broken into ten categories.
Antivirus and Malware Protection
Most PC users realize that they need security on their computer or their computer manufacturer may have installed an antivirus program. Most do not know that there are independent programs that are as good and in some cases are better than commercial products. Below are our recommendations.
Antivirus Program: Avast!
Malware and spyware protection: Malwarebytes
Backup solution
There are dozens of free and commercially available backup software for computers. Unfortunately, many of those backups are stored locally, which means that if your home is to catch fire, it has been robbed, or if you've lost your backup disk, then all your data will be lost. To avoid significant data loss, we recommend that users use online backup services.
Online backup solutions: Mozy or dropboxes
Browsers
Although Microsoft Internet Explorer comes pre-installed on Windows platform computers. There are many excellent free options that everyone should try. These free options can often be faster, there may be more options, and in many cases, Internet Explorer can be more secure.
Internet Browser: Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome
Compression utility
Antivirus Program: Avast!
Malware and spyware protection: Malwarebytes
Backup solution
There are dozens of free and commercially available backup software for computers. Unfortunately, many of those backups are stored locally, which means that if your home is to catch fire, it has been robbed, or if you've lost your backup disk, then all your data will be lost. To avoid significant data loss, we recommend that users use online backup services.
Online backup solutions: Mozy or dropboxes
Browsers
Although Microsoft Internet Explorer comes pre-installed on Windows platform computers. There are many excellent free options that everyone should try. These free options can often be faster, there may be more options, and in many cases, Internet Explorer can be more secure.
Internet Browser: Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome
Compression utility
When downloading files on the Internet, you will eventually have to face a .zip, .rar, or other compressed files. Working with these files can be easy with our free file compression utility.
File compression utility: 7-zip
Disk Ripper and building utility
Making an audio or data CD / DVD, sliding data from audio CDs, or making a CD from ISO file can also be done independently by using our free recommendation.
CD Burner Utility: CDBnerPPP
E-mail
E-mail is yet another service which can be done independently. Most users today use the e-mail solution listed online. However, for those who are still using e-mail clients like Microsoft Outlook, we strongly suggest one or both of the suggestions below.
Email Client: Mozilla Thunderbird
Online e-mail: Gmail
FTP, SFTP, and SSH utility
File compression utility: 7-zip
Disk Ripper and building utility
Making an audio or data CD / DVD, sliding data from audio CDs, or making a CD from ISO file can also be done independently by using our free recommendation.
CD Burner Utility: CDBnerPPP
E-mail is yet another service which can be done independently. Most users today use the e-mail solution listed online. However, for those who are still using e-mail clients like Microsoft Outlook, we strongly suggest one or both of the suggestions below.
Email Client: Mozilla Thunderbird
Online e-mail: Gmail
FTP, SFTP, and SSH utility
Users who maintain their own web page or need to upload or download files from a server, have to use FTP Utility or SSH Client. There are many commercial programs capable of doing this but our free recommendations are throbbing them all.
FTP Client: FileZilla
SSH Client: MobileXTrum and Putty
Image Editor, Paint Program, and Photo Organizer
There are many great free solutions to edit, create and organize your images on your computer. Many programs capable of doing these tasks can be several hundred dollars, but all the programs given below are completely free.
Image Editor: Gimp
Paint program: Paint net
Image organizer: Google Photos
Multimedia
FTP Client: FileZilla
SSH Client: MobileXTrum and Putty
Image Editor, Paint Program, and Photo Organizer
There are many great free solutions to edit, create and organize your images on your computer. Many programs capable of doing these tasks can be several hundred dollars, but all the programs given below are completely free.
Image Editor: Gimp
Paint program: Paint net
Image organizer: Google Photos
Multimedia
There are dozens of different multimedia software with different capabilities and limitations. Below are our top free multimedia programs to view video files and audio recordings below.
Audio editing and construction equipment: Audacity
Video and DVD Players: VLC and MPC-HC
Office suite
An office suite such as MS Office is often one of the most expensive software that a user can install on their computer. Why install these expensive programs when there are free solutions that are as good as they are.
Office suite: OpenOffice
Notepad and source code editor: Notepad ++
Audio editing and construction equipment: Audacity
Video and DVD Players: VLC and MPC-HC
Office suite
An office suite such as MS Office is often one of the most expensive software that a user can install on their computer. Why install these expensive programs when there are free solutions that are as good as they are.
Office suite: OpenOffice
Notepad and source code editor: Notepad ++
Free PC programs everyone should have
Reviewed by Muneer Ahmed
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October 02, 2018
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Reviewed by Muneer Ahmed
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October 02, 2018
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