Updated: Sept 07, 2007

It can be difficult to find useful freeware.  A lot of junk will mess up your computer or simply waste your time.  We have already checked this stuff out to make sure it is good.  Be sure to check back for updates and additions!

Audio Editing

• Audacity  (A great multi-track audio editor)
  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

DVD/CD Authoring & Playback

• CDBurnerXP Pro  (Burn CDs and DVDs with ease.  Nearly all types are supported)
  http://www.cdburnerxp.se/
• VLC Media Player  (Plays DVDs and most other media files)
  http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
• VirtualDub  (A video capture/processing utility with simplified capabilities like Adobe Premier.)
  http://www.virtualdub.org/

Miscellaneous

• Inno Setup  (Program for creating customized software installations.  Similar to Installshield.)
  http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
• Cartes du Ciel Sky Charts  (Powerful Sky/Space charting and mapping)
  http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/index.html
• Google Stuff  (Many useful utilities)
  http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/
• Orbit Downloader  (Helps you download large files fast and easily.  This is better than most commercial downloaders.)
  http://www.orbitdownloader.com/download.htm
• SpeedFan  (This can help some computers run quieter.  Tricky to use though!)
  http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

Office Productivity

• CutePDF  (Cute? I will let you decide.  It does work well for PDF Creation though!)
  http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
• PDFCreator  (Another great replacement for Adobe Acrobat)
  http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
• PDF Split and Merge  (Does what it says.  Slice and dice or make them all whole again.)
  http://www.pdfsam.org/
• OpenOffice.org  (The best replacement for MS Office.)
  http://www.openoffice.org/
• ***NEW   Scribus  (Desktop Publisher.  Professional page layout with a combination of "press-ready" output and new approaches to page layout)
  http://www.scribus.net/

Photo Editing & Management

• Paint.Net  (Great alternative to Adobe Photoshop)
  http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net
• Google Picasa  (One of the best photo management tools on the net.)
  http://picasa.google.com/index.html
• GIMP  (Advanced Photo Editor)
  http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html
• INKSCAPE  (Scalable Vector Graphics Editor with capabilities similar to Illustrator and Freehand using the (SVG) file format)
  http://www.inkscape.org/download.php
• ImageMagick  (Create, edit, and compose images.)
  http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php

Remote Control

• TightVNC  (A well packaged remote control software that is know for reliability)
  http://www.tightvnc.org/
• UltraVNC  (Another flavor of VNC remote control.  This version has some other compelling advanced features.)
  http://www.uvnc.com/