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Ultimate Frugality - The Best Free Software For Windows.

Posted by david | October 12, 2007

As a result of my post the other day for the best free software for Macs, I got a few requests for free software for Windows users. And although I have not used a Windows machine in years, here is what I could come up with by looking around and asking friends who are Windows users. I am no Windows pro, so let me know if there is anything else that should be added to the list (or taken off)!

Word / Spreadsheet Processing
Open Office
AbiWord
Edit Pad
Google Docs

Image Editing
GIMP
Paint.NET
Blender

Instant Messenging
Pidgin
Google Talk
Mini AIM

Blogging/HTML
FileZilla
Wordpress
Sitemeter
Google Analytics

Audio
Audacity
MP3 Gain

Video
MPlayer for Windows
Miro
VLC
Handbrake

Web Browsing
Firefox
KMeleon
Explorer
Avant Browser
Opera

Personal Organization
Free Mind
Essential PIM

RSS Readers
RSSOwl
Feed Reader
Blog Bridge
Google Reader

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15 Comments so far
  1. Modern Worker October 12, 2007 8:37 am

    Kudos for showing love for Win users as well!

  2. david October 12, 2007 8:53 am

    I try to be an equal-opportunity blogger ;-)

  3. Chris Reeder October 12, 2007 11:03 am

    Don’t forget Google Reader for RSS. It is the greatest RSS reader out there. (and it is free too)

  4. Bryan Villarin October 12, 2007 12:13 pm

    Good post!

    I maintain a list of programs I use at my blog, if you’re interested. (Some are Open Source and compatible with Mac OS X and/or Linux, too.)

    It’s currently at 33.

    http://allnarfedup.com/recommended-software/

  5. Pinyo October 12, 2007 1:51 pm

    I use FileZilla too…very nice. But, like Chris said, don’t forget Google Reader. And, how about adding WordPress, phpBB, Google Analytic and SiteMeter under Blogging/HTML? I found them very useful.

  6. david October 12, 2007 2:33 pm

    Consider them added!

  7. Darrel Wright October 12, 2007 3:39 pm

    You forget miniaim: http://miniaim.net
    It’s a free and lightweight instant messaging client for the AIM toc protocol.

  8. david October 12, 2007 3:47 pm

    Added, thanks Darrel!

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    It’s Paint.NET, not Paint … and the website address is http://www.getpaint.net. Please make those corrections. Thanks.

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