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Stellarium is a free open-source application which simulates the position of stellar objects. Includes options to control viewpoint, time, objects, zooming and a lot more.
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| Anti-virus |
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AVG Free Edition. Anti-virus. Click here for the downloadpage.
Ad-Aware SE Personal Spyware removal tool. Click here for the downloadpage.
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| Archiving |
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WinRAR WinRAR is a powerful archiver which is fast and easy to use.
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| Multimedia |
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WinAMP the most widely used MP3 player.
ISO recorder Integrated CD/DVD image recorder/writer for Window$.
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| Office |
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Open-Office A fully featured office suite.
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| Security |
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ZoneAlarm ZoneAlarm firewall. Click here for the downloadpage.
Sygate Personal Firewall. I prefer this one over ZoneAlarm because it burns less CPU and the ability to add more complex rules. This firewall does not support terminal services such as remote desktop. Note: As of november 2005 the free firewall is discontinued, however it is still available through this page.
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| Tweaking |
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CrapCleaner A very good tool to free up HD space + fix the windows register. Click here for the downloadpage.
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| Web |
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FileZilla is a fully featured FTP client and server. These outweigh comercial ones both in features and intuitivity. Try it, and you will agree.
Thunderbird Reclaim your INBOX. This is the perfect e-mail client to go with Firefox.
Firefox webbrowser Rediscover the web. It is faster, looks better and it is definately more secure.
Firefox extensions:
• PDF inbrowser PDF documents inside firefox.
• IE tab Use Internet Explorer to render webpages within firefox, good for incompatible webpages.
• FireFTP A complete FTP client for firefox.
• HTML tidy Validate webpages. Clientside version of www.w3.org version.
• Image browser Simplifie viewing and downloading of images.
• Page grab Generate images of webpages.
• Tab x Add a close button on each tab.
• Linkchecker Check for dead links on the current webpage.
• AdBlock Blocks banners and ads on webpages.
• FlashBlock Prevents loading of flash. But, if you want it, click on it, and it will load.
• ForecastFox Show weather forecast in the statusbar.
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