Free Must Have Applications For a New PC/Laptop – Best Alternatives
If you’ve just bought a new PC and just can’t wait to load it with useful apps, this handpicked list is a must have.
You might prefer these free-to-use alternatives instead of the popular applications to save a lot of your hard-earned money !
OpenOffice (Alternative of Microsoft Office)
OpenOffice is an open source office suite, available as a free download by SUN Microsystems. It used both commercially and for personal use without worrying about the number of instances installed. The application supports a large number of commonly used office extensions. With a large number of templates, samples and clip arts to download from the site, it is very easy to switch to this application if you are used to the Microsoft Office 97-2003 or XP versions. Link : Download Open Office. (Also See Best Free Microsoft Office Alternatives )
AVG (Alternative of Any Premium Antivirus)
Any PC requires a good antivirus program. AVG Antivirus enables you to protect your system from viruses and spyware applications. You require a constant Internet connection to keep the antivirus program updated. AVG provides a Free Version which is the best among the Free Antivirus. Link : Download AVG. (Also Most Popular Antivirus Softwares of 2009 )
Firefox (Its a Must Have)
Most widely used web browser after Internet Explorer. Fastest According to me. You can enhance the utility of this web browser by adding functional add-ons created by Mozilla and third-party developers. Firefox has many useful features which include tabbed browsing, a built-in spell checker utility, live bookmarking, a download manager, and an integrated search system that allows the users to search from specifically selected search engines. Link : Download Firefox (Also Make Firefox look like Internet Explorer )
Peazip (Alternative to Any Archiving Software)
Peazip is a free-to-use file archiving application. PeaZip offers full support to 14 various formats and an additional 23 formats to open, browse, extract and test archived files.
Link : Download Peazip. (Also Free Alternatives to WinRAR )
Acrobat Reader (A Must Have)
After the Portable Document Format (PDF) for transferring files in a standard format, Adobe Systems provides Adobe Reader (formerly known as Acrobat Reader) as a free downloadable application to view and print PDF files. The application is available for most of the popular operating system, and also for portable devices. Link : Download Adobe (Also Faster Alternative to Adobe Reader)
VLC Media Player (Alternative to Windows Media Player)
VLC is a free open source media player. VLC player can play any audio or video files with the user requiring to download and install any codecs or add-on packages. The application is compatible with most of the available popular operating system. It is also the first player to support playback of encrypted DVDs on Linux. Link : Download VLC (Also Best Free Music Players to Get High Quality Sound )
Picasa (A Must have)
If you enjoy digital photography, then this freeware is a must have. Picasa3 enables you to carry out a range of various image related activities, including viewing images, basic image enhancements, importing images from external devices, creating gift CDs, movie clips, making photo collages, taking screenshots and carrying out batch editing of images. Link : Download Picasa.(Also Add Amazing Art Effects on Photos )
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Irfan Siddiqui : Wow, Peazip is new for me and i'm excited to download:). Good go "debajyoti"
Brian : AVG is by no means the best free Av. Avast! abd Avria both surpass it. Firefox is not the fastest browser. Google Chrome is. And Foxit is a much better than Adobe Reader considering the security issues.
Debajyoti Das : I agree Brian ... I use Foxit Myself... But You can't fill out PDF Forms with Foxit... People Should have an All in one thing. And I use Firefox 3.5 ... its much better than chorome
Pallab : My list would be significantly differ from yours. It would be : i) Open Office ii) Avira Antivir (seriously, why would you want to use anything else when it has detectionr rate of 99% and fares better than Kaspersky and the rest? and AVG has a much lower detection rate and is heavier) iii) Opera (personal preference) iv) 7ZIp v) Foxit or STDU Viewer vi) The KMPlayer (VLC's default video quality is pretty poor..you need to install ffdshow and then tweak is manually which is quite hard) vii) Irfan View (Picassa is extremely nice, but would be definitely lower in the list. Irfan View allows me to cut, paste, modify and compress pictures instantly)
Richie : Peazip... hmm, I think that 7-zip is a better free alternative.
Tech @ InkAPoint : I agree with Brian. AVG don't even have the ability to detect many viruses than Avira. And you can fill up forms in PDF files with the help of Foxit. For that, we have to download additional plugins from Foxit's website.
Debajyoti Das : @ Riche - Nice Suggestion... I recently Came across 7-Zip. I think its better than pea zip
Karthik Rajathachal : Free Commander is one very good windows explorer.
mayank : use wyzo than firefox.... it's built on da same platform but gives enhanced downloading speed
Debajyoti Das : Nice Idea Mayank..... Will check...
LHammonds : OpenOffice has been taken over by Oracle however, some of the original developers have forked the code and started a new version called LibreOffice. You can also get the "portable" version of LibreOffice and OpenOffice at portableapps.com. I wouldn't recommend Adobe Reader to anyone because of the updater program slipping in additional software. Use Foxit instead (portable version available too). I also recommend 7-Zip over all other archive utilities and it is free for home or work usage. Comodo Internet Security is also a more comprehensive protection suite that is free to use at home or work.
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