Software Download Resources

• Download, Try and Buy Software Archive
  PAD enabled library of free software downloads, commercial programs, games, and trials for most operating systems.
  
  
• Hard Drive Data Recovery Software and File utilities Software
  Nucleus Technologies offers a complete range of data recovery software and utilities for Windows, Linux, Unix, Novell Netware, Apple Macintosh operating system
  
  
• Free software downloads
  Archive of free downloads for windows including a huge library of games and software trials.
  
  
• Shareware Download
  A great site that helps you find software by keywords or brief description.
  
  
• Software Downloads
  Software, Screensavers, Games Downloads.
  
  
• File & Disk Management Download
  Free-downloadable-software.com has a collection of nice File & Disk management softwares for Windows computer. Also has software in several categories including games, Desktop, screensavers and education.
  
  
• Macintosh Data Recovery & File Recovery Software
  Prosoft Data Recovery & File Recovery Software allows you to recover deleted files and recover data from damaged hard drives and other storage media.
  
  
• PDF Editor Free Trial
  PDF Editor from PDF-file.com is a very easy-to-use PDF file editor. You can convert a PDF file to Word document and after editing the file, reconvert it back to PDF file format. Free trial download.
  
  
• Property management software
  Winning Edge Software, Inc. offers the finest software tools available for property management, loan servicing industries and parking garage management.
  
  
• AntiVirus download, Norton Anti virus 2006
  Protect your computer with Norton and other Antivirus by download
  
  
• Discovery Management
  ZANTAZ is the global leader in Information Retention and Discovery Management solutions. ZANTAZ solutions enable organizations to capture, preserve and access unstructured digital information.
  
  
• Hard Drive Data Recovery Software Tools, Disk Recovery Utilities - Stellar
  Buy award winning hard drive data recovery software and utilities or try the demos free. Stellar offers a complete solution of file recovery software and lost data restoration programs for Windows (Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, 2003, XP),Apple Macintosh, Novell, Linux, Unix operating system and FAT, NTFS,NTFS5,HFS, HFS+, NWFS, EXT2 and EXT3 file systems.
  
  
• SonicWall
  At SonicGuard.com we will beat any advertised price on SonicWall firewalls and services
  
  
• Leithauser Research
  Leithauser Research provides quality software for computer security and computer access control and business applications. Free 30-day trial period for each program.
  
  
• PDF to Word Converter
  This PDF to Word converter has the capability of converting chosen or all pages from PDF files. The software is also capable of handling multiple languages.
  
  
• Password manager - form filler
  Our form filling manager software allows to fill in automatically online forms of any complexity and gives an opportunity to autosave a password.
  
  
• Really Cheap Software
  Genuine downloadable software at great prices. Alternative products to those of some of the over-priced industry leaders plus my own self-written software, not available anywhere else.Links to free products and useful internet information.
  
  
• Ringtones
  Offering Ringtones and Polyphonic Ringtones
  
  
• Mobile Phones
  Offering Mobile phones and Polyphonic Ringtones
  
  
• Secure Resolutions - AntiVirus Software - Integrated Anti Virus Scan Management Console
  Our unique Antivirus management console lets IT administrators deploy up-to-date virus protection across their whole network with the push of one button
  
  
• WhiteSmoke - Improve Your English
  WhiteSmoke Enrichment software performs, for the first time in language software history, sentence processing as opposed to word-by-word processing. The software is currently for free !
  
  
• AlarmWiz
  Powerful alarm clock and task scheduling application which automates email, audio, FTP, atomic clock synchronization, and more.
  

GREAT SOFTWARE LIST

GNU/LINUX DISTROS
Linux Mint (F)
Linux Mint is an Ubuntu-based distribution whose goal is to provide a more complete out-of-the-box experience by including browser plugins, media codecs, support for DVD playback, Java and other components. Linux Mint is compatible with Ubuntu software repositories.

SimplyMEPIS (F)
MEPIS Linux is a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution designed for both personal and business purposes. It includes cutting-edge features such as a live, installation and recovery CD, superior hardware detection and configuration, NTFS partition resizing, ACPI power management, WiFi support, anti-aliased TrueType fonts, a personal firewall, all in KDE. I love this.

FreeBSD (F)
Not a Linux distro per se, but FreeBSD offers advanced networking, performance, security and compatibility features today which are still missing in other operating systems, even some of the best commercial ones. This loaded in only 12 minutes on my system, including HD reformats!

ZenWalk (F)
A Slackware-based GNU/Linux operating system with a goal of being slim and fast by using only one application per task and with focus on graphical desktop and multimedia usage. Modular, customizable, and lets you get straight to work with the most popular apps.

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TEXT EDITING
EmEditor Pro
Well-designed for power, dazzling speed, and ease of use. Get this.

UltraEdit
Wonderful in almost every way, has a Lifetime License option, and is great for writers, not just coders.

E Text Editor
Exciting, unique, powerful, and customizable. Wow.

Emacs (F, Linux)
The most powerful and customizable of the bunch, this modular IDE is many programs in one.

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WORD PROCESSING
OpenOffice Writer (F)
The Open Source powerhouse with a universal file format, great usability, and runs on every platform. Also check out IBM's Lotus Symphony.

Zoho Writer (F)
Zoho brings never-seen-before tools to the word processor. I love this.

Google Docs (F)
Fast, responsive, and doesn't let you make a mistake.

LaTeX (F)
A typesetting program for technical and scientific documentation (among other tasks).

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OFFICE TOOLS
MoffSoft Calculator
Simple, powerful, flexible, customizable. Does every damn thing.

Master Converter
Now I know that kbps is a measure of bandwidth!

Visual Thesaurus
Oh god, this app will make you a word smackfu master.

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SYSTEM TOOLS
Autoruns (F)
Lets you control what programs run during Windows' system boot.

Process Explorer (F)
Shows you info about which handles and DLLs processes are opened or loaded.

VMWare Workstation
Virtualization app that allows you to evaluate software safely or use when needed.

Everest Diagnostic Utility
Incredible system diagnostics and benchmarking app.

TuneUp Utilities
Corrects problems and optimizes your system.

Find and Run Robot (F)
Rapidly find programs or documents with one key press.

CopyWipe
Securely overwrite data when retiring a HD or prevent data from being recovered.

Eraser (F)
Wipes clean all the free space on your computer, truly erasing all deleted files.

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IMAGE VIEWERS/EDITORS
ACDSee
The best photo viewer, graphic converter, and image management tool. Period.

XnView (F)
Freeware viewer and editor that holds its own against any other.

FastStone MaxView (F)
Fantastic little app for opening photos for a customizable quick views.

PicaJet FX
An image management and organization tool that is somewhat similar to ACDSee.

IrfanView (F)
A perennial crowd favorite for good reason — it works very well with any format.

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GRAPHICS, IMAGE TOOLS
PhotoFiltre Studio
Solid image editor that can do most of the tasks you'll need every day.

GIMP Image Editor (F)
A high-end image editor that runs on multiple platforms. Excellent!

Noiseware
Makes digital photos better by expert noise reduction.

Screenshot Captor (F)
Incredible donationware screen capture utility that will instantly impress you.

SnagIt Screen Capture
Sets the standard for all other screen capture utilities. Takes some setup.

Multiple Image Resizer (F)
Easy, fast, accurate — that's what I like!

Pixeur (F)
Finds and displays the RGB, Hex, and Long value of any color you select.

PTgui
Panoramic photo stitching software for Windows and OS X. Incredible!

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PRINTING, FONTS, PDF
Cfont Pro Font Manager (F)
Surpasses every other font manager to make it the first choice on my list.
Well worth a donation.

FinePrint
Virtual printing utility that saves you a ton of paper every year.

PDF Factory Pro Damn fine and highly accurate PDF printer utility. You'll love it.

Foxit PDF Reader (F)
Small, clean, fast, and free, Foxit renders PDF files with great speed.

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MULTIMEDIA, VIDEO EDITING
VLC, VideoLAN media player
Cool cross-platform media player and streaming server. Plays everything I throw at it.

Miro Media Player (F)
Cross-platform media player to die for, even saves YouTube videos for you.

VirtualDub (F)
Extremely efficient video capture and processing program.

Video Edit Magic
Video editing tool that includes advanced features, but is easy to use.

ConvertXtoDVD
Converts any video file format (DivX, AVI, WMV, etc.) to a DVD-compliant video.

TMPGEnc (F)
MPEG-1,2 encoder that can convert and compress your video file in high quality.

GSpot Codec Info App (F)
Allows you to see what codecs you need installed to watch a video.

ProShow Gold
Allows you to create stunning and professional slide shows.

AudioGrabber (F)
Useful tool for CD-ripping and producing MP3s.

Exact Audio Copy (F)
Advanced tool for CD-ripping and producing MP3s.

Audacity audio editor (F)
Solid cross-platform audio editor that makes editing easy.

DVD Shrink (F) Tool for fitting a DVD-Video disc on a single DVD.

AnyDVD
Allows you to decrypt CSS-encrypted DVDs and remove their region codes on the fly.

ImgBurn (F)
Enables you to burn CD/DVD images with ease.

IsoBuster Pro
Powerful utility that can extract, create, edit, and convert CD/DVD image files.

UltraISO
Powerful utility that can extract, create, edit, and convert CD/DVD image files.

MagicScore Maestro
Music notation software for musicians. Great for collegers.

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SCRIPTING
AutoHotkey
Windows scripting utility to create your own macros and hotkeys. Get this. Learn this.

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WEB-DEV: CSS, RSS, FTP
KompoZer (F)
An excellent HTML/CSS editor built on the NVU architecture. Works on Linux as well.

Microsoft Expression Web
Much better than its given credit for being, and damn easy to use.

WordPress (F)
Besides being the best blogging platform, WordPress serves well as a CMS, with broad features that will grow with you.

SilverStripe (F)
One of the most promising CMS apps to come around in years. Build and manage websites, forms, manage contacts without going through email, and auto resampling. Wow!

Opera browser (F)
The most accurate CSS browser ever built, to a fault, and my personal favorite.

Mozilla Firefox (F)
Wildly popular browser that is extensible, customizable, and updated frequently.

Website-Watcher
Allows you to monitor changes in any website, while doubling as an RSS reader.

FTPRush
Great FTP client that has set a new standard for all.

PADGen (F)
Creates perfect PAD files (Portable Application Descriptions) for your programs.

AM-DeadLink (F)
Detects dead links in your browser's bookmarks or favorites folders.

Xenu's Link Sleuth (F)
Also detects dead links in your website's external links.

XSite link extractor (F)
Load and parse any webpage into a simple structured view, seeing every link.

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USENET, P2P/FILE SHARING TOOLS
NewsLeecher
Top-of-the-line newsreader that downloads anything via Usenet.

Pan Newsreader (F)
A Linux (GNOME) newsreader that is a lot like XNews. Easy, fast, and it works well.

Giganews
The proven best Usenet server you'll find. Get the Unlimited account, too.

WinRAR
The master of all archive tools, WinRAR can do almost everything.

QuickPAR (F)
Utility for creating, checking, and extracting Parity Volumes (PAR files).

NetLimiter Pro
Limits your download/upload bandwidth speed during peak times per app.

PowerPost-A&A (F)
An app for consistently and intelligently posting files to Usenet.

FastStone MaxView (F)
Fantastic little app for opening photos for a customizable quick views.

SFV Checker
Tool that ensures your multi-volume file archives are complete and accurate.

File Splitter and Joiner (F)
Allows you to quickly split and rejoin large text or binary files.

Miranda IM client (F)
A flexible, modular open-source multi-protocol instant messenger.

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FILE MANAGEMENT; RENAMING
XYplorer File Manager
Best all-around customizable file manager with great support, customizable keyboard shortcuts, scripting, and incredible search capabilities. XYplorer also offers both a free, older version and a Lifetime license option if you prefer at a fraction of the cost of Directory Opus.

Bulk Rename Utility (F)
A well-designed fast, easy renamer with all its functions on one screen.

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ARCHIVE, SYNCHING, DOWNLOAD TOOLS
Super Flexible File Synchronizer
Advanced, full of high-end features, and is the class of the category. Comes in Linux, Windows, and even Mac versions.

WinRAR
The master of all archive tools, WinRAR can do almost everything.

7-Zip (F)
Powerful open source archiver that lets you move to 7z format if you choose. Great for splitting files, too.

UltraISO
Image utility for creating, editing, and converting CDs/DVDs.

Teleport Pro
High-end, easy-to-use tool for getting (leeching) data or entire websites. Launch up to ten simultaneous retrieval threads, access password-protected sites, filter files by size and type, search for keywords, and much more. It has the most fully-featured webspider available, and it handles today's more complex websites flawlessly.

NeoDownloader
Download photos, music, movies, and walk away.

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SECURITY, PRIVACY TOOLS
CCleaner (F)
Removes unused and temporary files from your system.

TrueCrypt disk encryption (F)
Keeps your secrets secret and tell snoops to bugger off.

HUNNY’S LIST OF OPEN SOFTWARE

This List of Open Software is comprised largely of open-source packages. Most people who review the list below are surprised by the quantity and depth of open-source software. Many of us think of Linux when we hear "open source". While Linux is a great example of the open-source process, it is a small segment of the movement. Many open-source applications are available for Microsoft Windows and the Apple Macintosh.

Take a tour of open-source software by following some of the links below. You'll be amazed! To learn more about how DAMICON can help you navigate the open-source landscape.

Commercial Software Category	Open-Source Equivalent
AntiVirus Tools (eg. Norton, McAfee)	· No open-source tools recommended · Use Grisoft AVG or AntiVir
Application Servers (eg. IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic)	· Enhydra · Geronimo · JBoss · JOnAS · Tomcat (servlet container) · Zope
Asset Management (eg. Intuit, Peregrine, Remedy)	· IRM · OCS Inventory
Backup Utilities (eg. CA ARCserve, Legato, Veritas)	· Amanda · BackupPC · Bacula · Rsync
BioInformatics (multiple highly specialized vendors)	· Open BioInformatics Foundation · OpenClinica · OpenInformatics
Business Graphics (eg. Microsoft Visio)	· Dia · Kivio · OpenOffice Draw · StarOffice Draw · Xfig
CD / DVD Burning (eg. Adaptec RecordNow, Roxio CD Creator)	· ECLiPt Roaster · X-CD-Roast
Configuration Management (eg. Rational ClearCase, Visual SourceSafe)	· Arch · CVS · OpenCM · PRCS · RCS · Subversion
Content Management Systems (eg. Documentum, Interwoven, Vignette)	· Alfresco · Bricolage · CPS · eZ publish CMS · KnowledgebasePublisher · Lenya · Magnolia · TYPO3 · Xaraya
Content Management Systems - Web	· Bika LIMS · DotNetNuke · Drupal · Joomla! · Mambo · Midgard · OpenCMS · opensourceCMS · PHP-Nuke · phpWebSite · Plone · PostNuke
CRM Applications (eg. Microsoft CRM, Siebel)	· Anteil · Compiere · ConcourseSuite · openCRX · SugarCRM · vtiger CRM
Database Software (eg. Microsoft Access, SQL Server)	· Firebird · Gaby · Ingres · Kexi · Knoda · MySql · Novinyl · PostgreSQL · Qddb
Database (BI) Tools (eg. Crystal Reports, ERWin, Microsoft Access)	· Agata Report · BIRT · DBDesigner 4 · DecisionStudio · JasperReports · OpenI · OpenRPT · Pentaho · SpagoBI · Total Rekall · YALE
Desktop Publishing (eg. Microsoft Publisher, Quark Xpress)	· Scribus
Directory Servers (eg. Microsoft Active Directory)	· OpenLDAP
Disk Imaging (eg. Norton Ghost)	· Mondo · Partition Image
Document Management (eg. Open Text)	· Contineo · KnowledgeTree · OpenKM · Owl
Email Applications (eg. Microsoft Outlook Express)	· KMail · Mozilla and Thunderbird · Sylpheed · Ximian Evolution
Email List Manager	· Mailman · MajorDomo · PHPlist
Email Servers - POP and SMTP (eg. Microsoft Exchange)	· Exim · qmail · InterNetNews · James · Postfix · SendMail · SquirrelMail · Zimbra
Email Servers - IMAP	· Courier IMAP · Cyrus IMAP · Scalix · UW IMAP
ERP and Financial Software (eg. Oracle, SAP, Intuit QuickBooks)	· Compiere · GNUCash · GNU Enterprise · NOLA · Open for Business · Openbravo · OpenMFG · SQL Ledger · Tiny ERP · TurboCASH · webERP
File Compression (eg. PKzip, WinZip)	· 7-zip · bzip2 · gzip
Flash Viewers (eg. Macromedia Flash)	· Flash for other OS's
Forums, Blogs (Weblogs), Bulletin Boards and Wikis	· DokuWiki · phpBB · Pivot · Roller · Thingamablog · WordPress · YaBB · Yet Another Forum.net
Graphics and Image Editors (eg. Adobe Illustrator, PhotoShop)	· CinePaint · GIMP · ImageMagick · Inkscape · K-3D · Karbon · Krita
Groupware (eg. Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes)	· dotProject · Horde · Kolab · Lucane · Mimerdesk · OpenGroupware · Open-Xchange · phpCollab · phpGroupWare · PHProjeckt · TUTOS
Help Desk (eg. BMC Remedy, FrontPage Heat, Intuit Track-It)	· Bugzilla · Information Resource Manager · OneOrZero · phpSupport · php Support Tickets · RT: Request Tracker
HTML Editors (eg. DreamWeaver, FrontPage, HomeSite)	· Bluefish · Mozilla Composer · Nvu · Quanta Plus
Instant Messaging (eg. AIM, MSN, Yahoo!)	· Ayttm · GnomeICU · Kopete · Licq · Pidgin
Integrated Dev Environments (eg. Microsoft Visual Basic, Visual Studio)	· Anjuta · Eclipse · GLADE · GNU Compiler Collection · GNU Project Debugger · KDevelop · NetBeans · XEmacs
Learning (or Course) Management System	· Docebo · Moodle · Sakai
Modeling Tools (eg. IBM Rational Rose, CA AllFusion)	· ArgoUML · StarUML
Music Playing / Editing (eg. iTunes, Sound Forge, Cool Edit)	· Amarok · Audacious · Audacity · Banshee · GLAME · Helix
Network Diagramming and Monitoring	· Cacti · Etherape · JFFNMS · Kaboodle · MRTG · ntop · RRDtool · Snort (intrusion detection) · Wireshark · Zenoss
Network Management Tools (eg. HP OpenView, Microsoft SMS)	· BO2K · Hyperic HQ · Nagios · OpenNMS · OpenQRM · Webmin · ZipTie
Office Productivity Suites (eg. Microsoft Office)	· GNOME Office · KOffice · OpenOffice · StarOffice
Operating Environments (eg. Microsoft Windows, Linux, VMWare)	· freeBSD · freeDOS · Linux · NetBSD · OpenBSD · OpenSolaris (Sun) · Samba (file/print services) · VirtualBox (virtual machine) · Wine (Windows emulator) · Xen (virtual machine)
PDF File Viewer and Creator (eg. Adobe Acrobat)	· Evince · okular · GhostScript · PDFCreator
Personal Financial Managers (eg. Microsoft Money, Intuit Quicken)	· GNUCash · Grisbi · jGnash · KMyMoney
Personal Information Managers (eg. Microsoft Outlook)	· Aethera · KDE-PIM · Linux Organizer · TreeLine · TuxCards · Ximian Evolution
Photo Album Manager (or Photo Organizer)	· digiKam
Portal Servers (eg. Microsoft Sharepoint, Plumtree, Vignette)	· Gluecode (built on open source) · GridSphere · JBoss Portal · Liferay Portal · Metadot
Presentation Software (eg. Microsoft Powerpoint)	· OpenOffice Impress · StarOffice Impress
Privacy (eg. Pretty Good Privacy)	· AxCrypt · GnuPP · GPG · TrueCrypt
Programming Languages	· Perl · PHP · Python · Ruby
Project Management and Collaboration (eg. Microsoft Project)	· Achievo · GanttProject · GanttPV · NetOffice · Open Workbench · OpenProj · Outreach Project Tool · Planner · TUTOS
Remote Access (eg. Symantec pcAnywhere or VPN appliances)	· OpenVPN · rdesktop · Stunnel · tinc · UltraVNC · VNC - Virtual Network Computing
Security (eg. firewalls, scanners)	· Firestarter (firewall) · IPCop (firewall) · Nessus (scanner) · Nikto (scanner) · Nmap (scanner) · OpenSSH (secure communications) · Paros (proxy) · SmoothWall (firewall)
Spam Filters (eg. MailWasher, SpamEater)	· Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy · MailScanner · POPFile · SpamAssassin · SpamBayes
Spreadsheets (eg. Microsoft Excel)	· Gnumeric · OpenOffice Calc · StarOffice Calc
Telephone Systems - VOIP / PBX / FAX Servers	· Asterisk PBX · HylaFAX (fax server) · OpenPBX · SER PBX · SIPfoundry PBX · Yate
Terminal Server (eg. Microsoft Windows Terminal Server)	· Linux Terminal Server Project
Test Tools (eg. IBM Rational, Mercury Interactive, Segue)	· Ant · Apache JMeter Load Tester · JUnit Testing Framework · Open-Source Test Tools List
Text Editors (eg. Microsoft Notepad)	· Emacs · gedit · gnotepad+ · JEdit · Vim
Text File Merging (eg. Araxis Merge, Microsoft WinDiff)	· WinMerge
Video Editing	· Avidemux · Blender · Jahshaka · Kino · LiVES · VirtualDub
Video Players (WinDVD, PowerDVD, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer)	· Kaffeine · MPlayer · RealPlayer for other OS's · Totem · xine
Virtual Meetings (eg. Microsoft NetMeeting / Messenger)	· GnomeMeeting
Web Browsers (eg. Microsoft Internet Explorer)	· Galeon · Konqueror · Mozilla Firefox · Opera
Web and FTP Servers (eg. Microsoft IIS)	· Apache HTTP Server · FileZilla · ProFTPD · Squid Proxy and Cache · squidGuard Access Controller
Word Processors (eg. Microsoft Word)	· AbiWord · OpenOffice Writer · StarOffice Writer