Free Apps for your Windows and Linux

There are good alternatives to Paid Software on Windows Some are freeware and some are from Open Source community.

Package Name	Description	Location
KeePassX	These days every web site you go we have to maintain username and passwords, including bank accounts, credit card info. KeePassX makes life lot easier. Also it is a cross platform tool. Means one can use it on MS-Windows - Linux - MacOS Windows users use KeePass	http://keepassx.sourceforge.net/ http://keepass.info
OpenOffice	This is a complete office suite. In most of the Linux distros it is already shipped. It is also download able for windows users. Its Open Source and Free. It supports MS file formats as well. Open office runs on MS-Windows - Linux and MacOS platorms.	http://www.openoffice.org
Firefox	One of the most secure and reliable browser. It has many features like plugin supports, has tons of add ons and many themes to fit your taste. It runs on MS-Windows - Linux and MacOS platform. Firefox is also less prone for virus attacks. This browser is also Open sourced and Free!	http://www.mozilla.org
Thunderbird	Feature reach Email client that is slick and gives a homely feel. It is also lot secure then Outlook mail client. It supports addons and theme support. Runs on MS-Windows, Linux and MacOS. Its Open Source and Free email client.	http://www.mozilla.org
Nvu	Html editor for MS-Windows, Linux and MacOS platform. This site I have created using NVU and OpenOffice html editor. Unfortunately the development of this editor has stopped yet its really good free editor.	http://www.nvu.com
VLC	VLC is a cross platform video player that runs on MS-Windows, Linux, MacOS, BSD, BEOS and even on mobile devices. VLC can play almost all the media formats. It can play Video CD's, DVD's and also provides plugins for the browsers.	http://www.videolan.org/
IZArc	This is a archive utility that supports many archive formats like: 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BIN, BZ2, BZA, C2D, CAB, CDI, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, IMG, ISO, JAR, LHA, LIB, LZH, MDF, MBF, MIM, NRG, PAK, PDI, PK3, RAR, RPM, TAR, TAZ, TBZ, TGZ, TZ, UUE, WAR, XXE, YZ1, Z, ZIP, ZOO. This utility runs on MS-Windows platform. Unlike the popular WinZip utility which is not free, IZArc is completly free utility.	http://www.izarc.org/
PDFCreator	Create PDF files from almost any Windows program. This tool works as printer to your system and creates PDF files on fly. This tool is free and runs only on Windows.	http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
MyLib	If you have lot of CD's DVD's and remembering what you keep where is a big task for you then you should use this software. This package creates offline images of media directory structure and allows you to search any packages,files in these media database. Ofcourse in order to run any application you need to install the actual CD/DVD but this package reduces searching to great extent.	http://linesoft.org
OpenProj	If you want Microsoft Project and want a free alternative to the same then OpenProj is perfect alternative to the same. It can effortsly open/edit the MSProject files (mpp). OpenProj is developed in java and requires a jre installed on your machine. It runs on Windows / Linux / MacOSX	http://openproj.org or http://sourceforge.net/projects/openproj/
PDF Viewer	I hate the memory hogger Acrobat Reader from Adobe. I always prefer lightweight tools and PDF viewer by docu-track is very light on memory and is very fast to open pdf files. Also it never installs any extra startup services like Adobe do. This reader is Free and runs only on Windows platform.	http://www.docu-track.com/
Chat / Messengers	Again I cannot stand memory hogger Yahoo messenger, also most of the people use yahoo messenger, msn messenger and google talk, So people end up installing 3 applications when a application like Pidgin can help you chat to MSN,Yahoo and Google Talk people at the same time and complete your basic chatting need. Yes there are limitations to the Pidgin you cannot do the voice and video chat. There are some hacks/plugins but I don't think they are easy for a common man. Point here is if your need is limited to chat and want to save system resources then Pidgin is made for you. Pidgin runs on Windows and Linux platform.	http://www.pidgin.im/
Windows Maintenance	Glary is a freeware system optimization tool. It keep your system fine tuned all the time - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Helps you to undelete files deleted accidently. Also has registry optimizer.	http://www.glaryutilities.com/