Crunch IT. Ultimate Free Software
Save money
Saving
money is probably the most important thing on our minds in the times
of slow economy we face today. There are ways to save on the
software without compromising the quality and functionality. Below
we came up with the list of essential ultimate free software which
will do the same or even better job than its highly priced
alternative.
Office Productivity Suites
There are quite a few alternatives to Microsoft Office package, some are cheaper and some are free. Here are couple of office suites we would recommend as a cost free replacement to MS Office. You never lose anything by trying it, here at Crunch IT we are sure you'll love these.
ZOHO
Online
- in our opinion this is the best online
productivity package you can try. Zoho offers a suite of online web
applications geared towards increasing your productivity and
offering easy collaboration. Zoho's online office tools include a
word processor, spreadsheet application, presentation tool, hosted
wiki, notebook, organizer, CRM etc. Most services are free if you
have small number of users...
Get it at
www.zoho.com
OpenOffce.org
- compatible with all other major office
suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute.
Includes a robust word processor (Word), spreadsheet (Excel),
presentation (PowerPoint), database (Access) and even more. Get it
from
www.openoffice.org
IBM
Lotus Symphony - award
winning office suite by IBM
is compatible with all other major suits and includes three
applications - word processor, spreadsheet and database. It is built
upon OpenOffice
technology and is a richly-featured set of productivity tools that
are intuitive and easy to use. Get it from
symphony.lotus.com
AntiThreat Software
Even though we personally would recommend using either Kaspersky or ESET anti-threat software there are still free alternatives which do perform great, they are trustworthy and reliable. Below are free solution suitable for home user, if you put your security first than ask us about Kaspersky or ESET solutions.
COMODO
Internet Security - includes
award-winning firewall and antivirus, this is the most complete form
of security & protection against Hackers, Viruses, Trojans & Malware
and available at no cost to home user. The firewall has been ranked
amongst top 5 firewalls in the world. Get it from
www.comodo.com
AVG
Antivirus - popular free solution
available at no cost to home users and provides the high level of
detection capability that millions of users around the world trust
to protect their computers. Get it from
free.avg.com
SuperAntiSpyware
- the most popular, highly effective on-demand
spyware scanner. We do recommend this software for every computer as
a supplementary scanner to your main antivirus program. Free and
effective solution for home user. Get it from
www.superantispyware.com
Photo Management & Image Authoring Software
Google
Picasa - lets your manage
your photos in one place, eliminate scratches & blemishes,
fix red-eye, crop and more, turn photos into movies,
collages, slideshows and more, upload seamlessly to Picasa
Web Albums to share with friends, family & the world. Get it
from
www.google.com/picasa
GIMP
- GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image
Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program
for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition
and image authoring. Get it from
www.gimp.com
Media Software
GOM
Player - Play your movies
and don't think about codecs, GOM Player includes many
codecs. For those videos that require a separate codec,
GOM will find one and direct you to a place where you
can download it. So it has Codec Finder, it Plays Broken
AVI Files (Patented), has Powerful Subtitle Support,
Convenient Playlist, Support Different Media Types,
Screen Capture and there are Endless Advanced Features.
Get it from
www.gomlabs.com
GOM Encoder - Convert any video files that can be played with GOM Player. Get it from www.gomlabs.com
Foobar
2000 - is an advanced
freeware audio player for the Windows platform. Some of
the basic features include full unicode support,
ReplayGain support and native support for several
popular audio formats MP3, MP4, AAC, CD Audio, WMA,
Vorbis, FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, Musepack, Speex, AU,
SND... and more. Get it from
www.foobar2000.org
Internet & Email Software
Mozilla
Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser.
Firefox includes pop-up blocking; tab-browsing;
integrated Google search; simplified privacy controls; a
streamlined browser window that shows you more of the
page than any other browser; and a number of additional
features that work with you to help you get the most out
of your time online. Get it from
www.mozilla.com
Mozilla
Thunderbird is a freeware e-mail client makes
emailing safer, faster, and easier with such features as
intelligent spam filters, a built-in RSS reader, and
quick search. Thunderbird will help you organize the
most important messages to get you through your day. Get
it from
www.mozilla.com
Miscelaneous Software
Google
Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view
satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings and even
explore galaxies in the Sky. You can explore rich
geographical content, save your toured places and share
with others. Get it from
www.google.com/earth it is
definitely worth it.
7-Zip
- 7-Zip is open source file
archiver with a high compression ratio. Supported
formats: Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and
TAR. Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS,
ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and
Z. Get it from
www.7-zip.org it is definitely
worth it.
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- Virus and spyware removal.
- New and second hand computers.
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