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Web Browsing
Mozilla Firefox
The world's fastest and best overall web browser. Tabs, pop-up blocking, awesome bar, and hundreds of free extensions.
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Video Player / Video Podcasting
Miro
Beautiful interface. Plays virtually any type of video file. Subscribe to video RSS, download, and watch all in one. Torrent support. Search and download from YouTube and others.
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Telephone
Skype
Talk with anybody in the world for free using Skype. Buy some credits and you can call any phone number in the world, cheap.
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IM - Instant Messaging
Trillian (Windows only)
A powerhouse of an IM client. Supports AOL IM, MSN, ICQ, and Yahoo as well as voice chats, file transfers and more.
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Pidgin (Windows only)
Connect to multiple IM accounts simultaneously in a single app, including: AOL IM, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ, Jabber, and Google Talk. 100% open source.
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Adium (Mac only)
Connect to multiple IM accounts simultaneously, including: AOL IM, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ, Jabber, and Google Talk. Beautiful, themable interface.
Download Page
Email
Mozilla Thunderbird
Powerful spam filtering, solid interface, and all the features you need.
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Application Launching
Quicksilver (Mac only)
Incredible app with cult-like following. Quicksilver lets you start applications (and do just about everything) with a few quick taps of your fingers.
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Colibri (Windows only)
The closest you can get to Quicksilver on Windows.
Download Page
Windows Viruses and Spyware
AVG (Windows only)
The best free anti-virus program.
Download Page
SpyBot (Windows only)
Clean out spyware and adware. If your computer has lots of pop-ups and weird applications, run this immediately.
Download Page
Utilities
WinRAR (Windows only)
Compress and expand RAR files, ZIP files, and more.
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The Unarchiver (Mac only)
Uncompress RAR, 7zip, tar, and bz2 files on your Mac. Many new Mac users will be puzzled the first time they download a RAR file. Do them a favor and download UnRarX for them!
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RSS
RSSOwl
Solid cross-platform RSS client. Open-source.
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FeedDemon (Windows only)
Simple, solid rss client. Easy to use.
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NetNewsWire (Mac only)
The slick integration of tabbed browsing makes this RSS reader our top pick for Mac users.
Download Page
Vienna (Mac only)
Very nice, native mac RSS client. Open source.
Download Page
Peer-to-Peer Filesharing
uTorrent (Windows only)
A simple, fast Bittorrent client that will download your files without slowing down your computer.
Download Page
Limewire
The world's most popular search and download filesharing program. Works great for music and video.
Download Page
Soulseek (Windows only)
The community-based filesharing client. Still one of the best ways to find rare music online.
Download Page
Cabos (Mac only)
A simple, easy to use filesharing program. Gnutella network.
Download Page
Miro
Currently the fastest torrent client on Mac. On Windows, comparable speeds to uTorrent.
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Podcasting
Juice
Solid podcasting client.
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Video Playback
VLC
Plays more video files than most players: Quicktime, AVI, DIVX, OGG, and more. Pretty good interface.
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MPlayer
The interface and buttons are not as nice, but it may play even more video files than VLC.
Download Page
Perian (Mac only)
A plugin that allows quicktime to play additional video formats. (Included in Democracy Player.)
Download Page
Real Alternative Lite (Windows only)
A lightweight, ad-free version of RealPlayer.
Download Page
Jailbreak Your iPhone / iPod Touch
Ziphone
Liberate your iPhone or iPod touch to do things apple won't allow.
Download Page
iPod Ripping
Yami
Get music off of your iPod onto any computer.
Download Page
Senuti (Mac only)
Very nice interface. Get music off of your iPod onto any computer.
Download Page
DVD Ripping
Handbrake
DVD ripper and MPEG-4 / H.264 encoding. Very simple to use.
Download Page
CD / DVD Burning
CDBurnerXP (Windows only)
Burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs, and burn and create ISOs. Despite the name, it does work on Vista.
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Burn (Mac only)
CD and DVD Burner. Burn any video to a disc that plays in your DVD player!
Download Page
Privacy
Vidalia
This TOR frontend keeps you anonymous on the web using military-grade techniques. For use with Firefox see: TorButton.
Download Page
Word Processing / Office Suites
OpenOffice.org
Big, full featured suite of tools for word processing and spreadsheets. Compatible with--and a free replacement for--Microsoft Office.
Download Page
Bean (Mac only)
Very fast and easy to use word processor. Live word count, autosaving, more.
Download Page
AbiWord
A word processor. Leaner and quicker than OpenOffice. Compatible with Microsoft Word documents and OpenDocument Format.
Download Page
PDF Exporting
PDF Creator (Windows only)
'Print' to PDFs from any Windows program, just like God intended. Great for saving receipts, rebates, plane tickets, etc. 100% free and open source.
Download Page
Photo and Graphics
Picasa
The best photo album for Windows. Lets you share photos too.
Organize your photos. Google Pack.
GIMP
Open source photo editing application that rivals Photoshop in features.
Download Page
Seashore (Mac only)
More native Mac version of GIMP.
Download Page
Music
iTunes
Hard to beat as the best music player. Rip and burn CDs and download podcasts too.
Download Page
Wifi Scanning
KisMac (Mac only)
The best wireless scanner for Mac. Find wireless access when you're on the go.
Download Page
Maps
Google Earth
The 3D map of the world that just gets better and better...and creepier. Total must-have.
Download Page
Sound Recording
Audacity
Simple sound recording and editing tool.
Download Page
Privacy
Vidalia
Military-grade anonymous web browsing. Vidalia (a front-end for TOR) keeps you anonymous on the web using open source software and military-grade techniques. To use with Firefox see: TorButton.
Download Page
Running Windows on a Mac
Q Emulator (Mac only)
Run Windows on your Intel Mac at near native speed. Works on G4 / G5 Macs too, but much slower.
Download Page
FTP / SFTP
SmartFTP (Windows only)
A popular FTP program.
Download Page
Filezilla (Windows only)
Excellent FTP program. 100% free and open source.
Download Page
Cyberduck (Mac only)
Very good all-around ftp program.
Download Page
HTML / Text Editing
NoteTab Light (Windows only)
Text / html editor.
Download Page
Smultron (Mac only)
Text / html editor. Integrates with Cyberduck for editing websites.
Download Page
IRC
mIRC (Windows only)
The most popular Windows IRC client.
Download Page
Colloquy (Mac only)
Great IRC client.
Download Page
Web Browsing
Mozilla Firefox The world's fastest and best overall web browser. Tabs, pop-up blocking, awesome bar, and hundreds of free extensions.
Download Page
Video Player / Video Podcasting
Miro Beautiful interface. Plays virtually any type of video file. Subscribe to video RSS, download, and watch all in one. Torrent support. Search and download from YouTube and others.
Download Page
Telephone
Skype Talk with anybody in the world for free using Skype. Buy some credits and you can call any phone number in the world, cheap.
Download Page
IM - Instant Messaging
Trillian (Windows only) A powerhouse of an IM client. Supports AOL IM, MSN, ICQ, and Yahoo as well as voice chats, file transfers and more.
Download Page
Pidgin (Windows only) Connect to multiple IM accounts simultaneously in a single app, including: AOL IM, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ, Jabber, and Google Talk. 100% open source.
Download Page
Adium (Mac only) Connect to multiple IM accounts simultaneously, including: AOL IM, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ, Jabber, and Google Talk. Beautiful, themable interface.
Download Page
Mozilla Thunderbird Powerful spam filtering, solid interface, and all the features you need.
Download Page
Application Launching
Quicksilver (Mac only) Incredible app with cult-like following. Quicksilver lets you start applications (and do just about everything) with a few quick taps of your fingers.
Download Page
Colibri (Windows only) The closest you can get to Quicksilver on Windows.
Download Page
Windows Viruses and Spyware
AVG (Windows only) The best free anti-virus program.
Download Page
SpyBot (Windows only) Clean out spyware and adware. If your computer has lots of pop-ups and weird applications, run this immediately.
Download Page
Utilities
WinRAR (Windows only) Compress and expand RAR files, ZIP files, and more.
Download Page
The Unarchiver (Mac only) Uncompress RAR, 7zip, tar, and bz2 files on your Mac. Many new Mac users will be puzzled the first time they download a RAR file. Do them a favor and download UnRarX for them!
Download Page
RSS
RSSOwl Solid cross-platform RSS client. Open-source.
Download Page
FeedDemon (Windows only) Simple, solid rss client. Easy to use.
Download Page
NetNewsWire (Mac only) The slick integration of tabbed browsing makes this RSS reader our top pick for Mac users.
Download Page
Vienna (Mac only) Very nice, native mac RSS client. Open source.
Download Page
Peer-to-Peer Filesharing
uTorrent (Windows only) A simple, fast Bittorrent client that will download your files without slowing down your computer.
Download Page
Limewire The world's most popular search and download filesharing program. Works great for music and video.
Download Page
Soulseek (Windows only) The community-based filesharing client. Still one of the best ways to find rare music online.
Download Page
Cabos (Mac only) A simple, easy to use filesharing program. Gnutella network.
Download Page
Miro Currently the fastest torrent client on Mac. On Windows, comparable speeds to uTorrent.
Download Page
Podcasting
Juice Solid podcasting client.
Download Page
Video Playback
VLC Plays more video files than most players: Quicktime, AVI, DIVX, OGG, and more. Pretty good interface.
Download Page
MPlayer The interface and buttons are not as nice, but it may play even more video files than VLC.
Download Page
Perian (Mac only) A plugin that allows quicktime to play additional video formats. (Included in Democracy Player.)
Download Page
Real Alternative Lite (Windows only) A lightweight, ad-free version of RealPlayer.
Download Page
Jailbreak Your iPhone / iPod Touch
Ziphone Liberate your iPhone or iPod touch to do things apple won't allow.
Download Page
iPod Ripping
Yami Get music off of your iPod onto any computer.
Download Page
Senuti (Mac only) Very nice interface. Get music off of your iPod onto any computer.
Download Page
DVD Ripping
Handbrake DVD ripper and MPEG-4 / H.264 encoding. Very simple to use.
Download Page
CD / DVD Burning
CDBurnerXP (Windows only) Burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs, and burn and create ISOs. Despite the name, it does work on Vista.
Download Page
Burn (Mac only) CD and DVD Burner. Burn any video to a disc that plays in your DVD player!
Download Page
Privacy
Vidalia This TOR frontend keeps you anonymous on the web using military-grade techniques. For use with Firefox see: TorButton.
Download Page
Word Processing / Office Suites
OpenOffice.org Big, full featured suite of tools for word processing and spreadsheets. Compatible with--and a free replacement for--Microsoft Office.
Download Page
Bean (Mac only) Very fast and easy to use word processor. Live word count, autosaving, more.
Download Page
AbiWord A word processor. Leaner and quicker than OpenOffice. Compatible with Microsoft Word documents and OpenDocument Format.
Download Page
PDF Exporting
PDF Creator (Windows only) 'Print' to PDFs from any Windows program, just like God intended. Great for saving receipts, rebates, plane tickets, etc. 100% free and open source.
Download Page
Photo and Graphics
Picasa The best photo album for Windows. Lets you share photos too.
Organize your photos. Google Pack.
GIMP Open source photo editing application that rivals Photoshop in features.
Download Page
Seashore (Mac only) More native Mac version of GIMP.
Download Page
Music
iTunes Hard to beat as the best music player. Rip and burn CDs and download podcasts too.
Download Page
Wifi Scanning
KisMac (Mac only) The best wireless scanner for Mac. Find wireless access when you're on the go.
Download Page
Maps
Google Earth The 3D map of the world that just gets better and better...and creepier. Total must-have.
Download Page
Sound Recording
Audacity Simple sound recording and editing tool.
Download Page
Privacy
Vidalia Military-grade anonymous web browsing. Vidalia (a front-end for TOR) keeps you anonymous on the web using open source software and military-grade techniques. To use with Firefox see: TorButton.
Download Page
Running Windows on a Mac
Q Emulator (Mac only) Run Windows on your Intel Mac at near native speed. Works on G4 / G5 Macs too, but much slower.
Download Page
FTP / SFTP
SmartFTP (Windows only) A popular FTP program.
Download Page
Filezilla (Windows only) Excellent FTP program. 100% free and open source.
Download Page
Cyberduck (Mac only) Very good all-around ftp program.
Download Page
HTML / Text Editing
NoteTab Light (Windows only) Text / html editor.
Download Page
Smultron (Mac only) Text / html editor. Integrates with Cyberduck for editing websites.
Download Page
IRC
mIRC (Windows only) The most popular Windows IRC client.
Download Page
Colloquy (Mac only) Great IRC client.
Download Page
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