Free softwares

2D & 3D-Graphcs:

1. http://inkscape.org/ : It is used instead of Adobe illustrator & Coral draw. This SVG (Scalable Vector Graphic) format supported software works well in Graphic work.
2. http://genome.org/projects/dia : It works as well as "visio" flow chart software. We can create flow charts as we wish.
3. http://sodipodi.com/ : Using this software, we can edit vector graphics. It is well suited for web-designers.

2D-animation tools:

1. http://uira.org/ : It is used in 2D animation.
2. http://synfig.com/ : 2D animations were using this software earlier. Though it was commercial earlier, now it is available as free software.
3. http://ktoon.toonka.com/ :It is familiar as 2D animation tool. it is used to create vector drawings and animations.

3D-Graphics:

1. http://blender.org/ : This software is used in 3D modelling & editing.
2. http://wings3d.com/ : it is used to create 3D models. We can manage 3D-animations easily.

Compression software utilities:

1. http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/bzip2 : We can compress files/data upto 10-15%.
2. http://7zip.org/ : it is also a compression software.

Personal Information Managers (PIM):

To manage data related to personal cantacts, daily programs, appointments, important passwords etc.

1. http://www.nomadpim.org/
2. http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird : This free software is from Mozilla, which developed firefox browser.
3. http://www.thekompany.org/projects/aethera : it is used as PIM & to manage e-mails too.

Open office: This software occupied 20% of office suit market. More than 35 million users have downloaded this software. Six types of applications are present in this software.

Visit: http://www.openoffice.org/

Networking & Internet:

1. http://w3.org/amaya : To edit & update documents on web itself. It is also used as web-browser.
2. http://www.ghostzilla.com/ : It is only a web-browser. But not so familiar.
3. http://www.konqueror.org/ : This software has file manager, file viewer and browser.
4. http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/ : It works fast and it is very supportive for user customization. It has a vast following.

Browser add-on s:

We have to install browser add-on s to add any extra features to the existing browser. For instance, extra toolbar used in browsing.

1. http://www.siteadvisor.com/download/ff_preinstall.html :This plug-in is used to show how safe the websites are, by ranking them while browsing.
2. http://www.stumbleupon.com/ : By using this utility, we can view only the best useful websites. It is not so easy for anyone to find the good ones. We can view the best stuffed websites with this plug-in. We can also help others by reviewing the best sites we know.

Instant Massaging:

Instant messaging softwares are used to chat by exchanging messages online.

1. http://www.miranda-im.org/
2. http://www.skype.com/
3. http://www.gaim.sourceforge.net/
4. http://www.yahoo.com/

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) clients :

These softwares are useful for who manage websites. We can transfer data and we can also download/upload data from websites with FTP clients.

1. http://www.filezilla.sourceforge.net/
2. http://www.gftp.seul.org/
3. http://www.secureftp.glub.com/
4. http://www.cuteftp.com/

Mail clients:

We can also manage e-mails through specially available mail clients instead of web based e-mail clients.

1. http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird : This is the best software from Mozilla. We can manage e-mails well with this software.
2. http://www.novell.com/products/desktop/features/evolution.html : We can use it as PIM. Using this software, we can manage e-mails, calendar, address book etc.

Accounting softwares:

Tally, Wings, Focus .... are paid softwares. But there are some free softwares are also available.

1. http://www.grisbi.org/ : It is used as Personal Account Manager. We can manage personal transactions by installing it in home PCs. It has all features required for individuals.
2. http://www.turbocashuk.com/ : It is one of the best free softwares world-wide. It works as well as paid softwares. It has all the features required for small companies. it can manage 999 book sets & about 40,000 debit, credit accounts.

Project management softwares:

1. http://www.openworkbanch.org/
2. http://www.achievo.org/
3. http://www.pureviolet.net/gantt/pv

Collaboration softwares:

To keep the projects & programs of persons from different places connected, these are used.

1. http://www.zimbra.com/
2. http://www.netoffice.com/
3. http://www.egroupware.org/

System tools:

1. http://cgsecurity.org/testdisk.html : This utility software is used for data recovery & partition table recovery.
2. http://partitionlogic.org.uk/ : it is used to manage data besides hard-disk partition.
3. http://memtest85.com/ : It is used to test the functionality of RAM.
4. http://iometer.org/ : it shows the functionality of input, output sub-system.