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Favorite Linux Applications
Free Windows Apps
| Name | Category | Description |
| CutePDF writer | PDF writer | CutePDF Writer installs itself as a "printer subsystem". This enables virtually any Windows applications (must be able to print) to convert to professional quality PDF documents - with just a push of a button! |
| Microsoft security essentials | Anti-virus | Microsoft security essentails. |
| Sumatra PDF | PDF Reader | Sumatra PDF is a free PDF, eBook (ePub, Mobi), XPS, DjVu, CHM, Comic Book (CBZ and CBR) reader for Windows. Sumatra PDF is powerful, small, portable and starts up very fast.Simplicity of the user interface has a high priority. |
Free Mac Apps
| Name | Category | Description |
| AppCleaner | System Utilities | AppCleaner is a small application which allows you to thoroughly uninstall unwanted apps. |
| CCleaner for Mac | System Utilities | CCleaner is a good utility to clean up your Mac. |
| Calibre | E-Book Tools | Calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application. It can manage your ebooks in various format, epub, pdf, mobi, etc. It can convert between different formats. |
| Carbon Copy Cloner | Disk/Partition Backup | Carbon Copy Cloner is a simple, donation-ware utility for cloning entire drives, performing incremental backups, and scheduling ongoing backups. |
| Firefox | Browser | Free, Open source web browser. I have been using it for many years. |
| Flip4Mac | Codec | Flip4Mac player includes codecs for Windows media formats. It enables QuickTime to play Windows media files on your Mac. |
| FlyCut | ClipBoard Manager | Flycut is a clean and simple clipboard manager for developers. It based on open source app called Jumpcut. Flycut is also open source: http://github.com/TermiT/flycut |
| GIMP | Image Editor | GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an image retouching and editing tool and is released under the GPLv3 license as free and open-source software. |
| HandBrake | Video Converter | HandBrake is a video converter program intended to both rip and convert video files to work on a number of supported devices. |
| HexFriend | Developer Tools / Hex Editor | HexFriend is a fast and clever open source hex editor for Mac OS X. |
| Kompozer | HTML Editor | WYSIWYG HTML editor |
| LibreOffice | Office Suite | LibreOffice |
| OnyX | Optimization Utilities | OnyX is a multifunction utility for Mac OS X which allows you to verify the startup disk and the structure of its System files, to run misc. tasks of system maintenance, to configure some hidden parameters of the Finder, Dock, QuickTime, Safari, Mail, iTunes, login window, Spotlight, and many of Apple’s applications, to delete caches, to remove a certain number of files and folders that may become cumbersome, and more. |
| PaintBrush | Image Editor (lightweight) | Paintbrush is a simple paint program for Mac OS X. |
| Skype | Messenger | Skype enables calling, seeing, messaging and sharing with others. |
| smcFanControl | Hardware Utilities | SmcFanControl controls the fans of every Intel Mac to make it run cooler. smcFanControl lets the user set the minimum speed of the build in fans. |
| Stuffit Expander | Archive Extractor | StuffIt Expander is always free. Access StuffIt files, uncompress Zip archives, decompress tar, gzip and bzip archives, and more. Just drag, drop, and you're done! From BinHex to Zip, StuffIt to MIME, Expander accesses more formats, in less time, with zero hassles. |
| Tagr | MP3 Tag Editor | Tagr is a small and simple MP3 and MP4 tag editor. |
| Telephone | VOIP: SIP Client | Telephone is a VoIP program which allows you to make phone calls over the internet. It can be used to call regular phones via any appropriate SIP provider. If your office or home phone works via SIP, you can use that phone number on your Mac anywhere you have decent internet connection. |
| Time Out Free | Reminder | It is very easy to fall into bad habits when using a computer for hours on end. You care about what you are doing, so can sometimes push yourself too far, or over-strain yourself. The human body isn't built to sit in one position for endless hours, gripping a mouse or typing on the keyboard. Dejal Time Out is here to help. It will gently remind you to take a break on a regular basis. |
| TrueCrypt | Data Encryption | Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows 7/Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux. |
| uTorrent | Bittorrent Client | |
| VLC Player | Media Player | VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols. |
| VirtualBox | Virtualization | VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. |
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