Digital Adventures of Cyril Pauya

It’s been more than a year since I published My Windows XP Must-Have Software and of course the list has changed then.

I define a kewl Windows freebie as software that runs on Windows and is licensed either as Freeware, Shareware, Donationware, “Free-as-a-beer”, or whatever you call it that does not require a user to pay for it.  Kewl, of course, is cool.

These freebies are for the daily use of my laptop: creating/editing documents, playing music, watching videos, burning CDs or DVDs, browsing, communications and general computer productivity.  They are categorized as follows:

• Desktop Publishing
• Internet / Communication
• Multimedia
• Utilities
• Security

Click on the notes link (if available) for detailed description and why it is kewl:

Category	Sub-Category	Kewl Windows Freebie	Notes
Desktop Publishing
	Office Suite	OpenOffice
	Text Editor	Notepad++
	PDF Reader	Foxit Reader
	PDF Printer	PDF Creator
	Mindmapping	FreeMind
	Picture Editor	GIMP
	3D Modelling	Google Sketchup
Internet / Communication
	Web Browser	Opera
		FireFox
	Website Copier	WinHTTrack
	Communications	Pidgin
		Yahoo Messenger
		Skype
Multimedia
	Audio/Video Player	Media Player Classic
		Windows Media Player
	CD/DVD Burning	CDBurnerXP
		ImgBurn
		StarBurn
	CD/DVD Creator	DeVeDe
	Codec Pack	K-Lite Codec Pack
	Audio Editor	Audacity
	MP3 Volume Normalizer	Mp3Gain
Utilities
	Archive	WinRar
	Calendar	Rainlendar
	Dvorak	DV Assist
	Launchers	ObjectDock
	Virtual Desktop	Virtual Dimension
	Mapping	Google Earth
	File Synchronization	WinSCP
	System Monitoring	Uptimer4 1
		Process Explorer
		TCP View
		Autoruns
Security
	Antivirus	Avast
	Password Keeper	KeePass Password Safe

¹ Uptimer4 used to be at http://www.merijn.org/index.php

Whew, what a list!  I have enough post for the day.  Instead, I will create a separate post for each freebie to explain why it is kewl and update this list.  So keep yourself posted.