Links to some useful free software for Windows

I found a site with a lot of useful links to Windows freeware and open source programs:

http://www.winaddons.com/top-300-freeware-software/

Free, open source office suite:

Just download and install it. It is better than Microsoft Office. Can read any file format written in any Microsoft Office suite including the .docx , .xlsx etc. files written in MS Office 2007 and 2010. It can also make .pdf files. Can save files in any format. Shortcut keys are a little more difficult to make.

http://www.openoffice.org/ "

Free DVD writer programs:

Deepburner. There is a freeware variant available for download:

http://www.deepburner.com/

Browsers:

Mozilla Firefox, a secure browser to which a lot of useful tools can be added:

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/upgrade.html

Mozilla Seamonkey, a lightweight browser from Mozilla:

http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

K-meleon, an extremely light and fast browser for Windows:

http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/

Opera:

http://www.opera.com/

Safari for Windows:

http://www.apple.com/safari/

Google chrome:

http://www.google.com/chrome

Fast Browser Pro:

http://www.soft32.com/download_5020.html

Midori:

http://midori-browser.org/

Email programs:

Mozilla Thunderbird, a very good email program. Easy to configure if you are using Gmail:

http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/

Music and movie players:

These would also play DVDs that cannot be played by Windows Media Player

Mplayer. I recommend downloading and installing MPlayer SVN Windows with SMPlayer GUI :

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html

VLC Player:

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

Virtual desktop program for Windows. You can easily set up multiple workspaces, to work more comfortably:

http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/downloads.php

Virtual printer - makes pdf files out of anything:

http://www.dopdf.com/