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It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. http://azureus.sourceforge.net/ Implements the BitTorrent protocol using java language and comes bundled with many features. http://www.bittorrent.com/ Peer-assisted, digital content delivery platform. http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ Free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions. For Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. http://www.cleansoftware.org/ Resource to help Windows users find the best free daily-use software, free from nasties: adware, spyware, harmful/intrusive components, and threats to privacy. http://distrowatch.com/ Linux distribution news and sources. http://labs.divx.com/DrDivX Open source program for transcoding various video formats to divx. http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/en/ Audio grabber for audio CDs using standard CD and DVD-ROM drives. http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Award winning free open source web browser. Downloads include the free e-mail client Thunderbird. http://flac.sourceforge.net/ Free lossless audio codec, audio is compressed without any loss in quality. http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php A free reader for PDF (Portable Document Format) documents. You can view and print PDF documents with it. http://www.freewarearena.com/html/index.php A listings of freely available software that demands no fees, is not a trial, demo, nor does it contain any adware, spyware or any intrusive malware of any type. http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ For creating, destroying, resizing, checking and copying partitions, and the file systems on them. http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ Online virus and spyware scan from Trend Micro. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx Upgrade to Internet Explorer 7, the latest browser from Microsoft. http://insecure.org/ Network security tools/software including Nmap open source network security scanner. Redhat Linux,Microsoft Windows, FreeBSD, UNIX hacking. http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.jspa Free open source productivity tools that are intuitive to use. Documents, presentations and spreadsheets. http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm An ever growing HOSTS file to help block ads on the internet. http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/ A free universal audio/video batch transcoder. Convert to and from many audio and video compression formats and re-multiplex into various container formats, on the fly, in batch http://oldversion.com/ Because newer is not always better. http://www.opera.com/ Free browser includes bitTorrent any many other features, site also has downloads for mobile and device software. http://www.getpaint.net/ Free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. 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It shows a realistic sky in 3D. http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html Simple, efficient tool to convert, encode, or play any Multimedia file. http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE Install multiple versions of IE on your PC. Installer contains IE3 IE4.01 IE5 IE5.5 and IE6. http://www.tinyapps.org/ Very small software for your PC. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Cross-platform media player and streaming server. http://www.vmware.com/ Virtualizaton software, VMware player, server and other virtual appliances. http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx Helps protect your computer against pop-ups, slow performance, and security threats caused by spyware and other unwanted software. http://www.winpenpack.com/main/news.php A collection of free and open source portable programs optimized for use with a USB pen drive and also directly from a folder of your Hard Disk. http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/trial_zaFamily/trial_zaFamily.jsp?lid=home_freedownloads Pro and free firewall downloads. http://utorrent.com/ Small footprint full featured bittorrent client that is resource-friendly, skinnable and actively developed.