Recommended Software

On this page I share with you some software I use/recommend to you. I’ve used these applications at least once.

Anyway have a look below.

Screen Recorders

CamStudio
http://camstudio.org/

BBFlashBack Express (Freeware)
http://www.bbsoftware.co.uk/BBFlashBack_FreePlayer.aspx

CamTasia Studio 7
http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp

Web Browsers

Google Chrome
http://www.google.co.uk/chrome

Mozilla FireFox
http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/

Opera
http://www.opera.com/

All of the above web browsers are cross platform.

Media players

VLC Media player (Cross platform)
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

WinAMP
http://www.winamp.com/

Song Bird
http://www.getsongbird.com/

Docks

Object Dock
http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/

Rocket Dock
http://rocketdock.com/

xWindows Dock
http://xwdock.aqua-soft.org/

Destkop Customisation

Icon Tweaker (XP only)
http://www.crystalxp.net/galerie/en.id.83-icontweaker.html

Icon Packer (Trial software)
http://www.stardock.com/products/iconpackager/

VistaGlazz
http://www.codegazer.com/vistaglazz/

NimiVisuals
http://mynimi.net/

StarDock Fences
http://www.stardock.com/products/fences/

 

Office

Open Office
http://www.openoffice.org/

AbiWord
http://www.abisource.com/

Virtualization

VirtualBox (Cross Platform)
http://www.virtualbox.org/

Portable

Portable Apps
http://www.portableapps.com

Gaming

Steam (Soon to be cross platform)
http://store.steampowered.com/

Raptr (Social Networking for games)
http://raptr.com/client

 

Cloud Computing

DropBox
http://www.dropbox.com/

 

Blogging Tools

Windows Live Writer (New version require Vista SP2 or Windows Seven)
http://explore.live.com/windows-live-writer?os=other

ScribeFire (Browser Addon)
http://www.scribefire.com/

Graphics

GIMP
http://www.gimp.org/

Paint.Net
http://www.getpaint.net/

 

 

Once I find more software to add to this list it will be updated. Most of the software here is freeware and can be used free of charge.