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Elegant Software

These are pointers to programs that someone feels work well for their intended purpose and deliver value with minimal pain. They are either free or relatively inexpensive. Some may, however, require more than basic user-level skills to use effectively. Other recommendations are welcome!

  • Irfanview

    A graphics viewer on steroids. Free for personal use. Windows only, though -- sorry!

  • WizTree

    What's on your (Microsoft Windows) SSDs and disks? Do you know? This will show you -- quickly! Free for personal use, but you can also buy it (cheap).

  • LibreOffice.org

    Like home office software but not the price of the most popular one? Try LibreOffice (preferred offshoot from OpenOffice). It's free and includes a word processor, spreadsheet, database, presentation software, and more! The download is huge (more than 100 MB), but if this is what you need, I recommend it. It can read and write MS Office-formatted files for the most part.

  • Opera

    Opera is a very fast, standards-compliant browser with a nifty feature set. It now is free. Versions are available for multiple operating systems.

  • Mozilla Firefox

    Firefox is from the folks who brought you Mozilla (Netscape). As part of the Open Source "movement," it is completely free. Versions are available for multiple operating systems.

  • SeaMonkey

    Netscape is no more (or at least it's not supported). Long live SeaMonkey! Want a complete browser suite like Netscape used to be? As part of the Open Source "movement," it is completely free. Versions are available for multiple operating systems.

  • Notepad++

    This is not a word processor, but it is a very slick text editor and completely free. Windows only, sorry.

  • FileZilla

    Need to maintain a web site using FTP? You could do worse than this one. It's also open source and free.

  • Skype

    Skype is free Voice Over IP (VOIP) software. Put a headset (earphones and microphone) on an Internet-connected computer, and you can have audio calls with anyone else in the world similarly equipped (including Skype) for free. Add web cameras, and you can have free video calls too. The quality is excellent. Yes, Skype also sells services -- but those are for using it to communicate with people with regular phones. Skype-to-Skype is free so long as you have Internet connectivity. Texting (Skype to Skype) is also included.


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