This section contains some useful programs in five categories. File
sizes may have changed since last check.
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Anagrammilahna (shareware, 1.2 MB)
Makes anagrams. IN FINNISH
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Console Calculator (freeware)
A great console-like calculator program. I've used it
since I got fed up with Windows' Calculator as it lacks
some important features.
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WinRAR (shareware)
Archiver which supports nearly anything (RAR, ZIP, ARJ...)
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WWW Gif Animator (shareware, 291 kB)
Quite a good program for making animated GIF images.
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Music & Sound |
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CDex (freeware, 2 MB)
Copy music from CDs to MP3 or WAV files. Can also
convert MP3 to WAV and WAV to MP3.
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mp3DirectCut (freeware, 200 kB)
Cut and fade mp3 files.
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Mp3tag (freeware)
A program for editing tag info of media files. Can edit
multiple files at a time. Supports a
wide range of formats, e.g. mp3, wma and ogg.
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Winamp
Probably the most popular media player, Winamp has heaps of
different features and a wide range of supported file formats.
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System utilities |
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Ad-aware
Spyware detector. Free version doesn't have all the
functions, but it's very useful too.
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AntiVir Personal Edition
Fairly good free antivirus program.
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Spybot S&D (Search & Destroy)
Another spyware detector.
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Startup Control Panel (freeware, 66 kB)
This useful program by
Mike Lin makes you able to
choose what programs are launched at Windows' startup.
I have used it with Win98 and WinXP.
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Text editors and office tools |
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1st Page 2000 (5 MB)
The HTML editor I use. There is also a newer version called
1st Page 2006, but it made me disappointed: the old version
is lighter, faster and has no "Please register now" popups.
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Dev-C++
A text editor which is great for at least C++. Handy
with PHP too, but suits better for C++.
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Notepad++ (freeware)
Advanced text editor which recognizes dozens of different programming
and markup languages. HTML, PHP, C++, C#, XML, Ada, Perl... Notepad++ has
replaced 1st Page 2000 as my primary HTML and PHP editor.
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OpenOffice.org
A fairly good Office pack. Even though it
cannot beat MS Office in most areas, OpenOffice is worth
trying if you don't want to pay for your software. OpenOffice
contains most of the functions that MS Office has.
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Web |
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FileZilla (freeware)
Quite a good and free FTP program. FileZilla has more
features than WS_FTP.
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Mozilla Firefox
Quite a popular web browser with advanced features.
Offers lots of plugins. Newest Firefox versions are not so light
as the first ones.
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Mozilla Thunderbird
The email client I use. Supports also RSS feeds and newsgroups.
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Opera
In my opinion, the best browser. There are lots of features that
make it very good to use. There are also lots of plugins.
Opera is also considered a safe browser.
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WS_FTP LE v. 5.08 (691 kB)
FTP program for transfering files between your computer and
servers. Probably not the best, but I've used it for years.
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