| Type | Windows | Linux, BSD & friends |
MacOS | Not recommended |
| Text Editor |
Textpad, Ultraedit, Unired, SC Unipad, Codepad, Notepad2 |
Yudit, Kate |
BBEdit |
| Office suite |
OpenOffice, Abiword |
OpenOffice, Abiword |
OpenOffice, Abiword |
MS Office |
| Image viewer |
Irfanview, Xnview |
Xnview |
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ACDSee |
| Image editor |
PhotoFiltre, Paint shop pro, Gimp |
Gimp |
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| 3D modeller |
GMax, Maya PLE, Softimage XSI, Blender, Truespace |
Blender |
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| File manager |
Total Commander |
Krusader, KCommander |
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| File archiver |
Winrar |
Winrar |
Winrar |
Winzip |
| Browser |
Firefox, Mozilla, Opera |
Firefox, Mozilla |
Mozilla |
Internet Explorer |
| E-mail |
Incredimail, Foxmail, Thunderbird |
Thunderbird |
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Outlook express |
| Antivirus |
Antivir personal edition, AVG7 Free edition |
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| Firewall |
Outpost FW, Soft perfect FW, Sygate personal FW |
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| CD/DVD writing |
Nero |
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| Audio player |
Winamp |
XMMS |
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| Audio editor |
Goldwave, Audacity |
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| Audio codec |
Ogg vorbis |
Ogg vorbis |
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| Video player |
BSPlayer, Media player classic |
MPlayer, VLC |
VLC |
Windows media player |
| Video codec |
Xvid, DivX |
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Windows media video |
| Video editor |
VirtualDub, VirtualDub-MPEG2, Mpg2cut2 |
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| DVB viewer |
ProgDVB |
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| Information |
CIA World factbook, NASA World Wind |
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It is very hard to link onto program websites (they often change).
Please use search engines to find the programs.