====== Free Software ======

There are a lot of free software out there for the Windows PC.  This page list them all here:

===== Multimedia Utilities =====

  * [[http://www.audiobookmaker.com/index.htm | AudioBookMaker]] - a tool for converting text to speech, then to MP3.
  * [[http://www.videolan.org/index.html|VLC Media Player]] - media (audio or video) player; can even play streams
  * [[http://www.audacityteam.org/|Audacity]] - audio editor; can handle multiple tracks
  * [[https://windirstat.net/download.html|WinDirStat]] - visualize drive file space usage
  * [[http://www.getpaint.net/download.html|Paint.net]] - What Windows Paint should have been
  * [[http://www.tucows.com/preview/518513|Video converter]]
  * [[http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/encoder/default.mspx|Windows media encoder]]
  * [[https://inkscape.org/en/download/|Inkscape]] - drawing tool that supports SVG format
  * [[https://www.gimp.org/|Gimp]] - Photoshop-like tool, but free!
  * [[https://alessandrofrancesconi.it/projects/bimp/|Bimp]] - batch image processor for Gimp
  * [[https://krita.org/en/|Krita]] - digital painting, check [[https://docs.krita.org/Animation#Animation_with_Krita|How to animate with Krita]]
  * [[http://www.bfxr.net/|BFXR]] - free sound effects generator
===== File and System Utilities =====

  * [[http://www.7-zip.org/download.html | 7zip]] - file compression/decompression and encryption/decryption
  * [[https://www.piriform.com/recuva | Recuva]] - file recovery utility
  * [[https://eraser.heidi.ie/|Eraser]] - completely erase sensitive data from your hard drive
  * [[https://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/|YUMI]] - Multiboot USB creator; build special operating system boot drives that can help recover your local administrative rights should you forget your password, and many other useful things
===== Website Framework =====
Below are some code or text editing tools
  * [[https://notepad-plus-plus.org/|Notepadd++]] - better than the original Windows notepad
===== Website Framework =====
  * [[https://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki# | Dokuwiki]] - Text based wiki platform
  * [[https://wordpress.org/ | Wordpress]] - well established web platform; used to just for blogging; now you can used it for almost any purpose
  * [[https://www.joomla.org/ | Joomla]] - well established web content management system (CMS)

===== Office Tools =====
  * [[http://www.openoffice.org/|OpenOffice]] - MS Office, but free.

===== Security =====
  * [[http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html|Avast! Home Edition]] - Anti-virus software
  * [[http://www.truecrypt.org/|TrueCrypt]] - File and volume encryption tool
  * [[http://www1.k9webprotection.com/|K9 Web Protection]] - Home web filter

=====Internet=====
==== Browser Alternative ====
  * [[https://brave.com/|Brave browser]]

====App====
  * [[http://docs.google.com|Google docs]] - online word processor
  * [[http://www.sumopaint.com/web/|Sumo paint]] - online paint program
  * [[http://www.eyeos.info|eyeOS]] - web-based OS
  * [[http://www.neave.com/games/|classic video games]] - remember space invaders, asteroids, pac-man, and so on?  Well, you can play flash versions of them here

====Services====
  * [[http://www.animoto.com|Animoto]] - instant video creation tool
  * [[http://www.zamzar.com|Zamzar]] - convert files from one format to another online