15 Free Pc Programs Everyone Should Have

There are millions of free and open source projects available, many of them better than any commercially available product.

Below is a short listing of what we think are the best out there, broken down into ten categories.

Antivirus and malware protection

Most PC users realize that they need protection on their computer or may have an installed antivirus program from their computer manufacturer.

What most don't realize is that there are free programs that are just as good and in some cases better than the commercial products.

Below are our recommendations.

Backup solutions

There are dozens of free and commercially available backup programs for computers.

Unfortunately, many of those backups are stored locally, meaning if your house were to catch fire, get robbed, or if you lost your backup discs, all your data would be lost.

To avoid loss of important data, we suggest users use online backup services.

Browsers

Although Microsoft Internet Explorer comes pre-installed on Windows computers. There are several excellent free alternatives that everyone should try.

These free alternatives can often be faster, have more options, and in many cases be more secure than Internet Explorer.

Compression utility

When downloading files on the Internet, you'll eventually encounter a .zip, .rar, or other compressed file. Dealing with these files can be easy with our below free file compression utility.

Disc ripper and creation utility

Creating an audio or data CD/DVD, ripping the data from an audio CD, or creating a CD from a .ISO file can also be done freely using our below free recommendation.

E-mail

E-mail is yet another service that can be done freely. Most users today use online e-mail solutions like the one listed below.

However, for those still using an e-mail client such as Microsoft Outlook we strongly suggest one or both of the below suggestions.

FTP, SFTP, and SSH Utility

Users who maintain their own web page or need to upload or download files to or from a server have to use an FTP utility or an SSH client.

There are many commercial programs capable of doing this but our below free recommendations beats them all.

Image editor,

paint program, and picture organizer

There are many great free solutions for editing, creating, and organizing your images on your computer.

Many of the programs capable of doing these tasks can be several hundred dollars, but all of the below programs are completely free.

Multimedia

There are dozens of different multimedia programs with different capabilities and limitations.

Below are our top free multimedia programs for watching video files and recording audio.

Office Suite

An Office suite such as Microsoft Office is often one of the most expensive programs that a user can install on their computer.

Why install these expensive programs when there are free solutions that are just as good.

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