• UBUNTU

    Ubuntu is designed primarily for desktop use, although netbook and server editions exist as well.[8] Web statistics suggest that Ubuntu's share of Linux desktop usage is about 50%,[9][10] and indicate upward-trending usage as a web server.[11] Ubuntu holds an estimated global usage of more than 12 million desktop users,[12] and it is considered by DistroWatch to be the most popular distribution of Linux. Ubuntu is sponsored by the UK-based company Canonical Ltd., owned by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth.

  • KUBUNTU

    Kubuntu is an official derivative of the Ubuntu operating system using the KDE Plasma Desktop instead of the Unity graphical environment. It is part of the Ubuntu project and uses the same underlying system. It is possible to install both the KDE Plasma Desktop (kubuntu-desktop) as well as the Unity desktop (ubuntu-desktop) on the same machine. Every package in Kubuntu shares the same repositories as Ubuntu.[2] It is released regularly on the same schedule as Ubuntu

  • SUSE

    SUSE Linux is a worldwide community program sponsored by Novell that promotes the use of Linux everywhere. The program provides free and easy access to openSUSE. Here you can find and join a community of users and developers, who all have the same goal in mind — to create and distribute the world's most usable Linux. openSUSE also provides the base for Novell's award-winning SUSE Linux Enterprise products. The goals of openSUSE project are to make openSUSE the easiest Linux distribution for anyone to obtain and the most widely used open source platform. Provide an environment for open source collaboration that makes openSUSE the world's best Linux distribution for new and experienced Linux users.

  • Mandriva

    MANDRIVA Linux is the best way to start using Linux. A full Linux operating system on a single CD for both new and experienced Linux users, it is fast to download and install, and also safe to try with a live mode. Requirements: any Intel or AMD processor, 1Ghz or better - dual-core supported, RAM - 256 MB minimum, 512 MB recommended. .

Graphic Software

Universal Viewer (ATViewer) is an advanced file viewer with wide range of formats supported. Implemented view modes and corresponding file formats are: Text, Binary, Hex, Unicode: any files, of unlimited size (even 4Gb+ sizes are allowed); RTF/UTF-8: RTF and UTF-8 encoded texts; all general graphics formats: BMP JPG GIF PNG TGA TIFF.

XnView is a software to view and convert graphic files, really simple to use. Support of more than 400 graphics formats ! It's free, so do not hesitate.XnView exists for Windows, MacOS X, Linux x86, Linux ppc, FreeBSD x86, OpenBSD x86, NetBSD x86, Solaris sparc, Solaris x86, Irix mips, HP-UX, AIX.

FastStone MaxView is a tiny, very fast and innovative image viewer that supports all major graphic formats. Its intuitive layout and commands allow everyone, from beginners to professionals, to view and manipulate images quickly and efficiently.

Pix is an image viewer. It is run from a single .exe and requires no other files to run. So it's simple to use and will work anywhere it doesn't need to be on a CD it's quite happy sitting on your harddrive. The Program is designed to sit in the root directory of your images and from there all directories and images can be accessed and viewed. Images can be viewed full screen or in the preview window. Pix viewer does not come in an installer you just download the .exe then just drop this file in to the root directory of you images. Pix may not have all the features of some other viewers but the object of Pix was to keep it small and simple. Currently supported image formats: .jpg, .gif, .bmp.

LittleViewer is a free, simple and very small image viewer. The program is very compact, undemanding to system resources and very simple in use. You don't need to read any manuals to get started. LittleViewer won't put anything in the registry. For work it is not required any adjustments and any special libraries.

i.Mage is a small and fast graphics editor slanted towards quite and easy pixel editing, ala DPaint from the DOS/Amiga days. Instead of being a bloated behemoth with a zillion plugins it starts in under a second and it does a lot of the mundane jobs of image editing quickly and without fuss. The right tool for simple jobs.

The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.

PhotoFiltre is a complete image retouching program. It allows you to do simple or advanced adjustments to an image and apply a vast range of filters on it. It is simple and intuitive to use, and has an easy learning curve. The toolbar, giving you access to the standard filters with just a few clicks, gives PhotoFiltre a robust look.

PaintStar is a versatile digital image processing software suitable for such tasks as retouching of photographs, composing and authoring images, image morphing, screen capture, and displaying image thumbnail in Windows Explorer context menu. It supports alpha, layer, path ,and the most common editing techniques. PaintStar has many of the tools and filters you would expect to find in commercial offerings, and some interesting extras as well.

ArtRage comes in 2 editions. The Starter Edition can be downloaded at no cost. The Full version with all of the new features can also be purchased for $25 US. ArtRage 2.5 Starter Edition gives you 8 painting tools and lets you create, save, and print as many pictures as you like and doesn't limit their size. ArtRage 2.5 Full Edition contains four new paint tools, the ability to paint on multiple layers, metallic paint, stencils and rulers, and many more.

edjpgcom is a free Windows application that allows you to change (or add) a JPEG comment in a JPEG file. That's all it does. All other fields in a JFIF or Exif file are left untouched.

IcoFX is a free icon editor that supports Windows Vista icons also. It can extract icons from exe and dll files. Can convert images to icons. It can do also batch processing.

Office Suite

Portable OpenOffice is a complete office suite - including a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, drawing package and database -- packaged as a portable app, so you can take all your documents and everything you need to work with them wherever you go.

Portable AbiWord is the lightweight AbiWord word processor packaged as a portable app, so you can edit your documents on the go. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer, without leaving any personal information behind.

Foxit PDFReader is a free PDF document viewer and printer, with incredible small size (only 2.1 M download size), breezing-fast launch speed and amazingly rich feature set. Foxit Reader supports Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista. Its core function is compatible with PDF Standard 1.7.

Abykus SE is a 8191 rows x 127 columns spreadsheet program designed for business and scientific applications. The program combines object-oriented functionality with traditional spreadsheet operations, allowing you to store multi-value data types (such as arrays and matrixes) in a single cell. This not only saves valuable space on your worksheets, but it also significantly reduces the overhead needed to manage data. Once created, a cell object can either stand alone or be used as a building block to form other objects which are continuously recalculated as changes are made to key values throughout the worksheet .

Simple Spreadsheet is a bare-bones spreadsheet available for free, including sources. It is a spreadsheet with minimal features. It is perfect if you want only the basics.

Floppy Office is a collection of small, self contained no-install free office software applications which enable the end use access to every tool, utility and program imaginable for home, business, and student users alike. All of the self-contained, standalone applications require no installation, whatsoever, and for this reason make the perfect companion software package for your USB stick. All one needs to do is to extract all the zip files containing each application to their USB, configure them to their liking, and they are all set.

Web Site Ripper

HTTrack is a free (GPL, libre/free software) and easy-to-use offline browser utility. It allows you to download a World Wide Web site from the Internet to a local directory, building recursively all directories, getting HTML, images, and other files from the server to your computer.

Web Browser

Mozilla Firefox is available free-of-charge for Windows, Mac and Linux computers in more than 35 languages. The award-winning Mozilla Firefox Web browser is enjoyed by tens of millions of people worldwide, and has reignited innovation and competition on the Web. It's so safe that many users have reported no spy ware infections since they started using it.

Opera - is a powerful tool that gives you more options when surfing the Web. It is faster, safer and easier to use than your current browser. It's probably the fastest of all browsers. It is full of benefits. You don't need a separate BitTorrent application to download large files. If you use Internet Explorer you are more likely to be subjected to dangerous software such as viruses and spyware. Opera works hard to maintain your security online due to the fraud protection technology, and excellent support for security protocols.

Maxthon Maxthon Browser is a powerful tabbed browser built for all users. Besides basic browsing funtionalities, Maxthon Browser provides a rich set of features to improve your surfing experience. All the web pages are arranged as tabs inside main window to ease your navigation. Maxthon Security Updates reduce the risk of certain unpatched Internet Explorer vulnerabilities while browsing.

Avant browser Avant Browser's user-friendly interface brings a new level of clarity and efficiency to your browsing experience, and frequent upgrades have steadily improved its reliability. Avant Browser can save users' bookmarks, RSS Feeds, configurations or web passwords etc, in Avant online storage. In this way, users can access their personal data from anywhere, office, home or an Internet cafe, and don't need to worry about losing those data when re-install windows. Browse multiple web pages simultaneously. All opened pages can be easily stopped, refreshed, closed or arranged with one click.

K-meleon K-Meleon is an extremely fast, customizable, lightweight web browser for the Win32 (Windows) platform based on the Gecko layout engine (the rendering engine of Mozilla). K-Meleon is a simple, fast, efficient Windows web browser that allows the user to completely control its look and functionality.

Apple Safari Software that allows you to view pages on the World Wide Web. These pages are written in a markup language called HTML - which can be written in any text editor (e.g. Notepad) or specialised tool (Macromedia Dreamweaver, Microsoft FrontPage, Adobe GoLive). They can be viewed on any platform and any device (e.g. PDAs, PCs, Mobile Phones)

Trojan Scanner/Trojan Remover

a-squared is a completely free of charge for private use. It remove infections of Trojans, Spyware, Adware, Worms, Keyloggers, Rootkits, Dialers and other malicious programs.

ewido anti-spyware will now continue under the new product name AVG Anti-Spyware which contains the same ewido technology, but with some further enhanced features, such as highly improved cleaning, lower resource usage. Besides, additional languages are supported.

Rootkit Scanner / Remover

F-Secure BlackLight Did you know that some spyware programs are already using so-called rootkits to hide deep in the system. With F-Secure BlackLight Rootkit Elimination Technology you can find out, whether your computer is infected by invisible rootkits.

RootkitRevealer is an advanced rootkit detection utility. It runs on Windows NT 4 and higher and its output lists Registry and file system API discrepancies that may indicate the presence of a user-mode or kernel-mode rootkit. RootkitRevealer successfully detects all persistent rootkits published at www.rootkit.com, including AFX, Vanquish and HackerDefender.

GMER is an application that detects and removes rootkits. It scans for hidden processes, threads, modules, services, files, Alternate Data Streams, registry keys, and more.

DarkSpy Anti-Rootkit is a powerful rootkit detection tool. It internally combines many effective detection techniques, including DarkSpy's own handlers and also methods used by other famous tools.

Panda Anti-Rootkit is a program that uses latest generation technology to detect and remove rootkits.

Intrusion Detection Utility

ThreatFire - protects when your antivirus can't. It is dramatically different to traditional antivirus software. Normal antivirus products usually need to have first identified and seen a threat before they can provide adequate protection against it. The protection is then provided via a signature or fingerprint update, which must first be written by an antivirus researcher. This creates a large window of time where threats are undetected and can therefore infect your PC even when you have antivirus software installed.

Blink Personal provides home PC protection plus Internet Security. Including all-in-one antivirus, antispyware, antiphishing, identity theft protection, plus personal firewalls.