| Important Freeware | notes |
| Suse Linux | A good linux choice. |
| Open Office | Office Suite, runs on Windows & Linux |
| Firefox Browser | forget MSIE (windows & linux) |
| Thunderbird Email. | forget Outlook (windows & linux) |
| Irfanview | great image viewer (windows only) |
| Gimp | full featured graphics editor (windows & linux) |
| Audacity | audio recorder/capture/convert |
| CD Ripper | cd ripper |
| Popfile | spam filter |
| ZoneAlarm | firewall |
| spybot | spyware removal |
| (windows only) | |