LIKE FREE STUFF? ME TOO! CHECK THIS OUT!

Everyone loves free software but unfortunately it can be difficult to find GREAT FREE SOFTWARE THAT IS ALSO LEGAL TO USE AND OWN. Here at TEAM TETSUK0 it is one of my various aims to list lots of LEGAL FREEWARE that is also GREAT and COMPATIBLE WITH SOME OF THE LEADING BRAND COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE.

You may have already checked out my Free stuff for you #1 journal which lists heaps of IMAGE MANIPULATION software/freeware/shareware (all legal, all free, and all recommended by DA members).

This is the beginning of my NEW Free stuff for you #2 journal which will list software/freeware/shareware dealing with HOME OFFICE AND SCHOOL WORK applications.

I will edit this and add to it as I go, but anyway here are a few to start us off. If you have more, please drop me a link and a short description in the comments below and I will add it. remember, ALL software listed here MUST BE FREE, FULL USABLE VERSIONS AND MUST BE 100% LEGAL software/freeware/shareware.

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HOME OFFICE AND SCHOOL WORK PROGRAMS - General purpose office, media, administration etc programs.
(Click the hyperlinks to goto the download)


Free PORTABLE APPS SUITE software download here

WHAT IS PORTABLE APPS?

Now you can carry your favorite computer programs along with all of your bookmarks, settings, email and more with you. PortableApps.com provides a truly open platform that works with any hardware you like (USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive, etc). This means you can INSTALL the entire suite on a USB or IPOD etc and run it from there without needing to re-install it elsewhere. Use your USB/Ipod installed apps with any Windows computer.

The PortableApps.com Suite and Platform is free. It contains no spyware. There are no advertisements. It isn't a limited or trial version. There is no additional hardware or software to buy. You don't even have to give out your email address. It's 100% free to use, free to copy and free to share.

We use this at home and it is amazingly useful. Portable Apps is an entire Suite of applications which cover many areas of Home Office / School Work type programs - you can add extras, and they all fit on your USB and can be run FROM there!

Here is a list of apps that come WITH the initial suite: --> [link]

    * Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition (web browser)
    * Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition (email)
    * Mozilla Sunbird, Portable Edition (calendar/tasks)
    * ClamWin Portable (antivirus)
    * Pidgin Portable (instant messaging)
    * Sumatra PDF Portable (PDF reader)
    * KeePass Password Safe Portable (password manager)
    * Sudoku Portable (game)
    * Mines-Perfect Portable (game)
    * CoolPlayer+ Portable (audio player)
    * PNotes Portable (notes)
    * OpenOffice.org Portable* (office suite)
           - Writer (word processor)
           - Calc (spreadsheet)
           - Impress (presentations)
           - Base (database utility)
           - Draw (drawing)

* The Light Suite includes AbiWord Portable (word processor) instead of OpenOffice.org Portable.

Let me tell you that ABIWORD is compatible with MS WORD and can save .doc and .docx files as well as many others. This means that you can compose school work (assignments) etc in Abiword at home and still be able to open and edit them at school in MS Word! (Tjis is for those of us who are too broke to be able to afford MS Office!) - It also means you can have Abiword on your USB as a portbale appp and be able to use it no matter where you are or which windows computer you are on.

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PORTABLE APPS DIRECTORY

Full Linked List of Free PORTABLE APPS PROGRAMS available to download here

List of all currently available Portable Apps which can be added to your initial Suite.

The Portable App Directory™ and Portable App Marketplace™ list free open source software and freeware portable apps. As always, the PortableApps.com Platform, menu, backup utility, launchers, installer, format and other utilities are open source.

Accessibility

    * Firefox Accessibility Extension - Make Firefox more accessible
    * On-Screen Keyboard Portable - Easily access an on-screen keyboard
    * Virtual Magnifying Glass Portable - A full-featured screen magnifier

Development

    * AkelPad Portable - lightweight plaintext editor
    * Database Browser Portable (Freeware) - Database management utility
    * Frhed Portable - free hex editor
    * Geany Portable - Text editor and basic IDE
    * gVim Portable - advanced, feature-rich text editor
    * HM NIS Edit Portable - NSIS development environment
    * Notepad++ Portable - A full-featured text editor with syntax highlighting
    * Notepad2 Portable - Simple, lightweight text editor
    * Notepad2-mod Portable - Lightweight text editor
    * NSIS Portable - Windows installer and launcher creation
    * Nvu Portable & KompoZer Portable - The easy-to-use Nvu web editor
    * PortableApps.com Installer - the easy way to package portable apps
    * PortableApps.com Launcher - make apps portable without writing code
    * SQLite Database Browser Portable - Simple SQLite database management tool
    * SWI-Prolog Portable - Prolog programming environment
    * XAMPP - Apache, mySQL, PHP, phpMyAdmin, etc in one package

Education

    * BPBible Portable - bible study tool
    * Celestia Portable - portable space simulator
    * FreeMat Portable - scientific prototyping and technical computing
    * GoldenDict Portable - dictionary and encyclopedia lookups
    * Gramps Portable - genealogical research software
    * Marble Portable - virtual globe and atlas
    * Mnemosyne Portable - flashcard memorization tool
    * Stellarium Portable - portable planetarium
    * TIPP10 Portable - touch typing tutor
    * TypeFaster Portable - touch typing tutor

Games

    * Armagetron Advanced Portable - 3d lightcycle game
    * AssaultCube Portable - fast-paced, online, first-person shooter
    * Atomic Tanks Portable - overly-powerful tanks blow each other up
    * Battle for Wesnoth Portable - turn-based fantasy strategy game
    * Big Solitaires 3D Portable - collection of 40 solitaire games
    * Brutal Chess Portable - 3d chess
    * Canabalt Portable (Freeware) - outrun the demolition of your city with just one button
    * Chromium B.S.U. Portable - fast-paced, vertical scrolling space shooter
    * Cube Portable - old-school first person shooter
    * DOSBox Portable - classic DOS games to go
    * Freeciv Portable - empire-building strategy game
    * Frets on Fire Portable - rock out anywhere with this Guitar Hero™-style game
    * Get Sudoku Portable - interactive sudoku solver
    * Hedgewars Portable - turn-based strategy, artillery and comedy game
    * Hex-a-Hop Portable - hexagonal puzzle game
    * IceBreaker Portable - wall-building-style arcade game
    * Jooleem Portable - simple and addictive puzzle game with great music and visuals
    * Kobo Deluxe Portable - 3rd person scrolling 2D space shooter
    * LBreakout2 Portable - breakout-style arcade game similar to Arkanoid
    * LMarbles Portable - pattern-matching puzzle game
    * Mines-Perfect Portable - a classic hunt-for-mines game with advanced features
    * Monster 2 Portable - retro-style role-playing game
    * NetHack Portable - single player dungeon exploration
    * netPanzer Portable - multiplayer tactical warfare
    * Neverball Portable - 3d rolling ball obstacle course
    * OpenTTD Portable - urban planning simulation
    * Pathological Portable - color-matching puzzle game
    * PokerTH Portable - classic Texas Hold Em style poker at its best
    * Puzzle Collection Portable - dozens of single player puzzles
    * Quick Bridge Portable (Freeware) - play bridge against the computer
    * Quick Cribbage Portable (Freeware) - play cribbage against the computer
    * Quick Poker Portable (Freeware) - play poker against the computer
    * Quick Solitaire Portable (Freeware) - seven classic solitaire games
    * Rocks'n'Diamonds Portable - fast-paced gem collection game
    * Sauerbraten (Cube 2) Portable - first person shooter
    * Scorched 3D Portable - turn-based over-powered artillery in 3D
    * Sudoku Portable - the wildly popular and addictive puzzle game
    * SuperTuxKart Portable - multiplayer cart racing
    * T^3 Portable - 3 dimensional tetris
    * The Mana World Portable - a free, 2D, retro-style MMORPG
    * Tick5 Portable - 5-in-a-row puzzle game
    * Tile World Portable - engaging and fast-paced tile-based puzzles
    * Twin Distress Portable - color matching puzzle game
    * Warzone 2100 Portable - single or online multiplayer real-time strategy game
    * WarMUX Portable - turn-based war of Unix mascots
    * WAtomic Portable - molecular puzzle game
    * WinBoard Chess Portable - advanced chess engine
    * X-Moto Portable - 2D motocross platform game
    * Zaz Portable - color-matching puzzle game

Graphics & Pictures

    * AniFX Portable (Freeware) - full-featured cursor editor
    * Blender Portable - 3D modelling, animation, rendering, post-production, playback
    * Cornice Portable - image viewer with slideshow
    * Dia Portable - full-featured diagramming tool
    * Fotografix Portable (Freeware) - lightweight image editor
    * Fyre Portable - 2D computational artwork
    * GIMP Portable - Photo and Image Editor
    * Hot Spot Studio Portable (Freeware) - mix light to create art
    * IcoFX Portable (Freeware) - full-featured icon editor
    * Inkscape Portable - vector graphics editor
    * IrfanView Portable (Freeware) - lightweight graphic viewer
    * JPEGView Portable - image viewer and processor
    * K-3D Portable - 3D modeling and animation
    * PhotoFiltre Portable (Freeware) - image editing and effects
    * XnView Portable (Freeware) - view, organize and convert photos

Internet

    * aMSN Portable - chat and video chat on MSN/Windows Live
    * DamnVid Portable - video downloader and encoder
    * DownThemAll! Extension (for Firefox) - download the files and images you want faster
    * Feed Notifier Portable - RSS/ATOM popup feed notifications
    * FileZilla Portable - the full-featured FTP client
    * FireFTP Extension (for Firefox) - a lightweight extension
    * Google Chrome Portable (Freeware) - fast, simple, themeable browser
    * gPodder Portable - podcast receiver and manager
    * Instantbird Portable - customizable instant messaging on AOL, Facebook, Google, MSN and more
    * Iron Portable - advanced web browser
    * Juice Portable - podcast receiver and manager
    * KVIrc Portable - full-featured IRC chat client
    * Maxthon Portable (Freeware) - fast, powerful browser
    * Miranda IM Portable - chat with AOL, MSN and Yahoo users in a customizable interface
    * Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition - the award-winning web browser that's safe and secure
    * Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition - the handy email client
    * Nvu Portable & KompoZer Portable - the easy-to-use webpage editor
    * Opera, Portable Edition (Freeware) - lightweight, customizable browser
    * PChat Portable - full-featured IRC chat client
    * Pidgin Portable - chat with AOL, MSN and Yahoo users in an easy-to-use interface
    * PopMan Portable - lightweight email notifier
    * Private Browsing by PortableApps.com - enhanced private browsing
    * PuTTY Portable - lightweight telnet and SSH client
    * qBittorrent Portable - lightweight bittorrent client
    * QuteCom Portable - softphone, text, audio and video chat
    * Sage Extension (for Firefox) - A full-featured RSS extension
    * SeaMonkey, Portable Edition - complete internet suite (browser, email, chat, newsgroups)
    * Skype Portable (Freeware) - instant messaging, video chat and phone calls
    * µTorrent Portable (Freeware) - lightweight bittorrent client
    * WinSCP Portable - SFTP, FTP and SCP client
    * WinWGet Portable - take and manage your downloads on the go
    * wxDownload Fast Portable - multi-threaded download manager

Music & Video

    * Audacity Portable - A simple audio editor and recorder
    * CDEx Portable - cd audio extraction and conversion
    * cdrtfe Portable - CD, DVD, VCD burner
    * CoolPlayer+ Portable - Lightweight, fast, easy-to-use audio player
    * DVDStyler Portable - DVD menu authoring tool
    * fre:ac Portable - extract, convert, and encode audio
    * InfraRecorder Portable - full-featured CD and DVD burner
    * MP3Gain Portable - MP3 audio normalization
    * MuseScore Portable - music composition and notation
    * Paul Stretch Portable - extreme audio stretching
    * SMPlayer Portable - Full-featured movie player with support for most video formats
    * Songbird Portable - Full-featured digital media library and player
    * VirtualDub Portable - video processing and capture utility
    * VLC Media Player Portable - Aeasy to use media player that plays many formats
    * XMPlay Portable (Freeware) - Full featured audio player and library

Office

    * AbiWord Portable - a lightweight word processor compatible with Microsoft Word files
    * Dia Portable - full-featured diagramming tool
    * Evince Portable - document viewer (pdf, ps, djvu, tiff, dvi)
    * Finance Explorer Portable (Freeware) - personal financial management
    * FocusWriter Portable - distraction-free word processor
    * Foxit Reader Portable (Freeware) - small and fast PDF reader
    * GnuCash Portable - accounting, expenses and financial management
    * Gnumeric Portable - full-featured spreadsheet
    * LibreOffice Portable - word processor, spreadsheet, presentations with excellent compatibility
    * Lightning Extension (for Thunderbird) - A lightweight extension for your calendar and tasks
    * Money Manager Ex Portable - easy-to-use personal finance software
    * Mozilla Sunbird, Portable Edition - Calendar and task management with a familiar interface
    * Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition (Address Book) - Email client's built-in address book with import/export functions
    * OpenOffice.org Portable - word processor, spreadsheet, presentations with Microsoft compatibility
    * PDFTK Builder Portable - split, collate, watermark and password protect PDF documents
    * PNotes Portable - sticky notes to go
    * RedNotebook Portable - modern journal and diary
    * SpeedCrunch Portable - an intuitive algebraic calculator
    * Stickies Portable (Freeware) - lightweight sticky notes
    * Sumatra PDF Portable - a lightweight PDF viewer
    * Task Coach Portable - to do list and task manager
    * The Guide Portable - two-pane outliner
    * ToDoList Portable - customizable task management
    * WinDjView Portable - a lightweight DjVu viewer

Security

    * ClamWin Portable - Antivirus on the go
    * Eraser Portable - securely delete files and data
    * EraserDrop Portable - easily secure-erase files and data
    * KeePass Password Safe Portable - Secure, easy-to-use password manager
    * Spybot - Search & Destroy Portable (Freeware) - Spyware detection and removal

Utilities

    * 2X Client Portable (Freeware) - remote server and RDP access client
    * 7-Zip Portable - File archiver and compressor
    * Ant Renamer Portable - Advanced file renaming utility
    * AquaSnap Portable (Freeware) - Screen productivity enhancement
    * BleachBit Portable - cache, temp file and history cleaner
    * CamStudio Portable - screen recorder and video producer
    * Checksum Control Portable - create and verify MD5/SFV checksums
    * Command Prompt Portable - Simple link to a customizable command prompt
    * Console Portable - console window enhancement
    * Converber Portable (Freeware) - convert units of measurement
    * ConvertAll Portable - convert units of measurement
    * Cook Timer Portable - simple countdown timer
    * CrystalDiskInfo Portable - disk health monitoring tool
    * CrystalDiskMark Portable - disk benchmark utility
    * CubicExplorer Portable - advanced file manager
    * Daphne Portable - process explorer, killer and debugger
    * Diffpdf Portable - compare PDFs textually and visually
    * Disk Cleaner Portable - cache, temp file and history cleaner
    * Ditto Portable - clipboard manager and extender
    * DM2 Portable - window control enhancer
    * Don't Panic! Portable - one-click application hider
    * DShutdown Portable (Freeware) - remote PC shutdown and wake up
    * DTaskManager Portable (Freeware) - advanced task manager
    * DSynchronize Portable (Freeware) - directory synchronization
    * Explorer++Portable - multi-tab file manager
    * FreeCommander Portable (Freeware) - easy-to-use windows file manager
    * Free UPX Portable (Freeware) - advanced executable compression
    * HDHacker Portable (Freeware) - MBR and boot sector manager
    * IObit Uninstaller Portable (Freeware) - uninstaller and cleaner
    * JkDefrag Portable - Disk defragmentation and optimization
    * jPortable (Freeware) - Java virtual machine made portable
    * jPortable Launcher - Run Java JARs portably
    * Lightscreen Portable - easy to use screenshot tool
    * Listary Portable (Freeware) - find-as-you-type search for Windows Explorer and more
    * PeaZip Portable - Easy to use file archiver and compressor
    * PortableApps.com AppCompactor - shrink apps without affecting functionality
    * PortableApps.com Backup - integrated backup utility bundled with the platform
    * PortableApps.com Menu - integrated start menu bundled with the platform
    * Regshot Portable - registry and file comparison
    * Revo Uninstaller Portable (Freeware) - easy to use uninstaller
    * SIW (System Information for Windows) Portable (Freeware) - software/hardware info
    * Smart Defrag Portable (Freeware) - disk defragmentation and optimization
    * Synkron Portable - file and directory synchronization
    * System Explorer Portable (Freeware) - task manager and process analyzer
    * TeamViewer Portable (Freeware) - remote PC support and screen-sharing
    * Texter Portable - text substitution utility
    * TinyTask Portable - simple macro record/playback
    * Toucan - backup, sync and encrypt for advanced users
    * UUID-GUID Generator Portable - generate unique identifiers
    * Virtual Volumes View Portable - drive and disk cataloger
    * VirtuaWin Portable - virtual desktop manager
    * WinDirStat Portable - disk usage analyzer and cleanup tool
    * Windows Error Lookup Tool Portable (Freeware) - find windows error code details
    * winMd5Sum Portable - check md5 sums to verify files on the go
    * WinPenguins Portable - penguins running around your desktop
    * WinMerge Portable - file comparison and merging
    * WinMTR Portable - network diagnostic tool
    * Workrave Portable - repetitive stress injury prevention
    * Xenon File Manager Portable - portable file browser
    * XN Resource Editor Portable -lightweight binary resource editor
    * Zint Barcode Studio Portable - barcode generator
    * ZSoft Uninstaller Portable (Freeware) - uninstaller and cleaner