Download - Open Source Software and free software

Open source softwares are programmes, which give you full right to use, study and modify them. And they are for free. Avoid running after expensive comericial softwares and/or their illegal hacks or patches. Here are list of mostly used open softwares. Try them !
Thanks to the Geeks, who spend so many times to create such great softwares.

Web Browsing

Mozilla Firefox Get it!
The premier free, open-source browser. Tabs, pop-up blocking, themes, and extensions. Considered by many to be the world's best browser.

OperaGet it!
The premier free, open-source browser. Tabs, pop-up blocking, themes, and extensions. Considered by many to be the world's best browser.

Video Player & Podcasting

VLC Media PlayerGet it!
highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2,MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, …) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

MiroGet it!
Beautiful interface. Plays any video type (much more than windows media player). Subscribe to video RSS, download, and watch all in one. Torrent support. Search and download from YouTube and others.

MPlayerGet it!
Similar to VLC-- plays loads of video formats

Media Player ClassicGet it!
manage your unruly inbox, scales to the most sophisticated organizational needs while making it easy to find what you need.

JuiceGet it!

ThunderbirdGet it!
manage your unruly inbox, scales to the most sophisticated organizational needs while making it easy to find what you need.

Word processing

OpenofficeGet it!
full featured suite of tools for word processing and datasheets. Compatible with and a free replacement for Microsoft Word documents. with dictinaries in many languages.

AbiWordGet it!
A word processor. Leaner and quicker than OpenOffice. Compatible with Microsoft Word documents and OpenDocument Format.

Photo Editing

GIMPGet it!
Photo editing application that rivals Photoshop in features

Irfan ViewGet it!
a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE, simple for beginners and powerful for professionals.

PaintNetGet it!
image editing and photo manipulation software for computers that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools

InkscapeGet it!
Vector graphics application.

3D Graphics and Modelling

BlenderGet it!
Powerful 3D Modeling software.

DVD Ripping and Format Conversion

Media CoderGet it!
Great tool for ripping CDs, DVDs, etc and converting between tons of video formats.

HandbrakeGet it!
DVD to MPEG-4 ripper/converter.

Filesharing

AzureusGet it!
manage your unruly inbox, scales to the most sophisticated organizational needs while making it easy to find what you need.

FTP Client

FilezillaGet it!
Small but Excellent FTP program.

Archiving

PeaZipGet it!
Fantastic archiving utility to extract and pack archives of an extensive amount of formats. PeaZip also features password protecting archives, keyfile support, system integration, a lovely interface, and much more.