Software

Office

Adobe Reader A PDF-Reader (that can be produced by OpenOffice)
  • Windows (98SE-XP)
  • Mac (OS X)
  • Linux
 Use OpenOffice.org A full-featured Office Suite (like MS Office), needs JRE
  • Windows (98SE-XP)
  • Mac (mind. OS 10.3)
  • Linux
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) Needed by Openoffice
  • Windows (98SE-XP)
  • Mac (OS X)
  • Linux
Scribus A professional DTP
  • Windows (2000-XP)
  • Mac (min. OS 10.3)
  • Linux

Internet and antivirus

Antivir Antivirus (that seems not to work correctly any more)
  • Windows (98SE-XP)
Firefox 2 The fastest Web-browser ever
  • Windows (98SE-XP)
  • Mac (OS X)
  • Linux
Get Thunderbird! A fast mail program
  • Windows (98SE-XP)
  • Mac (OS X)
  • Linux
Skype A VoIP-programm
  • Windows (2000-XP)
  • Mac (OS 10.3)
  • Linux

Pictures

Blender 3D animations
  • Windows (98SE-XP)
  • Mac (OS X)
  • Linux
The Gimp An Image Manipulation Program, like Adobe Photoshop
  • Windows (2000-XP)
  • Mac (OS X)
  • Linux
XnView show pictures and transform them...
  • Windows (98SE-XP)

Audio

Audacity professional sound manipulation
  • Windows (2000-XP)
  • Mac (OS X)
  • Linux
DbPowerAmp Music Converter convert sound formats (MP3 needs licence)
  • Windows (98SE-XP)
MP3 Direct Cut und 1by1 Player MP3s direct cut and listen
  • Windows (98SE-XP)
Songbird Mozilla's iTunes (Warning: Alpha! not thought for use)
  • Windows (2000-XP)
  • andere kommen bald

Emulators

Who doesn't know what this is shouldn't try it.

PearPC A PPC emulator
  • Windows
  • Linux
Qemu A ix86 emulator
  • Linux

Drive-Firmware (Code Free)

Who doesn't know what this is shouldn't try it.

Inmatrix explanations (EN)
RPC1 Forum Firmware: Warning, dangerous!

Tools

7-Zip A zip programm
  • Windows (98SE-XP)
D-Tools mount CD/DVD images
  • Windows (98SE-XP)
True-Crypt A cryption program
  • Windows (2000-2003)
  • Linux
Auto Gordian Knot DVD2avi transformation program
  • Windows (98SE-XP)

Programing

MinGW Developer Studio A good IDE (can be extended with Qt OSS)
  • Windows (98SE-XP)
  • Linux
  • FreeBSD
Qt 4 OSS grafical programs with Qt (needs MinGW on Windows)
  • Windows (98SE-XP)
  • Mac OS X
  • Unix/Linux (X11)

Linux distributions

Get Gentoo! difficult distribution (one can build everything himself), but with Sabayon graphical mode
ReactOS Not Linux, but a fully Windows-compatible OS.
Get Opensuse! good Linux distribution
Ubuntu / Kubuntu / Edubuntu simple distribution (needs fast internet)