Your Favorite Freeware Websites? (including little-known websites)

[Berkeley Brett]

Hello all:

I know that many of the software-savvy contributors to this fine
newsgroup are frequent downloaders of freeware, and I suspect that many
enjoy "panning for freeware gold" from time to time: looking for
little-known freeware masterpieces that can vastly enhance the quality
of ones computing experience.

Whoever said "You can't get something for nothing" had not explored the
world of freeware!

My question is, which websites are your favorite freeware websites?
There is no need to be restricted to freeware-only websites (for
example, www.Download.com has lots of excellent freeware, though
freeware comprises only a small percentage of their offerings). I'm
simply wondering, which websites do you *actually* explore on a pretty
regular basis to find the best freeware available?

Please feel free to include little-known freeware sites as well as the
large, very well-known websites. And please don't worry about
repeating sites that others mention: it would actually be quite nice to
see which sites are mentioned most frequently. Repetition encouraged!

Thank you in advance for your help!

As far as my own favorite sites, I really do think that
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/ is just about the best freeware-only
website around (assuming you are looking for practical freeware and not
entertainment freeware). I recommend this website to friends before I
recommend my own website! I also think that http://www.download.com/
is hard to beat for the absolute breadth of its offerings, though the
trick is being able to find the truly free software that is available
at this site. (There is no foolproof way to sift out the freeware at
download.com , though my own website http://www.FreewareFriend.com/
provides a way to explore download.com that filters out *almost* all of
the for-pay software.)

Websites that include entertainment freeware are also most welcome!
(Games, music, art freeware, etc.)

Thanks again for your thoughts and contributions!

 

[Daniel Mandic]

Hello all:

I know that many of the software-savvy contributors to this fine
newsgroup are frequent downloaders of freeware, and I suspect that
many enjoy "panning for freeware gold" from time to time: looking for
little-known freeware masterpieces that can vastly enhance the quality
of ones computing experience.

Whoever said "You can't get something for nothing" had not explored
the world of freeware!

My question is, which websites are your favorite freeware websites?
There is no need to be restricted to freeware-only websites (for
example, www.Download.com has lots of excellent freeware, though
freeware comprises only a small percentage of their offerings). I'm
simply wondering, which websites do you actually explore on a pretty
regular basis to find the best freeware available?

Please feel free to include little-known freeware sites as well as the
large, very well-known websites. And please don't worry about
repeating sites that others mention: it would actually be quite nice
to see which sites are mentioned most frequently. Repetition
encouraged!

Thank you in advance for your help!

As far as my own favorite sites, I really do think that
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/ is just about the best freeware-only
website around (assuming you are looking for practical freeware and
not entertainment freeware). I recommend this website to friends
before I recommend my own website! I also think that
http://www.download.com/ is hard to beat for the absolute breadth of
its offerings, though the trick is being able to find the truly free
software that is available at this site. (There is no foolproof way
to sift out the freeware at download.com , though my own website
http://www.FreewareFriend.com/ provides a way to explore download.com
that filters out almost all of the for-pay software.)

Websites that include entertainment freeware are also most welcome!
(Games, music, art freeware, etc.)

Thanks again for your thoughts and contributions!

Hello!


To shorten the telling, of the way I found those Links, I have copied
shorthandly my Favourites. If you wish I will give you a clickable
list, with Links?

Some may be double....



Freeware

.. Download section .
Abandonia - Zuhause der aufgegebenen DOS-Spiele
Best Freeware downloads and tips at TOPFREEWARE.NET
Caiman free games,free utilities,freeware games
breakout,arcade,pacman,tetris,pinball,3D games,etc - gratis
spelletjes,spelleke
CDBurnerXP Pro - freeware burning solution Download
CoMa's Freeware List
Crystal Dew World
Emogic Software - Freeware - Free Software
File Hippo - Free Software Downloads
Free games CAIMAN freeware free breakout Real free games downloads
freeware gratis spelletjes s
Free software downloads, freeware and shareware - Sofotex.com
freeforwindows.com
Freeware - NONAGS
FREEWARE 4U
Freeware Downloads
Freeware Home - Ultimate Collection of Free Software
Freeware Home
FREEWARE LINKS
Freeware World Team - FWT
Freeware World Team
Freeware4u.com A Site Dedicated to Freeware!
FreewareArena › Downloads › Browse Category › CDR-CDRW Tools
FreewareArena › News
FreewareFriend.com The Freeware Discovery Tool of 100bestwebsites.org
GameHippo.com OVER 1000 FREEWARE PC GAMES
GameHippo.com SIMULATION RTS
GRISOFT Free Advisor AVG Free Edition for Windows and Linux
http--www.geocities.com-krunopopovic-
KarenWare - Home of Karen's Power Tools
Kelpiesoft
Last Freeware version Floppy Image, ClipCache, Clean It, Tiny Personal
Firewall
Links to Freeware
MajorGeeks.com - Download Freeware and Shareware Computer Utilities.
Mark Carter Home
Moog Software - free remote computer control and more
nedwolf - Free Software - Windows Freeware
Open Directory - Computers Software Freeware
Pastor Pixel Webdesign
Pricelessware - alt.comp.freeware - alt.comp.freeware.games
Pricelessware the best in Windows © Freeware
SofoTex Downloads - Download free software, freeware and shareware.
Software - Classic Software®
Sysinternals Freeware
TinyApps.Org Home
Tuning-Freeware
UBCD for Windows
UNDER1MB
WebAttack.com
www.nondisputandum.com



Best regards,

Daniel Mandic
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[Berkeley Brett]

Thank you, Daniel, for this extensive list! I do see quite a number
that are unknown to me.

How much trouble would it be for you to provide clickable links?

If it's not too much trouble, it certainly would be appreciated!

Thanks again.

 

[jedisb]

I love http://www.Snapfiles.com/ because they have separated the
freeware from the shareware. http://www.NoNags.com/ is also pretty
good. And the freeware thread on Neowin.net has been a great resource
as well.
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=320017

I've considered signing up for http://www.completelyfreesoftware.com/
which, while a subscription site, has a lot of stuff that I've not
found anywhere else. It used to be free to access the site, but it has
been subscription based for a while. I just have trouble with the idea
of "paying" to access freeware.

I used to visit http://www.FreewareHome.com a lot, but as others have
mentioned here, it has really gone downhill lately.

I've not had much luck at Download.com because developers have to pay
to list their software on the site. Many freeware developers don't want
to do that.

 

[jedisb]

I forgot to add http://www.OSWD.org for free web design templates.

 

[Berkeley Brett]

Hi Daniel:

Thank you for this extensive list! Several of these are unknown to me.

Would it be much trouble to provide clickable links? Some of these are
probably quite worth clicking!

Thanks again.

 

[Berkeley Brett]

Hello jedisb:

Thanks for the links!

That neowin thread is well worth a glance! Quite a good list:

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=320017

Again, thanks.

 

[Berkeley Brett]

Thank you, Daniel, for this extensive list! I do see quite a number
that are unknown to me.

How much trouble would it be for you to provide clickable links?

If it's not too much trouble, it certainly would be appreciated!

Thanks again.

 

[Berkeley Brett]

Thank you, Daniel, for this extensive list! I do see quite a number
that are unknown to me.

How much trouble would it be for you to provide clickable links?

If it's not too much trouble, it certainly would be appreciated!

Thanks again.

 

[Daniel Mandic]

Hi Daniel:

Thank you for this extensive list! Several of these are unknown to
me.

Would it be much trouble to provide clickable links? Some of these
are probably quite worth clicking!

Thanks again.

Grmbflx.

ok




http://www.digitalsystem.co.yu/index.html

http://www.abandonia.com/index2.php?country=en

http://www.topfreeware.net/

http://www.caiman.us/

http://www.algonet.se/~hubbabub/freeware/freeware.html

http://crystalmark.info/?lang=en

http://www.filehippo.com/

http://www.sofotex.com/

http://www.freeforwindows.com/

http://www.freeware4u.com/modules/mydownloads/

http://www.freeware.org.uk/index.htm

http://www.nonags.com/nonags/

http://www.canadiancontent.net/tech/freeware/

http://www.freewarehome.com/

http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php

http://freewarearena.com/html/index.php

http://www.100bestwebsites.org/

http://www.gamehippo.com/

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

http://www.geocities.com/krunopopovic/

http://www.karenware.com/

http://www.kelpiesoft.com/

http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/page3.html

http://www.linkstofreeware.vze.com/

http://www.majorgeeks.com/

http://www.markcarter.me.uk/

http://www.moogsoftware.com/

http://www.nedwolf.com/index.htm

http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Freeware/

http://www.pastorpixel.de/

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/

http://www.pricelessware.org/thelist/index.htm

http://www.geocities.com/classicmanpro/

http://www.sysinternals.com/index.html

http://www.tinyapps.org/

http://www.tuning-freeware.de/index.php

http://www.ubcd4win.com/index.htm

http://www.under1mb.com/

http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/

http://www.nondisputandum.com/



There were some double or obsolete.

It´s not an extensive list but maybe some interesting one.



Kind Regards,

Daniel Mandic

 

[Berkeley Brett]

This is a great list, Daniel! Thanks for taking time to compile it.
I'll check out each site I do not know.

Cheers!

 

[Daniel Mandic]

This is a great list, Daniel! Thanks for taking time to compile it.
I'll check out each site I do not know.

Cheers!

You are welcome. What a fine and complemented English writing.



Best Regards,

Daniel Mandic

 

[Eric]

Can't forget the most excellent...

<http://www.portablefreeware.com/>

Lists lots of freeware that can be installed and run on a USB drive.