Cubic Explorer is a free, open source file management program for Windows. Created by Cubic Reality Software, it offers a simple and intuitive way of managing your files. It has many advanced features but is easy enough for a casual computer user to use.
GNOME is a free open source desktop environment and GUI (graphical user interface) for Linux and other operating systems. Create by the GNOME development team, it's a different kind of GUI, one that makes it easy to run applications.
Bolide Free Slideshow Creator is a program that does exactly that, help you make slideshows. But this program from Bolide Software can do more than that. For starters it has support for all popular image formats as well as for audio formats like MP3/AAC/WMA/M4A/MP4/OGG so your slideshow can have background music. But there’s more.
Converber from Xyntec Automation is one of the most powerful unit converters for Windows. This freeware program helps you convert more than 2,000 measurement units, and these are arranged in 53 categories for easy reference and use. All widely used unit measurement conversions are included, and more.
MPTagThat, created by Helmut Wahmann and published by MediaPortal, is an open source tag editor that will make it easy to tag your mp3 files. The application has a lot of features such as CD ripping, burning, number tracks and more, but the interface makes the entire process easy.
Slow Mp3 is a small application developed by Pekka Kauppila that you use to edit mp3 files. Now it is true there are several mp3 editors available, but this application is much smaller and won’t take up as much room. In addition, the interface is very clean so you can figure out the functions quickly.
XnView is a free multimedia viewer, converter and browser all in one. Created by XnSoft it supports more than 500 image formats and allows you to export in more than 70 formats as well. While it’s primarily a picture viewer the application has many other features that set it apart from the others.
Speccy is a free system information utility for Windows. Developed by Piriform, this program goes beyond telling you how much RAM your computer has and what processor it is using. This small application acts like a virtual utility that tells you what kind of components are inside your PC. Unlike other free system utilities, this one is very comprehensive and detailed.
Allrecipes is a free Windows 8 application created by AllRecipes.com, and it’s one of the most comprehensive recipe applications you can download today. Their website is packed with recipes, and the best of them can be found here. If you love cooking or want to learn how, this is the perfect companion.
