Software

Crayon Physics

To really enjoy gaming, you don't really need absolutely awesome 3D graphics. In fact, even a simple crayon drawing can make for a very interesting and addicting game. Crayon Physics is a mind bending puzzle game that will definitely get you hooked and often scratching your head on what to do next. Don't be fooled by the super simple graphics since the game can easily get complicated and difficult in no time. It's a fun game to try out especially if you love a good challenge.

CC Publisher

If you are a bedroom musician, indie film maker, game developer or a graphics artist, you might want to add a creative commons license to your work to help protect against copyright infringement. Cc Publisher is a great little software developed by creative commons to help make licensing your work so much easier. The program is easy to use and runs on a variety of systems including Linux, Mac and of course, Windows.

Lumina

Tracking your time is made much easier if you use Lumina. The program is a very handy tool created especially for Mac users. Lumina, formerly called iClockr, is a straightforward program that helps you keep track of all your projects and how much time you spend on them. It helps you organize and know just exactly how much time you've spent on a particular task. If in case you are busy and like keeping all your work organized or simply love being productive by dividing your time, then Lumina would be a very helpful program.

Phun

Phun is a challenging and fun 2D game where you can let your imagination run loose. Create objects from different sizes and of varying shapes. You can then make your objects come to life. Although it might seem simple, the game is very educational and very addictive. The game graphics has a cartoony feel which makes it fun to look at and easy to make. It features fun and believable graphics which encourages players to come up with new things and objects.

Skencil

Sketching in front of your computer has become much easier and cheaper thanks to programs like Skencil. Skencil is a vector drawing software that helps artists and enthusiasts create beautiful sketches on their computers. In spite of the name change (it was formerly known as "Sketch") all of the features and GUI remain intact. The program is very helpful for creating illustrations, diagrams as well as other types of drawings. The entire application is created almost entirely from Python which is makes it highly specialized yet still easy to use.

TuxTyping

Need something fun to improve your typing skills? TuxTyping can help you do this and have a little fun to go with it as well. In TuxTyping, you help Tux, get some fishes by typing the words falling from the sky. It's a simple and straightforward software that can help you improve your typing skills. Of course, it's primarily aimed for children, but who says that those young at heart can't enjoy it as well?

Sticky Notes Shooter

If you are a big indie gaming freak, then you might have heard of Petri Purho and at least one of his really cool creations. The Finnish game developer is known for his exciting and experimental games. Games like Cut It and this one, Sticky Notes Shooter (Post I.T. Shooter) is simply a few that you might want to try out. In Sticky Notes Shooter, you fight off alien space invaders in the form of sticky notes. It's a fun and extremely visually creative game that you'd definitely enjoy playing.

Sayz Me

There are times when we simply want to listen to something as opposed to actually reading them. If you are an avid fan of text to speech programs or simply looking for one, then Sayz Me is one software you might want to try out. Reading through countless pages is much easier by simply copying and pasting the text onto Sayz Me and then listening to it. The program is very easy to use, provides a practical interface and best of all, absolutely free.

Umbrella Adventures: The Castle of Cake

If you are the type of gamer that thinks that game art is equally important as the game itself, then you would definitely enjoy Umbrella Adventures. The graphics is "100% handrawn" in a stylized black and white form. In the game, you travel all across the forest in search of the mystery behind the theft of more than 100 cakes. It's a game that provides not only a solid gameplay, but rich graphics and a cool soundtrack.