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Free Windows Software Without Spyware/Adware

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the because-those-things-suck dept.

Jem Berkes writes "This week I launched CleanSoftware.org, a resource site with a unique goal: listing free, daily-use software that is free from spyware, adware, and other malicious/intrusive components. With Windows users increasingly believing that free software invariably means adware or spyware, I set out to promote good, clean, free software. Perhaps geeks helping family and friends set up their new computers this holiday can make use of this resource; sticking to clean software is much easier than struggling with never-ending cleanups. To expand my listing, I am also looking for input from the Slashdot readership: what other free, clean desktop software do you regularly use that Windows users should know about?"

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  1. so what's wrong with by belbo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    www.pricelessware.org ?

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  2. the obvious by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Foobar2000 (audio player)
    Miranda (instant messenger)
    PuTTY (telnet/ssh client. but if you didn't know _that_, then you really have no business being here.) :P

  3. StrokeIt by mskfisher · · Score: 4, Interesting

    StrokeIt is a mouse-gesture utility that is free for individual or non-profit use.
    I use it all the time - once you get used to "right-click+drag-left" as "back" in your browser, you'll feel naked without it.

    It's completely trainable - if you want to scrawl out your name to have it open Notepad, you can probably train it to pick up on that.
    Otherwise, it comes with preprogrammed gestures that you can assign to all sorts of different commands - you can send keystrokes, hotkeys, even low-level Windows messaging commands to an application.

    It's good stuff.

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