These are some of the quality freeware and open source software that we use.
Feel free to try them and do share them with your friends!

Name of Free Software Description Web Site to Download Open Office Microsoft Office compatible program www.openoffice.org FreeMind Mind mapping software freemind.sourceforge.net Notepad++ Notepad Replacement notepad-plus.sourceforge.net Rocket Dock Cool Application Launcher www.rocketdock.com AbiWord Word Processor www.abisource.com Evernote Note Taking Software www.evernote.com Gimp Photoshop type program www.gimp.org Inkscape Illustrator type program www.inkscape.org Blender 3D Drawing Program www.blender3d.com 7-Zip Winzip type program www.7-zip.org Really Slick Screensavers Screensaver www.reallyslick.com Picasa Google's Photo Organizer Software www.picasa.com KeePass A password safe. www.keepass.info Amaya Web Page Editor http://www.w3.org/Amaya/ Dia Draw Diagrams http://live.gnome.org/Dia/       Clamwin Anti-Virus Software www.clamwin.com Microsoft Anti-Spyware Anti-Spyware www.microsoft.com/antispyware SpamPal Anti-Spam www.spampal.org       Filezilla FTP Software filezilla.sourceforge.net Firefox Internet Browser program www.mozilla.com/firefox Thunderbird Email Software www.mozilla.com/thunderbird Gizmo Internet Telephony www.gizmoproject.com Skype Internet Telephony www.skype.com       Miro HD Video Player & Downloader www.getmiro.com Media Portal Media Center - Plays Video, Movies, Music, Photos, ..etc www.team-mediaportal.com Song Bird Music Player www.songbirdnest.com Winamp Music Player www.winamp.com VLC Multimedia Player www.videolan.org/vlc/ Audacity Record/Editing Sounds audacity.sourceforge.net Mixxx DJ Software www.mixxx.org       VirtuaWin Multi-Desktop software virtuawin.sourceforge.net Virt-Dimension Multi-Desktop software virt-dimension.sourceforge.net       TightVNC Remote PC Control www.tightvnc.com       FlightGear Flight Simulation Game www.flightgear.org America's Army 1st Person Shooter Game www.americasarmy.com Stellarium Planetarium www.stellarium.org Celestia Space Simulation www.shatters.net/celestia Little Fighter Cute fighing game www.lf2.net       Ubuntu An Awesome Free Operating System www.ubuntu.com         Other Miscellaneous Software           If you have other open source software or freeware that you use and think it's useful and would like to share with others, you can send the web site address to me through jason [at] webmage [dot] com.  thanks!