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I don't know if this is old news or if anyone is interested in it at all, but Roxio gives you WinOnCD 6 PE for free.

There are a lot of great freeware programs out there. Many are as good or even better than their shareware or commercial alternatives.

The free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions. Celestia runs on Linux, Mac OS X and also windows.

GNU Go is a free program that plays the game of Go.

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This is an organized list of all the software mentioned in the most recent incarnation of the perennial "post some cool software" thread in SH/SC.

IZArc is the ultimate archive utility supports many archive formats like: 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BIN, BZ2, BZA, C2D, CAB, CDI, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, IMG, ISO, JAR, LHA, LIB, LZH, MDF, MBF, MIM, NRG, PAK, PDI, PK3, RAR, RPM, TAR, TAZ, TBZ, TGZ, TZ, UUE, WAR, XXE, YZ1, Z, ZIP, ZOO. With a modern easy-to-use interface, IZArc provides support for most compressed and encoded files, as well as access to many powerful features and tools. It allows you to drag and drop files from and to Windows Explorer, create and extract archives directly in Windows Explorer, create multiple archives spanning disks, creating self-extracting archives, repair damaged zip archives, converting from one archive type to another, view and write comments and many more. IZArc has also build-in multilanguage support.

Convert to PDF from any application by simply 'printing' to the PrimoPDF printer - it couldn't be easier! Within minutes, you can create high-quality PDFs by converting from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and virtually any other printable file type.

Inkscape is an open source drawing tool with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, and CorelDraw that uses the W3C standard scalable vector graphics format (SVG). Some supported SVG features include basic shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, and grouping. In addition, Inkscape supports Creative Commons meta-data, node-editing, layers, complex path operations, text-on-path, and SVG XML editing. It also imports several formats like EPS, Postscript, JPEG, PNG, BMP, and TIFF and exports PNG as well as multiple vector-based formats. Inkscape's main motivation is to provide the Open Source community with a fully W3C compliant XML, SVG, and CSS2 drawing tool. Additional planned work includes conversion of the codebase from C/Gtk to C++/Gtkmm, emphasizing a lightweight core with powerful features added through an extension mechanism, and the establishment of a friendly, open, community-oriented development process.

AmpliTube UNO includes the crunch and distortion models from AmpliTube. The distortion effect is modeled after an analog solid-state overdrive stomp box. This is the perfect unit for "driving" the first stage of the AmpliTube UNO pre-amp. This is a versatile overdrive pedal that can saturate itself and overdrive the amp as well.

New Version Offers Enhanced Features, User Interface Improvements and the Most Powerful and Reliable Burning Engine Available Nero, leaders in digital media technology, announced today the release of NeroLINUX 2.0.0.2. This upgraded version of Nero’s Linux OS solution for CD/DVD Burning features Layer-Jump Recording (LJR), DVD-Video and miniDVD mastering, user interface improvements like selectable ISO track recording options and assignable sounds that alert the user to the burn process results.

To create, as a community, the leading international office suite that will run on all major platforms and provide access to all functionality and data through open-component based APIs and an XML-based file format.