Photoshop is the most powerful and popular Image editor software and it has loads of options of drawing tools , filters , color adjustment capabilities and much more for manipulating images in almost any way.But it is not a freeware and is too expensive.

There are some Free and powerful Softwares that we can consider as great alternatives to Photoshop if you do not want to spend much for just a software.


GIMP
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition, and image authoring.It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert-quality photo-retouching program, an online batch-processing system, a mass production image renderer, or an image-format converter. GIMP is modular, expandable, and extensible.GIMP works on many Operating Systems and has many format support .The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image-manipulation procedures to be easily scripted.


Paint.NET

Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software.It utilises the Microsoft .NET framework.It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools.Many special effects are included for enhancing images like blurring , sharpening , red-eye removal , distortion and much more.
An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plug-ins.

Lets Check out some freeware softwares which lets you cut and split your MP3 files.These Softwares can be useful if you want certain part of a song as a ringtone for your cell phone or if the size of a MP3 file is going out of space,then it can be cut and stored in two CDs , etc


MP3 Cutter (from Videoripper projects)


Mp3 cutter is a light software which allows you to cut or trim your mp3 files.
It has a simple interface and its very easy to use.
Its size is about 400 KB.
Download and know more about MP3 Cutter here http://www.videoripper.org/programs/




MP3 Cutter 1.3

MP3 Cutter comes with advanced facilities like display of start point, end point, and length of selection.
It can play the selected part of the (clip) song.
Includes volume controller.

Download here AivSoft.com or from here
Size :2.77 MB

Panda USB Vaccine

The problem with AUTORUN feature, widely critizised by the security community, is used by malware in order to spread by infecting as soon as a new USB drive is inserted in a computer.

Due to the large amount of malware-related problems associated with Microsoft AutoRun Panda Security Research  created a free utility called Panda USB Vaccine.

Panda USB Vaccine can be used on individual USB drives to disable its autorun.inf file in order to prevent malware infections from spreading automatically.

Once executed the user can choose two types of vaccinations: Computer Vaccination or USB Drive Vaccination. USB Vaccine allows users to vaccinate their PCs in order to disable autorun completely so that no program from any USB/CD/DVD drive can auto-execute. This is a really helpful feature as there is no user friendly and easy way of completely disabling autorun on a Windows PC.

Download from Download.com
Size: 720.45K

Microsoft Security Essentials

With Microsoft Security Essentials , you get high-quality protection against viruses and spyware, including Trojans, worms and other malicious software. And best of all, there are no costs or annoying subscriptions to keep track of , it is completely free.

Security Essentials is easy to install and easy to use. Updates and upgrades are automatic, so there's no need to worry about having the latest protection.

You can know the status of your PC easily  - when the Security Essentials icon is green, your status is good and is compatible with windows7.

Security Essentials is a light weight app and runs quietly in the background, only alerting you if there's something you need to do.

But Your PC must run genuine Windows to install Microsoft Security Essentials.So install this software only if your Windows is Genuine.

Download here http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
Size :8.61mb

Let's check some free and useful PDF tools which we can consider as alternatives to Adobe's High end products to edit , create ,convert and enhance PDF documents.

• PDF ReDirect 

PDF ReDirect is a fast, free, and easy-to-use PDF creator. It has no restrictions and no watermarks.Features include encryption, full merging and PDF preview.PDF ReDirect installs as a virtual printer so you can convert documents to PDF files from any program that supports printing.

• Free PDF Editor

This is one completely free and simple PDF editing and creating software, it can help you to create your pdf documents by yourself in minutes.Free PDF Editor comes with a very intuitive GUI that is easy to understand even for the beginner users.It is one WYSIWYG PDF builder, what you see is what you get, and you can insert text, image and shape, then drop, resize and move these PDF elements with your mouse.

• Some PDF Image Extract

Some PDF Image Extract is an easily tool to extract images from PDF files. Some PDF Image Extract can easy help you to extract images in PDF files to TIFF, JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TGA, PBM, PPM.

• PDF XChange Viewer

PDF Xchange Viwer is a  free alternative to Adobe Acrobat Reader.It allows users to View Adobe compatible PDF files and perform additional functionality too like Printing, exporting PDF's to numerous Image based file types, Page Commenting and Annotations.

• Free PDF to Word Converter.

This freeware lets you convert PDF files to Word .doc files. You can also customize your output folder, and choose a destination format in RTF or DOC.But  the layout of the output doc can be different than input PDF if the PDF's layout is very complex.

Check "How to convert PDFs to MS Word Docs" for PDF to Doc free Converters.

Ubuntu is perhaps the richest graphically well equipped operating system from the Linux world. It gives us a more sophisticated flavor that an usual Linux misses in the eyes of a layman. I remember, after my reviews of Ubuntu 8.10 – Intrepid Ibex, how people were crazy about the theme and the wallpaper that is by default there. So how about getting an Ubuntu feel without having to install ubuntu? I will give you a transformation pack that will install ubuntu like theme in your Windows XP.
Ubuntu Customization Pack contains the visual styles for Ubuntu, Cursors, Boot Screen, LogonUI, Screensaver, custom sounds and much more utilities for Ubuntu feel on your windows X.
Download Ubuntu Customization Pack for Windows XP (21 MB)
Download Ubuntu Transformation Pack for Windows (10 MB)

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