Music Programs and Utilities
- Reaper
REAPER is digital audio workstation software: a complete multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing, and mastering environment. Reaper has a 30 day trial period after which you are required to obtain a license. A non-commercial license is $60 and is a fantastic price for such a great piece of software. - MuseScore
MuseScore is a free cross-platform WYSIWYG music notation program that offers a cost-effective alternative to commercial programs such as Sibelius, Finale and Capella. You can print beautifully engraved sheet music or save it as PDF or MIDI file. - Weird Metronome
Free metronome for your computer. - Hydrogen
Advanced drum machine for GNU/Linux - Audacity
Free audio editor and recorder
Internet Browsers
I gave up using Internet Explorer for a browser when I discovered Mozilla Firefox many moons ago. Lately I have found myself using Google Chrome most of the time.Productivity
- OpenOffice.org
Apache OpenOffice is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose. - FreeMind
Download free mind mapping software. Perfect for brainstorming! - Mindomo
Online mind mapping tool. - Foxit Reader
"The best PDF reader"
Computer Utilities
- ClamWin Antivirus
Free anti-virus for Windows - Spybot Search and Destroy
Graphic Design
- Gimp
Gimp is an free open-source graphic design and image manipulation program. - Scribus
Open source desktop publishing. - Inkscape
Open-Source vector graphics editor. - MWSnap3
MWSnap is a small yet powerful Windows program for snapping (capturing) images from selected parts of the screen. (Also, if you are a windows user check out the snipping tool.) - IrfanView
Freeware graphic viewer for windows.
Cloud Computing
- Gmail
Attach documents and files to an email for storage. - Google Drive (Google Docs)
- DropBox
Free online storage for files. - Amazon Cloud Drive
- SugarSync
Free, secure cloud storage.
Blogging and Web Design
- Blogger
Free blogging platform. I used to use a self-installed version of Wordpress.org (I don't like Wordpress.com) until I didn't pay my 1&1 internet hosting bill! No big loss, but with blogger I don't have to worry about it going down and use it in conjunction with other free services on the internet. - Photobucket
Photobucket offers image hosting, free photo sharing and video sharing. - Wordpress.org
Powerful and free blogging/website building software. - 1&1
I used 1&1 to host my website for years. Simple, easy, cheap. - FileZilla
Free FTP solution - Kompozer
KompoZer is a complete web authoring system that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing. - SoundCloud
Create, record and share the sounds you create anywhere to friends, family and the world with SoundCloud, the world's largest community of sound creators. - BandCamp
Bandcamp helps artists sell their music and merch directly to their fans, and helps fans discover new music and directly support those who make it. - MixCloud
If that isn't enough, here's even more: OPEN SOURCE GOD: 480+ Open Source Applications
More about how I use these tools in conjunction later. Care to share some of your favorite online resources? Leave a comment below!
More about how I use these tools in conjunction later. Care to share some of your favorite online resources? Leave a comment below!
