Even better, it supports the latest Microsoft Office formats so you won't have to convert any files before you open them. If you're not an advanced user you'll find all the features you could want from its Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Math and Base applications. LibreOffice is an easy-to-use, open-source productivity suite.
If you don't see what you want on the list, or want to try something different, check out our list of alternative browsers. Mozilla Firefox has improved a lot in recent years and is very speedy, and you get peace of mind that this not-for-profit foundation isn't trying to sell you anything.
Chrome has its quirks, but its integration with Google's products and services makes it hard to resist. Ninite gives you the choice between Google Chrome, Opera and Mozilla Firefox. The first program you'll want when you get your new PC is a web browser to replace Internet Explorer. Below we've hand-picked our favourite free software so you won't have to spend a penny. Overall, a big thumbs up and thanks to the team behind Ninite for making OS reloads a little less painful.Ninite has more than 80 applications available, but you'll only need a fraction of these for your PC. And to my pleasant surprise, out of the 17 applications I chose to download and install through Ninite, only 1, Adobe Reader couldn’t be installed, while the installation of others went smoothly and that too without the usual junk toolbars some of the free applications try to load on to the system!įor a free product, Ninite not only worked wonderfully, but also made me wonder, why didn’t someone else came up with this earlier (or at least I heard about it earlier)? Since I was using Ninite for the first time, I was a little apprehensive about how it would actually work and whether or not it would actually be able to do as advertised.
So this time around, I decided to use Ninite application installer, which lets users chose applications they want to install (from a select variety), and creates an exe which then downloads and installs all the chosen software without any further user intervention or need for babysitting! since you not only have to reinstall them, but also visit their individual or download websites to download the latest version and install them. This not only meant I had to swap out the HDD and reload the OS, but also reinstall the applications I normally use.Īnyone who has gone through the process would probably know, how time consuming and boring it is, especially when it comes to installing light weight but essential applications like Firefox, Chrome, Flash, VLC player etc. Due to HDD failure, I had to reinstall windows yesterday on my desktop.
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