100% Free Operating Systems

Linux Mint is an operating system for personal computers. Though originally launched as a variant of Ubuntu with integrated media codecs, Linux Mint is nowadays considered a solid Debian–based distribution and compatible with Ubuntu, but the design of the user interface differs. You can download it here.

Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that showcases the latest in free and open source software. Fedora is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute. It is built by people across the globe who work together as a community: the Fedora Project. The Fedora Project is open and anyone is welcome to join. The Fedora Project is out front for you, leading the advancement of free, open software and content. You can download it here.


FreeDOS is a complete, free, 100% MS DOS compatible operating system, originally constructed by James Hall, and maintained by him till now (many individuals also participate the FreeDOS project). FreeDOS is made of up many different, separate programs that act as "packages" to the overall FreeDOS Project. FreeDOS is an open source software, produced and distributed under the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL). This means that you can download the original source code, and modify it as you feel. You are free to create your own custom distributions or versions of the operating system without needing to pay a royalty. You can download it here.

Mandriva Linux (formerly Mandrakelinux or Mandrake Linux) is an Linux operating system distributed by Mandriva (formerly Mandrakesoft). It uses the RPM Package Manager. The product lifetime of Mandriva Linux releases is 18 months for base updates (operating system, system software etc.) and 12 months for desktop updates (window managers, desktop environments, web browsers etc.) . Server products receive full updates for at least 24 months after their release. You can download it here.

PCLinuxOS, often abbreviated as PCLOS or P'CLOS, is a desktop operating system. It is a free operating system for personal computers aimed at ease of use. You can download it here.




Ubuntu (pronounced /uːˈbuːntuː/[3] oo-BOON-too), is a computer operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux. It is named after the South African ethical ideology Ubuntu ("humanity towards others") and is distributed as free software. Ubuntu provides an up-to-date, stable operating system for the average user, with a strong focus on usability and ease-of-installation. Ubuntu has been selected by readers of desktoplinux.com as the most popular Linux distribution for the desktop, claiming approximately 30% of Linux desktop installations in both 2006 and 2007. You can download it here.

100% Free File Archiver / Compression

Data compression or source coding is the process of encoding information using fewer bits (or other information-bearing units) than an unencoded representation would use through use of specific encoding schemes. Compression is useful because it helps reduce the consumption of expensive resources, such as hard disk space or transmission bandwidth.

7-Zip is an open source file archiver designed originally for Microsoft Windows. 7-Zip operates with the 7z archive format, and can read and write to several other archive formats. The program can be used from a command line interface, graphical user interface, or Windows shell integration. 7-Zip began in 2000 and is actively developed by Igor Pavlov. It is related to a cross-platform port, p7zip. You can download it here.

IZArc (pronounced like "easy-arc") is a proprietary file archiver for Microsoft Windows developed by Bulgarian programmer Ivan Zahariev. The program is freeware, but not open source. In addition to the most commonly used archive formats, like zip, rar, gzip, tar.gz, bzip2, and 7z, IZArc handles an unusually large number of less common formats (48 in total, see below). Another distinguishing feature of IZArc is its ability to convert archives into different formats (including CD images and conversion between self-extracting and standard archives). You can download it here.

TUGZip is a freeware file archiver for Microsoft Windows. It handles a great variety of archive formats, including some of the commonly used ones like zip, rar, gzip, bzip2, sqx and 7z. It can also view disk image files like BIN, C2D, IMG, ISO and NRG. You can download it here.


PeaZip is a file manager and file archiver for Microsoft Windows and Linux. It supports its native PEA archive format (featuring compression, multi volume split and flexible authenticated encryption and integrity check schemes) and other mainstream formats, with special focus on handling open formats.

PeaZip is mainly written in Free Pascal, using Lazarus. It is free software, released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License. You can download it here.

Web Browsers

A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content. Hyperlinks present in resources enable users to easily navigate their browsers to related resources.

Avant Browser is a popular freeware web browser from a Chinese programmer named Anderson Che, which unites the Trident layout engine built into Windows (see Internet Explorer shell) with an interface intended to be more feature-rich, flexible and ergonomic than Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE). It runs on Windows 98 and above, including Windows Vista. Internet Explorer version 6, 7 or 8 must be installed. You can download it here.


Windows Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer; abbreviated to MSIE or, more commonly, IE), is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems starting in 1995. It has been the most widely used web browser since 1999, attaining a peak of about 95% usage share during 2002 and 2003 with IE5 and IE6.
The latest release is Internet Explorer 8, which is available as a free update for Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or later, Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 or later, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008, and is planned for inclusion with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, except in Europe. You can download it here.


Google Chrome is a web browser released by Google which uses the WebKit layout engine and application framework. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on 2 September 2008, and the public stable release was on 11 December 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or "chrome", of web browsers. In August 2009, Chrome was the fourth most widely used browser, with 2.59% of worldwide usage share of web browsers. Development versions of Chrome for Linux and Mac OS X were released in June 2009. You can download it here.

Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. Firefox had 22.47% of the recorded usage share of web browsers as of July 2009, making it the second most popular browser in terms of current use worldwide, after Microsoft's Internet Explorer. You can download it here.



Opera is a web browser and internet suite developed by the Opera Software company. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying websites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, IRC online chatting, downloading files via BitTorrent, and reading web feeds. Opera is offered free of charge for personal computers and mobile phones, but for other devices it must be paid for. You can download it here.



SlimBrowser is a tabbed multiple-site web browser software. It incorporates a large collection of powerful features like built-in popup killer, skinned window frame, form filler, site group, quick-search, auto login, hidden sites, built-in commands and scripting, online translation, script error suppression, blacklist / whitelist filtering, URL Alias. It brings you convenient and comfortable internet browsing. You can download it here.

100% Free Database Administration Tools

After downloading your favorite database. Below are the list of very useful administration tools for your database.


The no-charge Data Studio download is available in two packaging options:

The integrated development environment (IDE) package includes all administrative capabilities as well as an integrated Eclipse development environment for Java, XML, and Web services.

The stand-alone package, new for this release, is a lighter weight offering designed specifically for administrators to get up and running quickly and easily. This package does not include some of the data development capabilities available in the IDE package and cannot be installed with other products to extend its capabilities. You can download it here.

The MySQL GUI Tools Bundle for 5.0 includes the following products which are also supported for MySQL 5.1. You can download it here.
> MySQL Administrator 1.2
> MySQL Query Browser 1.2
> MySQL Migration Toolkit 1.1


phpMyAdmin is a free software tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the World Wide Web. phpMyAdmin supports a wide range of operations with MySQL. The most frequently used operations are supported by the user interface (managing databases, tables, fields, relations, indexes, users, permissions, etc), while you still have the ability to directly execute any SQL statement. You can download it here.


Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE) is a free, easy-to-use graphical management tool for managing SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services. SSMSE can also manage instances of the SQL Server Database Engine created by any edition of SQL Server 2005. You can download it here.

Oracle SQL Developer is a free and fully supported graphical tool for database development. With SQL Developer, you can browse database objects, run SQL statements and SQL scripts, and edit and debug PL/SQL statements. You can also run any number of provided reports, as well as create and save your own. SQL Developer enhances productivity and simplifies your database development tasks. To download you need to sign up here.

100% Free Databases

Do you know that you can get and use 100% FREE database from large companies like IBM, Sun Microsystems, Oracle and Microsoft. Here are the list.



DB2 Express-C is a free version of the IBM DB2 database server. DB2 Express-C provides an excellent foundation for application development for small and medium business. To download, simply register and get an IBM ID here.




MySQL Community Edition is a freely downloadable version of the world's most popular open source database that is supported by an active community of open source developers and enthusiasts. You can download it here.



Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition (SQL Server Express) is a powerful and reliable data management product that delivers rich features, data protection, and performance for embedded application clients, light Web applications, and local data stores. Designed for easy deployment and rapid prototyping, SQL Server Express is available at no cost, and you are free to redistribute it with applications. SQL Server Express is designed to integrate seamlessly with your other server infrastructure investments. You can download it here.

Free to develop, deploy, and distribute.

Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (Oracle Database XE) is an entry-level, small-footprint database based on the Oracle Database 10g Release 2 code base that's free to develop, deploy, and distribute; fast to download; and simple to administer. Oracle Database XE is a great starter database for:

• Developers working on PHP, Java, .NET, XML, and Open Source applications

• DBAs who need a free, starter database for training and deployment

• Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and hardware vendors who want a starter database to distribute free of charge

• Educational institutions and students who need a free database for their curriculum

To download you need to sign up here.

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