Download.com freeware staff picks

Posted Feb 2nd 2006 3:40PM by Jordan Running
Filed under: Windows, Macintosh, Freeware, Open Source

There are a lot of best-free-software lists out there, but probably nobody's hands pass over more freeware than the folks at Download.com, so I thought their staff-picked Best Free Software collection from a couple weeks back was worth noting. They split the free apps up into ten categories--Audio & Video, Business, Developer, etc--and their picks are very solid. The obvious is there, of course, but so are a few surprising picks. I especially recommend the Desktop Enhancements section that has quite a few gems like this brilliant Holding Pattern screensaver pictured at right.

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Tags: best, download.com, freeware, holding pattern, HoldingPattern, idle time

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