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Internet has got all. And more importantly for free! All you need to know is Where! You will find everything.

A decade ago, Internet was nothing more than a pain for us. Surfing was painstakingly slow and there was very little compelling information to be found. But now, Internet has evolved and now a powerful force in our life. Now it has a different image “A Pool of Freebies”.

Yes, all you need is some time and patience. There’s lot to offer and that’s too for no cost. We are slowly moving to towards an era where all our daily needs will go through Internet, like watching TV, purchasing Household items, etc. In fact, many have already started using Internet for watching movies.

Think about MS Office which is very costly to buy, but Sun Microsystems’ OpenOffice.Org comes with no cost and has still got word processing, a spreadsheet application, a presentation tool. Many tech companies are now offering samples of their applications like Grisoft who sells one of the most popular antivirus products, AVG Antivirus, which also has a free version which is just as effective as the paid one.

It’s Open Source Era
Open Source software is our future; Open Source Software is waiting to conquer the market and has the potential to do so. Netcraft reported that although Apache is one of the more recent web servers, it has more market share than other web servers, put together do. Linux is also increasing in numbers; it is estimated as the fastest growing operating system. While exact numbers are indeed difficult to ascertain, most researchers estimate around 8 to 10 million Linux installations. Among the millions of installations, the number of exact users may even exceed this figure, as Linux is a multi-user system. This number is growing at around 40% per year. With such rising figures, we should admit that Open Source Software does have its advantages over closed software.

Here are the few most popular Freebies

Free OS – Ubuntu (www.ubuntu.com). Linux-based Ubuntu operating system is free and comes with a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software, browser, e-mail, media player, and photo-editing software.

Free Office Suite - OpenOffice.org (www.openoffice.org) The basic version of Microsoft’s popular Office suite runs as high as $400. There’s no charge for OpenOffice.org, and it’s available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Recover your Lost Data - Pandora Recovery (www.pandorarecovery.com)
Use Pandora Recovery to recover all you lost data.

Free Antivirus - AVG Anti-Virus Free (www.free.grisoft.com)
Its Free and as powerful as the paid one.

Free Spyware Protection - Spybot (www.safer-networking.org)
Protect you PC from all those spywares.

Free Blog - WordPress (www.wordpress.org)
One of the first free blog hosting sites, WordPress offers features like user registration, spam protection, and a wide variety of designs.

Skype (www.skype.com)
With more than 200 million users, Skype is still the most popular VoIP service. Calls from one Skype user to another are free, anywhere in the world.

Free Accounting Software - (www.mint.com)
Register anonymously for online accounting software Mint, and keep multiple credit and bank accounts organized in one place, with alerts for upcoming bills and low balances. Mint also analyzes your spending patterns and suggests ways to save.

Free Photo Editing (www.gimp.org)
Alternate to Adobe Photoshop

Free Photo sharing (www.flickr.com)
It’s the most popular place to share photos on the Web, and new features make it easier to stay current with friends and family.

Free Games online – (www.wildgames.com/console)
Play all you favorite games here.

Hope you like my list. If you have any suggestions, please add all your freebies as a comment to this post.