Miscellaneous Software

• Abiword (word processor)
• PDFCreator (Create PDF Files)
• Amaya (Web editior)
• Java (Preferred Version of Java for University Applications).

AV and Multimedia Software

• Miro (internet video viewer)
• VLC Media Player (multimedia player)
• Audacity (audio editor and recorder)
• Avidemux (video editor)
• GIMP (image manipulation/ photoediting)
• Inkscape (vector graphics editor)
• Blender (3D graphics creator)

Remote Access

• PuTTY (SSH/Telnet Client and Terminal Emulator)
• KiTTY (SSH/Telnet Client and Terminal Emulator)

File Transfer

• FileZilla (FTP Client)
• winSCP (SFTP, SCP, and FTP Client)
• Cyberduck (FTP/SFTP/WebDAV Client with support for various cloud base services)

Mathmatics

• GNU Octave
• FreeMAT

Linux Distributions

WARNING: The CD/DVD images downloaded from these sites, including the LiveCDs, have the capability of completely removing all of the information on your computer's hard drives. Please ensure that you have a complete backup of your system before experimenting.

• Ubuntu (operating system)
• Fedora (operating system)
• openSUSE (Linux initiative project)