Free software is a valid choice for many home computer, office computer and Internet server uses. Freeware comes in two basic types, free software with proprietary (ie private) code, and open-source software. It’s important to remember that freeware is not a cheap or second-class option – it can often be functionally superior to equivalent commercial software and even of higher quality. Now I am going tell about best freeware released on 2011.

# Explorer++ :

Explorer++ is a free multi-tab file manager for Windows.

Available on Windows XP and above, it features the same familiar interface as Windows Explorer, while introducing several enhancements and improvements for a much richer file browsing experience.

Features:

• With the option to save to the registry or a configuration file, Explorer++ is completely portable.
• Tabbed browsing for easy management of multiple folders.
• Display window shows previews of files as they are selected.
• Easy-to-remember keyboard shortcuts for quick navigation.
• Customizable user interface.
• Full drag-and-drop support with other applications, including Windows Explorer.
• Advanced file operations such as merging and splitting supported.

Download Here: Explorer++

#DBeaver:

DBeaver is free universal database tool for developers and database administrators.

• Usability is the main goal of this project, program UI is carefully designed and implemented.
• It is freeware.
• It is multiplatform.
• It is based on opensource framework and allows writing of various extensions (plugins).
• It supports any database having a JDBC driver.
• It may handle any external datasource which may or may not have a JDBC driver.
• There is a set of plugins for certain databases (MySQL and Oracle in version 1.x) and different database management utilities (e.g. ERD).

Supported OSes:

• Windows (2000/XP/2003/Vista/7)
• Linux
• Mac OS
• Solaris
• AIX
• HPUX

General features:

• Database metadata browse
• Metadata editor (tables, columns, keys, indexes)
• SQL statements/scripts execution
• SQL highlighting (specific for each database engine)
• Autocompletion and metadata hyperlinks in SQL editor
• Result set/table edit
• BLOB/CLOB support (view and edit modes)
• Scrollable resultsets
• Data (tables, query results) export
• Transactions management
• Database objects (tables, columns, constraints, procedures) search
• ER diagrams
• Database object bookmarks
• SQL scripts management
• Projects (connections, SQL scripts and bookmarks)

MySQL plugin features:

• Enum/Set datatypes
• Procedures/triggers view
• Metadata DDL view
• Session management
• Users management
• Catalogs management
• Advanced metadata editor

Other Benefits:

• DBeaver consumes much less memory than other popular similar software (SQuirreL, DBVisualizer)
• Database metadata is loaded on demand and there is no long-running “metadata caching” procedure at connect time
• ResultSet viewer (grid) is very fast and consumes very little ammount of memory
• All remote database operations work in non-blocking mode so DBeaver does not hang if the database server does not respond or if there is a related network issue

Download Here: DBeaver

#FileBot (The ultimate tv renamer / subtitle downloader / sfv validator):

 Features

• A simple user-interface tuned for drag-n-drop
• Platform-independent and straight-forward application deployment
• Powerful and full-featured CLI and scripting interface for any kind of automation
• Rename hundreds of media files in a matter of seconds
• Fetch episode info from TVRage, AniDB, IMDb, TheTVDB or Serienjunkies
• Accurate and robust file / episode matching
• Series / Anime name auto-detection
• Powerful and highly customizable episode naming scheme
• Download subtitles from OpenSubtitles, Subscene and Sublight
• Find exact subtitles on OpenSubtitles
• Find linked subtitles on Sublight
• Directly compare two or more directory trees
• Auto-lookup of any existing file verification

Download: FileBot

#FileMenu Tools:

FileMenu Tools allows you to customise the context menu of Windows Explorer. And it lets you:

• Add some built-in utilities that perform operations on files and folders.
• Add customised commands which run external applications, copy/move to a specific folder or delete specific file types.
• Configure the “Send to…” submenu.
• Enable/disable commands which are added by other applications to the context menu.

Download Here: FileMenu Tools

#Miranda IM:

Miranda IM is a multi protocol instant messenger client for Windows. Miranda IM uses very little memory and is extremely fast.
It requires no installation and can be fitted on a single floppy disc.
Miranda is an instant messenger client that allows you to chat with your friends.

Download Here:   Miranda IM

# Paint.NET:

Paint.NET is free image editing and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run Windows. It supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools
It started development as an undergraduate college senior design project mentored by Microsoft, and is currently being maintained by some of the alumni that originally worked on it. Originally intended as a free replacement for the MS Paint software that comes with Windows, it has grown into a powerful yet simple tool for photo and image editing.
The programming language used to create Paint.NET is C#, with a small amount of C++ for installation and shell-integration related functionality.
64-bit mode requires a 64-bit CPU and a 64-bit edition of Windows.

Download Here : Paint.Net

# PeaZip Portable:

OS-portable archiver (Windows, Linux). Features archive volume spanning, compression, authenticated encryption. Supports 7Z, 7-Zip sfx, ARJ, BZip2, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, GZip, ISO, JAR, LHA, LZH, NSIS, OOo, PAQ, PEA, QUAD, RAR, RPM, split, TAR, Z, ZIP

Download Here: PeaZip Portable

# AdiIRC
Version 1.8.9, release date: October 25, 2011
AdiIRC is an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client with multiserver support and a customizable interface. It offers all the standard IRC features including private chats, basic Identd features, sysinfo, and Winamp support. The program stores all its settings in text files and does not require installation. Written in C# to be flexible and to implement neat features fast. Threaded multiserver support. Full DCC Send/Get support.

Download Here : AdiIRC

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