A posting about how you can outfit your computer with all the essential (and non-essential) software you need using strictly 100% freeware and/or open source titles.

• freeware

Pixlr is a free online image editor, jump in and start edit, adjust, filter. It's just what you imagine!

• webware
• graphic design

Bee Wallpapers is a free wallpaper randomizer program. Choose from thousands of wallpapers and directly download them from within the program. Then choose how often you want to see your wallpaper change, and let Bee Wallpapers take care of the rest!

• free
• wallpaper software

Open Source Freeware : 400+ free applications and utilities
Extremely useful open source applications and utilities available free under various licenses.

• freeware
• open source

Seventy-seven freeware programs for your USB drive.

• freeware
• software
• usb drive

PDFCreator is a free tool to create PDF files from nearly any source.

• pdf creator
• freeware
• software
• pdf files

WinDirStat is a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for Microsoft Windows. It is extremely useful for figuring out (thru a visual representation) of where your hard drive space is going.

• freeware
• utility
• hard drive space

Daily freeware download site (some great finds can be found here). You can also try it's sister site http://game.giveawayoftheday.com/ for video games.

• freeware
• software

• free
• portable
• software

Ultimate Boot DIsk for Windows, a free software to make a bootable Live CD of windows to troubleshoot your computer

• freeware
• tools