David's Freeware Collection!
Only The Best Freeware
Desktop Enhancements
Want Windows 7's iconized taskbar in XP or Vista? ViGlance pulls it off
in just under 200Kb. It also swaps the start button for the orb (on XP,
of course) and does program grouping and pop-up window lists.
ViGlance
Most Linux distributions enable multiple virtual desktops by default. Windows doesn't support them out of the box - so you'll need an app like VirtuaWin. It's a good way to keep your workspace organized.
VirtuaWin
Vista Sidebar for Microsoft Windows XP and Vista has gadgets like media players, Google search, Yahoo search and lots more search engines. It also has gadgets like weather and system uptime and lots more useful gadgets.
Vista Sidebar
Crystalize XP is a small utility that provides explorer level transparency for Windows XP.
Crystalize XP
Lava Lamp I-Mate displays a mathmos like Lava lamp on your desktop. It sits on top of your desktop and can be displayed in seven different colors.
Lava Lamp I-Mate
ActivIcons lets you customize the Windows desktop icon and cursor attributes. Use animated icons on your desktop, swap your own icons for Network Neighborhood, My Computer, Favorites and other icons which Windows places on your desktop and Explorer.
ActivIcons
ViGlance
Most Linux distributions enable multiple virtual desktops by default. Windows doesn't support them out of the box - so you'll need an app like VirtuaWin. It's a good way to keep your workspace organized.
VirtuaWin
Vista Sidebar for Microsoft Windows XP and Vista has gadgets like media players, Google search, Yahoo search and lots more search engines. It also has gadgets like weather and system uptime and lots more useful gadgets.
Vista Sidebar
Crystalize XP is a small utility that provides explorer level transparency for Windows XP.
Crystalize XP
Lava Lamp I-Mate displays a mathmos like Lava lamp on your desktop. It sits on top of your desktop and can be displayed in seven different colors.
Lava Lamp I-Mate
ActivIcons lets you customize the Windows desktop icon and cursor attributes. Use animated icons on your desktop, swap your own icons for Network Neighborhood, My Computer, Favorites and other icons which Windows places on your desktop and Explorer.
ActivIcons
Program Launcher
Launchy is an open source Windows and Linux
program that helps you to launch the program you need without browsing
through your Start Menu or looking for a shortcut on your desktop.
Launchy
Launchy
Screen Magnification
Virtual Magnifying Glass is a free, open source, cross-platform screen magnification tool. It is simple, customizable, and easy-to-use.
Virtual Magnifying Glass
Virtual Magnifying Glass
Task Switcher
TaskSwitchXP is an advanced Alt+Tab manager, replacing your standard Windows feature. If
you use it once you’ll never uninstall it or go back to the pretty lame
Windows feature.
TaskSwitchXP
TaskSwitchXP
Tray Clock Replacement
TClockEx is free and simple and it doesn’t replace your standard Windows taskbar
clock, but enhances it to show the date, calendar and more.
TClockEx
TClockEx
Ubuntu Installer
Wubi is the official Ubuntu installer. It can be run from Windows so that you can install and try Ubuntu without losing your Windows operating system settings and so on.
Wubi
Wubi
Window Resizer
Sizer is a tiny freeware utility that allows you to resize any window to an exact size. Very useful for webmasters and web designers.
Sizer
Sizer
