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=== Bandwidth / Connection Monitors ===
<b>Note:</b> Microsoft Taskmanager (both as a Window & Taskbar icon, is built into every Windows operating systems).  Some software firewalls have a Taskbar icon that shows bandwith usage as well.

*[http://dx.id.au/foulpx/ Foul PX] (Optus only)
*[http://martybugs.net/iiUsage/ iiUsage] (iiNet, OzEmail, iHug and most other iiNet aquisitions)
*[http://icc.nagitrah.com/ Internet Connection Control]
*[http://www.users.on.net/johnson/internode/ Monthly Usage Meter] (Internode only)
*[http://readerror.gmxhome.de/ NetMeter]
*[http://www.stumbler.net/ NetStumbler]
*[http://netusage.mozdev.org/ The NetUsage Project] (This metre can be adapted for any ISP who provides a XML usage data feed)
*[http://www.larcos.com.au/products.php?ProductBox=1&Submit=Go Optusnet Usage Meter]
*[http://www.trvx.com/rasgs/ RAS Graph & Stats]
*[http://stevemiller.net/sharewatch/ ShareWatch]
*[http://studiocoast.com.au/wug.asp WUG - WestNet Usage Grabber] (WestNet only)

=== Download / Upload Managers ===
*[http://www.metaproducts.com/mp/mpProducts_Detail.asp?id=18 Download Express]
*[http://www.flashget.com/index_en.htm FlashGet]
*[http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/ Free Download Manager]
*[http://www.freshdevices.com/ Fresh Download Manager]
*[http://www.leechget.net/en/ LeechGet]
*[https://sourceforge.net/projects/downloadplus/ TrueDownloader] (Homepage [http://francis.dupont.free.fr/truedownloader/ here])

=== Email Clients / Utilities ===
*[http://www.foxmail.com.cn/ FoxMail] 
*[http://torrez.us/archives/2004/05/23/gtray.zip GTray]  (GMail notification)
*[http://www.hmailserver.com/ hMailServer]  (IMAP, SMTP, POP3 email server)
*[http://www.keir.net/k9.html K9]  (spam filter)
*[http://www.mailenable.com/standard_edition.asp Mail Enable] (SMTP, POP3 email server)
*[http://www.mailwasher.net/ MailWasher] 
*[http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/ Mozilla Thunderbird] [http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Open_Source#Mozilla_Thunderbird See also]
*[http://mrpostman.sourceforge.net/ MrPostman]  (translates multiple webmail formats into POP3-readable format)
*[http://www.pmail.com/ Pegasus Mail] 
*[http://jaybe.org/info.htm PGtGM]  (translates GMail webmail format into POP3-readable format)
*[http://popfile.sourceforge.net/ POPFile]  (automatic email classification)
*[http://poptray.org PopTray] (systray email checker)
*[http://www.stuffsoft.com/quicke.php QuickE] 
*[http://www.memecode.com/scribe.php Scribe]
*[http://www.trayhelper.com/indexeng.html Trayhelper]  (email client + web utilities)
*[http://assp.sourceforge.net/ ASSP]  (bayesian antispam transparent SMTP with greylisting, RBL, [http://www.andersonit.com/assphowtoe2k.htm Good howto for Exchange server])

Link to free [http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?search=spam&la=en antispam software.]

=== Forums Software / Hosting ===
*[http://www.invisionfree.com/ InvisionFree]  (hosted)
*[http://moodle.org/ Moodle] Online course management [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moodle Wikipedia]
*[http://www.phpbb.com/ phpBB] 
*[http://www.proboards.com/index.html/ ProBoards]  (hosted)
*[http://www.suddenlaunch.com/index.html/ SuddenLaunch]  (hosted)

More choices from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_learning_support_software Wikipedia]

=== FTP Clients / Utilities ===
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/ FileZilla]  (FTP client)
*[http://fireftp.mozdev.org/ FireFTP]  ([http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ Mozilla Firefox]  extension)
*[http://www.memecode.com/iftp.php iFTP] 
*[http://www.smartftp.com/ SmartFTP]

=== Internet Filters ===
*[http://www.k9webprotection.com/ K9 Web Protection] (internet filtering program)
*[http://www.naomifilter.org/ Naomi] (internet filtering program)

=== Instant Messenger Clients ===
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim/ GAIM] 
*[http://www.icq.com/ ICQ] 
*[http://www.jabber.org/ Jabber] 
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/jmsn/ JMSN] 
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/laffer/ Laffer] 
*[http://miranda-im.org/ Miranda] 
*[http://www.trilian.de/ Trillian] 

=== IRC Clients ===
*[http://bersirc.free2code.net/ Bersirc]
*[http://www.hydrairc.com/ HydraIRC] 
*[http://www.visualirc.net/ Visual IRC] 
*[http://www.silverex.info/download/ X-Chat]

=== Online Gallery Software ===
*[http://www.4homepages.de/ 4images] (GPL php photo album application)
*[http://albumshaper.sourceforge.net/ Albumshaper] (Online photo album application)
*[http://gallery.menalto.com/ Gallery] (PHP/MySQL based photo album system)
*[http://jalbum.net/ JAlbum] (Online photo album application)
*[http://www.mihov.com/sw/en/gc.php Mihov Gallery Creator] (Online photo album application)
*[http://www.stegmann.dk/mikkel/porta/ Porta] (Online photo album application)
*[http://www.airtightinteractive.com/simpleviewer/ Simpleviewer] (Online photo album application)
*[http://huegogallery.huegostudio.com/ HuegoGallery] (GPL php photo album application)
*[http://www.ornj.net/webalbum/ Web Album Generator] (Online photo album application)

More choices from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_image_galleries Wikipedia.]

=== P2P - Bittorrent Clients ===
*[http://pingpong-abc.sourceforge.net/ ABC Yet Another Bittorrent Client] 
*[http://azureus.sourceforge.net/ Azureus] 
*[http://www.lanspirit.com/bitspirit/index.htm BitSpirit] 
*[http://www.bittornado.com/ BitTornado]
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/bittorrent/ Bittorrent] 
*[http://ei.kefro.st/projects/btclient/ BT Experimental] 
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/burst/ Burst!]  (console port)
*[http://www.exeem.com/ eXeem]  (decentralised tracking)
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/ptc/ Personal Torrent Collector PTC]  (RSS feed support)
*[http://www.utorrent.com/ µTorrent] (portable)

For more choices click on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_BitTorrent_clients Wikipedia.]

=== P2P - Misc Clients ===
*[http://utrum.dyndns.org:8000/ BCDC++] 
*[http://www.emule-project.net/ eMule] 
*[http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/showthread.php?t=50590/ Kazaa / Kazaa Lite / K-Lite] 
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/shareaza/ Shareaza]  (Gnutella2, Gnutella1, eDonkey2000/eMule and BitTorrent protocol support)
*[http://www.winmx.com/ WinMX]

=== Plugins ===
*[http://www.macromedia.com/ FlashPlayer] 
*[http://www.iespell.com/ IESpell]  (spellchecker for MS Internet Explorer)
*[http://www.jtedley.com/ JTFlashManager]

=== RSS ===

Most Internet Browsers have RSS builtin, or available as a plugin.
<b>Eg:</b> Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Netscape & Maxthon

*[http://www.awasu.com/ Awasu]
*[http://www.bitscast.com/ BitsCast]
*[http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/FeedDemon/Default.aspx/ FeedDemon - now freeware]
*[http://www.feedreader.com/ FeedReader]
*[http://www.curiostudio.com/ GreatNews]
*[http://www.download.com/KlipFolio/3003-9227_4-10574232.html KlipFolio]
*[http://www.jetbrains.com/omea/reader/ Omea Reader]
*[http://www.rssbandit.org/ RSS Bandit]
*[http://angusj.com/rssmate/ RSS Mate]
*[http://www.rssowl.org/ RSSOwl]
*[http://www.rssreader.com/ RSSReader]
*[http://www.sharpreader.net/ Sharp Reader]
*[http://www.squeet.com/squeet.aspx?CN=readerLearnMore&tab=3 Squeet Reader]

=== VoIP ===
*[http://www.skype.com/ Skype] 
*[http://www.xten.com/index.php?menu=products&smenu=download/ X-Lite]
*[http://www.freepbx.org/ FreePBX] - A GUI to configure...  ''Managed by an Australian (A motorcyclist, too!)''
*[http://www.asterisk.org/ Asterisk]
*[http://www.trixbox.org/ Trixbox] contains FreePBX and Asterisk in a ready-to-run ISO.

=== Web Authoring / Site Development Tools ===
*[http://www.nvu.com/ NVU] 
*[http://www.cyber-matrix.com/t2downloads.html Text2Html] 
*[http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html Xenu's Web Sleuth]

For software to create online galleries, [http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/File_Management_/_Office_Applications#Graphics click here]

=== Web Browsers / Utilities ===
Based upon Microsoft Internet Explorer:

*[http://www.avantbrowser.com/index.html Avant Browser] 
*[http://www.deepnetexplorer.com/ Deepnet Explorer] 
*[http://www.maxthon.com/en/ Maxthon]  (formerly [http://www.myie2.com/html_en/home.htm MyIE2])


Based upon [http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Open_Source#Mozilla_Firefox Mozilla]: 

*[http://www.pikey.me.uk/mozilla/ Bookmark Backup] (backs up Firefox bookmarks and other settings)
*[http://www.totalidea.com/freestuff4.htm FireTune]  (firefox optimiser)
*[http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/ K-Meleon] 
*[http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ Mozilla Firefox]  (associated OCAU thread [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?s=&threadid=216325 here] )
*[http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/ Mozbackup] (a simple utility for creating backups of Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, Mozilla Suite and Netscape profiles)
*[http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/ Netscape] 


Independent of Mozilla & Microsoft:
*[http://www.opera.com/ Opera] (wiki page [[Opera|here]])

=== Misc ===
*[http://fahstats.sourceforge.net/mt/ FAHStats]  (folding @ home stats)
*[http://www.feedreader.com/ FeedReader]  (RSS feed)
*[http://toolbar.google.com/ Google Toolbar] 
*[http://members.lycos.co.uk/nirsoft/utils/iecookies.html IECookiesView] 
*[http://www.jiisoft.com/iemaximizer/ IE Window Maximizer]  (new window auto-maximizer)
*[http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/ Mozilla Suite]  (suite - email, web browser, html editor, irc client, news client)
*[http://www.softpedia.com/public/scripts/downloadhero/10-3-3-228/ Outlook Express Tweaker] 
*[http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ PuTTY]  (teletype client) ([http://skit.id.au/blog/archives/2004/12/portable_ssh_us.php portable] puTTY)
*[http://www.socks.permeo.com/Download/SocksCapDownload/index.asp SocksCap]  (TCP/UDP traffic tunnelling)
*[http://www.blisstonia.com/software/WinMD5/ WinMD5]  MD5 hash checker
*[http://xnews.newsguy.com/ XNews]  (usenet news client)
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