text: There's not really a single freeware application that's best.\n\nOpen Office is a great alternative to MS Office\nAudacity is the leader with music file stuff\nLimewire & eMule are clean p2p file sharers\nAd-Aware & Spybot for anti-spyware\nAVG or avast! for anti-virus\nGimp is the free alternative to Photoshop\n\nNot to mention\nYahoo! Games, freeciv, sudoku, and numerous other games