Heres a couple of links to websites that have gathered together the best there is in free programs on the wwweb. You should be able to find anything you need with these websites. I must confess that in the past i have used a lot of pirated software, the likes of Adobe, Macromedia, Microsoft etc... but i have now got a piracy free machine with all the programs i will ever need, for free. And since finding these websites i dont see any reason why i ould ever use pirated software again in the future... I feel a lot better about it too, so have a browse and enjoy!
http://theopencd.org/
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm
Ronan H