Free Software

Microsoft Office 365

Walla Walla Community College Information Technology Services is providing Microsoft® Office 365 to students at no extra cost. Each student may install this software on up to five computers – PC or Mac – and five mobile device – Apple iOS, Android and Windows Mobile.

The subscription is free as long as you’re an active student enrolled in classes.

Online Storage

Dropbox

Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Never email yourself a file again!

Google Drive

Google Drive is a free service that lets you store all your files including documents, photos, videos and Google Docs online and access them anywhere.

OneDrive

Store any file on your OneDrive and it’s automatically available from your phone and computers no syncing or cables needed. Use your free 15 GB of OneDrive storage, and you’ll never be without the documents, notes, photos, and videos that matter to you.

Web Browsers

Chrome

Googe Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.

Safari

Safari puts the emphasis on browsing not the browser. Innovative features make your experience on the web better than it ever was.

Firefox

The Web is all about innovation, and Firefox sets the pace with dozens of new features to deliver a faster, more secure and customizable Web browsing experience for all.

Media

iTunes

iTunes is a free application for Mac and PC. It plays all your digital music and video. It syncs content to your iPod, iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. And it’s an entertainment superstore that stays open 24/7.

VLC

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols without external codec or program.

MediaMonkey

MediaMonkey is a music manager and jukebox for serious music collectors and iPod users. It catalogs your CDs, OGG, WMA, MPC, FLAC, APE, WAV and MP3 audio files. It offers an intelligent tag editor which looks up missing Album Art and track information via Freedb and the web, and an automated file and directory renamer to organize your music library.

Documents

OpenOffice

OppenOffice.org is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers.

LibreOffice

LibreOffice is the free power-packed Open Source personal productivity suite for Windows, Macintosh and Linux, that gives you six feature-rich applications for all your document production and data processing needs.

PDFCreator

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

Imaging

Picasa

Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with folder names you will recognize. You can drag and drop to arrange your albums and make labels to create new groups. Picasa makes sure your pictures are always organized.

Gimp

The GIMP is a multiplatform photo manipulation tool. GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. The GIMP is suitable for a variety of image manipulation tasks, including photo retouching, image composition, and image construction.

Paint.NET

Paint.NET is an image and photo manipulation application.

Security

Microsoft Essentials

Microsoft Security Essentials is a free download for Microsoft that is simple to install, easy to use, and always kept up to date so you can be assured your PC is protected by the latest technology. It’s easy to tell if you PC is secure – when you’re green, you’re good. It’s that simple.

AVG

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is a trusted antivirus and antispyware protection for Windows available to download for free. In addition, the new included LinkScanner® Active Surf-Shield checks web pages for threats at the only that matters – when you’re about to click that link.

Malwarebytes

Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware can detect and remove malware that even the most well-known anti-virus and anti-malware applications fail to detect. Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware monitors every process and top malicious processes before they even start.

Spybot

Spybot – Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behavior to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies.