You can search
www.download.com for hoards of free/share/adwares. Be aware though, most good freewares are in fact adwares. I think it's the case with pegasus too.
One way to get over this is to install ad-aware, a simple to use program that spots and deletes ad-programs. The only problem being that some adwares simply download the ad everytime you connect to internet with it (some email programs) or simply stop working if the nasty files are not found.
I prefered Eudora over Pegasus, for reasons i don't remember now [img]smile.gif[/img] . It's an evil adware though, so now i'm back to Fisherprice's My First Email: Outlook.
The free version of Eudora has a advertisement windows which cuts precious space. The registered version still includes the adware... Otherwise, i liked it.
I don't know much about openoffice, and nothing at all about it's windows version. On linux, it's OK for basic word processing, but it does not have macros and many thingies you might be used to.
Multitrack audio: i generally hop from one trialware to another when i want to record myself (which does not happen often). I agree that audio freewares kinda suck, but that might be related to my ISA Soundblaster 16 (10 years old and she still has all her teeth).
Free and good antivirus? Is there such a thing??
Faxing via modem: doesn't an app comes with win 98?