Graphics
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Ristretto is an image viewer designed to be very light on resources. More information can be found in the Ristretto online documentation.

Simple Scan is an easy-to-use scan utility designed to do simple tasks like scanning to email or directly to PDF. Read more at the Simple Scan website.

Shotwell is an easy to use photo manager

Font Manager allows you to install modify and remove fonts from the system easily

Pinta is an easy to use paint program similar to MS Paint, more advanced tools like the GIMP are available via the repository


Internet
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Firefox is a mature and stable web browser which can be extended with a wide variety of available add-ons. 

Geary is a versatile mail client which can handle multiple email accounts and different identities simultaneously. 

Pidgin is the default instant messaging client capable of handling MSN, XMPP (Google Talk, Facebook) and more. Read more from Using Pidgin at the Pidgin online help.

Nitroshare is an easy to use tool that allows you to quickly and easily swap files between systems on the same network.  More advanced network protocols like Samba and NFS are also supported

Media
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Parole Media Player is a simple media player that can play video and audio files. 

Audacious is an easy to use audio player that allows you to manage your audio files very easily

Cheese is a webcam application that allows you to take pictures or video using your webcam

Sound Recorder allows you to record audio clips

[Note]	
freespire does not includes any proprietary multimedia codecs available multimedia codecs.  These are available in Linspire - Multimedia Codecs can be installed via the ubuntu-restricted-extras

PulseAudio Volume Control is the way to control the different sound sources and their destinations. Read more at the PulseAudio website.

Xfburn is the chosen program for creating your CDs and DVDs.

Office
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Abiword is a word processor with extensive WYSIWYG word processing capabilities.

Gnumeric is a spreadsheet editor with a number of unique features, including a system which automatically defines series of graphs, based on information available to the user. 
Dictionary provides an easy way to access a number of different dictionaries across the internet. Read more at the Xfce4 Dictionary online help.

Document Viewer is a PDF reader.

Orage has been designed to be a simple but effective calendar application to keep track of your appointments and trigger alarms. Read more at the Orage website.

System
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Backup is a easy to use backup facility that allows you to backup your system on local or external disks

Gigolo is an easy way to connect to local and remote file systems. Read more at the Gigolo website.

Task Manager provides a graphical overview of running applications. More information can be found in the Task Manager online documenatation.

System log is a log viewer utility that can be used to diagnose a variety of system issues

System Profiler and Benchmark is a utility that lets you gather information about your system and test speed and efficiency

Disks is a disk formatting and test utility for testing internal and external storage devices