Desktop Freebies and Screensavers
Welcome to freebielist.com's Desktop Freebies section where you'll find free screensavers, skins, wallpaper, and other free desktop stuff. With so many enhancements available free of charge, you needn’t stay with that boring factory wallpaper your computer manufacturer provided. Neither do you have to settle for a standard screensaver or colour scheme. Personalise your computer your way! Let’s face it, we spend more time in front of screens than ever before, so it might as well be as pleasing on the eye as possible. Don't forget to let us know if you find any more great desktop downloads. If you find any incorrect links, please report it using our contact facility so we can keep the directory up to date. Thanks very much for your assistance.
Free Space Imagery Wallpapers
Spruce up your computer desktop with these fascinating (and free) wallpaper images, all featuring various space-themed photography, courtesy of Space.com. There is some truly superb imagery available here and they provide wallpapers in a number of popular resolutions, including both standard and widescreen.
Free Pleiades Star Cluster WallpaperAt the National Geographic site you can grab a wallpaper image of the beautiful star cluster known as the Pleiades (or "Seven Sisters"). "The cluster, located some 400 light-years away, formed about 100 million years ago. It contains thousands of stars but gets its name from seven of its brightest members". To download this inspiring image, follow the "Wallpaper" link below the preview picture, then select your screen resolution size to download.
Angry Birds Theme
A great desktop enhancement freebie from Microsoft and based on the popular "Angry Birds" game seen on smartphones and other mobile devices. The download contains wallpaper, icons and a bunch of other goodies to add some excitement to your computer desktop. Please note: functions on all versions of Windows 7.
Forever Friends Desktop Freebies
At the Forever Friends Web site, you'll find a high quality collection of cute screensavers, suitable for both Windows and Mac operating systems. Aside from this, the site also includes some excellent wallpaper images, featuring scenes from birthdays, Magic Star, Halloween, and also desktop calendars. Be sure to check out their range of iPod videos and mobile phone goodies, too.
Free Hubble Space Telescope Desktop Wallpapers
At freebielist.com we're big fans of HubbleSite's collection of free space-themed desktop wallpaper. Some of the most breathtaking imagery ever witnessed is available on this site, including detailed shots of galaxies, nebulae, planets, star fields and more. Be sure to check out the Sombrero Galaxy image!
Free Space and Nebula Wallpapers
This round-up of freebie space and nebula wallpapers from Smashing Magazine is just the thing to jazz up your computer desktop. Alongside space-themed backgrounds, they also include a selection of "sky" imagery as well!
Free Premiership Football Computer Wallpapers
Football news site TEAMtalk has an interesting selection of free computer wallpaper images, featuring many of the Premiership's football teams (there are a few omissions, so apologies for that!). Two resolution sizes are available: 800x600 and 1024x768 pixels.
Free Lord’s Cricket Desktop Wallpaper
Cricket fans will love this site, which allows you to spruce up your computer desktop with a variety of Lord's cricket-themed imagery. Featured are images from Test Matches, along with popular players.
Free Virtual Hebrides Computer Wallpaper
A fine selection of desktop wallpaper, featuring images from the Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. They feature two popular resolution sizes: 1024 x 768 and 800 x 600 pixels.
Free Ordnance Survey Desktop Wallpaper
Every month, Ordnance Survey offers a free desktop wallpaper image, featuring somewhere beautiful and scenic in Great Britain. New wallpaper files are usually available a week before the end of each month. Various screen resolution sizes are catered for.
Free National Geographic Desktop WallpapersA fine collection of free wallpaper images that are sure to liven up your computer desktop. Some of the imagery used here is breathtaking and there's plenty to choose from! Various resolution sizes are available.
Free Kit Kat Desktop StuffNavigate your way to the laptop and you'll be able to download a selection of free desktop goodies, including wallpaper, screensavers and desktop icons. They are ideal if you're a Kit Kat fanatic! (Functions on both Windows and Mac).
Desktop Earth
If you are bored with your computer wallpaper, check out this free download. Desktop Earth reproduces an accurate representation of the Earth (as seen from space) and uses this image as your wallpaper. You can set the updates to run at various time intervals to ensure your image is bang up-to-date. You are also able to see populated areas at night!
Various Sun-related Desktop FreebiesHere you can get your hands on a variety of freebie desktop downloads, featuring imagery from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (a project by the ESA and NASA to study the sun). Downloads are available for Windows, Max and Linux, and include screen savers, an image viewer, desktop wallpaper, etc.
Free Christmas Desktop WallpersBrighten up your computer desktop with this selection of festive Christmas wallpapers. Over 20 high quality wallpaper backgrounds can be downloaded here, completely free of charge. Many of the wallpapers are available in various screen resolutions, depending on your preference.
Free Doctor Who WallpaperFans of the new Doctor Who series will love these free desktop wallpaper backgrounds. You'll find images depicting scenes from the show, along with the many characters, and of course, the Doctor himself. 1024x768, 800x600 and widescreen resolutions are available. Mobile wallpaper (for your phone) can also be downloaded here.
SuperMastiThis site offers over 13,000 free desktop wallpapers in more than 300 categories, which includes celebrities, supermodels, nature, animals, video games, cars & bikes, military, cartoons, fantasy scenes, supermodels, movies, singers, digital arts and more. You need to register first (takes only few seconds) to download, rate and comment on wallpapers. You can even upload your own.
Free Astronomy ScreensaverAt this site, you can download Robert Gregory Garfinkle's "Astronomy 2005 Screensaver". This fabulous freeware screensaver displays spellbinding images of the cosmos, all captured by NASA and numerous other space organisations. Install this program and marvel at the stars of The Pleiades, the rings of Saturn, nebulas and galaxies. Two versions are available: High Res (45MB) and Low Res (11MB).
IconsPLUSA fantastic site for comic book, sci-fi, TV and film desktop icons. Here, all the icons featured are completely free for private non-commercial usage. Please note, however, that you may not use the icons to spruce up your Web site. These are only for use on your personal computer. Free fonts are also available at IconsPLUS, along with some unique desktop patterns.
Digital WallpapersOffers some fantastic high quality free desktop wallpapers for your computer in many categories, including: 3D and abstract, animals, cars, people, music, sport, space, movies, nature and more. At this site, you can also find some terrific free Lord of the Rings, South Park and cities and landmarks wallpapers in two popular sizes: 1024x768 and 800x600 pixels.
Freeloader Free ScreensaversAt Freeloader's site, you'll find a neat selection of high quality free screensavers. These screen savers are completely free to download and will function on all Microsoft Windows computers, although Mac users will need to select the versions made specifically for them. As well as screensavers, this site serves up some fantastic freebie games.
Free Winamp SkinsThe popular audio player, Winamp, is possibly one of the most skinnable programs you'll find on the Internet. Here, you will find hundreds of skins to download free of charge. Their directory of downloadable skins is extensive and some of the categories include: abstract, anime, movies, retro, sports, music, etc. Designers can also submit their own skins for addition.
FreeSaver.comOne of the few "true" free screensaver sites on the Internet. FreeSaver.com has 16 categories containing over 1600 free screensavers for users of Microsoft Windows. And, unlike most screensaver sites claiming to be "free", FreeSaver.com only offers freeware screensavers that have been checked for viruses, spyware and adware. This site also features a screensaver section dedicated to Mac users, and a nifty search feature.
Wallpaper-Free.euThis site provides a selection of free wallpapers for use on your computer desktop. Wallpaper-Free.eu includes desktop wallpaper featuring scenes from locations, such as the Alps, Egypt, Budapest, Malaysia and Mallorca. You'll also find nature wallpapers, featuring plants and animals, and flight wallpapers, featuring images of aircraft and parachutists. All the wallpapers here are free for non-commercial use.
Download Screen SaversAn excellent site that provides a great mixture of freeware and shareware screensavers to download in numerous categories. Some of the sections you'll find here include: 3D-style screen savers, animals, cartoons, fantasy, TV, nature, cities, aeroplanes, sports, etc. The file size of each screen saver is also provided to give you an idea on the download time.
Digital Car WallpapersThis site serves up free desktop wallpapers featuring images of cars in two screen resolution sizes: 1024x768 and 800x600 pixels (currently the two most popular sizes). There are around 100 different wallpaper images here, including cars manufactured by Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Porsche and Volkswagen. Digital Car Wallpapers is a regularly updated site with plenty of quality content.
Mywallpapers.deA free desktop wallpaper site from Germany. Mywallpapers.de includes over 13,000 high quality wallpapers in various categories, e.g. anime, cars, games, military, music, sport, TV, films, etc. Here, you can also select your preferred language setting, so if your first language is English, rather than German, then you can switch it and vice versa.
Digital Desktop WallpaperA well-categorised free wallpaper images gallery, containing dozens of specialist desktop wallpaper images of nature, movies and animals in two resolutions: 1024x768 and 800x600 pixels. To browse through the backgrounds here, simply follow the main category links and select a sub-category. Here, you will also find links to similar themed sites.
Freeloader Free WallpapersFreeloader.com, the popular free games Web site, also includes some excellent free wallpaper backgrounds, which are ideal for sprucing up your PC. There are well over a dozen free wallpaper backgrounds here, featuring themes from various films and games. You will even find some comical wallpapers to brighten up your day in the office.
The Bill Desktop WallpapersIf you're a fan of ITV1's hit TV series "The Bill" then you'll likely find this site interesting. Here, you can download computer wallpapers featuring characters from the series, and you can also play a number of online games and competitions. This site also allows you to locate character information, episode lists and provides great news on up and coming episodes (note: spoilers are present on this site).
Cool WallpaperAll kinds of quality free desktop wallpapers can be found here. CoolWallpaper.com features wallpaper in various categories, some of which include: celebrities, models, space themes, animations, cars, and much more. Along with this, the "Cool Wallpaper Software" you'll find here allows users to download and manage their images more effectively.
Free Elvis Presley ScreensaversAt the official Elvis Presley Web site, you'll find a selection of free screensavers to download, including one featuring scenes from "Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii" and the "1968 Comeback Special". Other screen savers available here include classic images of Elvis performing. Please note: unfortunately, none of these screen savers feature audio.
Free Charlie’s Angels ScreensaverDownload a freeware screen saver featuring the crime-fighting trio, Charlie's Angels. This version is centred around their most recent film, "Full Throttle", starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu. Please note: this screen saver is only available for Microsoft Windows operating systems. The file size is 2.79 bytes.
Lord of the Rings Desktop FreebiesA truly superb site, providing free desktop goodies for your computer. Follow the "Imagery" link then proceed to the "Downloads" section for free Lord of the Rings wallpaper, screen savers, e-cards, AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) icons and Winamp skins. At this site, you will also find the Lord of the Rings trailer, stories, cast information and more besides.
Various Free ScreensaversA fantastic site for comic book, sci-fi, TV and film desktop icons. Here, all the icons featured are completely free for private non-commercial usage. Please note, however, that you may not use the icons to spruce up your Web site. These are only for use on your personal computer. Free fonts are also available at IconsPLUS, along with some unique desktop patterns.