Desktop Freebies
Welcome to our desktop freebies section where you'll find free screensavers, skins, wallpaper, and other free desktop stuff. If you happen to stumble across an outdated link, we'd very much appreciate it if you could report it. Thanks for visiting and enjoy your time freebie hunting!
3D Desktops UK - An interactive Web site featuring a wide range of free desktop wallpapers in various categories, including: abstract, oceans, sunsets, sunrises, 3D wallpaper, mobile phone wallpapers, etc. 3D Desktops UK allows users to rate each wallpaper, with the most popular being placed in a dedicated "Top Rated" category. To access the site areas, a free and simple membership registration is required.
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Doctor Who Wallpaper - Fans 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.
SuperMasti - This 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 Pleiades Star Cluster Wallpaper - At 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.
Moodflow - Offers a truly mesmerizing collection of free desktop wallpaper images, featuring "as imagined" scenes of distant worlds. To access these wallpapers, follow the "Wallpapers" link on their home page. Most of the wallpapers are 1024x768 or 1600x1200 pixels in size. In addition to wallpapers, Moodflow also offers a small collection of free inspirational MP3s. Please note that Moodflow.com's content is free for personal use only.
Free Astronomy Screensaver - At 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).
Digital Wallpapers - Offers 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.
IconsPLUS - A 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.
FreeSaver.com - One 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.
Freeloader Free Screensavers - At 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 Skins - The 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.
Download Screen Savers - An 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.
Wallpaper-Free.eu - This 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.
Screensavers Planet - Offers a wide range of free screensavers in various categories, including 3D, Animals, Cartoons, Celebrities, Horses, Music, Space, Sports and more. On their home page, you'll find a list of popular screensavers that visitors have downloaded. Each screensaver listing includes a file size, plus downloads can also be rated according to their appearance and quality.
Digital Car Wallpapers - This 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.
Desktop Links - A well-designed Web directory specialising in listing free screen savers, wallpaper, skins, desktop themes, graphics, fonts and more. Desktoplinks.com features a showcased "site of the month" and includes a growing collection of the best desktop-themed links. Webmasters can submit their own "desktop" related site to obtain additional visitors.
Mywallpapers.de - A 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 Wallpaper - A 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 Wallpapers - Freeloader.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 Wallpapers - If 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).
Free Elvis Presley Screensavers - At 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.
Cool Wallpaper - All 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.
Lord of the Rings Desktop Freebies - A 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.
Free Charlie's Angels Screensaver - Download 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.
Various Free Screensavers - A 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.
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