Cool Websites and Tools (edition #185)

Check out some of the latest makeuseof discoveries. All listed websites are FREE (or come with a decent free account option). No trials or buy-to-use craplets. For even more app reviews subscribe to makeuseof directory. Want to submit your application to MakeUseOf directory ? See how here.

(1) Appnr – Directory of apps for Ubuntu Linux. Browse programs by category and popularity. To install a program simply click provided “Install” button. Read more: Appnr – Directory of Free Ubuntu Apps.

(2) Autoknock – Huge collection of free car wallpapers for your desktop. If you’re into cars you will definitely find lots of cool wallpapers here. Read more: Autoknock – Free High Quality Car Wallpapers.

(3) CostToDrive – Find out how much it would cost you to drive in your car from one city to another. US only. Read more: CostToDrive – Estimate Gas Cost For Your Next Travel.

(4) GreenDimes – Reduce the amount of junk that gets into your mailbox (catalogs, promotions etc) by removing your address from marketers’ mailing lists. Read more: GreenDimes – Reduce Postal JunkMail & Stay Green.

(5) GuerillaRadio – One more website where you can freely stream and download MP3 files. Search for the artist or band, choose what you want to hear and click play. Read more: GuerillaRadio – Search, Listen & Download MP3 Files From Web.

(6) OrbitFiles – OrbitFiles.com is a free online file storage service that gives you a whopping 6 GBs of free storage space. Other features like file sharing and desktop client provided as well. Read more: OrbitFiles – Keep & Share up to 6GB of Files Online.

(7) PaperCase – Handy website that lets you create and print paper sleeves for your CDs and DVDs. Read more: PaperCase – Create and Print Paper Sleeves For Your CDs.

(8) SiteReloader – Automatically refresh webpages of your choice. How it can come in handy? Quite useful for watching the last-minute bidding on ebay auctions, match results, tracking stocks and so on. Read more: SiteReloader – Auto Refresh Webpages of Your Choice.

(9) TuneChimp – Cool music related webapp which lets you fetch all the information about any artist, be it his latest music videos, songs, photos, events or his bio on a single page. Read more: TuneChimp – Search And Discover Best Music From Any Artist.

(10) Twitter Patterns – Amazing background designs for your twitter profile which could give it an exciting new look. Read more: Twitter Patterns – Get Cool Background Designs For Your Twitter Profile.

These are just half of the websites that we discovered in the last 3-4 days. If you want us to send you daily round-up of all cool websites we come across leave your email here. Or follow us via RSS feed.