Downloads can be done from (or found on) many sites, for example:

• www.tucows.com - my favorite site
- www.filez.com
- www.download.com
- www.davecentral.com
- www.shareware.com
- www.webattack.com - very good source
- ftpsearch.city.ru:8000/ftpsearch -  Russian FTP search
- www.filesearch.ru -  Russian FTP search

music downloads:
- www.kazaa.com/ -
- www.musiccity.com/ - Morpheus (download from http://download.cnet.com )