I did see this on an art related forum elsewhere, but I'm sure some of you will be interested in this as well. Corel is giving away Paint Shop Pro X for free: Please login to see this link.
The only difference with the retail version is that you get a splash screen when you close asking you to buy version X1. Otherwise I don't think there's a difference.
Very cool application, I do find it more useful and friendlier to use then Photoshop, yet it packs some awesome power and tools.