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Lets start a HUGE Free Software Thread
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Posted by: stealer
Hi All,
Let's start a HUGE free software thread and keep it going. Lets see how many programs we can get.
Ok, Here's what I use.
EditPad Lite - Notepad replacement
http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html
Irfan View - graphic-file viewer
http://irfanview.tuwien.ac.at/english.htm
Print Folder - Prints the contents of any folder.
http://no-nonsense-software.com/
Hot Lingo - Spell checker for IE (Great for these forums)
http://www.hotlingo.com/
Zone Alarm - Fire Wall
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp
Yankee Clipper - A super powerful Windows clipboard extender.
http://www.yankee-clipper.net/
Password Pro - ZDNet's Password Pro 32 is a handy utility that helps you track your various passwords
http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3000...tml?tag=lst-0-1
AVG AntiVirus - Anti-Virus progam
http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_index.htm
Copernic - search utilities
http://www.copernic.com/products/co...asic/index.html
Posted by: Outlaw
RAD Video Tools
You can play and convert bink and smacker video files with this.
Virtualdub
Video editing program with alot of features.
GetDiz
Notepad replacement - Also handles ascii art 
Winamp
Audio player
Trillian
Messaging software
I'll probably come up with more later
Posted by: taco_fox
Should this be limited to freeware, or can it contain shareware or adware? Only adware to a point, of course.
Posted by: stealer
Freeware would be the best of course. But shareware that is functional like Zonealarm would be fine to.
Programs that time out after 30 days would be best to avoid.
Stealer
Posted by: Bobaroo
AIM
Instant Messaging Software
Mirc
Messaging/downloading Program-Connects to IRC
Adware
Gets Rid of spyware
3dmark 2001
Video Bench Marking Program
WS_FTP LE
Free FTP Program
I also use Trillian and WinAmp.
Posted by: taco_fox
Very useful for people who like to tweak their computers:
TweakUI (aka "Powertoys") - Available from www.microsoft.com
A helluva lot of tweaks for any Windows version
Motherboard Monitor 5 - http://mbm.livewiredev.com/
Monitor temperatures, fan RPMs, voltages, and more.
SiSoft Sandra - http://www.sisoftware.demon.co.uk/sandra/
Hardware benchmarking utility
WCPUID - www.h-oda.com
Utility that shows you clock speeds, FSB speeds, multipliers, CPU cache size and speeds, and more.
Coolmon - http://www.arsware.org/coolmon/
Bitchin customizable utility that places stats on your desktop
This pic shows you Coolmon, WCPUID, and MBM (and Winamp, but someone already mentioned that).
As an aside, I should tell you that you need MBM5 installed if you want Coolmon to display temperatures and fan speeds.
Posted by: Bobaroo
Where did you get "Zoids" wallpaper? I love that show.
Some other ones are...
Rivatuner
Program to tweak and overclock Nvidia Video cards.
Winzip
To zip and unzip files
WinRAR
For RAR files
Posted by: slugo3
Some that are probably obvious but deserve mention.
The Gimp
Image editing software
Mozilla
A great Browser
Tiny Personal Firewall
A free personal firewall (version 2.0 is free)
Blender
A great 3d package
Open Office
A free office suite
And my favorite though not really "software"
Slackware
Posted by: taco_fox
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Originally posted by Bobaroo330
Where did you get "Zoids" wallpaper? I love that show
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I honestly can't remember, but here's the one I'm using now (1024x768) if you want it.
Posted by: taco_fox
Rather than make four posts, I'll might as well upload them to a web account. These are all 1024x768.
(right click and save-as)
Red Blade Liger
Liger Zero Jager (the new series)
Liger Zero Schneider (the new series)
Heh, sorry for the thread hijack, but I'm just helping out a fellow Zoid fan.
Posted by: tkron
If I try and access those files I get the following:
HTTP1.1 STATUS 403 Remote Access to this object forbidden This file cannot be directly accessed from a remote site, but must be linked through the Brinkster Member's site.
Posted by: taco_fox
Nevermind, I changed the links in the other post. You can click on them now.
Posted by: BPM
I can't believe no one mentioned CDex! It's a fantastic opensource CD ripper/mp3 encoder. I recommend it highly!
Posted by: ZeRo_MaXwInG
Here's a few mp3 utilities that are useful. I only used the Audio WAV to MP3 Converter (last one on the list) and it really good.
http://www.best-mp3-software.com/
Posted by: Null Actor
Tight VNC, a remote desktop administration program.
VDMSound, a driver for WinNT/2k/XP that emulates sound under DOS. Get all your sounds in all your old dos games!
Exult, a windows engine for the Ultima 7 games. (More game than software, but still extremely cool).
Shoutcast, host your own internet radio station.
Peercast, a P2P based broadcasting program.
WinMX, the absolute best filesharing program there is.
Posted by: olopbob
See post below.
Posted by: Chaotic
I used this to prove how shoddy my isp was. After
e-mailing them proof, I was very surprised to see
them take the same amount of action as before.
Ahem, none. It fun to play around with anyway
www.pingplotter.com
Posted by: ZeRo_MaXwInG
Quote:
Originally posted by olopbob
Let's not forget security and spam busters:
disk cleaner ------ Takes everything away
adaware------- Stops it from getting there
free surfer------ Stops popups but not new windows
chaos shredder-----don't just delete, overwrite with jibberish
abc chaos----- Total encryption w/ password
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A link to them would really be convenient.
Posted by: olopbob
Let's not forget security and spam busters:
disk cleaner ------ Takes everything away
http://diskcleaner.tripod.com/
adaware------- Stops it from getting there
www.lavasoftUSA.com
free surfer------ Stops popups but not new windows
http://www.kolumbus.fi/eero.muhonen/FS/Support.htm
chaos shredder-----don't just delete, overwrite with jibberish
abc chaos----- Total encryption w/ password
Both Chaos products: http://www.webattack.com
spyblocker---- keeps the cookies away
http://www.spyblocker-software.com/spyblocker/
Sorry, is this better, anyway the url for my addition spyblocker had changed so I found the new one.
Didn't mean to double post.
Posted by: SKYHN
I think its time this man makes his way into this thread:
http://www.governmentgrant.com/bps/images/tallmain.jpg
Posted by: BeZeRkEr
Quote:
Originally posted by ZeRo_MaXwInG
Here's a few mp3 utilities that are useful. I only used the Audio WAV to MP3 Converter (last one on the list) and it really good.
http://www.best-mp3-software.com/
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Exact Audio Copy (EAC) is the best out there.
EAC can be found here.
Posted by: GeForce_4_
What about free and full OS optimizers for slower comps
Ram freeers disk defraggers
I need some sites for those
TWEAK UI is good
Posted by: ZeRo_MaXwInG
RAM Idle - Manages memory/CPU usage as well as set up cache sizes either by user definition or the templates they already have there.
http://www.tweaknow.com/ramidl.html
Cacheman - Almost the same thing as RAM Idle except I find that it uses up more system resources. Has more bells and whistles though.
http://www.outertech.com/downloads....b25aaa333a5c0d6 (they have a list of other software too but I have only used cacheman.)
Oh yeah, thanks for the heads up Bezerker. I'll test it out sometime tomorrow.
Posted by: olopbob
Try this Ram optimizer:
RAMBooster 1.6
@ Download.com
Posted by: Azgard
Polaris F-Serv
Very nifty script.
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