• The Freeware thread
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Software is like sex its better when its free- Linus Torvalds [U][B]Usefull sites for Freeware[/B][/U] Pick from freeware to create one installation(useful if reinstalled OS):[URL]http://ninite.com/[/URL] Different Software released free for a day : [URL]http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/[/URL] Long List of Freeware : [url]http://www.overclock.net/other-software/107873-good-freeware-list.html[/url] [INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][U][B]MediaPlayers[/B][/U] [/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][U]VLC [/U] VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac ...) as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs. Basicly VLC will play anything that you throw at it with no need for codec packs. Also it can play a variety of internet streams [IMG]http://imgkk.com/i/gSZnty.jpg[/IMG] Download WIN/OSX/NIX [URL]http://www.videolan.org/vlc/[/URL] [U]Mediaplayer Classic[/U] Some people don't like VLC so they use MPC instead. The interface is based on the old Windows Media player [IMG]http://imgkk.com/i/kImUSs.jpg[/IMG] Download WIN [URL]http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/download-media-player-classic-hc.html[/URL][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][U][B]Music/iTunes alternative[/B][/U] [/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][U]Songbird[/U] Songbird is a media player that is based on firefox (resource hog, currently using 120mb and 5%CPU)and It is my personal choice. But it also offers web based features such as the downloading of mp3s fetching pictures of flickr(shown below)and lyrics. [IMG]http://imgkk.com/i/pccqcj.jpg[/IMG] It also supports many addons that can enhance the media playing expirence. It also can sync to devices such as ipods [IMG]http://imgkk.com/i/Zk7RPl.jpg[/IMG] Download WIN/OSX/LINUX [URL]http://www.getsongbird.com/system-requirements.php[/URL] [U]Foobar2000[/U] I personally dont like foobar2000 it just seems to complicated for its own good but many people like it foobar2000 is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include full unicode support, ReplayGain support and native support for several popular audio formats. Just like songbird foobar2000 can be highly customized to achieve effects like this below [IMG]http://imgkk.com/i/x7KKsL.jpg[/IMG] Download WIN [URL]http://www.foobar2000.org/download[/URL][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][U][B]Image Burning[/B][/U] [/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][U] ImgBurn[/U] This is the software that I use to burn all my iso's and files from disc. Not much more to say [IMG]http://imgkk.com/i/LJYdoF.png[/IMG] Download WIN [URL]http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download[/URL][INDENT][INDENT][U][B]File Compression and extraction[/B][/U] [/INDENT][/INDENT][U]7-Zip[/U] 7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. It is simple to use and supports these formats * Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR * Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z. [IMG]http://imgkk.com/i/JAQbMc.png[/IMG] Download WIN/OSX/NIX [URL]http://www.7-zip.org/download.html[/URL] [U]Peazip[/U] Peazip is a free open source file extraction and compression program. Fairly easy to use and opens all of these formats: 7z, bz, bz2, bzip2, tbz2, tbz, gz, gzip, tgz, tpz, tar, zip, z01, smzip, arj, cab, chm, chi, chq, chw, hxs, hxi, hxr, hxq, hxw, lit, cpio, deb, lzh, lha, rar, r01, 00, rpm, z, taz, tz, iso, jar, ear, war, lha, pet, pup, pak, pk3, pk4, slp, [Content], xpi, wim, u3p, lzma86, lzma, udf, xar, dmg, hfs, part1, split, swm, tpz, kmz, xz, txz, vhd, mslz, apm, mbr, fat, ntfs, exe, dll, sys, msi, msp, ods, ots, odm, oth, oxt, odb, odf, odg, otg, odp, otp, odt, ott, gnm, doc, dot, xls, xlt, ppt, pps, pot, docx, dotx, xlsx, xltx, swf, flv, quad, balz, zpaq, paq8f, paq8jd, paq8l, paq8o, lpaq1, lpaq5, lpaq8, ace, arc, wrc, 001, pea, cbz, cbr, cba, cb7, cbt (Yeah, i did'nt know that many existed) [IMG]http://peazip.sourceforge.net/peazip.png[/IMG] Download WIN/NIX [URL]http://peazip.sourceforge.net/[/URL][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][U][B]3D Modelling and Animation[/B][/U] [/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][U]Blender [/U] I do not know allot about 3d modelling but I do know that blender is the best free software. It can create stunning results [URL]http://www.blender.org/features-gallery/gallery/art-gallery/[/URL] [IMG]http://imgkk.com/i/y1rEu0.jpg[/IMG] It has an active community with Tut's for the basics Download WIN/OSX/NIX [URL]http://www.blender.org/download/get-blender/[/URL][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][U][B]Office [/B][/U] [/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][U]OpenOffice[/U] OpenOffice is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose. [IMG]http://imgkk.com/i/snOHe3.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://imgkk.com/i/8dDnrS.jpg[/IMG] Download WIN/OSX/NIX [URL]http://download.openoffice.org/other.html#en-GB[/URL][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][U][B]Instant Messenging[/B][/U] [/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT]Pidgin Pidgin is an easy to use and free chat client used by millions. It supports 3rd party plugins so you can use it with Xfire/Facebook etc Supported chat networks: [LIST] [*]AIM [*]Bonjour [*]Gadu-Gadu [*]Google Talk [*]Groupwise [*]ICQ [*]IRC [*]MSN [*]MySpaceIM [*]QQ [*]SILC [*]SIMPLE [*]Sametime [*]XMPP [*]Yahoo! [*]Zephyr [/LIST] [IMG]http://imgkk.com/i/9jX5JJ.png[/IMG] Download WIN/OSX/NIX [URL]http://pidgin.im/download/[/URL][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][U][B]Media Centre[/B][/U] [/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][U]XBMC[/U] Love movies, Microsnakey does and he uses XBMC on his HTPC. Because it looks sexy and works [IMG]http://imgkk.com/i/uIpDNX.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://imgkk.com/i/keghkr.jpg[/IMG] Aeon one of many skins A great community that always develops addons and skins for it Download WIN/OSX/NIX/XBOX/APPLETV/LIVEUSB [URL]http://xbmc.org/download/[/URL][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][U][B]Misc[/B][/U] [/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][U]VMWare ESXi [/U] [IMG]http://myvsphere.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/vsphere_client2.jpg[/IMG] The free version of ESX, it basically lets you dedicate one machine to running all your virtual machines. Ever wanted to run both a NAS and a DHCP server at the same time on the same system? Now you can! Closed-source, [B]requires registration[/B] + decent technical knowledge Download WIN [URL]https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/index.php?p=free-esxi&lp=1[/URL] [U]FreeNAS[/U] [IMG]http://www.techgoondu.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/freenas.jpg[/IMG] Based on FreeBSD, lets you cheat out of a $100+ NAS by reusing an old PC, and does tons more shit too. Open-source. Download [URL="http://freenas.org/"]http://freenas.org[/URL] [INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][U][B]Anti-Virus[/B][/U] [/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][IMG]http://imgkk.com/i/tNysul.jpg[/IMG] Yeah I bet that's what she's fucking saying I personally use Common Sense 2010 Pro-Edition so I dont know much about Anti-Virus's So if someone wants to write what they use and whats good about it In the mean time I will just post some Links Microsoft security essentials [URL]http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/default.aspx?mkt=en-gb#dlbutton[/URL] Avast [URL]http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download[/URL] AVG [URL]http://free.avg.com/gb-en/homepage[/URL] AVIRA [URL]http://www.free-av.com/[/URL] [U] [B]System Maintenance[/B] Todo Backup[/U] EASEUS Todo Backup is an award-winning and Free backup and restore solution for a good reason: with detailed instruction wizards, your computer will be in a safe condition within minutes without the help of an IT specialist to backup your system state, partition and disk. And this program is totally free to use! EASEUS Todo Backup can backup your system partition to quickly get the system up and running in the event of a system crash or hardware failure. It allows you to backup and restore disk or partition after viruses attack, unstable software download, hard drive failure, etc. Meanwhile, EASEUS Todo Backup is useful if you want to upgrade the older smaller hard disk without reinstalling the operating system and applications once again. Download WIN [URL]http://www.todo-backup.com/products/home/[/URL] I will add some PS alternatives, Anti-Virus,Firewall later maybe
GIMP for Photoshop alternative.
Avast! 5 Home Edition for antivirus.
[QUOTE=DarkSpirit05er;20417918]Avast! 5 Home Edition for antivirus.[/QUOTE] ppft MSE is where its at
very nice thread. I'd like to add Audacity to the list.
[QUOTE=DarkSpirit05er;20417918]Avast! 5 Home Edition for antivirus.[/QUOTE] Seconded. Also, some miscellaneous suggestions: Notepad++ (Notepad replacement) KeePass Password Safe (password manager) Process Explorer (task manager replacement) Thunderbird (email client) If you want a browser category then of course Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari Filezilla (FTP client) I've got a bunch more but I don't know if they (or these for that matter) would fit in this thread, depends on if you want to cover the whole range of freeware or just a few specific categories.
Put up this link: [url]http://ninite.com/[/url] Select what programs you want and the website lets you download a handy installer that downloads your selection and installs them all by itself. And all of them are free. (With the exception of the Microsoft Office Trial Version)
FreeNAS - [url]http://freenas.org[/url] [img]http://www.techgoondu.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/freenas.jpg[/img] Based on FreeBSD, lets you cheat out of a $100+ NAS by reusing an old PC, and does tons more shit too. Open-source. VMWare ESXi - [url]http://www.vmware.com/products/esxi/[/url] [img]http://myvsphere.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/vsphere_client2.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.virtualizationadmin.com/img/upl/image0021229433128273.jpg[/img] The free version of ESX, it basically lets you dedicate one machine to running all your virtual machines. Ever wanted to run both a NAS and a DHCP server at the same time on the same system? Now you can! Closed-source, requires registration + decent technical knowledge
[QUOTE=blacksam;20418055]very nice thread. I'd like to add Audacity to the list.[/QUOTE] yes
[QUOTE=Roast Beast;20418091]Seconded. Also, some miscellaneous suggestions: Notepad++ (Notepad replacement) KeePass Password Safe (password manager) Process Explorer (task manager replacement) Thunderbird (email client) If you want a browser category then of course Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari Filezilla (FTP client) I've got a bunch more but I don't know if they (or these for that matter) would fit in this thread, depends on if you want to cover the whole range of freeware or just a few specific categories.[/QUOTE] This, these are actually all the freeware programs I use.
What gets on my wick with Foobar is that none of these good looking setups are available as default.
Add Peazip to the OP: [img]http://peazip.sourceforge.net/peazip.png[/img] Peazip is a free open source file extraction and compression program. Fairly easy to use and opens all of these formats: 7z, bz, bz2, bzip2, tbz2, tbz, gz, gzip, tgz, tpz, tar, zip, z01, smzip, arj, cab, chm, chi, chq, chw, hxs, hxi, hxr, hxq, hxw, lit, cpio, deb, lzh, lha, rar, r01, 00, rpm, z, taz, tz, iso, jar, ear, war, lha, pet, pup, pak, pk3, pk4, slp, [Content], xpi, wim, u3p, lzma86, lzma, udf, xar, dmg, hfs, part1, split, swm, tpz, kmz, xz, txz, vhd, mslz, apm, mbr, fat, ntfs, exe, dll, sys, msi, msp, ods, ots, odm, oth, oxt, odb, odf, odg, otg, odp, otp, odt, ott, gnm, doc, dot, xls, xlt, ppt, pps, pot, docx, dotx, xlsx, xltx, swf, flv, quad, balz, zpaq, paq8f, paq8jd, paq8l, paq8o, lpaq1, lpaq5, lpaq8, ace, arc, wrc, 001, pea, cbz, cbr, cba, cb7, cbt (Yeah, i did'nt know that many existed) Installer: [url]http://peazip.sourceforge.net/[/url] There are installations of this for Windows and Linux in both Automatic Installers and Standalone.
Why is steam not on the instant messaging list?
[QUOTE=Rrrrrright;20418721]Why is steam not on the instant messaging list?[/QUOTE] Why would it be It's not exactly freeware when you have to buy a game to add friends
[QUOTE=opaali;20418788]Why would it be It's not exactly freeware when you have to buy a game to add friends[/QUOTE] you don't have to buy a game to add friends :downs:
Foobar's website has been down for some time. I've been unable to download 1.0. :frown:
[QUOTE=whatnow V2;20418967]you don't have to buy a game to add friends :downs:[/QUOTE] :downs: You do
[QUOTE=microsnakey;20417681] [INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][U][B]Media Centre[/B][/U] [/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][U]XBMC[/U] Love movies, Microsnakey does and he uses XBMC on his HTPC. Because it looks sexy and works [img]http://imgkk.com/i/uIpDNX.jpg[/img] [img]http://imgkk.com/i/keghkr.jpg[/img] Aeon one of many skins A great community that always develops addons and skins for it Download WIN/OSX/NIX/XBOX/APPLETV/LIVEUSB [url]http://xbmc.org/download/[/url] [/QUOTE] Where the fuck have I been, this looks awesome. I use the MediaBrowser addon for Windows Media center which is damn good, but that... looks fucking awesome. Will definitely try it out. Oh yeah, does anyone know a guide for how to install skins for foobar? I tried it, but a load of the base addons I needed to install for the skins to even work returned loads of errors and it just wasn't fucking working.
[QUOTE=Eight Bit;20418992]Foobar's website has been down for some time. I've been unable to download 1.0. :frown:[/QUOTE] Works perfectly for me
Different stuff on this site each day: [url]http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/[/url]
[QUOTE=microsnakey;20417681]Software is like sex its better when its free- Linus Torvalds [INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][U][B]MediaPlayers[/B][/U] [/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT] [U]VLC [/U] VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac ...) as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs. Basicly VLC will play anything that you throw at it with no need for codec packs. Also it can play a variety of internet streams [img]http://imgkk.com/i/gSZnty.jpg[/img] Download WIN/OSX/NIX [URL]http://www.videolan.org/vlc/[/URL] [/QUOTE] I'm not too much of a fan of VLC, I just install [url=http://shark007.net/win7codecs.html]Win7Codecs[/url] and play all my shit using WMP and Media Centre. Maybe I just hate having two different pieces of software that do the same thing.
OH GOOD LORD [editline]edit[/editline] FREEWARE != GPL
Isn't GPL also freeware though?
No.
Pretty useful thread for newbuilds and the like. Cheers
[url]http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Freeware[/url]
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;20419867][url]http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Freeware[/url][/QUOTE] "Today it has no particular agreed-on definition."
[QUOTE=opaali;20420070]"Today it has no particular agreed-on definition."[/QUOTE] That's because everyone is wrong about what it means.
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;20420096]That's because everyone is wrong about what it means.[/QUOTE] What is on this thread then? Free Software
A+ thread. Wonder how long till someone digs up a true gem.
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