Free Programs From the Internet
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Topic: Free Programs From the Internet
Posted By: Psychotic_Carp
Subject: Free Programs From the Internet
Date Posted: 01 October 2005 at 6:38am
This thread is kind of old some of them might have different links, please tell me if a link doesnt work
3D programs
thankyou to threedogparty for this http://www.blender3d.com/ - http://www.blender3d.com/
this is one of the best 3d animation programs out there - maya http://www.alias.com/eng/products-services/maya/maya_ple/index.shtml - http://www.alias.com/eng/products-services/maya/maya_ple/ind ex.shtml
another great company helping you out http://www.discreet.com/products/gmax/ - http://www.discreet.com/products/gmax/
2d programs
the gimp is great for free http://www.gimp.org/ - http://www.gimp.org/
and the photoshop menu version
http://plasticbugs.com/index.php?p=241 - http://plasticbugs.com/index.php?p=241
i havent tried all these but hey they have a free icon builder for you
http://www.coffeecup.com/freestuff/ - http://www.coffeecup.com/freestuff/
want to morph one picture into another? http://meesoft.logicnet.dk/SmartMorph/index2.php - http://meesoft.logicnet.dk/SmartMorph/index2.php
cad http://www.ribbonsoft.com/qcad.html - http://www.ribbonsoft.com/qcad.html
video editing
heres a few sites to check out
http://www.videohelp.com/ - http://www.videohelp.com/ http://www.doom9.org/ - http://www.doom9.org http://www.avid.com/freedv/ - http://www.avid.com/freedv/ http://www.tmpgenc.net/ - http://www.tmpgenc.net/
sick of having ALOT of diff im programs try these
gaim, open source rocks http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ - http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
trillion, people fav but not open source http://www.download.com/Trillian/3000-2150-10148311.html?tag=lst-0-1 - http://www.download.com/Trillian/3000-2150-10148311.html?tag =lst-0-1
need an office program but cant afford office or just plain hate microsoft? http://www.openoffice.org/ - http://www.openoffice.org/
usuall spam tools http://www.download.com/Ad-aware/3000-8022-10214379.html?tag=lst-0-1 - http://www.download.com/Ad-aware/3000-8022-10214379.html?tag =lst-0-1
http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022-10289035.html?tag=lst-0-1 - http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022-1028 9035.html?tag=lst-0-1
you might want to get this http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
another from hellamike http://www.webroot.com/wb/products/spysweeper/index.php - http://www.webroot.com/wb/products/spysweeper/index.php
firewall
zonealarm http://www.download.com/ZoneAlarm/3000-2092-10306241.html?tag=lst-0-1 - http://www.download.com/ZoneAlarm/3000-2092-10306241.html?ta g=lst-0-1
sygate suggested by hellamike http://soho.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm - http://soho.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm
web browsers
mozilla is a favorite http://www.mozilla.org/ - http://www.mozilla.org/ http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ - http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
linux
want to learn linux, but dont want to install it? use knoppix it creates a bootable cd right into linux http://www.knoppix.org/ - http://www.knoppix.org/
the big supply o' open source programs
http://sourceforge.net/ - http://sourceforge.net/
this guy is a great programmer
he has alot of network tools and gen comp tools, this includes a web page server that you can download install and point to an html file and have a server running in less than 2 min (leo laport did it on the screensavers)
http://www.analogx.com/welcome.htm - http://www.analogx.com/welcome.htm
keep track of your dvd's
this prog is free and all you have to do is type in a isbn # and it fills itself out (for most dvd's it will work)
http://www.movieorganizer.com/ - http://www.movieorganizer.com/
multiple coputer tools
do you have two or more computers around you each having a monitor a mouse and keyboard? want to use one mouse for all of them but dont want to shell out for a KNM switch here you go (i know it supports win and linux they either have fin macs or are working on it, yes you can use all 3 at the same time i have seen people copy from a win. computer and paste the info in a linux computer)
http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/index.html - http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/index.html
this one will allow you to use a computer from anywhere in the world as long is it is online
http://www.tightvnc.com/ - http://www.tightvnc.com/
Music
2 great players and one of my favorite rippers
http://www.musicmatch.com/ - http://www.musicmatch.com/
http://www.winamp.com/ - http://www.winamp.com/
this is for editing sound
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
want to stream your music use this (its for winamp)
http://www.shoutcast.com/download/serve.phtml - http://www.shoutcast.com/download/serve.phtml
ftp server and client
http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/ - http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
HTML WYSIWYG
http://www.nvu.com/index.html - http://www.nvu.com/index.html
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got game?
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Posted By: Blueberry_pie
Date Posted: 01 October 2005 at 6:57am
About 3D programs: don't forget http://www.anim8or.com - Anim8or ! Not as powerful as Blender but a lot easier to use in my opinion.
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Posted By: Psychotic_Carp
Date Posted: 01 October 2005 at 8:46pm
Originally posted by Blueberry_pie
About 3D programs: don't forget http://www.anim8or.com - Anim8or ! Not as powerful as Blender but a lot easier to use in my opinion.
did not know about that sir!
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got game?
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Posted By: Commodore
Date Posted: 25 February 2006 at 10:37am
One word: Linux. I use Linux and there's not ONE program I have paid for and everything's legal. Only one of my programs isn't free software (free as in freedom www.gnu.org).
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Posted By: Shark
Date Posted: 25 February 2006 at 11:14am
OMG a linux user, they exist!?!?
------------- Snark, we love yuu.
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Posted By: Psychotic_Carp
Date Posted: 25 February 2006 at 5:01pm
wow, a flashback!!!
I found this through digg, its the top 145 programs for free
http://www.mozilla.com/ - Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1
Award-winning Web browser that’s fast, secure, and easy
to use
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ - Audacity 1.2.4b
Free sound editor
http://www.utorrent.com/ - uTorrent 1.4
uTorrent (actually µTorrent, pronounced as mu-Torrent),
is an tiny, efficient and feature-rich P2P (Peer To Peer)
BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint. It
was designed to use as little CPU, memory and space as possible,
while offering all the functionality expected from advanced
BitTorrent clients. Features : * Multiple simultaneous downloads *
Configurable bandwidth scheduler * Global and per-torrent speed
limiting * Quick-resumes interrupted transfers * RSS Downloader *
Trackerless support (Mainline DHT)
http://www.safer-networking.org/ - Spybot earch & Destroy 1.4
Spybot Search & Destroy is one of the best free antispyware
to ols. Spybot Search & Destroy can detect and remove spyware
of different kinds from your computer. Spyware is a relatively new
kind of threat that common anti-virus applications do not yet
cover. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you
didn't intentionally install, if your browser crashes, or if you
browser start page has changed without your knowing, you most
probably have spyware. But even if you don't see anything, you may
be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging that is
silently tracking your surfing behaviour to create a marketing
profile of you that will be sold to advertisement companies.
Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm in trying to see if
something snooped into your computer, too :)
http://www.openoffice.org/ - OpenOffice.org 2.0.1
free productivity suite compatible with all major office suites
http://truecrypt.sourceforge.net/ - TrueCrypt 4.1
creates on-the-fly-encrypted volumes (data storage devices)
http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/ - FileZilla 2.2.18
fast FTP and SFTP client
http://www.videolan.org/ - VideoLAN 0.8.4a
VLC is a multimedia player for various audio and video formats
http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/ - CDex
CD ripping and audio encoding software.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ - Ad-Aware Personal 1.06
Ad-Aware provides protection from known Spyware including:
Data-mining, aggressive advertising, Parasites, Scumware, selected
traditional Trojans, Dialers, Malware, Browser hijackers, and
tracking components.
With Lavasoft's all new Code Sequence Identification (CSI)
technology, you will not only be protected from known content, but
will also have advanced protection against many of their unknown
variants. To further protect you, Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition
also has the capability to scan and list Alternate Data Streams
(ADS) in NTFS enabled volumes. Ad-Aware SE's new scanning engine
will scan your computer faster and more thoroughly than ever
before!
Ad-Aware Personal edition is free for non-commercial use only.
http://www.ccleaner.com/ - CCleaner 1.27.260 - Crap Cleaner
A simple program that removes unused and temporary files from
Windows machines. This excellent freeware cleans the following ...
· Internet Explorer · Firefox · Windows
Recycle Bin, Recent Documents, Temporary files and Log files ·
Registry cleaner · Third-party applications (Opera, Media
Player, eMule, Kazaa, Google Toolbar, Netscape, MS Office, Nero,
Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip)
http://www.virtualdub.org/ - VirtualDub 1.6.11
VirtualDub is a video capture/processing utility
http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/announcements.php - Daemon Tools
CD disk image virtual drive.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/ - Media Player Classic 6.4.8.7
Media Player Classic is an all-in-one video player
http://hamachi.cc/ - Hamachi
Organize two or more computers with an Internet connection into
their own virtual network for direct secure communication.
LAN over the Internet
Zero-configuration VPN
Secure peer-to-peer
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn - HijackThis 1.99.1
In depth analysis tool for scanning your computer for
Spyware/Malware.
HijackThis scans areas of your registry and hard drive and
returns a log of items which it detects. If you suspect your
computer to be infected with spyware, then it is recommended that
you run a scan with HijackThis and then post your log file on a
support forum, where someone will be able to suggest which entries
to remove.
http://www.blender3d.org/ - Blender 2.41
3D modeling, animation, rendering application
http://www.pspad.com/en/download.php - PSPad - current version 4.5.0
PSPad editor is freeware programmer editor. syntax highlighter,
workspace management, file tree, fast, smart, easy.
http://www.graphcalc.com/ - GraphCalc 4.0.1
an enhanced calculator application that can solve equations
http://grouper.com/ - Grouper
Filesharing program with a twist. Lets you share files with
group of people and lets you make and upload your own videos to
the grouper servers.
http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/ - Juice 2.2
The cross-platform podcast receiver
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html - XAMPP Lite 1.5.1
Bundled web server containing Apache, Perl, PHP and MySQL
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx - Tweak UI 2.1
Part of Microsoft's free XP Powertoys collection of utilities,
TweakUI gives you access to system settings that are not exposed
in the Windows XP default user interface, including mouse
settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more.
Version 2.10 requires atleast Windows XP Service Pack 1 or
Windows Server 2003.
Don't forget to checkout the other XP powertoys on that page !
http://windirstat.sourceforge.net/ - WinDirStat 1.1.2
disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for Microsoft
Windows
http://keepass.sourceforge.net/ - KeePass 1.04
KeePass is an open-source password safe
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ - Gaim 1.5.0
A multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client
http://www.cygwin.com/ - Cygwin
Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows. It consists of
two parts: A DLL (cygwin1.dll) which acts as a Linux
API emulation layer providing substantial Linux API
functionality.A collection of tools, which provide Linux look and
feel.
http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/ - UltraVNC v1.0.1
emotely control a computer over TCP/IP, best vnc
http://www.irfanview.com/ - IrfanView 3.98
IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and innovative
Freeware (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows.
Some IrfanView features:
Many supported file formats
Multi language support
Thumbnail/preview option
Slideshow (save slideshow as EXE/SCR or burn it to CD)
Show EXIF/IPTC/Comment text in Slideshow/Fullscreen etc.
Support for Adobe Photoshop Filters
Drag & drop support
Fast directory view (moving through directory)
Batch conversion (with image processing)
Multipage TIF editing
Multimedia player
Print option
Change color depth
And much more...
http://www.inkscape.org/ - Inkscape 0.43
open source scalable vector graphics format (SVG) tool
http://synergy2.sf.net/ - Synergy
Allows you to use the mouse and keyboard of one computer on all
your computers. Works across platforms and even allows copy and
paste. i.e. you can copy stuff on your Mac, move the mouse to your
Linux box and paste it there.
http://www.cpuid.org/cpuz.php - CPU-Z
CPU-Z is a freeware that gathers information on some of the
main devices of your system.
http://www.stellarium.org/ - Stellarium 0.7.1
Map the night sky on your computer
http://www.openclipart.org/ - Open Clip Art Library 0.17
A collection of Public Domain Vector Graphics
http://xtort.net/xtort/xpsyspad.php - XP Syspad
Windows system utility with hundreds of functions - a swiss
army knife utility.
http://www.palma.com.au/winroll/ - WinRoll 2.0
WinRoll easily manages multiple open windows
http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/ - Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5
powerful e-mail and newsgroup client.
http://www.skype.com/ - Skype
The best VOIP telephony service that lets you call PC-to-PC for
free and PC-to-Phone at super cheap prices. Awesome!
http://picasa.google.com/ - Picasa
Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and
share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it
automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you
had) and sorts them into visual albums organised by date with
folder names you will recognise. You can drag and drop to arrange
your albums and make labels to create new groups. Picasa makes
sure your pictures are always organised.
Picasa also makes advanced editing simple by putting one-click
fixes and powerful effects at your fingertips. And Picasa makes it
a snap to share your pictures – you can email, print photos
home, make gift CDs, and even post pictures on your own blog.
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php - Foxit Reader
With it's tiny 1M download, Foxit Reader is a free reader for
PDF documents. You can view, search, and print PDF documents with
it. Loads fast! Nice on older machines.
http://http//www.7-zip.org/ - 7-Zip 4.32
file archiver with high compression ratio.
http://gimp-win.sf.net/ - GIMP 2.2.10
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a bitmap editor
suitable for photo retouching, image composition and image
authoring.
http://nliteos.com/ - nLite
nLite is a tool for permanent Windows component removal and
pre-installation Windows setup. After removal there is an option
to make bootable image ready for burning on cd or testing in
virtual machines. With nLite you will be able to have Windows
installation which on install doesn't include, or even contain on
cd, unwanted components.
http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ - nmap
Nmap ("Network Mapper") is a free open source utility
for network exploration or security auditing. It was designed to
rapidly scan large networks, although it works fine against single
hosts. Nmap uses raw IP packets in novel ways to determine what
hosts are available on the network, what services (application
name and version) those hosts are offering, what operating systems
(and OS versions) they are running, what type of packet
filters/firewalls are in use, and dozens of other characteristics.
Nmap runs on most types of computers and both console and
graphical versions are available.
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/ - Notepad++
Notepad++ is a free source code editor which supports several
programming languages running under the MS Windows environment.
http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html - Notepad2 1.0.12
text editor with the look and feel of Notepad but with more
features
http://www.httrack.com/ - HTTrack Website Copier 3.40
HTTrack is a free and easy-to-use offline browser utility.
http://www.miranda-im.org/ - Miranda IM
Miranda IM is a multi protocol instant messenger client.No
bloat, it's Easy and Small! Miranda IM is designed to be resource
efficient and easy to use. It uses very little memory and requires
no installation.
Plugins can be installed to add support for ICQ, AIM, MSN,
Jabber, Yahoo, Gadu-Gadu, Tlen, Netsend and other protocols.
http://www.google.com/talk - Google Talk 1.0.86 Beta
Google Talk is a simple and free way to talk with and send
instant messages to your friends. Like Gmail, Google Talk uses
Google's innovative technologies to help people communicate more
effectively and efficiently. Think of it as Google's approach to
communications. Google Talk is easy and intuitive to use. All you
need to make free calls is an Internet connection, a microphone,
and a speaker. After you download Google Talk, sign in with your
Gmail username and password. Invite your friends to download
Google Talk, and once they do, you'll be able to talk or IM with
them instantly. Google Talk is still in beta, but its developers
are constantly improving upon it, and they are already working on
extending the core XMPP protocols with their LibJingle API.
http://www.nvu.com/ - Nvu 1.0
Web authoring system
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/ - DOSBox
DOSBox is a DOS-emulator that uses the SDL-library which makes
DOSBox very easy to port to different platforms.
You can "re-live" the good old days with the help of
DOSBox, it can run plenty of the old classics that don't run on
your new computer!
http://www.foobar2000.org/ - Foobar2000
Open component architecture
allowing third-party developers to extend functionality of the
player
Audio formats supported
"out-of-the-box": WAV, AIFF, VOC, AU, SND, Ogg Vorbis,
MPC, MP2, MP3, MPEG-4 AAC
Audio formats supported through
official addons: FLAC, OggFLAC, Monkey's Audio, WavPack, Speex,
CDDA, TFMX, SPC, various MOD types; extraction on-the-fly from
RAR, 7-ZIP & ZIP archives
Full Unicode support on Windows
NT
ReplayGain support
Low memory footprint, efficient
handling of really large playlists
Advanced file info processing
capabilities (generic file info box and masstagger)
Highly customizable playlist
display
Customizable keyboard shortcuts
Most of standard components are opensourced under BSD
license (source included with the SDK)
http://barracudaserver.com/examples/BarracudaDrive/ - BarracudaDrive V2.2.1
BarracudaDrive is a multi-user secure HTTPS file manager which
eliminates the need for FTP access.
http://www.bellz.org/convertall/ - ConvertAll 0.3.1
Unit Conversion program
http://www.bitwiseim.com/ - Bitwise
Encrypted Cross-Platform Instant Messanger with lots and lots
of excellent options.
http://thingamablog.sourceforge.net/ - Thingamablog 1.0.5
standalone blogging application
http://sector7g.wurzel6.de/pdfcreator/index_en.htm - PDFCreator 0.9.0
easily create Adobe Acrobat® PDFs from any Windows
application that can print.
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html - Avast! Home Edition v4.6.763
Avast! 4 Home Edition is a full-featured antivirus package
designed exclusively for home users, non-commercial users. Avast
is one of the best freeware antivirus applications, with a robust
detection engine, very fast & small online updates (great for
dialup users), and even a skinnable interface ! Free registration
key (valid for 1 year) can be obtained from:
http://www.avast.com/i_kat_207.php?lang=ENG
http://www.abisource.com/ - AbiWord 2.4.2
Free Word processing program similiar to commercial products
http://www.evillabs.sk/evillyrics/ - Evil Lyrics
Lyrics search engine that searches and displays the song
currently playing in your media player. Supports all popular media
players like winamp, mediamonkey, foobar, WMP...
http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page - FreeMind - free mind mapping software
FreeMind is a premier free mind-mapping
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map) software written in Java.
The recent development has hopefully turned it into high
productivity tool. We are proud that the operation and navigation
of FreeMind is faster than that of MindManager because of
one-click "fold / unfold" and "follow link"
operations.
http://www.ntwind.com/ - TaskSwitchXP 2.09
replacement for the standard Windows Alt-Tab dialog
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ - Kerio Personal Firewall 4.2.2
Kerio Personal Firewall (KPF) helps users control how their
computers exchange data with other computers on the Internet or
local network.
Kerio Personal Firewall is a necessity for all desktop
computers connected to broadband Internet, using DSL, cable, ISDN,
WiFi or satellite modems.
Within an organization, Kerio Personal Firewall prevents a
single computer from attacks initiated by internal users. Remote
workstations and laptops running KPF are protected from Internet
born attacks.
Versions 4.2.2 and prior are FREE for home and personal use.
Grab this version before it disappears !
http://www.clamwin.com/ - ClamWin Free AntiVirus 0.88
ClamWin is a Free Antivirus for Microsoft Windows
98/Me/2000/XP/2003.
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/news.html - mplayer
a great video player almost as many codecs as VLC and a lot
faster, but no GUI
http://foldersize.sourceforge.net/ - Folder Size 2.2
adds a new column to the Details view in Windows Explorer to
show the size of folders.
http://www.xnview.com/ - XnView
Excellent graphic file organiser. Shows thumbnails of all
graphics in a folder, can made basic adjustments, batch rename and
modification, skinnable and more...
http://www.grisbi.org/ - Grisbi 0.5.7
personal finance manager
http://http//www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/ - Scanner
This tool uses a unique concentric pie chart to display the
usage of your hard disk or other media. The chart shows all major
files and folders from all directory levels at once.
http://www.hmailserver.com/ - Hmailserver 4.1.1-Build-140
Free Email server supporting POP and SMTP
http://www.privoxy.org/ - Privoxy
Privoxy is a web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for
protecting privacy, modifying web page content, managing cookies,
controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other
obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a very flexible configuration
and can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. Privoxy
has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user
networks.
http://www.burnatonce.com/index.htm?news - burnatonce
Data and audio CD burning and image writer.
http://www.opera.com/ - Opera Browser v8.52
"The Fastest Browser on Earth" is what it makers
claim. The most full-featured Internet power tool on the market,
Opera includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated
searches, skins and advanced functions like Opera's groundbreaking
E-mail program, RSS & ATOM Newsfeeds, IRC chat, voice
commands, support for Gmail, Password Manager, and even Scalable
Vector Graphics (SVG) support. All this within a fast,
customisable & secure interface. Watch out for the upcoming
Opera 9 which will introduce even better features (including
support for Widgets and BitTorrent) !
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp - Karen's Replicator
Automatically backup files, directories, even entire drives!
Source and Destination folders can reside anywhere on your
network.
Options include repeated copies at intervals as short as a few
minutes, or as long as several months, copy only files that have
changed, and the replication of file deletions.
New features allow you to specify which files should not be
copied, and also which days a file should be skipped!
http://ganttproject.sourceforge.net/ - GanttProject 1.11.1
a project management tool distributed under a GNU General
Public License
http://tuxtype.sourceforge.net/ - Tux Typing 2 1.5.3
"Tux Typing" is an educational typing tutor for
children
http://www.vu-brief.spb.ru/eng/index.htm - vuBrief
The best and most featureful syncing software I have found so
far. Tops all commercial software around.
http://virt-dimension.sourceforge.net/ - Virtual Dimension 0.94
A free, fast and feature-filled virtual desktop manager for
Windows.
http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/ - Paint.NET 2.5
image and photo editing tool for Windows 2000 and greater
requires .net 2.0
http://www.shareaza.com/ - Shareaza 2.2.1.0
Shareaza is a open-source file sharing system that can harness
the power of up to four separate peer-to-peer (P2P) networks,
including BitTorrent, Gnutella, EDonkey2000 and Shareaza's native
network, Gnutella2 (G2).
Not only that, but Shareaza is completely FREE and won't show
any annoying ads or pop-ups. It won't install any unwanted third
party programs that can wreak havoc with your computer. No
spyware, no registration, no "paid version".
Just download and use. Simple.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/synctoy.mspx - SyncToy v1.0
SyncToy is a free PowerToy for Microsoft Windows XP that
provides an easy to use, highly customizable program that helps
users to do the heavy lifting involved with the copying, moving,
and synchronization of different directories.
Most common operations can be performed with just a few clicks
of the mouse, and additional customization is available without
added complexity.
SyncToy can manage multiple sets of folders at the same time;
it can combine files from two folders in one case, and mimic
renames and deletes in another.
Unlike other applications, SyncToy actually keeps track of
renames to files and will make sure those changes get carried over
to the synchronized folder.
Highly recommended !
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/ - Azureus
Great bittorrent app. Frequent updates, works well behind NAT.
http://www.teamcti.com/trayit/trayit.htm - TrayIt!
TrayIt! allows to save precious Taskbar space for minimized
windows. For each application which applies TrayIt! it creates a
small icon in the System Tray. (System Tray area is located near
the Clock). When application's window is minimized this icon
represents the application on the Taskbar instead of the regular
"minimized rectangle".
http://www.jhorman.org/wikidPad/ - Wikidpad 1.1.6
Wiki-like notebook for storing anything you can think of to
write down
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ - Celestia 1.4.0
Freeware Educational Astronomy Program
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp?dc=12bms&ctry=US&lang=en - ZoneAlarm Free 6.1.737
ZoneAlarm is an easy-to-use firewall that blocks hackers and
other unknown threats.
Intrusion Blocking systematically identifies hackers and blocks access attempts.
Stealth Mode automatically makes your computer invisible to anyone on the Internet.
Automatic Program Configuration provides safety and simplicity by automatically configuring programs. Automatically decides whether to allow or deny Internet access to individual programs.
Expert Controls give savvy users precise control over security settings.
This free version is for non-commercial use only. If you like it,
you may want to buy the "ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite"
(Firewall+Antivirus+Antispyware+AntiPhishing+AntiSpam+Privac yProtection).
http://www.maxthon.com/ - Maxthon Browser v1.5.2 build 21 Standard
Maxthon is a powerful tabbed Internet Browser with a highly
customizable & powerful interface. It is based on the Internet
Explorer browser engine (your most likely current web browser)
which means that what works in the IE browser will work the same
in Maxthon. If you prefer IE than Mozilla/Opera or need to work
with IE, then Maxthon is the best browser with the IE engine. It
is better to use the Standard version of Maxthon as it is lean &
mean. Maxthon has many additional efficient features like... *
Tabbed Browsing Interface * AD Hunter * RSS Reader * Skinning *
Privacy Protection * IE Extensions Support * Mouse Gestures *
Super Drag&Drop * URL Alias (shortcuts) * External Utility Bar
* Inbuilt search engine box (Google, Yahoo, etc)
http://www.nullriver.com/index/products/winmd5sum - winMd5Sum 1.0.1.55
Md5 checker
http://www.izarc.org/ - IZArc 3.5 Beta 3
IZArc is a freeware archive utility which supports many archive
formats like: 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BIN, BZ2, BZA,
C2D, CAB, CDI, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, IMG, ISO, JAR,
LHA, LIB, LZH, MDF, MBF, MIM, NRG, PAK, PDI, PK3, RAR, RPM, TAR,
TAZ, TBZ, TGZ, TZ, UUE, WAR, XXE, YZ1, Z, ZIP, ZOO.
IZArc provides support for most compressed and encoded files
(including CD/DVD images). Features include: drag and drop in
Windows Explorer, creating multiple archives spanning disks,
creating self-extracting archives, repair damaged zip archives,
converting from one archive type to another, view & write
comments, and built-in multilanguage support.
Though IZArc's interface may not equal that of WinZip, its
support for so many archive formats, makes it an handy tool to
have.
http://www.smartftp.com/ - SmartFTP 2.0.995.3
SmartFTP allows you to transfer files across the Internet using
the FTP protocol.
It features an Explorer-like, customizable interface and
supports drag-and-drop functions.
Multiple FTP connections can be opened at the same time, and
you can copy files from one remote host to another (FXP).
Remote-host directory information is cached for future viewing,
and FTP URLs are supported.
Other features include a Favorites list; the ability to resume
broken downloads; a global history; background transfers; proxy
support; a passive transfer mode; and the ability to perform
recursive downloads, uploads, and deletes.
This program is free for noncommercial use only.
http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm - PCI File Inspector
a data recovery program that supports the FAT 12/16/32 and NTFS
file systems.
• Finds partitions automatically, even if the boot sector
or FAT has been erased or damaged • Recovers files with the
original time and date stamp • Supports the saving of
recovered files on network drives • Recovers files, even when
a header entry is no longer available.
http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/ - Eraser
Eraser is an advanced security tool (for Windows), which allows
you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by
overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns.
http://www.tightvnc.com/ - TightVNC
TightVNC is a free, GPL-licensed, remote control software
package derived from the popular VNC software.
http://www.mediamonkey.com/ - MediaMonkey - Get Your Music Collection in Order!
Organize music and edit tags in
your audio library with a powerful, intuitive interface
Automatically lookup and tag
Album Art and other metadata
Manage 50,000+ files in your
music collection without bogging down
Play MP3s and other audio
formats, and never again worry about varying volume
Record CDs into OGG, MP3, FLAC
and WMA files
Convert MP3s, OGG, FLAC and WMA
files into other formats with the Audio Converter
Create playlists and music
mixes quickly and easily to suit any occasion
Synchronize with iPods / MP3
players effortlessly and convert tracks on-the-fly
Plus much more...
http://www.mediamonkey.com/product.htm
http://millweed.com/projects/wackget/ - Wackget 1.2.2
minimalist download manager based on wget
http://winpooch.free.fr/home/ - WinPooch 0.5.9
detects and blocks programs (such as trojans or spyware)
attempting to modify your system
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/ - SeaMonkey
Web-browser, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat
client, and HTML editing made simple -- all your Internet needs in
one application.
http://www.antp.be/software/renamer - Ant Renamer 2.08.3
makes easier the renaming of lots of files and folders by using
specified settings.
http://www.viksoe.dk/code/gmail.htm - GMail Drive 1.0.9
GMail Drive creates a virtual filesystem on top of your Google
Gmail account and enables you to save and retrieve files stored on
your Gmail account directly from inside Windows Explorer, and thus
use your Gmail account as a file storage medium.
Ever since Google started to offer users a Gmail e-mail
account, which includes storage space of over 2GB, you have had
plenty of storage space but not a lot to fill it up with. With
GMail Drive you can easily copy files to your Gmail account and
retrieve them again.
GMail Drive literally adds a new drive to your computer under
the My Computer folder, where you can create new folders, copy and
drag'n'drop files to.
Please be aware that support for this tool may suspend at any
time if Google decides to block its use.
http://www.autohotkey.com/ - AutoHotKey 1.0.41.02
scripting language to automate Windows tasks
http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/ - Free Download Manager
A free download manager that does everything other commercial
softwares do and even more.
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/ - ERUNT
ERUNT - Registry Backup and Restore for Windows NT/2000/2003/XP
* Backup the Windows NT/2000/2003/XP registry to a folder of your
choice * System and current user registries selectable * Command
line switches for automated registry backup and restoration *
Restore the registry in Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/2003/XP and MS-DOS
(all-in-one restore program) or the Windows Recovery Console
http://dia-installer.sourceforge.net/ - Dia 0.94
A diagram creation program program similiar to "Visio"
http://axcrypt.sourceforge.net/ - AxCrypt 1.62
File Encryption Software for Windows.
http://www.tugzip.com/ - TUGZip
TUGZip is free archiving utility for Windows. Supports 26 types
of archives (incuding ZIP, 7-ZIP, CAB, BZ2, LHA, TGZ and RAR), 5
types of disc-images (such as ISO, BIN, IMG) and external plugins.
Has nice interface and integration with Windows shell.
http://www.stevemiller.net/puretext/ - PureText
Copy and paste text unformatted with a hotkey. (Please read the
section "What PureText Will and Will Not Do")
http://toolscenter.org/ - TeXnic Center
TeXnicCenter is a feature rich integrated development
environment (IDE) for developing LaTeX-documents on Microsoft
Windows (Windows 9x/ME, NT/2000/XP) freely available under GPL.
http://web.tiscali.it/fanelia/sw/o3find/ - o3find 0.82
Full Text Search for OpenOffice.org documents
http://weather.rudis.net/megatrack/ - MegaTrack 1.4
track storms on a map
http://maxima.sourceforge.net/ - track storms on a map
A sophisticated computer algebra system
http://babbleback.sourceforge.net/ - The Babbleback Machine 1.0
Records and Playback voice game
http://jiletters.sourceforge.net/ - JILetters 0.06
assists children with learning the english alphabet
http://www.olofson.net/kobodl/ - Kobo Deluxe 0.4pre8
space ship "shoot-them-up" style game
http://http//wxglade.sourceforge.net/extra/cornice.html - Cornice 0.6.1
Image Viewer for both Linux and Windows
http://www.tswebeditor.tk/ - tsWebEditor 2.2.12.64
text editor with syntax highlighting and code completion
http://www.drk.com.ar/spider.php - DRKSpider
A link checker, like Xenu, but only open source.
http://xtort.net/xtort/omziff.php - Omziff
Small standalone encryption utility that also does file
shredding and splitting.
http://www.poptray.org/ - Poptray 3.1
POP3 Mail checker
http://francis.dupont.free.fr/truedownloader/ - TrueDownloader 0.82
Open Source Download Accelerator And Manager
http://ggseq.sourceforge.net/ - Gungirl Sequencer 0.3.1
Sequencer
http://www.pegtop.net/start/ - Pstart
A portable launcher that uses relative paths. Ideal for
launching applications from a USB key drive.
http://magnifier.sourceforge.net/ - Virtual Magnifying Glass v2.36
screen magnification tool for Windows
http://www.rainmeter.net/ - Rainmeter 0.14
customisable performance meter and other applets for the
desktop
http://www.queasygames.com/gate88/ - Gate 88
Space simulation real-time strategy/ action game. Think
Subspace meets Starcraft.
http://www.evrsoft.com/download.shtml - 1stPage HTML Editor
Color coded HTML editing with another tab showing you the
preview. Support for HTML, XHTML, PHP, ASP, Cold Fusion,
Javascript, CSS, SSI and Perl.
http://www.pnotepad.org/ - Programmers Notepad 2.0.6.1
text editor with special features for coders
http://winmerge.sourceforge.net/ - WinMerge 2.4.4
WinMerge is a Win32 tool for visual difference display and
merging, for both files and directories.
http://www.fabforce.net/dbdesigner4/ - DBDesigner4 4.0.5.6
a visual database design system
http://musik.berlios.de/ - wxMusik 0.4.2.2
An open-source, cross-platform multimedia player and library.
http://www.musikcube.com/ - MusikCube 1.0RC2
Music "library" application similar to iTunes
http://coolplayer.sourceforge.net/ - CoolPlayer build 215
Audio Player similar to Winamp
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/ - Tux Paint 0.9.15-2
Tux Paint is a free drawing program designed for children
http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/findrun/index.html - FindRun
FindRun Rapidly find programs or documents from within the depths of
the start menu (or other directories). One keypress launches the
utility - then just start typing the first letters of the
application you want to launch. As you type the best matches are
shown - just hit the number to launch the associated program.
Fully customizable search paths
(search your entire hard disk for files as well as apps)
Fast incremental searches, with
memorized search history helps you find the files you need
quickly.
Completely customizable
heuristic scoring metrics - tune the program to search the way
you think.
Add your own custom alias
groups.
Low system overhead, doesn't
mess with your registry.
Unobtrusive and stays out of your way in the system tray
until you need it.
http://vital-desktop.sourceforge.net/ - Vital Desktop 0.40
runs screensavers in the Windows desktop.
http://www.blacksunsoftware.com/ - ColorMania
Advanced Color Picker Utility
http://homepage1.nifty.com/kazubon/tclocklight/index.html - TClock Light
super clock replacment. highly config, time & date formats.
config multiple l & r. click actions. small, light, stable,
gnu gpl.
http://www.stahuj.cz/utility_a_ostatni/bezpecnost/ochrana_pocitace/microsoft-antispyware/ - Windows Defender
The antispyware protection tool from Microsoft
http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-14-en--BitDefender-8-Free-Edition.html - Bitdefender 8 Free Edition
BitDefender 8 Free Edition is your chance to use one of the
world's most effective antivirus engines for free!
BitDefender 8 uses the same ICSA Labs certified scanning
engines found in other BitDefender products, allowing you to enjoy
basic virus protection for no cost at all.
http://www.cubicreality.com/ - CubicExplorer - Windows Explorer Replacement
CubicExplorer is a file manager/browser software. It's designed
to be easy to use yet powerful to handle multiple directorys at
the same time. It uses tabbed browsing and has a build-in text
editor which has highlighters for many different file types.
http://www.bellz.org/treeline/index.html - TreeLine 0.14.0
Free Word processing program similiar to commerical products
http://comical.sf.net/ - Comical
If you're looking for a CBR and CBZ reader for your favorite
OS, look no farther. Comical is an easy-to-use, featureful GUI
comic book viewer, written in C++ using wxWidgets.
http://childsplay.sourceforge.net/ - Childsplay 0.81.5
Childsplay is a 'suite' of educational games for young children
http://www.e-sword.net/ - e-Sword
Free Bible study software and electronic Bible.
http://fullsync.sourceforge.net/ - FullSync 0.9.1
file synchronization and backup tool which is highly
customizable and expandable.
http://www.k23productions.com/ - dotWidget 0.81
run applets or "widgets" on your desktop
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Posted By: Commodore
Date Posted: 26 February 2006 at 12:35am
Originally posted by Shark
OMG a linux user, they exist!?!?
There's actually millions of us.
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Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 26 February 2006 at 1:42am
Originally posted by Blueberry_pie
About 3D programs: don't forget http://www.anim8or.com - Anim8or ! Not as powerful as Blender but a lot easier to use in my opinion.
I've been using http://www.turbosquid.com/gmax - Gmax for a few weeks and to use Anim8or after that is damn hard. Can't even rotate the camera.
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Posted By: Commodore
Date Posted: 26 February 2006 at 3:56am
Gmax is for games and Anim8or is crap. Blender rules them all.
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