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JTH · 11-20-2004, 12:04 PM

If you use the WINE program you should be able to run most programs. Also, Linux have surprisingly good free software such as word processors and instant messangers, as you've mentioned.

village_idiot · 12-11-2004, 07:41 PM

Unfreez (http://www.whitsoftdev.com/unfreez/). It's a great .GIF animator, just make some still .GIFs (with another program), and drag and drop them into the unfreez window, and it turns all of your images into an animated .gif. I'm making my avatar for this and other forums with it (im not done, though), its real easy.

_shep · 12-18-2004, 02:20 PM

This application is a musthave, it is called Trayit! and allows you to move an application to the tray by right clicking the "X" button. It allows me to keep Thunderbird open 24/7 without having it use up precious Taskbar space http://www.teamcti.com/trayit/trayit.htm

Also I reccomend WordWeb. Highlight any word in any application and click on the tray icon to see what it means and similar words. In applications where you can edit text you can replace the word with the correct spelling if you found it was spelled wrong. A must have!
http://wordweb.info/free/

I love freeware and have found a lot of it in the past few years. There are so many awesome apps out there!

optimist · 12-26-2004, 08:58 PM

I'm very impressed with the following

PhotoFiltre -- Powerful Image Editing
http://www.photofiltre.com/

FastStone -- Intuitive, Elegant Image Viewer
http://www.faststonesoft.com/

RayH · 01-01-2005, 07:00 PM

PrimoPDF: Will convert Windows applications to PDF. Everyone can use PDF

http://www.webattack.com/get/primopdf.html

Ind-PC_student · 03-23-2005, 05:13 PM

Antivirus
+ Avast Antivirus Home edition

Firewall
+ Wyvern Works firewall 2004

CD burner utils
+ Deep Burner Free edition
+ Cd burner xp Pro

Internet
+ Skype [internet voice calls]
+ Free download Manager.org
+ shareaza [p2p]
+ Maxthon [browser]

Game
Battle for wesnoth

stylin19 · 03-26-2005, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by optimist

I'm very impressed with the following

PhotoFiltre -- Powerful Image Editing
http://www.photofiltre.com/

FastStone -- Intuitive, Elegant Image Viewer
http://www.faststonesoft.com/

whoa....fastonesoft's 4 in 1 browser has a footprint of less than 1.4 mb and it's quick. For simple bowsing, this is great.

thanx

rightcoast · 03-26-2005, 04:50 PM

I just looked through the post and didn't see IE-spyad mentioned. Believe it or not it's better than spyware blaster for people that use IE, IMO.

kev7555 · 03-27-2005, 06:53 PM

DVD ripping and burning software...

DVD Decrypter
DVD Shrink

rightcoast · 04-11-2005, 10:39 AM

Free CD/DVD burning software

http://www.cdburnerxp.se/
http://www.burn4free.com/
http://www.burnatonce.com/index.htm?news

ghost2003 · 04-27-2005, 04:11 PM

Hostess is a little program to manage your host file. You can import multiple host files into its database and its going to sort the entries into categories and remove duplicate entries, then when you want you can export it to your real hostfile. Its great when you use host files from different places to block out bad stuff.

Byte 2.0 · 04-28-2005, 05:21 PM

Aida32 is no more, however they have been brought by

http://www.lavalys.com/

You can get "EVEREST Home Edition"

Like Aida, but newer and updated.

Colonel Sanders · 05-21-2005, 07:36 PM

peer-to-peer:
Ares
Lime-wire

OoOoOo · 06-12-2005, 12:18 PM

a good P2P proggie is Ares.

ssahl · 07-01-2005, 04:47 PM

Here are a few good ones

file Compression
Aladdin dropstuff & expander
winrar

browser
firefox

audio
wimamp
sonique
goldwave

internet
teamspeak
tightvnc
acrobat reader

general tools
hijackthis
daemon tools

jahjahbinks · 07-12-2005, 10:42 PM

i don`t think i saw WINEXPLORER 5.0 a great scripting tool

RazorDX · 07-17-2005, 09:11 AM

Great free MP3-WAV converter:
Etalonsoft MP3Decode

jeofrey10100900 · 07-17-2005, 02:33 PM

3DCANVAS- 3D Modeling program
TweakNow RegCleaner- Cleanup registry entries leaves behind upon uninstalling programs

nokiafan05 · 09-11-2005, 02:05 AM

Spyware:Microsoft AntiSpyware
Anti Virus: Avg Free Edition
Audio:Jet Audio
Torrent Downloader: Bitcomet

Ind-PC_student · 09-21-2005, 06:53 AM

AWC advanced windows care
on download.com it fixed 56 services on my WINXP and so far 16 days without problems so far and counting.

jayb1234 · 10-08-2005, 12:28 PM

System Information/Diagnostics
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer

Quote:

In response to direct customer need for a streamlined method of identifying common security misconfigurations, Microsoft has developed the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA). Version 2.0 of MBSA includes a graphical and command line interface that can perform local or remote scans of Windows systems. MBSA runs on Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, and Windows XP systems and will scan for common security misconfigurations in the following products: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Internet Information Server (IIS) 5.0, and 6.0, SQL Server 7.0 and 2000, Internet Explorer (IE) 5.01 and later, and Office 2000, 2002 and 2003. MBSA also scans for missing security updates, update rollups and service packs published to Microsoft Update.

Can be downloaded at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

David M · 10-16-2005, 03:32 PM

Picasa I have found to great for finding pics and organizing them. Ever lost a photo buried somewhere on your hard drive? Picasa will find it. It's free as well.

http://picasa.google.com/index.html

NUTCASE · 10-19-2005, 06:23 PM

I like yahoo e-mail , which is also free . and all-in-one secretmaker has so many tools in one program , you should really check it out . also the best browser ever , now is completly free , no ads or other crap , that being OPERA . and ms antispyware is pretty decent . that's all i can think of right now .

ztx · 10-19-2005, 06:45 PM

Awesome media player with many codecs built in:

VideoLAN

http://www.videolan.org/

jayb1234 · 10-31-2005, 11:18 AM

Microsoft will send you a cd with Xp SP2. Helpful if you are on a slow internet connection, since it is 270 Gb. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...s/default.mspx

cuzzzzzz · 11-15-2005, 08:52 AM

Hi.. audio crusher is a terrific ripper. Google it.

ice · 11-24-2005, 05:31 PM

any software for makin hip hop beats

jquindlen · 12-13-2005, 12:04 AM

I have found a new tool that helps people quickly review many websites. In addition it helps prevent you from going to sites with spyware, adware, viruses, or even just poor content. The tool is the ReviewToolbar which allows users to rate sites, so that legitimate sites with good content are easily distinguishable from malicious or poorly designed sites. The program embeds site ratings directly in the search results of the web's most popular search engines. The best thing is that like all good tools, it is free. It is available for free at http://www.reviewtoolbar.com

Punked Out Comp · 12-13-2005, 02:20 PM

I found another website that lists opensource software.

http://www.filehippo.com/

Thanks for this thread.

Chris in U.K. · 02-01-2006, 05:43 PM

For a Zip utility, Justzipit is available at http://free-backup-software.net/

It's very user-friendly and has a good compression ratio. Recommended.

Chris

12-26-2004, 08:58 PM	#64
optimist Member (1 bit) Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1	Image viewer/Editor I'm very impressed with the following PhotoFiltre -- Powerful Image Editing http://www.photofiltre.com/ FastStone -- Intuitive, Elegant Image Viewer http://www.faststonesoft.com/

03-23-2005, 05:13 PM	#66
Ind-PC_student Member (9 bit) Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire Posts: 273	some extra apps Antivirus + Avast Antivirus Home edition Firewall + Wyvern Works firewall 2004 CD burner utils + Deep Burner Free edition + Cd burner xp Pro Internet + Skype [internet voice calls] + Free download Manager.org + shareaza [p2p] + Maxthon [browser] Game Battle for wesnoth __________________ Linux Counter \| Linux User #289274 \| Linux Machine #289274 \| All Welcome!!!\| NoteBook Toshiba Satellite L300D-243 \| AMD Athlon™ X2 Dual-Core QL-64: 2.1 GHz \| RAM 3,072 (2,048 + 1,024) \| 250 GB HDD \| DVD Super Multi drive DL \| Display 15.4” Toshiba TruBrite® WXGA TFT @ 1,280 x 800 \| ATI Radeon™ 3100 Graphics \| Internal HD 720p \| HD Audio \| Multimedia Bar with 6 touch Easy Keys \| integrated VGA Web Camera \| integrated microphone \| Peripherals Luminox Digital 5.0MP Pocket Camcorder\| HP Deskjet 3050 all-in-one \| Hwawei e173 3G Dongle \| Hitachi 320GB USB HDD

03-27-2005, 06:53 PM	#69
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04-27-2005, 04:11 PM	#71
ghost2003 Lest we forget Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,870	Hostess is a little program to manage your host file. You can import multiple host files into its database and its going to sort the entries into categories and remove duplicate entries, then when you want you can export it to your real hostfile. Its great when you use host files from different places to block out bad stuff. __________________ redqueen: Antec Sonata, Pentium-D 2.5GHz, MSI G31M3-L, 2GB ram, 320 GB HDD, OpenBSD hal9000: Lenovo T61, 2GB ram, 120 GB HDD, FreeBSD

04-28-2005, 05:21 PM	#72
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11-20-2004, 12:04 PM	#61
JTH Member (10 bit) Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ireland Posts: 742	If you use the WINE program you should be able to run most programs. Also, Linux have surprisingly good free software such as word processors and instant messangers, as you've mentioned.

12-11-2004, 07:41 PM	#62
village_idiot Member (5 bit) Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 22	Unfreez (http://www.whitsoftdev.com/unfreez/). It's a great .GIF animator, just make some still .GIFs (with another program), and drag and drop them into the unfreez window, and it turns all of your images into an animated .gif. I'm making my avatar for this and other forums with it (im not done, though), its real easy.

12-18-2004, 02:20 PM	#63
_shep Member (5 bit) Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 25	This application is a musthave, it is called Trayit! and allows you to move an application to the tray by right clicking the "X" button. It allows me to keep Thunderbird open 24/7 without having it use up precious Taskbar space http://www.teamcti.com/trayit/trayit.htm Also I reccomend WordWeb. Highlight any word in any application and click on the tray icon to see what it means and similar words. In applications where you can edit text you can replace the word with the correct spelling if you found it was spelled wrong. A must have! http://wordweb.info/free/ I love freeware and have found a lot of it in the past few years. There are so many awesome apps out there!

01-01-2005, 07:00 PM	#65
RayH Member (12 bit) Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: San Francisco Posts: 2,448	PrimoPDF: Will convert Windows applications to PDF. Everyone can use PDF http://www.webattack.com/get/primopdf.html

03-26-2005, 04:50 PM	#68
rightcoast Member (10 bit) Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 800	I just looked through the post and didn't see IE-spyad mentioned. Believe it or not it's better than spyware blaster for people that use IE, IMO.

04-11-2005, 10:39 AM	#70
rightcoast Member (10 bit) Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 800	Free CD/DVD burning software http://www.cdburnerxp.se/ http://www.burn4free.com/ http://www.burnatonce.com/index.htm?news

05-21-2005, 07:36 PM	#73
Colonel Sanders Resident AMD enthusiast Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Kansas Posts: 1,445	peer-to-peer: Ares Lime-wire

06-12-2005, 12:18 PM	#74
OoOoOo Banned Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 8	a good P2P proggie is Ares.

07-01-2005, 04:47 PM	#75
ssahl just a tech Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: central valley CA Posts: 1,422	Here are a few good ones file Compression Aladdin dropstuff & expander winrar browser firefox audio wimamp sonique goldwave internet teamspeak tightvnc acrobat reader general tools hijackthis daemon tools

07-12-2005, 10:42 PM	#76
jahjahbinks Member (2 bit) Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3	i don`t think i saw WINEXPLORER 5.0 a great scripting tool

10-16-2005, 03:32 PM	#82
David M Techphile. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: San Francisco Bay Posts: 6,546	Picasa2 Picasa I have found to great for finding pics and organizing them. Ever lost a photo buried somewhere on your hard drive? Picasa will find it. It's free as well. http://picasa.google.com/index.html __________________ Asus P8P67 WS Revolution \| Intel 2600K @ 4.7 GHz \| Win 7 Pro 64 \|8 gigs Corsair 1600 \| Two Diamond 6990's in Crossfire\| Corsair AX1200 \| Thermalright Silver Arrow \| Western Digital Black 2TB 64 meg cache \| Lian-Li PC-A71B \| Logitec Z-5500 \| Three Asus 26" VW266H monitors running under Eyefinity \| Last edited by David M; 10-16-2005 at 03:51 PM.

07-17-2005, 09:11 AM	#77
RazorDX Member (10 bit) Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 560	Great free MP3-WAV converter: Etalonsoft MP3Decode

07-17-2005, 02:33 PM	#78
jeofrey10100900 Member (7 bit) Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 119	3DCANVAS- 3D Modeling program TweakNow RegCleaner- Cleanup registry entries leaves behind upon uninstalling programs

09-11-2005, 02:05 AM	#79
nokiafan05 Member (8 bit) Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Kanata,Ontario Posts: 205	Spyware:Microsoft AntiSpyware Anti Virus: Avg Free Edition Audio:Jet Audio Torrent Downloader: Bitcomet

09-21-2005, 06:53 AM	#80
Ind-PC_student Member (9 bit) Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire Posts: 273	AWC advanced windows care on download.com it fixed 56 services on my WINXP and so far 16 days without problems so far and counting.

10-19-2005, 06:23 PM	#83
NUTCASE Member (4 bit) Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 8	I like yahoo e-mail , which is also free . and all-in-one secretmaker has so many tools in one program , you should really check it out . also the best browser ever , now is completly free , no ads or other crap , that being OPERA . and ms antispyware is pretty decent . that's all i can think of right now .

10-19-2005, 06:45 PM	#84
ztx Member (8 bit) Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 186	Awesome media player with many codecs built in: VideoLAN http://www.videolan.org/

10-31-2005, 11:18 AM	#85
jayb1234 Member (12 bit) Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,509	Windows XP Service Pack 2 on a disk Microsoft will send you a cd with Xp SP2. Helpful if you are on a slow internet connection, since it is 270 Gb. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...s/default.mspx

11-15-2005, 08:52 AM	#86
cuzzzzzz Member (9 bit) Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 260	Hi.. audio crusher is a terrific ripper. Google it.

11-24-2005, 05:31 PM	#87
ice Member (7 bit) Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 67	any software for makin hip hop beats

12-13-2005, 12:04 AM	#88
jquindlen Member (1 bit) Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1	I have found a new tool that helps people quickly review many websites. In addition it helps prevent you from going to sites with spyware, adware, viruses, or even just poor content. The tool is the ReviewToolbar which allows users to rate sites, so that legitimate sites with good content are easily distinguishable from malicious or poorly designed sites. The program embeds site ratings directly in the search results of the web's most popular search engines. The best thing is that like all good tools, it is free. It is available for free at http://www.reviewtoolbar.com

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12-13-2005, 02:20 PM	#89
Punked Out Comp Member (10 bit) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 855	I found another website that lists opensource software. http://www.filehippo.com/ Thanks for this thread.

02-01-2006, 05:43 PM	#90
Chris in U.K. Member (9 bit) Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Bristol England Posts: 427	For a Zip utility, Justzipit is available at http://free-backup-software.net/ It's very user-friendly and has a good compression ratio. Recommended. Chris

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