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    Thumbs up Recomend a good bit of Freeware!

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    Let's play a game.

    There seems to be an awful lot of great free programs that we simply don't know about. Let's share our knowledge.

    Recommend one very good program, that is free (or has a version that's more or less usable while being free), which you really like and are totally happy with and describe it shortly. The program has to work under the Windows systems (as most of us are using a Win operating PC). Please use the template below.

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    EXAMPLE: Hamachi--allows you to emulate a LAN network over the net. Encrypts the data for secure connections, works very well and is very user friendly.

    You may also second programs that you've found to be particularly useful. Unclear entries might not be processes.


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    Free software listing as of this moment:

    File management:
    Total Commander-- by far the best file-manager ever. Includes a great customisable interface, achievers (such as .zip and rar), FTP client and a large amount of other great nifties. It's NOT freeware, but shareware, which can however be used for an unlimited amount of time and only bugs you to press a couple of buttons at the start. I strongly recommend it. ~~ Discord
    7-Zip Archive Manager--Open source file archiver, a fantastic alternative to Winrar and Winzip. Mostly because it gives you the features that those two require you to pay to use, on top of supporting a better archive format. ~~ Hsu // 2nd'ed: crono_logical
    WinDirStat--displays how big each of your computer's folders are. ~~ rubah
    Foldersize--to show how big my folders are. It's up to you what program to use, since they're all small programs. ~~ Pureghetto
    ZipGenius--a compression archiver that kills small kittens. ~~ bipper // Editorial note:
    FTP Wanderer--It's like Windows Explorer, only it's an FTP client. Simply click and drag files from your Windows Explorer window into FTP Wanderer and it'll copy them to your server/webspace in a jiffy. Works the other way around, too. ~~ Loony BoB

    Networking:
    Free Download Manager--definitively belongs here. Probably the best download manager I've seen in ages. Great speed boost, (more or less)high stability and a feedback system that warns about malicious downloads. ~~ Discord
    Apache Server--a web server. Highly configurable. ~~ bipper
    Hamachi--allows you to emulate a LAN network over the net. Encrypts the data for secure connections, works very well and is very user friendly. ~~ Discord

    Communication:
    Trillian--advert-free instant multi-protocol messenger supporting AIM, Yahoo!, MSN, ICQ, IRC, Jabber and various other networks. ~~ ZeZipster // 2nd’ed: Discord
    Ventrilo - Surround Sound Voice Communication Software--a popular VOIP client that is used extensively by the gaming comunity for clan matches and talking with friends and such. ~~ FatalImpurity
    TeamSpeak--a popular VOIP client that is used extensively by the gaming comunity for clan matches and talking with friends and such. ~~ FatalImpurity // 2nd'ed: Discord

    Graphics Editing:
    Blender--a fantastic open source 3D modeling program. ~~ Omecle // 2nd'ed: Sagensyg
    Ogre3D--possibly one of the best and most versatile open source graphics engine I have ever come across. ~~ Omecle
    Gimp--I've been told it is a very good tool if you can't afford Photoshop. ~~ Omecle
    PNG Crush--a command line utility to convert files to PNG or pngs to smaller pngs in batches. ~~ rubah
    Paint.NET--a wondeful freeware graphics editor thing!xD It's like Photoshop ~~ Dynast-Kid

    Video/Sound Editing:
    VirtualDubMod--very good video converter. ~~ starseeker // 2nd’ed: Discord
    cdex--you can record from a mic or convert wave to mp3/ogg/etc. ~~ rubah
    DVD Flick--Converts video files into DVD format to be burned onto a disk. ~~ Odaisé Gaelach
    ImgBurn--DVD Decrypter Replacement (even made by the same guy) with HD-DVD and BluRay burning support ~~ crono_logical // 2nd'ed: Loony BoB
    Avisynth--NLE script. ~~ starseeker
    Combined Community Codec Pack--the only audio/video playback codec pack worthwhile for Windows without all the bloat other packs (especially Kazaa) try to bundle onto your computer. ~~ crono_logical
    InfraRecorder--great for making your own ISO images which you can then burn with ImgBurn if InfraRecorder can't burn it, and it's open source too ~~ crono_logical
    ACE Mega CodecS Pack 6.03 - Professional Edition--an absolutely excellent codec pack that pretty much supports and video you throw at it and comes with packaged in software of equal quality such as BSplayer and Media player classic. ~~ Fatal Impurity
    DivX free codec--a codec permitting high level compression of videos. ~~ KingdomHeartsKing and o_O // 2nd'ed: Discord
    CamStudio - Free Screen Recording Software--neat screen capture thingy! ~~ Jessweeee♪

    Office
    Open Office--your typical office package (like Word, Excel, etc.). ~~ Omecle // 2nd'ed: Discord
    Semagic--a utility to update one's Livejournal. ~~ rubah

    Security:
    TrueCrypt--very powerful Disc/File encryption software which mounts the encrypted data as separate drives. Supports key-file encryptions, installation-free mode, 3 different algorithms (AES-256, Serpent and Twofish) as well as the possibility of encrypting with two or all three algorithms in series. Allows plausible deniability. In other words, if you want something to remain hidden on your drives, this is the way forward. ~~ Discord
    AVG--Best virus detector I've ever used. ~~ ZeZipster
    CCleaner--another brilliant program, which simply put, will clean all the cookies and other crap off your PC and helps with a very reliable registry cleaning function as well as a program boot manager. ~~ Fatal Impurity
    PuTTY--a bog-standard SSH client for Windows, amongst other things. ~~ crono_logical
    Spybot Search&Destroy--one of the best anti-spyware tools, which also appears to be free. ~~ Discord
    Comodo Firewall--apparently the best personal firewall out there. Apparently even better than it's shareware competitors. ~~ Discord
    Ad-Aware 2007 Free--It always seems to get stuff that other anti-spyware programs don't. Quick, effective, easy and user-friendly. ~~ Loony BoB
    Dr.Web CureIt--an autonomous, free version of Discord's all-time-favourite Dr.Web Anti-Virus Scanner accompanied with the latest virus library. In other words, if you're uncertain of what's going on, you might well want to run a scan or two. ~~ Discord

    Media Players:
    Democracy Player--Think of it like a version of TiVo for web-based video. That's a gross oversimplification, but y'know. It's great. Note that they're changing the name soon, with the release of 1.0. ~~ Hsu
    VLC Player--media player capable of reading damaged and incomplete files as well as insert subtitles during the playback. ~~ Namelessfengir // 2nd’ed: Discord
    Winamp--popular media player with playlist, visualisation and media library functions. ~~ ZeZipster // 2nd’ed: Discord

    Entertainment:
    Joost--Internet (stored) film, series and shows network-player. Reasonable selection of films and series. Legal. ~~ Discord
    TVU-Player--Internet-television (streaming) player with a solid selection of channels. Legal. ~~ Discord

    Games:
    Nexuiz--Open source FPS. ~~ Hsu
    Urban Terror--A TC of Quake III Arena, now completely free to play for all using the recently GPL'd version of the Quake III engine. It's super fun. ~~ Hsu
    Battle for Wesnoth--Open source tactical turn-based strategy game. ~~ Hsu
    Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory--a 6-map stand-alone multiplayer WW2 shooter based on the famous RtCW game. Includes multiple classes with specific weaponry and skills as well as a temporarily promotion system unlocking additional abilities. ~~ Discord // 2nd'ed: Loony BoB
    America's Army--a propagandistic tactical, multiplayer shooter released by the US Army in order to recruit more teenage boys into the armed forces, by displaying the enemies as terrorists and yourself as US troops. Apart from that, a very good and fun game with permanent (RP-)advancement system. You can even get sent to jail for war-crimes in this one. ~~ Discord
    Anarchy Online--a ex-commercial huge MMORPG demo of the original game (no expansions), which the developer never gives a chance to expire. Pretty futuristic-cyberpunk environments, two opposing and one neutral fractions, large selection of cold-steel and firearm weaponry as well as an extensive collection of armour sets and clothes, cars/planes/boats, furnishable apartments. Despite having (IMHO) an incredibly dull combat system, AO has one of the most innovative and breathtaking sceneries I've seen in an MMO, e.g. a huge battle-cruiser passing slowly above you for about 10 minutes, from one to the other end of the horizon, with hundreds of little fighters escorting him. Definitely worth trying. ~~ Discord
    Silkroad Online--a good FREE MMORPG with pretty graphics (compared with most FREE MMO's or even WoW) a evolving economy and neat setting. ~~ Fatal Impurity
    Conquer Online--a great MMORPG where you can be either a taoist, a warrior, an archer, or a trojan. It's created with the ancient Chinese Kungfu and magic in mind, and in my opinion, a great play. There's something new for you to work on almost every new level-up, whether it be a new sword you can buy or the ability to mine. A game that can really keep you busy, and definitely worth a shot. ~~ ~*~Celes~*~
    DOFUS--a really fun little french MMORPG, it's done with flash and the graphics are very nice. It's basically your standard MMO - quests, upgrades, monsters, character classes, all that jazz. You will get frequent updates sent to you by email and they might be classed as spam. ~~ scrumpleberry // 2nd'ed: Discord (Indeed a very good MMO. Very tactical and inovative. You do however spend quite a bit of your time just waiting for the opponent's/friend's move or trying to figure out what's going on providing you are not a French native speaker.)

    Utilities:
    Process Explorer--extended version of task manger. ~~ Discord, 2nd'ed: Loony BoB (Very useful for figuring out what the hell "obscurefilename.exe" actually relates to.)
    Daemon Tools--tool that mounts disc images saved on your HDD and displays them as CD/DVD drives. ~~ ZeZipster // 2nd’ed: Discord
    Disk Defrag--nice lightweight and fast disk defrag that even tells you how much its improved your disks with a performance percentage. ~~ Fatal Impurity
    ATITool--an overclocking tool that lets you overclock and fiddle with pretty much EVERY setting on your graphics card. Has support for Nvidia cards despite its misleading name. ~~ Fatal Impurity
    VirtualBox--OS emulator. Very nice as an alternative to VMWare or MS Virtual PC for virtual PC stuff. ~~ crono_logical

    Misc:
    Ubuntu Linux--Free operating system. No strings attached. Lots of free software pre-installed and the ability to install even more free programs. 99% unlikely to get you viruses, spyware, adware, or hacked. Won't steal your soul (unless you want it to). ~~ Hsu

    Not a bloody clue:

    Recommended sites:
    File Hippo ~~ Namelessfengir
    Anime Music Videos ~~ starseeker
    Mayang's Free Texture Library--ahuge range of high quality textures, royalty free. ~~ Omecle
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    Last edited by Discord; 11-25-2007 at 09:52 PM.

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