Guest Parry aka GOD Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Be good to have a software thread where we can exchange software download (legal freeware) links and descriptions and comments/ratings etc. What think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty1080 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Be good to have a software thread where we can exchange software download (legal freeware) links and descriptions and comments/ratings etc.What think? Good idea Mr P. The Gimp, a fantastic photoshop clone without all the unnecessary bumf. If you want a simple intuitive image manipulation program this is it. Been using it for years, way better than the crappy software you get with digital cameras etc. http://www.gimp.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionTerror Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Good idea Mr P.The Gimp, a fantastic photoshop clone without all the unnecessary bumf. If you want a simple intuitive image manipulation program this is it. Been using it for years, way better than the crappy software you get with digital cameras etc. http://www.gimp.org/ As well as GIMP, I've recently been using this tool... http://www.pixlr.com/editor/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godless Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 cheers monty been looking for something like that for ages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Parry aka GOD Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 My old favorite is, www.filehippo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okaycuckoo Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Foxit PDF reader opens docs much quicker than anything else and takes up less space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Parry aka GOD Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Foxit PDF reader opens docs much quicker than anything else and takes up less space. Yep, got that, brilliant. I've got something called Advanced System Care. There's a free one, but I bought the $23 Pro (stop laughing, it's inflation) version. http://download.cnet.com/Advanced-SystemCa...4-10407614.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 This is what I love about HPC, the sense of community. There is a lot of love in the room. Just of to check out the 'Why Do Women Set Out To Make A Mans' Life Miserable?' thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Parry aka GOD Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Best photo thingy I've had http://www.filehippo.com/download_faststone_image_viewer/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pl1 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Mentioned on here before where I discovered it but it has to be: www.giveawayoftheday.com Anybody collecting the archive? Also I often www.zdent.com then filter by free software. Best free file viewer xnview. When you're asked for a program to open a weird file type, chances are this f*cker can read it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Parry aka GOD Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Mentioned on here before where I discovered it but it has to be:www.giveawayoftheday.com Anybody collecting the archive? Also I often www.zdent.com then filter by free software. Best free file viewer xnview. When you're asked for a program to open a weird file type, chances are this f*cker can read it! Nice one! Here's another download site, big one too. http://www.softlist.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Also I often www.zdnet.com then filter by free software. Best free file viewer xnview. When you're asked for a program to open a weird file type, chances are this f*cker can read it! Corrected the link for you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikhail Liebenstein Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Corrected the link for you... Serena Open Project: http://www.openproj.org/ Open Office: http://www.openoffice.org/ Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ Open Solaris: http://opensolaris.org/os/ VMWare GSX: http://www.vmware.com/products/server/ Skype: http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/welcomeback/ Firefox: http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/welcomeback/ Real VNC: www.realvnc.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEmperorHasNoClothes Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Invaluable tool for quick image manipulation on Windows: http://paint.net/ I use this a lot for web development because it does the 3 most imporant things very well - converting to jpeg, resizing and reducing the file size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyMe Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Not an attempt to kill the thread, but, Boot, backup, configure, repair your system and add utilities. Best list I've found in the past. http://www.bootdisk.com/ The Utilities has lots of stuff from remote control to backup and file manipulation http://www.bootdisk.com/utility.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest X-QUORK Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 The simplest little screen grab tool around: http://www.zapgrab.net/ Doesn't work with Vista though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y-QUERK Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 The simplest little screen grab tool around:http://www.zapgrab.net/ Doesn't work with Vista though. Print Screen button - no software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest X-QUORK Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Print Screen button - no software. That only prints the whole screen, if you only want one small part of it you have to fanny about copy and pasting into Paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollk Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Launchy - excellent links / apps launcher triggered by alt-space. Most useful when customised. CDBurnerXP - great little burning app. FastCopy fantastic file move / copy app much quicker than windows native system and great over networks etc. Image burn - burns all sorts of images to DVD. Brilliant and complements CDburner above well. Magic ISO - great virtual dvd. Not as good as PowerISO but it's free so hey. Locate32 - if you find yourself searching for files a lot then get this now. You realise windows is just rubbish at this! Xplorer2 - free version is limited but still more than functional. switch two browsing pains on at once and sync to each tree as and when required - Better than Windows native file explorer. Picasa - I think we all know this IMO essential for casual photographers! Filehippo have a program called UDC which basically checks the status of all your freeware stuff (including hardware drivers MS programs) and alerts you to any updates which is cool. For Mozilla Firefox.... Noscript - essential security especially if you like to visit non family orientated stuff Also kills a heck of a lot of adverts, mostly the annoying ones too! Annoying for first week or so while you 'allow' your favourite sites. Sxipper - useful password manager Fastdial - set browser to start as blank page when it loads to get the most out of this but really good. colorfultabs - great when you tie tab colours to server. fasterfoxlite Restart firefox - useful! I have got a great little add on that preloads the next webpage when I near the bottom of the current page. i.e. when browsing forum threads I continually scroll down as if a huuge page. It WAS great but now it isn't working and I can't work out exactly what it is but will update when sorted it out... Mozbackup - does a good job of backing Mozilla Firefox data including passwords, cookies (if wanted) add-ons etc. You decide what is backed up / restored. Great! Sorry can't be bothered with links but a google search should quickly reveal the source of most stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest P-Diddly Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Launchy - excellent links / apps launcher triggered by alt-space. Most useful when customised.CDBurnerXP - great little burning app. FastCopy fantastic file move / copy app much quicker than windows native system and great over networks etc. Image burn - burns all sorts of images to DVD. Brilliant and complements CDburner above well. Magic ISO - great virtual dvd. Not as good as PowerISO but it's free so hey. Locate32 - if you find yourself searching for files a lot then get this now. You realise windows is just rubbish at this! Xplorer2 - free version is limited but still more than functional. switch two browsing pains on at once and sync to each tree as and when required - Better than Windows native file explorer. Picasa - I think we all know this IMO essential for casual photographers! Filehippo have a program called UDC which basically checks the status of all your freeware stuff (including hardware drivers MS programs) and alerts you to any updates which is cool. For Mozilla Firefox.... Noscript - essential security especially if you like to visit non family orientated stuff but annoying for first week or so while you 'allow' your favourite sites. Sxipper - useful password manager Fastdial - set browser to start as blank page when it loads to get the most out of this but really good. colorfultabs - great when you tie tab colours to server. fasterfoxlite Restart firefox - useful! I have got a great little add on that preloads the next webpage when I near the bottom of the current page. i.e. when browsing forum threads I continually scroll down as if a huuge page. It WAS great but now it isn't working and I can't work out exactly what it is but will update when sorted it out... Sorry can't be bothered with links but a google search should quickly reveal the source of most stuff. Good lad! I'll do a list sometime including all the links and descriptions. Promise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest P-Diddly Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Now then. Remote computing. http://www.softlist.net/listing/network___..._computing.html Which is the best to get? I'm looking at Laplink 5 for £35. http://www.softlist.net/program/laplink_ev...e-software.html Or PC File Transfer 1.1. About £30. http://www.softlist.net/program/pc_file_tr...r-software.html Anyone with any clue about all of this remote computing lark? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seydel Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 For security minded folks round here, TrueCrypt ( http://www.truecrypt.org/ ) is awesomely good at keeping files private, especially when using a keyfile with a password to encrypt drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolf Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 I agree, truecrypt is great. KeyNote is fantastic software. Sure, you can fire up Word to write a document but how do you quickly get immediately to the chapter or part of your long document that you want? http://www.tranglos.com/free/keynote.html With KeyNote, you can nest documents sections in a tree like structure, even change the order with a few clicks. All stored in one single filename. And when you're finished, export it to rtf format which can be opened in Office, OpenOffice etc. where you can do your final formatting. btw, the type of software we are talking about, some refer to it as pricelessware. i.e. not only free but even better! Some more: http://www.pricelessware.org/ http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnetBear Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 That only prints the whole screen, if you only want one small part of it you have to fanny about copy and pasting into Paint. Alt & Printscreen - Copies the contents of the current Window to the clipboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interestrateripoff Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 http://www.partitionwizard.com/ http://www.easeus.com/disk-copy/ http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm http://www.ubcd4win.com/ http://www.ccleaner.com/ http://www.defraggler.com/ http://www.recuva.com/ http://dmitrybrant.com/diskdigger http://www.mydefrag.com/ http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/DiskTune.htm http://www.partition-tool.com/ http://www.pandorarecovery.com/ http://download.cnet.com/UltimateDefrag-Fr...4-10582157.html Spybot http://free.avg.com/ http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html http://www.free-av.com/ http://www.pctools.com/firewall/ http://www.superantispyware.com/ http://ultradefrag.sourceforge.net/ http://www.macrium.com/ReflectFree.asp http://findandmount.com/ http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/ Good firewall but I'd leave out the antivirus component. http://www.comodo.com/home/internet-securi...nti-malware.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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