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djc
Winlibre 0.3.1, Free Software for Windows

WinLibre is a rigorous selection of free, legal software for Windows 98, 2000, XP
WinLibre packages this quality software in a complete and coherent product
WinLibre software meets your essential needs : Office (word processor, spreadsheet, presentation), Internet (web, email, messaging), Multimedia (music, video), Create (drawing, music), Tools (file compression, antivirus)
WinLibre automates and simplifies their installation
WinLibre stands in two versions: a complete autonomous setup (151 MB) and, a mini setup (0.6 MB) which downloads from Internet the selected software at installation time.
After having downloaded and launched Winlibre , choose the software to be installed in a single click. Winlibre will install them for you.

http://www.winlibre.com/en/
piXelatedEmpire
QUOTE (sonu27 @ Oct 11 2006, 06:02 AM) *
No offence, but this list it crap.

Your missing soo many good products.

I'm not even going to start naming them.

Well that's a great attitude to have no.gif
pepoluan
Add my favorite: EverNote. (NOT the Plus edition, but the FREE edition)

QUOTE (hq4ever @ Sep 30 2006, 01:15 AM) *
Irfanview is NOT "Free", when you say Free the term means "Free as in Freedom, not as free beer".
The Freedom of the software is the power of so many developers to "Free" their software under CopyLeft licenses, please read more about it here: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
Free is free. Choose between 'libre' or 'gratis'. For me, I'd prefer 'gratis' over 'libre' anytime. Furthermore, 'libre' does not always mean 'gratis'.

As for copyleft ... I refrain myself from using GPL-ed software if I can.
eyeball
i recommend adding vlc to that list, ccleaner, daemon tools and foxit reader.
all fantastic progs, (sorry if they have already been mentioned)
sonu27
I have a small list here: http://betasonu.tripod.com/

Check if theirs any you missed, I doubt it though.
mark
Hugin is FOSS. If you have taken 2 or more pictures for a panoramic shot, then you can use this program to stitch them together. It will even to a spherical image so you are looking at the inside of a bubble picture, so to speak.

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With hugin you can assemble a mosaic of photographs into a complete immersive panorama, stitch any series of overlapping pictures and much more.


Yeah, and it will do more. Sweet.

Home page.


DL

Edit: Thank you Jeremy, piXelatedEmpire and TAiN. (below)
I took some panoramic shots while on vacation or should I say shots taken side by side, hand held and not having followed any instructions for this program (I didn't know about this program yet). The panoramic shots (3) I put together with this program turned out reasonably well. What a difference it is to see them spliced together. It really is worth the effort, even if the panoramic isn't perfect. I ran into two problems that were created by me. One was that I didn't look to see where an imaginary horizontal line would be and that led to each picture being at a slightly different elevation (fixed with merging the pictures with Hugin and then cropping). The second was that I took each picture with the camera adjusting the apperture and it should have been set at a point of my chosing first. This caused the shots pointed closer to the sun to be darker than those to either side and so on with each shot further away. Another thing in the same vein is that when you take the shots, make sure you do them fairly quickly if there are clouds moving fairly rapidly. This caused each frame to have the same clouds in different positions and shadows in different locations. That will mess up the panorama.

Read the instructions. There are some important details that need to be taken into account for better pictures.
Jeremy
Nice find! thumbup.gif
piXelatedEmpire
QUOTE (DL @ Dec 28 2006, 12:06 PM) *
Hugin is FOSS. If you have taken 2 or more pictures for a panoramic shot, then you can use this program to stitch them together. It will even to a spherical image so you are looking at the inside of a bubble picture, so to speak.

QUOTE
With hugin you can assemble a mosaic of photographs into a complete immersive panorama, stitch any series of overlapping pictures and much more.


Yeah, and it will do more. Sweet.

Home page.

What a killer app! thumbup.gif
tain
QUOTE (piXelatedEmpire @ Jan 2 2007, 05:00 PM) *
QUOTE (DL @ Dec 28 2006, 12:06 PM) *
Hugin is FOSS. If you have taken 2 or more pictures for a panoramic shot, then you can use this program to stitch them together. It will even to a spherical image so you are looking at the inside of a bubble picture, so to speak.

QUOTE
With hugin you can assemble a mosaic of photographs into a complete immersive panorama, stitch any series of overlapping pictures and much more.


Yeah, and it will do more. Sweet.

Home page.

What a killer app! thumbup.gif
I've always used AutoStitch. Will have to try Hugin now!
Claude
desktoplistview: http://iamwill.com/dev/desktopListView/index.php

If you want to make it load in startup, put a shortcut of it in the startup folder (Start > Programs > Startup)
albator
SoftPerfect Personal Firewall
http://www.softperfect.com/products/firewall/

A great rule based firewall who only take 1 meg of ram !
Jeremy
QUOTE (albator @ Jan 19 2007, 07:20 PM) *
SoftPerfect Personal Firewall
http://www.softperfect.com/products/firewall/

A great rule based firewall who only take 1 meg of ram !


http://www.matousec.com/
albator
Be more explicit, what do you mean with this link ? There a review of many firewall but not the one I am talking about.
Jeremy
Maybe because they've never heard of it or it sucks? Comodo passes all known leak tests. The point was to provide you with information and let you know there is an excellent firewall that is freeware that you should try.
albator
Leek Test are for newbie. I dont cath spyware, I only care about outbound attack.
Like I said this is rule based firewall or negative firewall, your firewall like comodo are good for my mother, but not for me.

Maybe next time try to read my post.:

A great rule based firewall

The other firewall reviewed a this site are application based mostly
Jeremy
That site has reviews and user comments on firewalls that are based on a lot more than just leaktests. I only mentioned that one aspect of that one firewall.
Maybe next time you'll see the bigger picture and revise your attitude towards someone simply providing information.
Zxian
QUOTE (albator @ Jan 22 2007, 12:54 PM) *
Leek Test are for newbie. I dont cath spyware, I only care about outbound attack.
Like I said this is rule based firewall or negative firewall, your firewall like comodo are good for my mother, but not for me.

Maybe next time try to read my post.:

A great rule based firewall

The other firewall reviewed a this site are application based mostly

A great rules based firewall for someone who knows how to use it. Leak Tests are not for "newbies", and they give a very good idea of how well a firewall protects your system.

1MB or 20MB of RAM isn't going to affect the prerformance of your system. I could easily write a program that uses less memory but takes MUCH more time to compute. If you look at any decent programming textbook - usually we face the tradeoff between memory and processing time. The more of one you use, the less of the other you can get away with. People somehow have this misconception that lower RAM usage leads to faster computation, which is not the usual case for programs.

And I'll say this again - task manager does not give reliable information about process memory usage. The old "minimize trick" should prove that to anyone who takes a second to think about what's going on.
albator
I mean leak test are use to test outbound connection. This mean that you have to catch a spyware in first place.
The memory usage of the software in this case is a indicator of it's minimalist approach.
Zxian
How is memory usage an indication of a minimalist approach? You didn't seem to pick up on my point... RAM and CPU are generally a tradeoff in terms of optimization. If you want less RAM usage, you'll need more CPU cycles.

Leak tests are indeed to test outbound connections, and no - you don't need to be infected to be suceptible to such an attack. There are several sites out there that will generate a page with an image of your desktop as it appears to them. Good firewalls will try to stop this type of activity, but separating out "good" data on port 80 from "bad" data is more difficult than a simple rule can specify.
mark
Not open source but what a freebee. (32.5 MB)
I had seen this program before but figured it was probably a bit of crippleware, but I was wrong! Ok, there are a couple of things that you can get with the pro version ($495, US) that would be useful in a business environment or if you are going to take things to a higher level such as raytracing or you need it in a special format.
It takes just a little getting used to how intuitive it is. And by golly it does a fine job of that.
QUOTE
Google SketchUp is a powerful yet easy-to-learn 3D software. It combines a simple, yet robust tool-set with an intelligent drawing system that streamlines and simplifies 3D design. From simple to complex, conceptual to realistic, Google SketchUp enables you to build and modify 3D models quickly and easily.
Sketchup home page.
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Google SketchUp 6 (free version!) is made available to you for personal or commercial use

Differences in versions.


DL


Edit: Bleh!, won't do a true helix. Not relevant to many but it does have it's uses. Even the 'work arounds' are weak. They are nothing but a series of pitched curves. Use the 'follow me' tool with anything but a disk on these 'work arounds' and see what happens.

OT: @Zxian
QUOTE (Zxian @ Jan 23 2007, 06:02 PM) *
several sites out there that will generate a page with an image of your desktop as it appears to them.

PM me or start a thread somewhere that describes this in a little more detail please.
gamehead200
Software for Starving Students
http://softwarefor.org/

For Windows, it includes 7-Zip, Ant Renamer, Audacity, Blender, BZFlag, Celestia, ClamWin, DeepBurner Free, Dia, Enigma, Eraser, Exact Audio Copy, FileZilla, Firefox, Freeciv, Gaim, GIMPShop, GLtron, GNU Chess, Icebreaker, Inkscape, Juice Receiver, KeePass, MozBackup, NVU, OpenOffice.org, Paint.NET, PDFCreator, Portable Apps, POV-Ray, PuTTY, SolarWolf, Spybot S&D, Stellarium, SuperTux, The GIMP Toolkit, Thunderbird, Tortoise SVN, Tux Paint, Tux Racer, Tux Typing 2, VLC, WinDirStat, Wink, winLAME, WinSCP, XAMPP, and µTorrent.

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Dutchdre
Check out http://thedutchjewel.6x.to/ for the best freeware software. A nice and impressive big updated list of freeware.
DigeratiPrime
Feb 17 2007
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Changed topic name

Added:
Auslogics Disk Defrag
AVG
BitComet
BonkEnc
CamStudio
Comodo Antivirus
Desktop List View
Gizmo
Google SketchUp
HashTab
hugin - Panorama Tools GUI
JkDefrag
metapad
NirSoft Utilities
Orbit Downloader
PowerMenu
rulesPlayer
RocketDock
Rumshot
Sandboxie
Sizer
SoftPerfect Personal Firewall
SpywareGuard
Sysinternals Utilities (replaced AutoRuns and ProcessExplorer)
VirtualBox
Window Clippings
wGetGUI
WinWGet
Wireshark
XPY

Moved:
CCleaner
DM2

Renamed Anti-Virus section
Split File Sharing section into Bittorrent and FTP
DigeratiPrime
FEB 19 2007
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ADDED:
A43 File Management Utility
Adolix Wallpaper Changer
Hamachi
HD Tune
Nero CD-DVD Speed
OmniPeek Personal
Recuva
Tango Shell Patcher
The Dude
SoftPerfect Network Scanner

MOVED:
Aveiconifier
poor_kenny
I looked all through these postings and was amazed to see that there were no mention of clipboard utilities. Doesn't anyone use them? Personally I'd feel lost without YankeeClipperIII installed! (They have a retail version as well, though.)

There's another one that looks decent at SnapFiles called 'CLCL'.
Jeremy
Attention to those wanting a free Nero alternative that supports DVD Video:
CDrtfe
Link to Topic on NeoWin (Has screenshots)
Jeremy
Another system cleaner utility.
nCleaner
I'm already considering switching to it because it can be portable whereas CCleaner needs to have .OCXs registered which can't be done on the PCs at my workplace. Do you have any idea how much crap they have on those PCs? I'm not saying the system admin isn't good, they probably have to worry about more things than installed apps and filesize. If I were working for a company to maintain PCs, I'd personally do better in the organization department, though. That's where a tool like this comes in handy... unless the user permissions are so locked down that this thing can't delete anything at all due to being denied access. We'll see.
slimzky
QUOTE (Jeremy @ Mar 1 2007, 08:10 AM) *
Another system cleaner utility.
nCleaner
I'm already considering switching to it because it can be portable whereas CCleaner needs to have .OCXs registered which can't be done on the PCs at my workplace. Do you have any idea how much crap they have on those PCs? I'm not saying the system admin isn't good, they probably have to worry about more things than installed apps and filesize. If I were working for a company to maintain PCs, I'd personally do better in the organization department, though. That's where a tool like this comes in handy... unless the user permissions are so locked down that this thing can't delete anything at all due to being denied access. We'll see.


wow its new. im using it right now and it ahs a very nice gui too.
techywiz2007
here's another free antivirus software, and it really works,
in ten minutes of scanning, it found 487 errors, and fixed all of them like that! *snap*
SUPERantivirus
http://www.superantivirus.com/
and another anti-spyware program
SUPERantispyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/
these are great, efficient, fast and FREE!

and if your looking for software that resembles microsoft office,
try open office 2.2
it's free, and pretty much the same thing with a couple extra features!
http://www.openoffice.org/

or 3d modeling,
get the 'personal learning edition' of maya 8 for free, undoubtedly the best i have found,
google sketchup is pretty hard to work with, if you don't know what your doing,
blender is pretty cool, made for intermediate users
DOGA l1 l2 l3, is for beginners
if you know of any other good one's, please pm me what they are, as i'm still looking for good 3d modeling software!

desktop stuff,

desktop toy,
http://www.idesksoft.com/

yahoo widgets, widgets made by yahoo users, some pretty useful
http://widgets.yahoo.com/

Rocketdock, a icon doc just like the mac! (you have to mess with the settings)for PC! change the size of the dock, the style, the opacity, make it autohide, change the zoom amount when you hover over it, VERY COOL!
http://www.punksoftware.com/rocketdock

Object desktop, change your theme to tons of differnt styles, also contains windowblinds, stardock, icon packager, make your
try google searching it, i can't remeber the web address

irod, ever had a widget you could drive all over your desktop?, cool toy, but better hide it when the boss comes around!
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_2_16_16906.html

deskloops, interesting, create up to 6 desktops at one time, just click the tabs to change, or put your mouse on the side of the screen to change windows, it organizes your apps. so you have to scroll to change windows
http://www.xilokit.com/deskloops/

vidshot capturer, capture video of your desktop, hit record, and whatever you do is recorded in a video, great for doing tutorials for someone!
http://www.geovid.com/Screen_VidShot/

microangelo, create your own icons
google it!
gamehead200
You do realize there's an edit button? whistling.gif BTW, I got rid of your other thread. Let's keep all of this software in one thread so it's easier to find.
techywiz2007
thanks, i'm a newbie, and i don't know how to merge my posts yet,
i was doing more than one thing, and didn't know i could just edit and add to it,
on my other thread, that gamehead deleted, i just edited it so it was all one post,
Zxian
@techywiz2007 - You don't have the ability to merge posts, only moderators do. You can though (as you've already figured out) edit your own posts to add new content to them. smile.gif
glentium
If you think you found the best File Manager/Windows Explorer Replacement, you should see UltraExplorer
ever
Thanks very much
nemesis19
You can get all freeware softwares here:
CODE
http://www.freewarefiles.com/
eyeball
can i just add Poddox to this list?
its an alternative to itunes and is so simple, its a single .exe you can carry it with u on your ipod and run it from it to add any mp3 files you want onto it. Its so easy to use and beats the crap out of i(hogyourresources)tunes lol thumbup.gif thumbup.gif
mark
QUOTE (eyeball @ Sep 3 2007, 08:43 AM) *
can i just add Poddox to this list?

Certainly. welcome.gif

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* Poddox works much faster than Apple's software iTunes * Poddox doesn’t use libraries like iTunes and alternative software * Poddox allows easy file transfer to an iPod with Windows explorer context menu * Poddox copies iPod data back to a PC or other iPods * Poddox supports all audio formats supported by Apple's software iTunes * Poddox only needs few 100 kB of storage space unlike iTunes and alternatives

PoddoX Link.
Idontwantspam
Several I like...

Google earth. Why's that not here yet? And now with a flight simulator!

PortableApps.com - A lot of common applications, made portable. Great for USB flash drives. Mostly FOSS I think.

System Info for Windows - all you could ever want to know about your PC. (Download)

Microsoft Virtual PC - A free alternative to VMware.

That's it for now. thumbup.gif
erfahren
these little utilities can give the hex/rgb color value of an individual pixel on the screen. they can come in handy for web page designers and for graphics work.

Color Detector: http://www.cosmin.com/colordetector/
Color Cop: http://prall.net/colorcop/features
ColorPic: http://www.iconico.com/colorpic/
Instant Eyedropper: http://instant-eyedropper.com/

I personally like Color Detector but Color Cop has a stand-alone version. Haven't tried the other two.

Also, a recent PCWorld newsletter mentioned GIMPshop: http://plasticbugs.com/?page_id=294
has anyone tried it?
Fredledingue
I strongly recommand Total Copy
http://www.ranvik.net/totalcopy/

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Total Copy is a improved version of Windows' copy-function. Here are some of the features:
Pause / Resuming : At any time you may pause the copy-prosess, and continue later.
Auto-pause on any error : If you run out of diskspace, the network goes down or some other error occur, copying is automaticly paused, and you may resume when the error is sorted out.
Resuming on powerfailure : If the computer is turned off during the copyprosess (ex. power-loss or system-crash), Total Copy let's you resume when you restart.
Speedlimit : Slows down the copyprosess, and frees resources to other tasks.
Faster than Windows : Copies slightly faster than Windows (approx. 10% localy, and 1% on network)
Small improvements : Shows copy-speed, a percent-bar and KBytes remaining.
Does not modify Windows' own copy-function : This program will not alter the existing windows-copy-function.
Ultimate Predator
Is this list Open-Source only?
Arie
QUOTE (Ultimate Predator @ Dec 31 2007, 04:08 PM) *
Is this list Open-Source only?

No, as the name of the thread suggests this list is for free of charge software.
PC_LOAD_LETTER
Taskbar Shuffle 2.2 - http://www.freewebs.com/nerdcave/taskbarshuffle.htm
xenon2050
I know this hasn't been updated in a while... But I wanted to add one for under the GUI spot... It is a wallpaper changer that is actually pretty nice, it is Cardware meaning you are encouraged to send a postcard... And they have a Pro version but they don't nag you about it at all..
Caledos Wallpaper
Drazick
Avast Anti Virus
http://www.avast.com
Debiloid
AIMP (audio player) - http://www.aimp.ru/
QIP (instant messaging) - http://qip.ru/
HashTab - http://beeblebrox.org/hashtab/




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