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Thread ID: 89058 2008-04-19 07:07:00 The Freeware thread Metla (12) PC World Chat
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660283 2008-04-19 07:07:00 The idea is not to list every item of freeware ever made, But to nominate one or two options in each category. Feel free to suggest/add more categories, I'll start with a few to get the ball rolling

Many of the programs that will be listed will be available at www.majorgeeks.com or http://www.filehippo.com I suppose we should provide working links but my half-job nature has pulled rank.

Anti-Virus

#1 AVG
#2 Avast

Anti-Spyware

#1 Spybot
#2 Hijackthis

Photo Manipulation

#1 Gimp
#2

CD Burning

#1
#2

DVD Tools
#1 DVD Flicka (authoring)
#2 DVD Shrink (ripping)

Video editing/encoding

#1 AutoGK (divx encoder)
#2 VirtualDub

Operating Systems
#1 Ubuntu
#2 Devilsown XP:D

FTP

#1 Smart FTP
#2

Games
#1
#2

#1 Americas Army
#2


And so on, Your not restricted to the categories I have listed, Nor do you have to use all the ones I listed, That was just to give the general idea.

Roll em out people, I'd like to check out a few new highly recommended FREE programs/apps.
Metla (12)
660284 2008-04-19 07:17:00 Photo Manipulation

#1 Gimp
#2

Operating Systems

#2 Devilsown XP:D


Picasa

Er.........if we are going to list things like the 2nd one, the list could get enormously huge rather fast and include everything...........
pctek (84)
660285 2008-04-19 07:31:00 Kick ass been looking for video edit stuff to try out rob_on_guitar (4196)
660286 2008-04-19 07:42:00 Antispyware

#1 Spybot
#2 Hijackthis
#3 SuperAntiSpyware
#4 SpywareBlaster


CD Burning

#1 InfraRecorder
#2 ImgBurn

DVD Tools

#1 DVD Flicka (authoring)
#2 DVD Shrink (ripping)
#3 DVDFabHDDecrypter (ripping)
#4 DVD43 (remove protection)

Photo Manipulation

#1 Gimp
#2 Paint.NET
CYaBro (73)
660287 2008-04-19 08:14:00 faqf1.net.nz

needs much updating
bob_doe_nz (92)
660288 2008-04-19 08:26:00 faqf1.net.nz

needs much updating

Ah, There goes my thunder....:D
Metla (12)
660289 2008-04-19 08:30:00 Some of the software on this site is pretty good.

www.techsupportalert.com
SKT174 (1319)
660290 2008-04-19 09:43:00 Here's a few I recommend/use not already mentioned by OP or at FAQF1 -

Anti-Virus
> Avira Antivir - http://www.free-av.com/

Anti-Spyware
> SpywareBlaster 4.0 - www.javacoolsoftware.com

Text Editors
> Notepad2 - www.flos-freeware.ch

System Utilities & Maintenance
> Winroll - www.palma.com.au
> Taskbar Shuffle - www.freewebs.com
> CCleaner - http://www.ccleaner.com/

CD Burning
> BurnAware Free Edition - www.glorylogic.com

FTP
> Filezilla - http://filezilla-project.org/

Download Managers
> Free Download Manager - http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/

Multimedia
> Media Player Classic Home Cinema - sourceforge.net
> ffdshow - http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge.net/

Games
> F.E.A.R - http://www.joinfear.com/
> TrackMania - http://www.trackmania.com/
sal (67)
660291 2008-04-19 09:55:00 firefox and thunderbird robsonde (120)
660292 2008-04-19 10:25:00 Backup
#1 Syncback (continuous data backup)
#2 DriveImage XML (image)

Firewall
#1 Comodo

File and Disk Maintenance
#1 SequoiaView or WinDirStat
#2 FolderView

PDF
#1 FoxitReader
#2 CutePDF

Audio & Video
#1 Audiograbber
#2 Floola (iTunes alternative)
#3 DVD Decrypter
#4 Videora
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