CHiLL Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) Anti-Virus Avira AntiVir Personal - Anti-Virus Microsoft Security Essentials - Anti-Virus Avast - Anti-Virus Comodo - Anti-Virus AVG Free - Anti-Virus Anti-Malware/Spyware Malwarebytes Anti-Malware - Anti-Malware SuperAntiSpyware - Anti-Malware SpyBot Search & Destroy - Anti-Malware Firewall Comodo Internet Security - Personal Firewall Computer Maintenance CCleaner - Cleans out temporary and unnecessary files and has a registry cleaner. CPU-Z - Shows specific information about your processor, motherboard and RAM. GPU-Z - Shows specific information about your graphics processor. Speccy - Shows specific information about the core components in your computer. CoreTemp - Displays temperature information about core components in your system. SpeedFan - Displays temperature information about core components in your system. RivaTuner - Advanced graphics card control TreeSize Free - Displays where all your HDD space is allocated, where it's used up Launchy - Help you find all your files, folders, documents in a snap Everything Search - Find your files instantly. Iobit Uninstaller - Uninstaller De-fragmentation - (Not to be used on Solid State Disk Drives) Defraggler - Disc de-fragmentation. Auslogics Disk Defrag - Disc de-fragmentation. My Defrag - Disc de-fragmentation. Puran - Disc de-fragmentation. Office Applications Open Office - Alternative to Microsoft Office Suite. OpenProj - Alternative to Microsoft Project Libre Office - Alternative to Microsoft Office Suite Wink - Tutorial and presentation creation software Freemind - Mindmapping software Internet Browsers & Download Tools Mozilla Firefox - Internet browser provided by Mozilla. Google Chrome - Internet browser provided by Google. Opera - Internet Browser Safari - Internet browser provided by Apple. Seamonkey - Open source browser based on Firefox with integrated Thunderbird mail client. Iron - Chrome without all the tracking. JDownloader - Download Manager. Free Download Manager - Download Manager. uTorrent - Download manager. Orbit Download Manager - Download Manager. FlashGet - Download Manager. RDesc - Download Manager (Rapidshare and Megaupload) Media Players & Codecs VLC Media Player - Media player which plays nearly all media files. GOM Player - Media player which plays nearly all media files. Media Player Classic - Media player which plays nearly all media files. K-Lite Media Codec Pack - Codec pack containing all the codecs you should ever need. iTunes - Media Player provided by Apple. Media Monkey - Music Player. FooBar2000 - Music Player. Messaging Programmes Windows Live Messenger - Messenger service provided by Microsoft. Pidgin - Multi-service messenger which can connect to Microsoft, AIM, Google, Yahoo and more. Skype - Video and telephone calls online...for free! Trillian - Multi-service messenger Image Editing GIMP - Pixel/Rastor image editor. Paint.net - Photoshop style image editor. IrfanView - Image viewer / converter / batch rename / supports vast array of file types. Photoscape - Image Editor. Desktop Wallpapers Deviant Art - Popular art by the people. InterfaceLIFT - Wallpapers found here. Video & Sound Editing Handbrake - Multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows AutoGK - Rip DVD to many different file types. DVD Decryptor - Rip DVD VirtualDub - Video capture/processing utility. Audacity - Audio editor for recording, slicing, and mixing audio. Backup Solutions AllWaySync - Multipurpose backup programme Comodo Backup - Backup Facility There will be more to come, and possibly more categories. Feel free to suggest your own for this list. Edited June 18, 2012 by CHiLL mikelouis and Thomas 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunno Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Very nice list :thumb-up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotteh Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Cool list there CHiLL. Mind the pun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Very nice topic mate, this will come in very useful. Stickied Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madman01 Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Nice list. There are a few mistypes in there though. Just to give you a heads up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHiLL Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 Nice list. There are a few mistypes in there though. Just to give you a heads up. Cheers, I was careless with my hyperlinks. Now I've corrected them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richio Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Added Rdesc, DVD Decryptor, GOM Player and Treesize Nice List (y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 great list. they defiantly will come in-handy in the future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godric Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Great List. I would also like to add Aimp in the music player list. it is small and ustilieses a very small amout of mememorey <5 MB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Nathan Posted March 17, 2012 Administrators Share Posted March 17, 2012 This? http://www.aimp.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreso93 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Thanks man, I was looking for something like this. May be useful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkGizmo Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Great list Chill. Thanks for sharing. I'm looking for a good free anti-virus for my sister's PC. Thinking of uninstalling Avast! and replacing it with something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offspringftw Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Wow, this is a great list for people to use. Good job OP. I think you should add LMMS to sound editing. LMMS is a great Fruity Loops alternative. Its not exactly like Audacity where you edit sound but more to create music. You should also add free Spotify alternatives, such as Grooveshark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Anyone got any ideas about free Website tools? Dreamweaver/Expression... that kind of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityGirlLuv Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Anyone got any ideas about free Website tools? Dreamweaver/Expression... that kind of thing. I've tried a few free alternatives to Dreamweaver such as NVU, KompoZer, and Aptana Studio, and I found Dreamweaver to still be the best. If I had to choose between the three, Aptana Studio most definitely. Here are the list of the alternative sites: 1. NVU - http://www.net2.com/nvu/ 2. KompoZer - http://kompozer.net/ 3. Aptana Studio - http://www.aptana.com/products/studio3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtinguish Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Thanks for the list. They will definitely be useful in one way or another. Thanks for sharing OP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljepilo Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Oh yeah i can see that the avast is on the list, great job for making this list buddy ! Thanks alot ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryce12 Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Wow I missed this thread somehow. I agree that it's a great list and you should be lauded for your efforts. I would request you to add AIM in the list of Instant messengers as it is still used by a lot of people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssjgoku206 Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Anti Virus AVG Office Application Google Docs (It's cloud based so you never lose your data) Messaging Programs Trillian (All in one) Online Backup Dropbox Skydrive Google Drive Mozy Zumodrive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridwan sameer Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Excellent Topic Free Software run my world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardison Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 I like LibreOffice as a MS Office alternative. It use a lot less resources than OpenOffice. LibreOffice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetutato Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Definitely add AVG to the list, can't believe you missed that out :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Nathan Posted June 5, 2012 Administrators Share Posted June 5, 2012 I like LibreOffice as a MS Office alternative. It use a lot less resources than OpenOffice. LibreOffice Definitely add AVG to the list, can't believe you missed that out :/ Added thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwitchCase Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 (edited) Very nice list. I use almost all the software listed. I would like to suggest the following to be included in the list: Puran Defrag - Defragmenter Photoscape - Image Editor Everything - File Searcher Iobit Uninstaller - Uninstaller Edited June 18, 2012 by SwitchCase Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardison Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 A few more: Wink: Free tutorial and presentation creation software Wink Freemind: Free mind mapping software Freemind Launchy: Help you find all your files, folders, documents in a snap Launchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.