Free Software List

[G8RMatt]

All the programs in this post (after the "read more"break)are 100% free. Caveat emptor of course.
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3D Graphics
3Delight Free - http://www.3delight.com/index.htm
Anim8or - http://www.anim8or.com/
Blender - http://www.blender3d.org/
Now3D - http://digilander.libero.it/giulios/Eng/homepage.htm
OpenFX - http://www.openfx.org (http://www.openfx.org/)
POV-Ray - http://www.povray.org/
Terragen - http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/
Toxic - http://www.toxicengine.org/
Wings 3D - http://www.wings3d.com/

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Anti-spam programs
K9 - http://www.keir.net/k9.html
MailWasher- http://www.mailwasher.net/
POPFile - http://popfile.sourceforge.net/
SpamBayes - http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/
SpamPal - http://www.spampal.org/

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Anti-Spyware
Ad-aware - http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
Bazooka - http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.html
Hijackthis - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html (http://www.spywareinfo.com/%7Emerijn/downloads.html)
Microsoft Defender (Beta 2) - http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/s...re/default.mspx
SpyBot Search & Destroy - http://spybot.safer-networking.de/
SpywareBlaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
WinPatrol - http://www.winpatrol.com/

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Anti-Virus
AntiVir - http://www.free-av.com/
Avast - http://www.avast.com/i_idt_1018.html
AVG - http://free.grisoft.com/
BitDefender - http://www.bitdefender.com (http://www.bitdefender.com/)
ClamWin - http://www.clamwin.com/
CyberHawk - http://www.novatix.com/cyberhawk/ Beta

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Audio Players
Billy - http://www.sheepfriends.com/?page=billy
CoolPlayer - http://coolplayer.sourceforge.net/
DeliPlayer. http://www.deliplayer.com/
Foobar 2000 - http://www.foobar2000.org/
iTunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Jet Audio Basic - http://www.jetaudio.com/
Media Monkey - http://www.download.com/MediaMonkey/3000-2...tml?tag=lst-3-2
Musik - http://musik.berlios.de/
musikCube - http://www.musikcube.com/
QCD Player - http://www.quinnware.com/
Sonique - http://sonique.lycos.com/
Winamp - http://www.winamp.com/
XMPlay - http://www.un4seen.com/xmplay.html
Zinf - http://www.zinf.org/

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Audio Tools
Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
AudioShell - http://www.softpointer.com/AudioShell.htm
CDex - http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
dBpowerAMP Music Converter - http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
EAC - http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
Encounter 2003 - http://www.waschbusch.com/
GermaniXEncoder - http://www.germanixsoft.de/
K-MP3 - http://www.katarncorp.com/
KraMixer - http://www.kramware.com/
MP3 Book Helper - http://mp3bookhelper.sourceforge.net/
MP3 Tag - http://www.mp3tag.de/
mp3DirectCut - http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~pesch/ (http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/%7Epesch/)
MP3Gain - http://www.geocities.com/mp3gain/
mp3Trim - http://www.logiccell.com/~mp3trim/ (http://www.logiccell.com/%7Emp3trim/)
MusicBrainz - http://musicbrainz.org/
Rarewares - http://rarewares.hydrogenaudio.org/
SoundEngine Free - http://www.cycleof5th.com/en/index.htm
TagScanner - http://xdev.narod.ru/tagscan_e.htm
The GodFather - http://users.otenet.gr/~jtcliper/tgf/ (http://users.otenet.gr/%7Ejtcliper/tgf/)
TigoTago - http://www.tigotago.com/

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CD/DVD Burning
Amazing CD & DVD Burner - http://www.npssoftware.com/freedvdburners/dvdburners.htm
Burn4Free - http://www.burn4free.com/
Burnatonce - http://www.burnatonce.com/
Burrrn - http://www.burrrn.net/
CDBurnerXP - http://www.cdburnerxp.se/
CDRDAO - http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/
CDR Tools Frontend - http://demosten.com/cdrfe/
Deepburner - http://www.deepburner.com/
DVD Decrypter: http://www.dvddecrypter.com/
Easy Burning, DropCD & Audio CD - http://www.paehl.de/cdr

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Checksum Utilities
fsum - http://www.slavasoft.com/fsum/
hksfv - http://www.big-o-software.com/products/hksfv/
md5sum - http://www.etree.org/md5com.html
md5summer - http://www.md5summer.org/

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Compression / Decompression
7-zip - http://www.7-zip.org/
bzip2 - http://sources.redhat.com/bzip2/index.html
ExtractNow - http://www.extractnow.com/
FilZip - http://www.filzip.com/
Info-Zip - http://www.info-zip.org/
IZArc - http://www.florida.plus.com/izarc/
QuickZip - http://www.quickzip.org/
TUGZip - http://www.tugzip.com/
UPX - http://upx.sourceforge.net/
WinRar- http://www.rarlabs.com/
WinZip- http://www.winzip.com/
Zip&Go - http://www.handybits.com/zipngo.htm
Zipgenius - http://www.zipgenius.it/

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Defrag Software
DIRMS & Buzzsaw - http://www.dirms.com/
OpenVMS - http://www.execsoft.com/freeware/freeware.asp
IObit Smart Defrag- http://www.iobit.com/ISDlanding.html?gclid...CFSInEAod_Xt7Fw

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Desktop Enhancements
AveDesk - http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=17372
Blackbox - http://xoblite.net (http://xoblite.net/)
CursorXP - http://www.stardock.com/products/cursorxp/download.html
Desktop Sidebar - http://www.desktopsidebar.com/
Glass2k - http://www.chime.tv/products/glass2k.shtml
Kapsules - http://kapsules.shellscape.org/
MobyDock - http://www.mobydock.com/
Panorama - http://www.ivory.org/panorama.html
Rainlendar - http://www.ipi.fi/~rainy/index.php?pn=proj...ject=rainlendar (http://www.ipi.fi/%7Erainy/index.php?pn=proj...ject=rainlendar)
Samurize - http://www.samurize.com/
SlickRun - http://www.bayden.com/SlickRun/
TaskSwitchXP --- - http://www.ntwind.com/taskswitchxp/
tclock2 - http://home.inreach.com/2tone/tclock2/tclock2.htm
Weather Watcher - http://www.singerscreations.com/
Widgets - http://widgets.yahoo.com/
WinRoll - http://www.palma.com.au/winroll/

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Download managers
Download Accelerator Manager (DAM) - http://www.download.com/Download-Accelerat...tml?tag=lst-0-3
FlashGot - http://www.download.com/FlashGot/3000-2378...tml?tag=lst-0-8
Free Download Manager - http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/
LeechGet - http://www.leechget.net/en/
Star Downloader - http://www.stardownloader.com/downloads.php
Sun Download Manager - http://www.sun.com/download/sdm/index.xml
wackget - http://millweed.com/projects/wackget/
wget - http://xoomer.virgilio.it/hherold/
WellGet - http://www.wellget.com/

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DVD Players
Artisan DVD/DivX Player - http://www.download.com/Artisan-DVD-DivX-P...tml?tag=lst-0-1
DivX - http://www.download.com/DivX-for-Windows-w...tml?tag=lst-6-4
Zoom Player - http://www.download.com/Zoom-Player-Standa...tml?tag=lst-6-2

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DVD Rippers
DVD Decrypter - http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_so...d_decrypter.cfm
DVD Shrink - http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_so.../dvd_shrink.cfm

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Encryption and data security
Axcrypt - http://axcrypt.sourceforge.net/
Blowfish Advanced CS- http://web.bsn.ch/lasse/bfacs.htm
Cryptainer LE - http://www.download.com/Cryptainer-LE/3000...tml?tag=lst-6-4
Eraser - http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/default.php
File Shredder - http://www.sys-shield.com/fileshredder.htm
FineCrypt - http://www.download.com/FineCrypt/3000-209...tml?tag=lst-6-5
KeePass - http://keepass.sourceforge.net/
GnuPG - http://www.gnupg.org/
PGP Freeware - http://www.pgp.com/products/freeware.html
PicoCrypt - http://picofactory.com/picocrypt.html
TrueCrypt - http://www.truecrypt.org/
WindowsCleaner - http://www.winnowsoft.com/internet-eraser.htm

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File Managers
2xExplorer - http://netez.com/2xExplorer/
A43 - http://www.shawneelink.net/~bgmiller/ (http://www.shawneelink.net/%7Ebgmiller/)
ExplorerXP - http://www.explorerxp.com (http://www.explorerxp.com/)
Gyula's Navigator - http://www.wanari.com/
JExplorer - http://home.megapass.co.kr/~woosjung/ (http://home.megapass.co.kr/%7Ewoosjung/)
MeeSoft Commander - http://meesoft.logicnet.dk/

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File repair and recovery
PC Inspector File Recovery - http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm

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Firewalls:
Jetico Personal Firewall - http://www.jetico.com/index.htm#/jpfirewall.htm
Outpost Firewall (version 1 is free) - http://www.agnitum.com/download/outpost1.html
SoftPerfect Personal Firewall - http://www.softperfect.com/products/firewall/
Sygate - Discontinued
Wyvern Firewall 2004 - http://www.wyvernworks.com/firewall.html

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FTP Clients
CoreFTP - http://www.coreftp.com/
Filezilla - http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla
FTPSurfer - http://www.download.com/FTP-Surfer/3000-21...tml?tag=lst-0-5
LeechFTP - http://stud.fh-heilbronn.de/~jdebis/leechf...iles/lftp13.zip (http://stud.fh-heilbronn.de/%7Ejdebis/leechf...iles/lftp13.zip)
miFiles - http://www.simdata.com.au/mifiles.html
SmartFTP - http://www.smartftp.com/
WS_FTP - http://www.download.com/WS-FTP-----English...tml?tag=lst-0-6

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FTP Servers
FileZilla - http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
Golden FTP Server - http://www.goldenftpserver.com (http://www.goldenftpserver.com/)
GuildFTPD - http://www.guildftpd.com/
Quick 'n Easy FTP Server - http://www.pablovandermeer.nl/ftp_server.html
SlimFTPd - http://www.whitsoftdev.com/slimftpd
TYPSoft FTP Server - http://en.typsoft.com/
WarFTPD - http://www.jgaa.com/

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HTML Editors
1st page 2000 - http://www.evrsoft.com/download.shtml
AceHTML - http://freeware.acehtml.com/download.html
Aracnophilia - http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/
HTML-Kit - http://www.chami.com/html-kit/
Matrix Y2K - http://www.crystalfibers.com/index.php?topicid=20
NVU - http://www.nvu.com/index.html
Selida - http://www.amaryllis.8m.com/
Trellian webPAGE - http://webpage.vendercom.com/
TSW WebCoder - http://www.tsware.net/

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Image viewers
Ahaview - http://www.aha-soft.com/ahaview/ahaviewfree.exe
FastStone Image Viewer - http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm
Irfanview - http://www.irfanview.com/
Picasa - http://www.picasa.com/content/download.php
SlowView - http://www.slowview.at/
XNView - http://www.xnview.com/

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Instant Messenger
AMSN - http://amsn.sourceforge.net/index.php
Gaim - http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
Google Talk- http://www.google.com/talk/
IM2: http://www.im2.com (http://www.im2.com/)
Mercury Messenger - http://www.mercury.to/
Miranda IM - http://www.miranda-im.org/
Pandion - http://www.pandion.be/
PSI - http://psi.affinix.com/
qip - http://www.qip.ru/
Skype - http://www.skype.com/
SIM - http://sim-icq.sourceforge.net/
TerraIM - http://terraim.sourceforge.net/
Trillian Basic - http://trillian.cc/downloads

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Internet Explorer Front-Ends
AM Browser - http://www.ambrowser.com/
AOL Browser - http://beta.aol.com/projects/aolbrowser/
Avantbrowser - http://www.avantbrowser.com/
Maxthon - http://www.maxthon.com/
SlimBrowser - http://www.flashpeak.com/sbrowser/sbrowser.htm

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IRC Clients
BersIRC - http://www.bersirc.com/
BitchX - http://bitchx.org/download.php
HydraIRC - http://www.hydrairc.com/
NodeIRC - http://node.sourceforge.net/
TinyIRC - http://www.tinyirc.net/
XChat - http://www.silverex.org/news/

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Mail programs
Foxmail - http://fox.foxmail.com.cn/english/
i.Scribe - http://www.memecode.com/
Mahogany Mail - http://mahogany.sourceforge.net/
Pegasus Mail - http://www.pmail.com/
PopTray - http://www.poptray.org/
Thunderbird - http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/

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Network Tools
CMDTime NTP Utility - http://www.softshape.com/download/
Ethereal Protocol Analyzer - http://www.ethereal.com/
Gencontrol - http://www.gensortium.com/products/gencontrol.html
hamachi - http://www.hamachi.cc/
NetMeter - http://readerror.gmxhome.de/
NetProfiles - http://netprofiles.danielmilner.com/
NMap - http://www.insecure.org/nmap/
Ntop - http://www.ntop.org (http://www.ntop.org/)
PingPlotter - http://www.pingplotter.com (http://www.pingplotter.com/)
PuTTY - http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/%7Esgtatham/putty)
RAS Graph & Stats - http://forum.flashfxp.com/showthread.php?s...p;threadid=2400
RealVNC - http://www.realvnc.com/
TightVNC - http://www.tightvnc.org/
Ultr@VNC - http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/
WinSCP - http://www.winscp.com/

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Office Suite
602PC Suite free edition - http://www.software602.com/products/pcs/download.html
AbiWord - http://www.abiword.com/
OpenOffice.org - http://www.openoffice.org/
qjot - http://www.xtort.net/xtort/qjot.php

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Operating Systems (Linux/Unix)
Debian GNU/Linux - http://www.debian.org (http://www.debian.org/)
Fedora - http://fedora.redhat.com (http://fedora.redhat.com/)
Gentoo Linux - http://www.gentoo.org (http://www.gentoo.org/)
Kubuntu/Ubuntu- http://www.ubuntu.com/
Mandriva Linux - http://www.mandriva.com (http://www.mandriva.com/)
MEPIS Linux - http://www.mepis.org (http://www.mepis.org/)
Openwall GNU/*/Linux (OWL) - http://www.openwall.com/Owl/
Sante Fe Linux - http://www.santafelinux.com (http://www.santafelinux.com/)
Slackware Linux - http://www.slackware.com (http://www.slackware.com/)
SUSE Linux - http://www.suse.com (http://www.suse.com/)
Yellow Dog Linux - http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/

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-CD Bootable OS's-
BartPE - http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/#download
Knoppix - http://www.knoppix.org/
Ultimate Boot CD for windows - http://www.ubcd4win.com/
the full list - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiveCD

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Partition Managers
Partition Resizer - http://zeleps.com/
Ranish Partition Manager - http://www.ranish.com/part/
TestDisk - http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html

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PDF Utilities
CutePDF - http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
Foxit PDF Reader - http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
Free PDF - http://www.webxd.com/zipguy/frpdfdl.htm
Ghostscript/GSView - http://www.ghostscript.com/
PDF 995 - http://www.pdf995.com/
PDFCreator - http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
PrimoPDF - http://www.primopdf.com/

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Photo manipulation and image design
ArtRage - http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html
ColorPic - http://www.iconico.com/colorpic/
Deep Paint - http://www.download.com/Deep-Paint/3000-21...tml?tag=lst-2-7
Delineate - http://delineate.sourceforge.net/
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)- http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html
iIco - http://www.mintrasystems.com/world/product...duct.php?p=iico
JPEGCrops - http://ekot.dk/programmer/JPEGCrops/
Paint .NET - http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/
Photo Plus 6 - http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/commence-...&Check=True
Pixia - http://www.ab.wakwak.com/~knight/ (http://www.ab.wakwak.com/%7Eknight/)
Pixie - http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.html
PhotoFiltre - http://www.photofiltre.com/
Sodipodi - http://www.sodipodi.com/
The Gimp - http://www.gimp.org/
Tuxpaint - http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint

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Programming
ActivePerl - http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl
Crimson Editor - http://www.crimsoneditor.com/
Code::Blocks - http://www.codeblocks.org/
Context - http://www.context.cx/
Dev C++ - http://www.bloodshed.net/
Dev Pascal - http://www.bloodshed.net/
Digital Mars C++ - http://www.digitalmars.com/download/freecompiler.html
Eclipse - http://www.eclipse.org/
ExamDiff - http://www.prestosoft.com/ps.asp?page=edp_examdiff
Freepascal - http://www.freepascal.org/
JCreator LE - http://www.jcreator.com/download.htm
jEdit - http://www.jedit.org/
Metapad - http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/
Notepad++ - http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
Notepad2 - http://www.flos-freeware.ch/
Open Watcom - http://www.openwatcom.org/
Pelles C - http://www.smorgasbordet.com/pellesc/index.htm
PHP Hypertext Parser - http://www.php.net/
Programmer's Notepad - http://www.pnotepad.org/
PSPad - http://www.pspad.com/
Python - http://www.python.org/
Ruby - http://www.dm4lab.to/~usa/ruby/index_en.html (http://www.dm4lab.to/%7Eusa/ruby/index_en.html)
SharpDevelop - http://www.icsharpcode.net/opensource/sd/
WinMerge - http://winmerge.org/

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Pop-up Blockers
Google Toolbar - http://www.google.com/
NoAds - http://www.southbaypc.com/NoAds/
PopUp Stopper - http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html
Privoxy - http://www.privoxy.org/
Proxomitron - http://www.proxomitron.info/

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RSS Readers
Ablion - http://www.fileheaven.com/Abilon/download/14059.htm
Feedreader - http://www.feedreader.com/
FireANT - http://www.antisnottv.net/
GreatNews - http://www.curiostudio.com/
RssBandit - http://www.rssbandit.org/
RSSOwl - http://www.rssowl.org/
RssReader - http://www.rssreader.com/
RSS Xpress - http://rssxpress.free.fr/en/?page=&idNews=
SharpReader - http://www.sharpreader.net/

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System Information and monitoring
CPU-Z - http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
Everest - http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/EVER...load-16369.html
Gkrellm - http://bill.nalens.com/
Motherboard monitor - http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=311
Sisoftware Sandra - http://www.sisoftware.net/index.html?dir=d...langx=en&a=
SpeedFan - http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
Sysmetrix - http://www.xymantix.com (http://www.xymantix.com/)
WCPUID - http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002374/src/download.html

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Video codecs
DivX Codec - http://www.divx.com/divx/?src=toptab_divx_from_/index.php
FFDSHOW - http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow
XviD - http://www.xvid.org/

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Video players
AC3Filter - http://sourceforge.net/projects/ac3filter
BsPlayer - http://www.bsplayer.org/
Crystal Player - http://www.crystalplayer.com/index.php?page=downloads
Cygwin MPlayer - http://armory.nicewarrior.org/projects/cygmp/
DivX Player - http://www.divx.com/
MaximusDVD - http://www.maximusdvd.com/
Media Player Classic - http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=82303
VideoLan - http://www.videolan.org/

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Video tools
DVD Shrink - http://www.dvdshrink.org/
DScaler - http://deinterlace.sourceforge.net/
FlasKMPEG - http://www.flaskmpeg.net (http://www.flaskmpeg.net/)
GSpot - http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
VirtualDub - http://www.virtualdub.org/
VirtualDubMod - http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=65889
Zwei-Stein Video Editor - http://www.thugsatbay.com/software/index.html

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Web browsers - note: some are shareware
1X Net Browser http://www.majorgeeks.com/download1184.html
27 Tools In 1 Wichio Browser http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3641.html
32bit Web Browser http://www.majorgeeks.com/download964.html
4c vision http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2266.html
Avant Browser http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2346.html
Beonex Communicator http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2067.html
Bluto Home http://www.majorgeeks.com/download1452.html
Browse3D http://www.majorgeeks.com/download876.html
Browsure http://www.majorgeeks.com/download1634.html
Crazy Browser http://www.majorgeeks.com/download549.html
Fast Browser --- http://www.majorgeeks.com/download553.html
FastStone 4in1 Browser http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4406.html
GreenBrowser http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3910.html
K-Meleon http://www.majorgeeks.com/download555.html
Leech http://www.majorgeeks.com/download608.html
mascBrowser http://www.majorgeeks.com/download1069.html
Maxthon Combo Version (Formerly MyIE2) http://www.majorgeeks.com/download1244.html
Maxthon Lite (Formerly MyIE2) http://www.majorgeeks.com/download1167.html
Mozilla http://www.majorgeeks.com/download556.html or http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/
Mozilla Firefox http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2248.html or http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
Mozilla FirefoxIE - http://www.firefoxie.net/
Net M@nager http://www.majorgeeks.com/download1475.html
NetCaptor http://www.majorgeeks.com/download930.html
NetDIVE Oxygen http://www.majorgeeks.com/download969.html
NetMyth http://www.majorgeeks.com/download1088.html
Netscape http://www.majorgeeks.com/download1143.html or http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/default.jsp
Networker http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2388.html
Nubonyx Browser http://www.majorgeeks.com/download1810.html
OEMBrowser http://www.majorgeeks.com/download557.html
Opera Without Java http://www.majorgeeks.com/download559.html
Opera - http://www.opera.com (http://www.opera.com/)
PhaseOut http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3922.html
PQBrowser http://www.majorgeeks.com/download883.html
Scope http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2848.html
Slim Browser http://www.majorgeeks.com/download1404.html
Slim Browser Lite Edition http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4079.html
Smart Explorer http://www.majorgeeks.com/download875.html
SupremeBrowser http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2842.html
UltraBrowser http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2063.html
Voyager 2004 http://www.majorgeeks.com/download630.html
Web SurfACE http://www.majorgeeks.com/download992.html
Y2KSA Browser http://www.majorgeeks.com/download970.html

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Web servers
Abyss - http://abyss.sourceforge.net/
Apache - http://httpd.apache.org/
Sambar - http://www.sambar.com/
Savant - http://savant.sourceforge.net/
SimpleServer:WWW - http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/sswww.htm
TinyWeb - http://www.ritlabs.com/tinyweb/index.html
Xitami - http://www.xitami.com/
Xampp - http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

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Webcam Software
booruWebCam - http://www.booru.net/
Pryme - http://www.hilo.dk/pryme/

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Misc. Utilities/Applications
AdShield - http://www.lossepladsen.dk/all4you/TheLostWorld/AdShield.php
AnalogX - http://www.analogx.com/
AppRocket - http://www.candylabs.com/approcket/
Cacheman- http://www.download.com/Cacheman/3000-2248_4-10216523.html
Celestia - http://www.shatters.net/celestia
CCleaner - http://www.ccleaner.com (http://www.ccleaner.com/)
Contact - http://www.isaacboy.com/contact.htm
CWShredder- http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Popu...WShredder.shtml
Cygwin - http://www.cygwin.com (http://www.cygwin.com/)
Dirkey - http://www.protonfx.com/dirkey/
EditPad Lite - http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html
EssentialPIM - http://www.essentialpim.com/
Folder Size Extension - http://foldersize.sourceforge.net/
History Eraser - http://smartprotector.com/eraser/downloads/historyeraser.exe
HTTrack - http://www.httrack.com/
Inno Setup - http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
KeyNote - http://www.tranglos.com/free/keynote.html
Memtest-86 - http://www.memtest86.com (http://www.memtest86.com/)
Money Manager - http://www.thezeal.com/software/manager/default.asp
MWSnap - http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html
NetTime - http://nettime.sourceforge.net (http://nettime.sourceforge.net/)
Nullsoft Installer - http://www.nullsoft.com/free/nsis
Open Subfolder - http://www.bubblepop.com/opensubfolder/index.html
Peerguardian - http://www.methlabs.org/
Process Explorer (aka ProcessXP) - http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml
QuickPar - http://www.quickpar.org.uk/
QuickSFV - http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Mouse/4668/
png2ico - http://winterdrache.de/freeware/png2ico
Restoration - http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html
Stickies - http://finiteloop.org/~btaylor/software/stickies/ (http://finiteloop.org/%7Ebtaylor/software/stickies/)
Sysinternals - http://www.sysinternals.com/
Toolbox - http://www.sil.org/computing/toolbox/
TreeSize - http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml
TuneXP - http://www.driverheaven.net/dforce/showdoc.php?doc=txp_about
Turbo Pad - http://turbopad.sourceforge.net/
TweakNow RegCleaner- http://www.download.com/TweakNow-RegCleane...4-10262639.html
Tweak UI- http://www.download.com/Tweak-UI/3000-2341_4-2830963.html
Unlocker - http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
Vim - http://vim.sourceforge.net (http://vim.sourceforge.net/)
WeathAlert - http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/stu/msowul/?page=weathermain
YourDir - http://www.primeoption.com.au/FreewareYourDir.htm

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[lblgator]

Great list, one change though - Ethereal changed to Wireshark.

http://www.wireshark.org

Can we sticky this??

[LakeGator]

In spite of the glaring error caught by lbl and the fact that the list is not as long as one would like, I have taken lbl’s suggestion and set the thread to stick at the top of the forum.

Seriously, that is a most impressive list of software and will be a great help to visitors. Thanks for posting it, Matt.

This is the sort of thing we will want in the WiKi once it gets going.

[umcpgator]

Might also want to mention sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/) as a source for free software

[lblgator]

How could I forget this one (expecially since I am a InfoSec guy),

http://sectools.org

The top 100 Network Security Tools list as maintained by insecure.org. Gives platform, price, etc. A great list for the security geek in you.

Spotting glaring errors is my specialty....making them too. ;)

[G8RMatt]

Seriously, that is a most impressive list of software and will be a great help to visitors. Thanks for posting it, Matt.

This is the sort of thing we will want in the WiKi once it gets going.

Thanks Lake. I use many of these tools for various things. Best of luck on getting everything going, AND try some posting in the Pub. :)

[G8tr69]

Excellent list :joecool:

[G8RMatt]

Take care. :)

[Aardvark]

Ditto

[bionicgator]

Matt, all I can say is WOW!! Good work. Thanks.:wave:

[shadowman]

Hi! How r u?
nice site!

[g8rsfan79]

That is an awesome list. I wish i had a clue of what to do with it. I need to get a geek over to my house and get my computer running right. theres no telling what i have done to it. GEEZ

[oldgator]

might want to check out Gizmo Richards site. Has list of freeware that is updated every few months. And there are more than 46

http://techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm

also....MaximumPC mag frequently lists free software and how to use them(RIP's, etc).

[lblgator]

Here are a couple more free utilities I have recently started to use;

1. Mac the Ripper -- http://www.mactheripper.org
2. Handbrake -- http://handbrake.m0k.org/

Mac the Ripper is a free DVD ripper for Mac. Handbrake is a free conversion utility for MTR output into Apple TV/iPod format (single mp4 from multiple VOB files) - Handbrake is both Mac and Windows.

[gatorr4life]

This helps out a lot. Thanks...

[G8RBrave]

Wireshark rulz.

[G8RMatt]

http://freeware.startingiseasy.com/

[ojgator]

Wow, pretty comprehensive. Nice.

[gatorfan5220]

Which are the best for killing those pop up ads?

[Gatorguy]

For the artistic people out there, there is a freeware called Inkscape, which is basically a free and not quite as advanced version of Adobe Illustrator. It's still a very good vector graphics program.

http://www.inkscape.org/download/?lang=en

[SteelGator]

Open Source Living (http://www.osliving.com/) is a new archive that has a huge list of open source software. Looks like the start of a great resource to keep bookmarked.

http://steelgator.googlepages.com/OSLiving.png (http://www.osliving.com/)

[Aardvark]

Excellent! Thanx...

[Ericgraves]

Any good engineering programs (other than programming programs)?

For the matlab engineers who can't find the code they need:
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/

[Ericgraves]

http://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/download.html

This is a nice little math program that a professor told us about. It handles galois fields pretty well.

[Tolbert1906]

i don't see any backup software on this list. i would recommend Syncback:
http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/

[GSMBgatorB]

I love using AutoHotKey:

http://www.autohotkey.com/

[Ericgraves]

http://octave.sourceforge.net/

Open source matlab.

[Aardvark]

Sweet!

[GatorJMDZ]

Surprised this hasn't been mentioned. Each day a software title (and game) with free activation:

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/

[SteelGator]

A good anti-malware tool: Threatfire (http://www.threatfire.com/).

[Aardvark]

Good stuff.

[Awm_Gator]

A good audio player (and video player) is VLC player.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Win, Mac, Linux.

[chris_that_likes_jpop]

A good audio player (and video player) is VLC player.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Win, Mac, Linux.

This is on the list as "VideoLan"

[Awm_Gator]

This is on the list as "VideoLan"
Thanks for informing me.

[bantab]

Lots of great suggestions. I don't think I saw Google Chrome on the list for web browsers, and it is super fast. Sourceforge is a great resource. Some others are:

freshmeat.net
osalt.com

[gatormoe1]

Link is on top left.

http://cpuid.com/pcwizard.php

Hardware Information

* Mainboard / Bios (Connectors, ID String, MP Support ...)
* Chipset (FSB Frequency, Norhtbridge, Hub, Direct Media Interface, XMB, NSI, ...)
* Main Memory (FPM, EDO, SDRAM, DDR SDRAM, DDR-2 SDRAM, DDR-3 SDRAM, RDRAM, FB_DIMM, Timings ...)
* Memory Profiles : EPP (SLi Ready), Intel XMP.
* Cache Memory (L1, L2, L3, Size, Frequency ...)
* Processors (Type, Speed, Multiplier coeff., Features, Model Number, Vanderpool Technology ...)
* Coprocessor
* APM & ACPI
* Busses : ISA, PCI, AGP (2x, 4x,8x), SMBus/ i2c, CardBus, Firewire, Hyper-Transport ... )
* DMI / SMBIOS
* Mainboard Sensors, Processor, Hard Disk & Battery (Voltage, Temperature, Fans)
* Video (Monitor, Card, Bios, Capabilities, Memory, Integrated Memory, Frequencies ...)
* OpenGL & 3Dfx
* DirectX (DirectDraw, Direct3D, DirectSound (3D), DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectInput, DirectX Media)
* Keyboard, Mouse & Joystick
* Drives (Hard Disk, Removable, CD-ROM, CDRW, DVD ...)
* SCSI (Card, Controller, Adapter, Devices ...)
* ATA/ATAPI & S-ATA (Devices, Type, Capabilities, S.M.A.R.T. Features, RAID)
* Ports (Serial, Parallel, USB, IEEE-1394)
* IDE & SCSI Devices
* Twain & WIA Devices
* PCMCIA (PC Card) Devices
* Bluetooth Devices
* Biometric Sensor Devices
* Sound Card (wave, midi, aux, mix, AC'97 codec, High Definition Audio)
* Printers (Local & Network)
* Modem (Features, Speed ...)
* Network (Server, Connexion, Firewall ...)
* Security (Scan Ports ...)
* PocketPC & SmartPhone Devices
* Virtual Machines

System Information

* MCI Devices (mpeg, avi, seq, vcr, video-disc, wave) & ACM
* SAPI
* Passwords (Outlook, Internet Explorer, MSN Messenger, Dialup ...)
* DOS Memory (base, HMA, UMB, XMS, EMS, DPMI, VCPI)
* Windows Memory
* Windows (Version, Product Key, Environment, Desktop, XP Themes ...)
* Windows UpTime (Boot, Shutdown, BlueScreen, System Restore Points ...)
* TrueType & OpenType Fonts
* WinSock (Internet), Telephony et Remote Access
* OLE (Objects, Servers ...)
* Microsoft® Applications
* Activity (Process, Tasks, Threads)
* Modules (DLL, DRV, 32 & 16-bits) & NT Services
* Internet Navigator (Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla, FireFox)
* .NET Global Assembly Cache (GAC)
* ODBC
* CMOS/RTC
* Resources (IRQ, DMA, E/S, Memory)
* System files (.ini, .log, .bat, .nt, .dos ...)

System Benchmarks

* Processor (Dhrystone (MIPS), Whetstone (MFLOPS), Mandelbrot fractal ...)
* L1, L2, L3 Cache, RAM (Bandwidth, Latency ...)
* Main Memory (Bandwidth, Latency ...)
* Hard Drives
* CD/DVD Rom
* DirectX
* Video
* Removable/Flash Support
* MP3 Compression
* VISTA Experience Index


MEMORY and CACHE: These benchmarks measure the maximum achiveable memory bandwidth. The code behind these benchmarks method is written in Assembly (x86, SSE, SSE2, SSE3). Memory benchmarks utilize only one processor core and one thread.

PROCESSOR : These benchmarks measure performance in terms of Integer Millions of Instructions Per Second (Integer MIPS) and Millions of Floating Point Operations Per Second (MFLOPS). The code behind these benchmarks method is written in Assembly (x86, x87, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, 3DNOW!). Processor benchmarks are HyperThreading, multi-processor (SMP) and multi-core (CMP) aware.

Tools

* Can save, print, e-mail a report
* Can save a TXT, RTF, HTML, PDF or CSV report
* Can export any graphics as BMP file
* Can export text and graphic with the clipboard
* Web update Wizard
* Communicate with Motherboard Monitor
* Dump (Hardware registers, System BIOS, video BIOS ...)

Multi Languages

* Dutch
* English
* French
* German
* Greek
* Italian
* Russian
* Serbian
* Slovak
* Spanish

Use this 100% free software to learn more about your computer and its components, detect/diagnose any problems in your computer, and increase your computer's performance.

[Gator_84_88]

WOW MATT! Awesome list!

[EricGeek]

Great list! Thank you.

[jfk1153]

Microsoft Security Essentials

[vanders]

awesome list....

[Gators15]

RoboForm - awesome and popular online password manager for FREE!


-Manages your online passwords

-Strongest Encryption included

-Automatically log in 24/7


http://www.roboform.com/


I use it since last 5+ years without a problem and love it. Millions and millions worldwide use it since 10 years, I think. I can assure you that it's 100% safe!

[BULLGATOR]

Any good peer to peer engines out there to take the place of Limewire now that it is under injunction?

[gatormoe1]

Any good peer to peer engines out there to take the place of Limewire now that it is under injunction?

Personally I moved to torrents. Peer to Peer is taking more and more heat now. Its tougher to search for specific songs but easier to download a discography of any artist you want. I just downloaded the Bob Marley discography from the pirate bay and its awesome. I've been listening to Bob all day today, lol.

I'll do a little research and see if there is any good peer to peer left though.

Edit: One other thing I do is convert youtube songs into audio which works great.

http://www.video2mp3.net

Just find whatever song you want, copy the link, paste it into the bar on the converter site, then download it to your computer.

[Orangestadt]

very helpfull list thanks!

[Orangestadt]

You should add ZenOK Free Antivirus (http://www.zenok.com/free-antivirus/) to the list...It's a good one

[libgator]

Stellarium (http://www.stellarium.org/) is an opensource planetarium and it is awesome. It can simulate the night-sky from any location on Earth and allows you to travel backwards and forwards in time. You can zoom for a closer look at planets, moons, nebulae, galaxies, and other deep-sky objects.
http://www.stellarium.org/img/screenshots/0.10-planets.jpg
http://wwwas.oats.inaf.it/aidawp5/img/scrshot_stellarium1.jpg
http://bestdoubles.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/orion1.jpg
http://blog.yssd.org/whiteles/files/2010/10/Screen-shot-2010-10-18-at-7.54.34-AM.png

Celestia (http://www.shatters.net/celestia/) is an opensource 3D simulator that allows you to explore the universe. It is another great program!
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/images/gallery/florida-t.jpg
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/images/gallery/phobos-mars-t.jpg
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/images/gallery/saturn-t.jpg

[LakeGator]

I have not used this free tool from The Garage (http://blogs.technet.com/b/next/archive/2011/01/20/dirty-work-in-the-garage.aspx) at Microsoft but it looks interesting and useful for folks who wish to control multiple Windows PCs from one mouse and keyboard. Click here (http://blogs.technet.com/b/next/archive/2011/09/09/microsoft-garage-download-mouse-without-borders.aspx)for the blog entry and download about Mouse Without Borders (http://blogs.technet.com/b/next/archive/2011/09/09/microsoft-garage-download-mouse-without-borders.aspx) most of which is quoted below.

Mouse Without Borders is a project I’ve been familiar with for the last 6 months or so and it’s a wonderfully useful tool. In a nutshell, it allows you to reach across your PC's as if they were part of one single desktop. I have two PCs on my desk at work connected to 3 LCD screens and using Mouse Without Borders I can move my mouse between the 3 screens, even though one of them is attached to a different PC from the other two. What’s more, I can move files between the 2 computers simply by dragging them from one desktop to another. In fact you can control up to four computers from a single mouse and keyboard with no extra hardware needed – it’s all software magic, developed by Truong Do who by day is a developed for Microsoft Dynamics. The software is easy to setup and in addition to enabling drag and drop of files, you can lock or log in to all PCs from one PC, and as a whimsical bonus is it allows you to customize your Windows logo screen with the daily image from Bing or a local collection of pictures :) I regularly use it to have one PC dedicated to social media streams while I work away on my other PC connected to two screens.

[gatormoe1]

Along the same lines, here is a very useful program called VMWare (http://www.vmware.com/products/player/) (if you fancy dual boot and/or using different OS at one time) to run just about any other OS, from your desktop. It runs as a completely different OS from your system but since its essentially just a file on your current OS, its easy to install and delete without causing damage to yours. Which means no need to back-up anything when you install/delete whichever OS you want to use. (This is very useful for Win7 users that still like Windows XP. It will run Windows XP a lot better than if you actually run XP as your normal OS).

Simply download VMWare and then either use a boot disk or an ISO image of an OS an voila, you're running two OS on one system without creating a dual-boot and without worrying about backing up files.

Also wanted to mention a nice website I've found. Its useful after you to a clean install of your OS or if you just need a few programs. Ninite (http://ninite.com/) is a website (more specifically a download tool) that allows you to create a package of programs that you want on your system. So instead of going to a ton of different sites after you do a clean install, you can go to Ninite and download a bunch of the programs you want all at once, from one website.

[rburnett]

Firebug - add-in for Firefox, lets you sneak a peak add any website code (html, css, javascript) and has some pretty awesome features. Downloaded it the other day and highly recommend it.

[gatormoe1]

Portable Apps is a great little piece of software.

You download it to a USB or external HD and you can install all kinds of portable apps including games, malware protection, hardware diagnostics, zip software, media, burning, flash, java, freemat (for programming), and a bunch of other stuff. It's great for PC technicians that fix a lot of computers. You can check a clients PC without downloading a thing to their computer.

You can also add Music, videos and pictures to it as well. The program takes up very little room on the desktop, it looks very similar to the start menu on the desktop.

http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2009/10/08/portable-apps_ApdnT_25016.jpg

[rburnett]

I have not used this free tool from The Garage (http://blogs.technet.com/b/next/archive/2011/01/20/dirty-work-in-the-garage.aspx) at Microsoft but it looks interesting and useful for folks who wish to control multiple Windows PCs from one mouse and keyboard. Click here (http://blogs.technet.com/b/next/archive/2011/09/09/microsoft-garage-download-mouse-without-borders.aspx)for the blog entry and download about Mouse Without Borders (http://blogs.technet.com/b/next/archive/2011/09/09/microsoft-garage-download-mouse-without-borders.aspx) most of which is quoted below.



That is SWEET.. never heard of this till now, thanks

[gatorfan5220]

Does anyone know where I can get a version of the Final Draft software for script writing? It is rather expensive.

Thanks in advance.

[gatormoe1]

Well most solutions to your problem are illegal. So I will not suggest them, however, it is certainly a route you can choose.

To go the more legal route, try a free software that is similar.

Try something like Screenwright(R) for Openoffice.

[gatormoe1]

I've been using this 3d animation program and its unbelievable how powerful this thing is considering its open source. If you're into 3d animation check out www.blender.org (http://www.blender.org/). There is a big learning curve but I've been doing ok and I'm a complete newb to 3d animation.

I'm currently box modeling the Gator logo just for fun and see if I can create a 3d image with it. Should be interesting. I have this so far...

http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq319/gatorchamps0607/Capture-3.png

Lot of work to be done but hopefully I can figure it out.

[Zendra]

Windows Defender/Microsoft Security Essentials - no need to buy AntiVirus :)

[Juggernautz]

Ditto

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