what free software should i use?

[uzziah]

i'm new to actually optimizing (dare i say, "using for the first time"?) my pc with open source software. open source gives me warm fuzzies; and ya'll knw what i mean

i use:
firefox
litestep nonstep
xplorer2
foobar
IM's
speedfan
aida32
rmaa
spybot
adaware

what are other worthy programs etc. to use? my pc is a sempron 2200+ and i use it exclusively for cable internet and music, along with basic word processing etc.

 

[hubcaps]

openoffice for word processing, spread sheet, etc.

 

[Imyourzero]

EAC for ripping audio

DVD Shrink and DVD Decrypter for ripping DVDs

 

[gshan]

Audacity for recording soundcard output, OSS Video Decompiler for converting video frames to image files

 

[uzziah]

i either have or can't use all above options. anymore?

ps: just the other day i stumbled on a copy (legal) i had of officexp. luckyme!

 

[Wodgy]

For calendaring/tasks/todos/project management/outlining, you want Ecco Pro. It's either like Outlook on steroids, minus the email component, or something halfway between Outlook and Microsoft Project, depending on how you look at it. It's been free as in beer for a couple of years now, and it will be open-sourced in the next month or two.

 

[bigears]

uzziah, hi

http://www.chip.de/artikel/c1_artikel_12836691.html

Is in German...
so you should use http://babelfish.altavista.com or similar site to translate.

But it will give you...

[size=medium]"Top 50: The most popular Downloads 2004 "[/size]
Other than that, is a very good site.
Recommended.

 

[Mr.Radar]

I can't believe that nobody's mentioned IrfanView yet. It's got to be the best free image conversion software out there.

 

[jesse_w]

VideoLAN VLC player for media files. Gaim for messengers.

jesse

 

[Thaddy]

I use CoolMon to monitor my temps, CPU usage, RAM usage, and upload/download stats. It's a pretty nice program, and is easily integrated into your desktop.

 

[uzziah]

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigears uzziah, hi http://www.chip.de/artikel/c1_artikel_12836691.html Is in German... so you should use http://babelfish.altavista.com or similar site to translate. But it will give you... [size=medium]"Top 50: The most popular Downloads 2004 "[/size] Other than that, is a very good site. Recommended.

what does it do homie?

 

[bigears]

[size=large]Top 50
The most popular
Freeware Downloads (dwl) 2004[/size]

50. ZoneAlarm....................... 90k dwl
49. Apple QuickTime............... 90k dwl
48. TMPGEnc.........................100k dwl
47. Mozilla.............................100k dwl
46. avast! Virus Cleaner.........110k dwl
45. CDBurnerXP Pro...............110k dwl
44. GX::Transcoder...............110k dwl
43. OpenOffice......................120k dwl
42. eDonkey 2000...(Adware)120k dwl
41. onlineTV......(Adware).....120k dwl
40. AVG Anti-Virus................130k dwl
39. Azureus..........................130k dwl
38. SiSoft Sandra Lite............150k dwl
37. WinZip......(Shareware)....180k dwl
36. Internet Explorer.............190k dwl
35. Macromedia Flash Player..200k dwl
34. Style XP.....(Shareware)...200k dwl
33. IrfanView........................200k dwl
32. IsoBuster...(Shareware)...200k dwl
31. CDex..............................200k dwl
29. CWShredder....................220k dwl
28. HijackThis.......................230k dwl
27. Adobe Reader..................230k dwl
26. AIDA32...........................240k dwl
25. Shareaza.........................260k dwl
24. BootVis...........................270k dwl
23. Clony XXL.......................280k dwl
22. TVgenial.......(Adware).....290k dwl
21. ICQ Lite..........................300k dwl
20. Windows Media Player.....300k dwl
19. DivX Standard.................300k dwl
18. Mozilla Firefox.................320k dwl
17. eMule Plus.......................320k dwl
16. RealPlayer.......................330k dwl
15. WinAmp Full....................360k dwl
14. CloneDVD.....(Shareware)370k dwl
13. RegCleaner......................370k dwl
12. ZoneAlarm engl...............380k dwl
11. eMule..............................390k dwl
10. Win XP - Service Pack 2...400k dwl
09. WinRAR...(Shareware)....410k dwl
08. Nero..... (Demo)..............430k dwl
07. Kazaa Lite engl................770k dwl
06. McAfee AVERT Stinger......900k dwl
05. Ad-aware Personal...........950k dwl
04. XPAntiSpy......................1,100kdwl
03. SpyBot-Search & Destroy1,400kdwl
02. Kazaa Lite.......................3,300kdwl
01. AntiVir Personal...............4,000kdwl


Quote:

Originally Posted by uzziah what does it do homie?

Well...

Most software, even freeware, does nothing until installed...
Most of it even then doesnt do nothing until open and run it.

There are rumors some of it can make users unhappy,
like Windows or Internet Explorer...

Some say if a software is free, small, useful,
uses few PC resources, is fun, ergonomic, easy to to learn...
[size=medium]Then is a keeper... :[/size][size=medium]D[/size]

To find the software put its name of the software and the word: DOWNLOAD
at your favorite search engine (google, yahoo, altavista, etc...)
and voila ...!!!

FREE SOFTWARE

 

[jefemeister]

Grisoft's AVG virus checking software is awesome and totally free for personal use.

 

[VicAjax]

i love Buzzsaw... it's a realtime defrag program, that defragments your drive as you download and create new files. sure does make those periodic defrag marathons more painless.

 

[karma]

My favorite free app is probably Rainlendar. It's a really handy and unobtrusive calendar application. I don't like using bloatware like Outlook, and this suits my needs wonderfully.