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sagrado_corazon
United States100 Posts
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meathook
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Replaces: Pidgin Yeah, this can run all your favourite protocols and is more lightweight than Pidgin, Trillian and other multi-protocol IM software (for me it uses around 10 mb ram, while Pidgin used 30 iirc). Also, setting Miranda up was easier than Pidgin (I had trouble getting Cyrillic letters to display) It also supports a myriad of plug-ins and you can write your own. I even found a bnet chat plug-in for it. http://www.miranda-im.org/ Launchy Replaces: The Start menu Launchy is a free windows and linux utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager. Launchy indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes! Since I got this thing, I have only used the mouse for Starcraft, I think... Just press alt+spacebar, type the first two letters of the program you desire to use and press enter or type the name of a search engine, press tab, write your query and press enter and you have your shit running. http://www.launchy.net/index.html | ||
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L
Canada4732 Posts
Is this thread just targetted towards productivity software? Because I can name a whole barrelload of games which are free-ware and hilarious fun. Dink comes to mind. Oh shit i broke the page, removing hearts. | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17831 Posts
Burn4Free http://www.burn4free.com/download-dvd-copy-software.htm Replaces: Nero It's free, it's nice. Foobar2000 http://www.foobar2000.org/ Replaces: WMP/WinAmp/iTunes Plays everything, looks awesome, highly configurable, has CD->.mp3/.flac/.whatever music format ripping built in, can burn audio cds, can put files on your iPod with 1 plugin. FreeCommander http://www.freecommander.com/pl/ Replaces: Total Commander Free Windows file manager. CCleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/ Free stuff that makes your computer go faster and longer by cleaning up the following: Internet Explorer Temporary files, history, cookies, Autocomplete form history, index.dat. Firefox Temporary files, history, cookies, download history, form history. Google Chrome Temporary files, history, cookies, download history, form history. Opera Temporary files, history, cookies. Safari Temporary files, history, cookies, form history. Windows Recycle Bin, Recent Documents, Temporary files and Log files. Registry cleaner Advanced features to remove unused and old entries, including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, ClassIDs, ProgIDs, Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files, Application Paths, Icons, Invalid Shortcuts and more... also comes with a comprehensive backup feature. Third-party applications Removes temp files and recent file lists (MRUs) from many apps including Media Player, eMule, Kazaa, Google Toolbar, Netscape, Microsoft Office, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and many more... (of course you can configure what it'll clean up) With just this and Avira I've had absolutely 0 troubles with viruses/spyware (I don't have any anti-spyware installed apart from AD-Aware which I'm using maybe once/month if that). SUPER http://www.erightsoft.net/SUPER.html Free tool that lets you change encoding and format in audio/video files. dBpoweramp http://www.dbpoweramp.com/ For ripping/converting audio, really nice tool. Hope some of those will help you out  | ||
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Amber[LighT]
United States5078 Posts
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BluzMan
Russian Federation4235 Posts
On February 13 2009 23:37 redtooth wrote: Opera doesn't have the level of Add-Ons and community support Firefox has. If you doubt me, check out the Opera Widgits Page and then check out the Firefox Add-Ons Page. As you can see, there is a huge difference in content. You may be crying that "Add-Ons are useless" and that they "just slow things down" but items like 'Adblock Plus' and 'Customize Google' help you out enough to more than cover up for the little bit of speed boost that Opera provides. Besides, there are ways to improve Firefox speed as well (about:config has a lot of features people don't even know about). If you use Firefox without Add-Ons, you're a chum and should go with Opera. If you use Opera knowing about Firefox's ridiculous number of Add-Ons, you're a punk and should get your head checked. FireFox just sucks, unfortunately, addons or not. =) | ||
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MasterReY
Germany2708 Posts
On February 14 2009 00:58 BluzMan wrote: FireFox just sucks, unfortunately, addons or not. =) perfect example for the thing i mentioned earlier. Firefox user: redtooth describes what he thinks and gives alot of details and even links so you can check it out yourself. Also he tells you how you can improve ur FF. Opera user: Bluzman just says "Firefox sucks" LOL | ||
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Amber[LighT]
United States5078 Posts
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Moff
United Kingdom166 Posts
@Opera; I use firefox only for the firebug and wdt addons, don't even bother with adblock or w/e it is. Opera has a lot less Add-ons but it has a built in IRC, and Adblock + loads faster, but this isn't a browser debate so.. My additions would be mainly web development related so..; -Filezilla; FTP client, -WAMP; Turns windows into a server -Notepad++; Makes your chosen language a lot easier to read -SUPER for converting for my iPod | ||
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Argoth.
Germany1961 Posts
Inkscape Replaces: Adobe Illustrator It's a slick, powerful vector graphics editor. And watch out for the upcoming version, great things are coming AND: ofc. Latex Replaces: All your annoying word processors and saves you some nightmares while working on a diploma thesis or PhD thesis... | ||
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IzzyCraft
United States4487 Posts
Can run every FF script there is with a small edit or no edit most of the time because guess what some security problems that FF gets from its crappy addon feature opera blocks. "Opera is capable of running many Greasemonkey scripts. These are JavaScripts designed to work with the Greasemonkey enhancement for the Mozilla browser family. To tell Opera that a script file uses Greasemonkey notation, the name of the file containing the script must end with .user.js (all other .js files are assumed to be normal User JavaScripts). Scripts that use Greasemonkey notation are handled slightly differently (in order to be compatible with existing scripts):" Firefox + NoScript + AdBlockPlus >> Opera You know maybe you should ask more from your crappy FF to acutely include features you want into the browser native. Opera has a built in adblocker if you want to enable it http://operawiki.info/OperaAdblock "Content blocking Block images, pop-ups, and plug-ins you don't want. Right-click and choose "Block content" to selectively disable annoying elements. To make Web pages load faster, or to avoid offensive content, temporarily turn off images by pressing the image button. In Opera, smart pop-up blocking is turned on by default"  Want noscipt that’s fucking not an add on disable javascipts, java and flash in your browser EVERYBROWER can do noscipt you idiots All no script does is does it for you like the idiot you are! Go though the options of the brower for once. Think opera is bloated well the install file is smaller than FF so suck it. Also think opera renders too slow go into the options and change the rendering wait from 1 sec to no wait. Yes most browsers will wait until a center % of the webpage is done as like for IE IE waits until everything but pictures are done. But for Opera you can change that wait for your slow clunky ass internet. But if you didn't know the only real noticeable difference in avg web browsing speed unless all you do is visit super long websites is the render wait. IE FF OPERA more or less loads a webpage at 100% at the same time. Only thing opera lacks is a great phishing detector it's the weakest out of the 3 but opera is the strongest overall security. Want to know who has the best phishing detector its IE8 so go suck it bitches IE isn't secure omg activex heretics well FF add ons are worse if the exploiting hacker community wanted to attack your ass. Guess want IE prompts you to install the activex so it's your fault got security holes fucking update your IE your fucking piece of shit that can't get shit done. Time vampires I swear. | ||
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TaP.Nuada
United States428 Posts
On February 13 2009 15:22 thedeadhaji wrote: Paint.net - a free photoshop with basic functionality. 100x better than standard paint. Notepad++ - say goodbye to regular shitty notepad. Has tabbed documents, word wrap, etc. There's others like Slypheen and stuff but i dont actively use them so I cant really comment on them. Notepad++ also has features specifically to enhance coding. It's a very nice tool for HTML/CSS coders and things like that. On February 14 2009 00:25 meathook wrote: Miranda IM Replaces: Pidgin Yeah, this can run all your favourite protocols and is more lightweight than Pidgin, Trillian and other multi-protocol IM software (for me it uses around 10 mb ram, while Pidgin used 30 iirc). Also, setting Miranda up was easier than Pidgin (I had trouble getting Cyrillic letters to display) It also supports a myriad of plug-ins and you can write your own. I even found a bnet chat plug-in for it. http://www.miranda-im.org/ Miranda IM is the shit. Not only is it more lightweight than pidgin, it offers crazy customization, and supports more protocols. (miranda supports xfire, what's up pidgin?) The only drawback is: It's not that user friendly, and takes a lot longer to set up than pidgin if you want it to look nice. But IMO it rapes pidgin and is completely worth the time. | ||
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IzzyCraft
United States4487 Posts
But if you are a huge pain in the extra + in C++ Codeblocks All incompsing IDE equlivent to Visual Studio well not really Visual Studio is like a super duper sports car that can do everything code blocks is like the bargin bin sports car that is close enough unless your a pro. http://www.codeblocks.org/ On February 14 2009 03:40 TaP.Nuada wrote: Miranda IM is the shit. Not only is it more lightweight than pidgin, it offers crazy customization, and supports more protocols. (miranda supports xfire, what's up pidgin?) The only drawback is: It's not that user friendly, and takes a lot longer to set up than pidgin if you want it to look nice. But IMO it rapes pidgin and is completely worth the time. It's why i suggested pidgin but included miranda im in the discription i find more people will be happy with pidgin and more frustrated with miranda mostly becuase miranda is so ugly when you get it and pidgin comes with most plug ins that want worth to have installed. Personally i use Miranda just becuase of my keyboard and multi monitor set up i like custimise. | ||
GHOSTCLAW
United States17042 Posts
picassa: it's amazing, and there really isn't great photo tagging software that works well with about 8k pictures. | ||
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JeeJee
Canada5652 Posts
On February 14 2009 00:25 meathook wrote: Launchy Replaces: The Start menu Launchy is a free windows and linux utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager. Launchy indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes! Since I got this thing, I have only used the mouse for Starcraft, I think... Just press alt+spacebar, type the first two letters of the program you desire to use and press enter or type the name of a search engine, press tab, write your query and press enter and you have your shit running. http://www.launchy.net/index.html jeez I never thought I'd see the day a program is provided for something windows has built-in and manage to do it worse C:\Windows folder Replaces: Launchy | ||
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GHOSTCLAW
United States17042 Posts
On February 14 2009 04:23 JeeJee wrote: jeez I never thought I'd see the day a program is provided for something windows has built-in and manage to do it worse C:\Windows folder Replaces: Launchy launchy lets you launch programs with just your keyboard, and is really really fast. For example, starting up starcraft for me is going alt+space star, starting up vnc is alt+space vnc starting up hamachi is alt+space hama it's a lot nicer than using anything else. | ||
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GHOSTCLAW
United States17042 Posts
On February 14 2009 00:34 Manit0u wrote: I'd also recommend: Burn4Free http://www.burn4free.com/download-dvd-copy-software.htm Replaces: Nero It's free, it's nice. Foobar2000 http://www.foobar2000.org/ Replaces: WMP/WinAmp/iTunes Plays everything, looks awesome, highly configurable, has CD->.mp3/.flac/.whatever music format ripping built in, can burn audio cds, can put files on your iPod with 1 plugin. FreeCommander http://www.freecommander.com/pl/ Replaces: Total Commander Free Windows file manager. CCleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/ Free stuff that makes your computer go faster and longer by cleaning up the following: Internet Explorer Temporary files, history, cookies, Autocomplete form history, index.dat. Firefox Temporary files, history, cookies, download history, form history. Google Chrome Temporary files, history, cookies, download history, form history. Opera Temporary files, history, cookies. Safari Temporary files, history, cookies, form history. Windows Recycle Bin, Recent Documents, Temporary files and Log files. Registry cleaner Advanced features to remove unused and old entries, including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, ClassIDs, ProgIDs, Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files, Application Paths, Icons, Invalid Shortcuts and more... also comes with a comprehensive backup feature. Third-party applications Removes temp files and recent file lists (MRUs) from many apps including Media Player, eMule, Kazaa, Google Toolbar, Netscape, Microsoft Office, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and many more... (of course you can configure what it'll clean up) With just this and Avira I've had absolutely 0 troubles with viruses/spyware (I don't have any anti-spyware installed apart from AD-Aware which I'm using maybe once/month if that). SUPER http://www.erightsoft.net/SUPER.html Free tool that lets you change encoding and format in audio/video files. dBpoweramp http://www.dbpoweramp.com/ For ripping/converting audio, really nice tool. Hope some of those will help you out I use super as well. It's nice, but in the end it's really just another frontend gui for ffmepg. | ||
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JeeJee
Canada5652 Posts
On February 14 2009 04:27 GHOSTCLAW wrote: launchy lets you launch programs with just your keyboard, and is really really fast. For example, starting up starcraft for me is going alt+space star, starting up vnc is alt+space vnc starting up hamachi is alt+space hama it's a lot nicer than using anything else. That's nice. Launching starcraft for me is going winkey+R, star. and i didn't have to download a program to do it. wait a minute, this is also available on linux? what the hell? What happened to alt+f2? so this program has no use on either OS, lol | ||
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3clipse
Canada2555 Posts
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Centric
United States1989 Posts
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