Who Needs To Buy The Softs When So Much Is Available Freely?

blackleopard92

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HI GUYS ,,,
i FOUND LIST OF ALL FREEWARE SOFTS FRM ANOTHER ANOTHER SITE AND LIKED TO SHARE ,,,,,HERE ARE THE LISTS

I edited it to display my fav.I u have any comments, please be free to post.


3D Graphics:

Anim8or - http://www.anim8or.com/

Great for beginners who have no experience whatsoever in 3D Modelling, it's where I started a long, long time ago

Blender - http://www.blender3d.org/

Very good free program, simple interface and very good tutorials available. Simple to use but you can create some stunning effects, when you've mastered Anim8or move onto this.

My personal fav:Blender

3Delight Free - http://www.3delight.com/index.htm
Anim8or - http://www.anim8or.com/
Aqsis - http://www.aqsis.com/
Blender - http://www.blender3d.org/
Houdini (Free Edition) - http://www.sidefx.com/apprentice/index.html
Now3D - http://digilander.libero.it/giulios/Eng/homepage.htm
OpenFX - http://www.openfx.org
POV-Ray - http://www.povray.org/
SOFTIMAGE|XSI EXP - http://www.softimage.com/products/exp/v3/
Terragen - http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/
Toxic - http://www.toxicengine.org/
Wings 3D - http://www.wings3d.com/



Anti-Virus:

my personal fav :AntiVir.

a-squared - http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/
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
ClamWin - http://www.clamwin.com/



Anti Spyware:


It seems like a combination of 2 generally is the best.
I use ad-aware and spyBot S&D.

Ad-aware - http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
Bazooka - http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.html
Hijackthis - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
SpyBot Search & Destroy - http://spybot.safer-networking.de/
SpywareBlaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
SpywareGuard - http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html
WinPatrol - http://www.winpatrol.com/


Audio Creation


Gungirl Sequencer - http://ggseq.sourceforge.net/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage
HammerHead - http://www.threechords.com/hammerhea...oduction.shtml
Jesusonic - http://www.jesusonic.com/soft.php
KRISTAL Audio Engine - http://www.kreatives.org/kristal/index.php
orDrumbox - http://ordrumbox.sourceforge.net/
Tu2 - http://www.brambos.com/news.html



Audio Players:



1by1 - http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~pesch
Billy - http://www.sheepfriends.com/?page=billy
CoolPlayer - http://coolplayer.sourceforge.net/
DeejaySystem MK1 - http://www.deejaysystem.com/prod_mk1.asp
DeliPlayer. http://www.deliplayer.com/
Foobar 2000 - http://www.foobar2000.org/
iTunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Jet Audio Basic - http://www.jetaudio.com/
Mixere - http://mixere.sourceforge.net/
Mixxx - http://mixxx.sourceforge.net/
monoRAVEik - http://www.mono211.com/monoraveik/mr1200.html
MoreAmp - http://sourceforge.net/projects/moreamp/
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/


Audio Tools:


Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
AudioShell - http://www.softpointer.com/AudioShell.htm
BeSweet - http://dspguru.doom9.net/
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/
Mp3 Tag Tools - http://massid3lib.sourceforge.net/
mp3DirectCut - http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~pesch/
MP3Gain - http://www.geocities.com/mp3gain/
mp3Trim - http://www.logiccell.com/~mp3trim/
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/
TigoTago - http://www.tigotago.com/


CD/DVD Burning:


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://fileforum.betanews.com/downlo...r/1011845169/1
Easy Burning, DropCD & Audio CD - http://www.paehl.de/cdr
ImgBurn - http://www.imgburn.com/



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/
Zip&Go - http://www.handybits.com/zipngo.htm
Zipgenius - http://www.zipgenius.it/



Defrag Software:


DIRMS & Buzzsaw - http://www.dirms.com/
OpenVMS - http://www.execsoft.com/freeware/freeware.asp



Photo manipulation and image design:


Use the Gimp

ArtRage - http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html
Artweaver - http://www.artweaver.de/index.php?en_version
ColorPic - http://www.iconico.com/colorpic/
Delineate - http://delineate.sourceforge.net/
Inkscape - http://www.inkscape.org/
JPEGCrops - http://ekot.dk/programmer/JPEGCrops/
Paint .NET - http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/
Pixia - http://www.ab.wakwak.com/~knight/
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
Wax - http://www.debugmode.com/wax/
Wink - http://www.debugmode.com/wink/
WinMorph - http://www.debugmode.com/winmorph/



Programming:


ActivePerl - http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl
BlueJ - http://www.bluej.org/download/download.html
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
SharpDevelop - http://www.icsharpcode.net/opensource/sd/
WebMatrix - http://www.asp.net/webmatrix/
WinMerge - http://winmerge.org/



Pop-up Blockers:


Don't use Google Toolbar.:EEK:

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/



RSS Readers:


Ablion - http://www.fileheaven.com/Abilon/download/14059.htm
BlogExpress - http://www.usablelabs.com/productBlogExpress.html
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/



System Information and monitoring:


AIDA32 - http://www.sofotex.com/AIDA32-download_L9326.html
ATITool - http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/
ATI Tray Tools - http://www.guru3d.com/article/atitraytools/189/
CPU-Z - http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
Gkrellm - http://bill.nalens.com/
K1 - http://clanpkm.free.fr/K1/?lng=en
Motherboard monitor - http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=311
SpeedFan - http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
Sysmetrix - http://www.xymantix.com
WCPUID - http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002.../download.html
WhatsRunning - http://www.whatsrunning.net/whatsrunning/main.aspx


Video codecs:



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



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/showf...group_id=82303
VideoLan - http://www.videolan.org/



Video tools:


DScaler - http://deinterlace.sourceforge.net/
FlasKMPEG - http://www.flaskmpeg.net
GSpot - http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
TMPGEnc - http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_main.html
VirtualDub - http://www.virtualdub.org/
VirtualDubMod - http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...group_id=65889
Zwei-Stein Video Editor - http://www.thugsatbay.com/software/index.html



Web browsers:


Firefox - http://www.getfirefox.com
K-Meleon - http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/
Mozilla - http://www.mozilla.org/
Netscape - http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/default.jsp
Opera - http://www.opera.com


Web servers:


Abyss - http://abyss.sourceforge.net/
Apache - http://httpd.apache.org/
Apache2Triad - http://apache2triad.net/
HTTP File Server - http://www.rejetto.com/sw/
Sambar - http://www.sambar.com/
Savant - http://savant.sourceforge.net/
SimpleServer:WWW - http://www.analogx.com/contents/down...work/sswww.htm
Smart Cache - http://scache.sourceforge.net/
TinyWeb - http://www.ritlabs.com/tinyweb/index.html
Xitami - http://www.xitami.com/


Webcam Software:


booruWebCam - http://www.booru.net/
Dorgem - http://dorgem.sourceforge.net/
grabMotion - http://www.grabmotion.com/
Pryme - http://www.hilo.dk/pryme/


Checksum Utilities:


fsum - http://www.slavasoft.com/fsum/
HashCalc - http://www.slavasoft.com/hashcalc/
hksfv - http://www.big-o-software.com/products/hksfv/
ICEECC - http://www.ice-graphics.com/ICEECC/IndexE.html
md5sum - http://www.etree.org/md5com.html
md5summer - http://www.md5summer.org/
MooSFV - http://www.ubercow.com/moosfv/
QuickPar - http://www.quickpar.org.uk/
QuickSFV - http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Mouse/4668/



General Utilities And Other Applications:


AdShield - http://www.lossepladsen.dk/all4you/T...d/AdShield.php
AnalogX - http://www.analogx.com/
AppRocket - http://www.candylabs.com/approcket/
AutoIt - http://www.hiddensoft.com/autoit3/
BISS - http://www.bluetack.co.uk/index.php
Celestia - http://www.shatters.net/celestia
CCleaner - http://www.ccleaner.com
ClipX - http://bluemars.org/clipx/
Contact - http://www.isaacboy.com/contact.htm
Cygwin - http://www.cygwin.com
Dir2HTML - http://www.pc-tools.net/win32/dir2html/
Dirkey - http://www.protonfx.com/dirkey/
EasyCleaner - http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm
EditPad Lite - http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html
EssentialPIM - http://www.essentialpim.com/
Excessive-software - http://www.excessive-software.eu.tt/
Folder Size Extension - http://foldersize.sourceforge.net/
Hamsin Clipboard - http://www.iisr-cnc.com/hamsin/

*HTTrack - http://www.httrack.com/
(website copier )
Inno Setup - http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
KeyNote - http://www.tranglos.com/free/keynote.html
Language Identifier - http://www.languageidentifier.com/
Link Checker - http://www.relsoftware.com/rlc/
Memtest-86 - http://www.memtest86.com
Money Manager - http://www.thezeal.com/software/manager/default.asp
Multi Install - http://multiinstall.sourceforge.net/
MWSnap - http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html
NetTime - 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/fr.../procexp.shtml
png2ico - http://winterdrache.de/freeware/png2ico
*RegSeeker - http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
Restoration - http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html
Startup Control Panel - http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
Stickies - http://finiteloop.org/~btaylor/software/stickies/
StrokeIt - http://www.tcbmi.com/strokeit/
Syncback - http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware/freeware-hub.html
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/s...?doc=txp_about
Turbo Pad - http://turbopad.sourceforge.net/
Unlocker - http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
Vim - http://vim.sourceforge.net
WeathAlert - http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/stu/msowul/?page=weathermain
*WordWeb - http://wordweb.info/free/
XP AntiSpy - http://www.xpantispy.org/
YourDir - http://www.primeoption.com.au/FreewareYourDir.htm


I HOPE YOU ALL FIND IT USEFUL

Not much I had , however I compiled a must have list!Also added a mammoth
WiNXP guide.
download link (2MB)direct

Program u must have:
tuneXP
http://www.driverheaven.net/dforce/default.php

A must have.
Should be installed on every system:

SpyBot Search & Destroy
http://spybot.safer-networking.de/
Ad-aware - http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
Free and best, spl when combined with ad-aware.
After installing these, u will forget about ads, torjans, spam etc.

Winamp - http://www.winamp.com/

Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
sometimes editing for fun.

MP3 Tag - http://www.mp3tag.de/
Mp3 Tag Tools - http://massid3lib.sourceforge.net/
mp3DirectCut - http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~pesch/
MP3Gain - http://www.geocities.com/mp3gain/

these four tools are all u need to doctor those mp3's

MP3 tag tools is simply indespensible, and better than many no-free tagging tools.

CDBurnerXP - http://www.cdburnerxp.se/
Most famous, although due to fact that Nero is shipped with all burners, reduces it value somewhat.

The Gimp - http://www.gimp.org/
A very good image editing prog, has enough functionality to match photoshop.

Dev C++ http://www.bloodshed.net/
Provides C++ compilation, however there are someflaw, irrataions
that occur.But the best of free software.

RssReader - http://www.rssreader.com/
the essential reader.

I would suggest that u have all of system monitoring software installed.
or maybe u aren't a gamer like me.:rolleyes:


BsPlayer - http://www.bsplayer.org/
Simply amazing software, can play files which even WMP can't.Partial downloads and everthing for which other players throw random errors.
I can't do without it! :cheers

VirtualDub - http://www.virtualdub.org/
Can't do without it.Converts one into another.
Only true professionals need better software.

Opera - http://www.opera.com
Opera has gone free!!!
And their Beta software has solved their biggest worry, saving files.:cheers
Now opera beta saves all websites saved into a single file.

AutoIt - http://www.hiddensoft.com/autoit3/
Automate windows for free!!:D

HTTrack - http://www.httrack.com/
I would be amazed if u dont have this with u.
Its the best website copying tool out there, and what's more its free!

RegSeeker - http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
Its the only free software I trust to handle my registry.

tuneXP
http://www.driverheaven.net/dforce/default.php
All WinXP tuning.Must have.

Process Explorer
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html
Know everything about whats happening *backstage* :p. of XP.
 
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It will be useful...But i think it would have consumed more time to gather together in this post............

Anyways nice and useful one......
 
Taken from the list with extra details

Anim8or - http://www.anim8or.com/

Great for beginners who have no experience whatsoever in 3D Modelling, it's where I started a long, long time ago :D

Blender - http://www.blender3d.org/

Very good free program, simple interface and very good tutorials available. Simple to use but you can create some stunning effects, when you've mastered Anim8or move onto this.


Very good list Leo, incredibly handy for the right purposes.
 
Its nice but I have seen tons of such lists before some with even more entries in them.
All in all, good to know though.
 
Nice job finding them. A lot of then I already use.

The things I'd recommend getting for a safe comp are AVG anti-virus and SpyBot Search & Destroy.
 
I will edit it again honeyho.
I personally use AntiVir guard, its free and has been proved best by some mags
 
blackleopard92 said:
I will edit it again honeyho.
I personally use AntiVir guard, its free and has been proved best by some mags
I m actually not using any anti-virus, got a Ghost file and everything gets restored back in 10 minutes. Simply don't have enough resources to allow a anti-virus in the background.
 
siddharth2002 said:
I m actually not using any anti-virus, got a Ghost file and everything gets restored back in 10 minutes. Simply don't have enough resources to allow a anti-virus in the background.

It's the reason why I switched to these free AntiVir from resource hugging Norton and Mcafee.

u can simply switch off antiVir.
And also unlike Norton/Mcafee, these antivir have a very small footprint and hardly any CPU utilization.

I am a gamer and know the bane of these AV.That's why, after some reasrch I cam across AtiVir.
I have 1Gb ram and its having a 16Mb footprint.
 
blackleopard92 said:
It's the reason why I switched to these free AntiVir from resource hugging Norton and Mcafee.

u can simply switch off antiVir.
And also unlike Norton/Mcafee, these antivir have a very small footprint and hardly any CPU utilization.

I am a gamer and know the bane of these AV.That's why, after some reasrch I cam across AtiVir.
I have 1Gb ram and its having a 16Mb footprint.
I might install it on my Laptop though as I am not the one using it. But I think in case of my PC I am not even letting out 1 KB to any thing extra.:p

And those Norton and Mcfee are such nuisances that you can't even their processes from the Task Manager. I wonder why are they even allowed to be installed in MS Windows while changing access restriction in Task Manager.
 
siddharth2002 said:
I might install it on my Laptop though as I am not the one using it. But I think in case of my PC I am not even letting out 1 KB to any thing extra.:p

that 16 MB may sound high but trust me, gamers all over prefer this.
Well, this and another one I forgot.
the other one had a way smaler footprint (5MB approx) but a little buggy.
 

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