FREEware alternatives to everything 100% free

grimweeper

I just made this list of FREE programs that can do everything pay-for applications can do. And yes they are all 100% free not just free trials

I have used most of the programs and i can say from experience they do what paid pat for programs can do if not more.

 

cd/dvd burning software

CD Burner XP pro (also includes audio ripping capability)

http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

audio editing software

Audacity

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

video editing

Lives

http://lives.sourceforge.net/



Image editing

Gimp

http://www.gimp.org/

Paint  .NET

http://www.getpaint.net/index2.html

Media player

WPC (windows media player classic)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/

Note: Becouse some people here may be mentally challenged you go to the download tab and download the file called "Media Player Classic"

VLC media player

http://www.videolan.org/

Text editor (office suit [word, powerpoint, excel])

open office

http://www.openoffice.org/

Internet Browsers

Firefox

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

Opera

http://www.opera.com/

Multiprotocal Instant messengers (one app for msn, aim, goggle talk etc.)

Pidgen (previously known as gaim)

http://www.pidgin.im/

CD emulation

Daemon tools

http://www.daemon-tools.cc/

Anti Virus Anti spyware

Grisoft AVG Free edition (dispite what many may have thought version 7 is still free)

http://free.grisoft.com

Spybot S&D

http://www.safer-networking.org/

Calm Win

http://www.clamwin.com/

Archiving / compressing utilities

Zip genious

http://www.zipgenius.it/

Tugzip

http://www.tugzip.com/

7 Zip

http://www.7-zip.org/

File Transfers

Filezilla

http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/



Email

Thunderbird

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/

3-D modeling

Blender

http://www.blender.org/

Finance and Budgeting

Buddi

http://buddi.sourceforge.net/en/index.php

 

If you need a freeware program to do something just post and ill find one that does it.

nomadian

Here are two sites as well:
Useful site 1
Useful site 2

Kontra

Bump

Squal'Zell

for cd emulation

you can also have Power ISO



its free just to mount images but its not free to make image files

skywisenight

Originally posted by grimweeper


Image editing

Gimp

http://www.gimp.org/

Except that one.  I use free versions of every other piece of software on my machine here at work and home, but Gimp vs Photoshop is no contest.  Mind you compaired to PS versions of many years past it's just fine, but doesn't even come close to holding it's own by current versions.  I would equate current Gimp to Photoshop 3 or 4, with the current version being 10.



A few more for the list, two I use daily.



File Transfers

Filezilla

http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/



Email

Thunderbird

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/

xxthecorexx

Originally posted by nomadian


Here are two sites as well:

Useful site 1

Useful site 2

worth while links. based on the first link, i gave comodo firewall another look (i had an earlier version that was a resource hog) and i'm quite happy with it, and thank god i have officially been able to remove zonealarm from every aspect of my life now . they also recommended spyware terminator which seems to be a very good free spyware program so far. most other free ones don't run in an active mode to intercept, but only remove if scanned. there is a small resource hit running it but it's not near as bad as i thought it would be.



anyway thanks for the linkage

grimweeper

Originally posted by skywisenight

Originally posted by grimweeper


Image editing

Gimp

http://www.gimp.org/

Except that one.  I use free versions of every other piece of software on my machine here at work and home, but Gimp vs Photoshop is no contest.  Mind you compaired to PS versions of many years past it's just fine, but doesn't even come close to holding it's own by current versions.  I would equate current Gimp to Photoshop 3 or 4, with the current version being 10.



A few more for the list, two I use daily.



File Transfers

Filezilla

http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/



Email

Thunderbird

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/







I added the file transfers and email programs along with another antivirus



 I know gimp isnt that good but its free so just in case someone cant afford to buy or doesnt want to buy the complete version of photoshop gimp is always there .   I also found another free image editiing program that might be better then gimp if you want to try it out, pretty good and looks almost the same as photoshop as far as tool placement goes, i like it ... but imo no one will ever beat  photoshop its just too good

Munka

I would also add Tugzip, VLC Media Player and ClamWin (AntiVirus) to the list.

http://www.tugzip.com/

http://www.clamwin.com/

http://www.videolan.org/

dsorrent

VideoLAN is one of the best players I've seen.

Anyone have any recommended alternatives to Microsoft Visual C++?

grimweeper

Originally posted by dsorrent


VideoLAN is one of the best players I've seen.
Anyone have any recommended alternatives to Microsoft Visual C++?

Dont know if its a really good alternative but i heard good things about it 

code: :blocks

http://www.codeblocks.org/

Just post if you thats not what you were looking for

dsorrent

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Originally posted by grimweeper
Originally posted by dsorrent VideoLAN is one of the best players I've seen.
Anyone have any recommended alternatives to Microsoft Visual C++?

Dont know if its a really good alternative but i heard good things about it
code: :blocks
http://www.codeblocks.org/
Just post if you thats not what you were looking for

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I've downloaded it and I am working on getting it set up, but I think that combined with MinGW might fit the bill. It looks like Code::Blocks is a general IDE for many different compilers which is pretty cool.

Thanks!

Mordacai

3D Modeling-

GMAX-a free Lite version of 3ds studio max. Has the same basic functions as max but doesn't do the high-level functions. Good learner tool.

Blender-www.blender.org is an open source 3d modeling software that has the same functions as max or maya but has an extreme learning curve if you have never modeled before. For importing models to games this also has a built in collada exporter tool.

atreju

Development Tool:

eclipse



Packer:

7-Zip



DVD to MPEG4 Converter:

HandBrake



3D Modeling:

blender



WYSIWYG Html Editor:

Nvu



Finance & Budgeting:

Buddi



Planetarium:

Celestia

grimweeper

mmk i just added some more recomended  programs, if you need anything just post.

Snipple

 what do u recomend for like overall computer maintainance? My friend needs something to clean out "waste products" and defragment. His computer is jacked up and the programs already on the computer dont work.