A few apps for you guys

[Keith]

I just quickly complied a list of free tools/softwares, good for system builders who don't want spend money on softwares. I will expand on the list soon, so come back to check often . Oh, you are welcome to add more stuff if you want.
Must have tools
Adobe Reader http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html
Office
Open Office http://www.openoffice.org/

FTP tools
AceFTP http://freeware.aceftp.com/

Media players
Real Player Alternative http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_A...Alternative.htm
Quick Time player http://www.apple.com/quicktime/

Internet Browsers
MyIE2 http://www.myie2.com/
Mozilla http://www.mozilla.org
Firefox http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
Thunderbird http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

Firewalls/Anti Virus
Zone Alarm http://www.zonelabs.com/
AntiVir - http://www.free-av.com/
Avast - http://www.avast.com/i_idt_1018.html
AVG - http://www.grisoft.com/

Anti Spyware:
Ad-aware - http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
SpyBot Search & Destroy - http://spybot.safer-networking.de/
SpywareBlaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
SpywareGuard - http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html

Audio Players:
1by1 - http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~pesch
Foobar 2000 - http://www.foobar2000.org/
iTunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Jet Audio Basic - http://www.jetaudio.com/
Musik - http://musik.berlios.de/
QCD Player - http://www.quinnware.com/
Sonique - http://sonique.lycos.com/
Winamp - http://www.winamp.com/

Audio Tools:
Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.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/
G-Tune 2.51 PC-based instrument tuner/strobe(Many thanks ZigZag)
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/
Reaper - http://www.cockos.com/ Many thanks to Razzy
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 (Dead link found by Dude Absher)
VST plug-ins for N-tracks and Goldware Thanks to BMG
http://www.kjaerhusaudio.com/classic-series.php


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

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

Firewalls:
Kerio (Kerio Personal Firewall is FREE for home and personal use) - http://www.kerio.com/kpf_home.html
Outpost Firewall (version 1 is free) - http://www.agnitum.com/download/outpost1.html
Sygate (FREE for personal use) - http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm
Zonealarm Basic firewall - http://www.zonelabs.com/store/conte...reeDownload.jsp

FTP Clients:
Filezilla! - http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla
SmartFTP - http://www.smartftp.com/

FTP Servers:
FileZilla - http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
GuildFTPD - http://www.totalshareware.com/asp/d...pplication=8334
Quick 'n Easy FTP Server - http://www.pablovandermeer.nl/ftp_server.html
SlimFTPd - http://www.whitsoftdev.com/slimftpd


Image viewers:
Ahaview - http://www.aha-soft.com/ahaview/ahaviewfree.exe
Irfanview - http://www.irfanview.com/
SlowView - http://www.slowview.at/
XNView - http://www.xnview.com/

Internet Explorer Front-Ends:
Avantbrowser - http://www.avantbrowser.com/
MyIE2 - http://www.myie2.com/
SlimBrowser - http://www.flashpeak.com/sbrowser/sbrowser.htm

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/

Office Suite:
602PC Suite free edition - http://www.software602.com/products/pcs/download.html
AbiWord - http://www.abiword.com/
Open Office - http://www.openoffice.org/

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

PDF Utilities:
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/

Photo manipulation and image design:
ColorPic - http://www.iconico.com/colorpic/
Pixia - http://www.ab.wakwak.com/~knight/
Sodiodi - http://www.sodipodi.com/
The Gimp - http://www.gimp.org/
Tuxpaint - http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint

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/

System Information and monitoring:
AIDA32 - http://www.aida32.hu/
CPU-Z - http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
Gkrellm - http://bill.nalens.com/
Motherboard monitor - http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=311
WCPUID - http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002374/sr...c/download.html

Video codes :
DivX Codec - http://www.divx.com/divx/?src=toptab_divx_...from_/index.php
FFDSHOW - http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow
Kazaa Lite Codec Pack - http://www.k-litecodecpack.com/
Nimo Codec Pack - http://www.divx-digest.com/software/nimo_pack.html
Quicktime Alternative - http://www.k-litecodecpack.com/
Real Player Alternative - http://www.k-litecodecpack.com/

Video players :
BsPlayer - http://www.bsplayer.org/
Cygwin MPlayer - http://armory.nicewarrior.org/projects/cygmp/
MaximusDVD - http://www.maximusdvd.com/
Media Player Classic - http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.p...?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/
VirtualDub - http://www.virtualdub.org/
VirtualDubMod - http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.p...?group_id=65889
xviD - http://www.roeder.goe.net/~koepi/xvid.shtml
Zwei-Stein Video Editor - http://www.thugsatbay.com/software/index.html

Web browsers:
Firebird - http://texturizer.net/firebird/index.html
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/
Firefox- http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.html
General Utilities And Other Applications:
AnalogX - http://www.analogx.com/
AppRocket - http://www.candylabs.com/approcket/
Celestia - http://www.shatters.net/celestia
Cygwin - http://www.cygwin.com
Dirkey - http://www.protonfx.com/dirkey/
EditPad Lite - http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html
Inno Setup - http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
Memtest-86 - http://www.memtest86.com
MWSnap - http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html
NetTime - http://nettime.sourceforge.net
Nullsoft Installer - http://www.nullsoft.com/free/nsis
Peerguardian - http://xs.tech.nu/
QuickSFV - http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Mouse/4668/
png2ico - http://winterdrache.de/freeware/png2ico
Stickies - http://finiteloop.org/~btaylor/software/stickies/
Sysinternals - http://www.sysinternals.com/
Vim - http://vim.sourceforge.net

Overclock
Prime95 http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm
Riva tuner http://www.guru3d.com

Internet Security (Care of BMG from Jam Session)
http://www.castlecops.com/

[BMG_SKULK]

Some excellent stuff in there man.

Nice post.

Fingers tired?

[PhantomLord]

dayumn...great list. personally i don't need any of it but i'm sure heaps of people will benefit from this.

[Keith]

Some excellent stuff in there man.

Nice post.

Fingers tired?Very. This is only a partial list.
I have more for the A+ gang too.. lots of benchmark ute's and such.. I just kept it simple.
Add links if you wish, but keep the Warez and file sharing links out.
If any of you guys have any solid links to recording software, add them.. But make sure that it's either shareware,Demo or freeware.
And if you post a link, let others know what format it is. :)

[Katau]

Wow! Keith, thanks. That's a lot of info. It'll take me a few days to surf thru them.

[Keith]

Just to let you guys know, some links might not work..If you find one, please let me know so I can remove the link, or up-date them.
All the apps listed have been tested personaly.It's all free, and some are demo's, while others are freeware and/or Shareware.
I would never post a link that leads to your computer crashing or installing Spyware/Malware.
So all links are safe to open and use the apps.

[socialmisfit]

wow thanks Keith! alot of this stuff will definately come in helpful! :D

[BMG_SKULK]

For your music mixing pleasure...

Here is a link to some really good VST plug-ins.

I know these work with both n-Track and Goldwave and they are free.

Kjaerhusaudio VST Plug-ins (http://www.kjaerhusaudio.com/classic-series.php)

[eexplorer505]

Damn thats alot you said that you quickly compiled this list, look like something that would take be a day or two

[BMG_SKULK]

After having a Trojan/Worm problem a coupla' weeks ago, and having been
using a fully licensed Norton AV 2003...I decided to look around for something
a bit better.

Went to the best place I know of for internet security information:
http://castlecops.com/

Avast anti-virus has always had a high rating, so tried it out.

So far it has blocked two attempted toolbar and trojan programs, while
NAV just sat there..doing nada. Not even a whimper, flag...nothing.
(No wonder it's basically a free program now...POS)

Try Avast...(Free version works great too)

http://www.avast.com/

[eexplorer505]

hey got a listing for guitar software(freeware) would really aprecciate sumthing like that

[GustavLesPaul]

this is a pretty cool recording program ive found here on jam session

http://www.kreatives.org/kristal/

[BMG_SKULK]

hey got a listing for guitar software(freeware) would really aprecciate sumthing like that
What kind of guitar software?

[eexplorer505]

hmmm vst/direct x mainly but not limited to diagram making, painting bodys, eletronic wiring schematics yadda yada

[stratman56]

This is why I like sites like this! Sharing good info.

[AcousticShred]

Cool list! But why bother making a free list? You can download pretty much any program you want over the internet.

[guitaraholic680]

that list is amazing! You are definantly awesome! And a kick as guitarist too!

[Keith]

Cool list! But why bother making a free list? You can download pretty much any program you want over the internet.
This is true, but the ones posted are spyware and virus free.
I'm going to edit the thread later with everyones links and give credit to the poster. This way it keeps the thread cleaner.Or if you wish, PM me the link, I will have a look at it, and post it. Either/Or :)

[billmeads]

Thanks,

Bill Meads

[albertbert]

Great list. You should probably change the links for myie2 to http://www.maxthon.com/ . Great browser btw.

Interval trainer is a guitar program i came across. Being really new to guitar i dont really understand how to learn from it, but some of you might. It shows a fretboard, and than a note on it, and than it says something like, down a major second, and shows the next note, and so on. It plays the notes too.
http://www.albertadesign.com/download/index.php

[Robot_Boy]

a few free programs here for customising windows, some just aesthetically, some functionally

http://www.wincustomize.com/software.aspx

the best ones are object dock, which is great functionally, and makes the desktop look a lot cleaner and tidier, and windowblinds, its great for customising windows, and IE if youre silly enough to use it. i went completely ape on my computer and now it looks AWESOME, so much tidier and more attractive than windows.

[Rohrix]

My computer sucks to much. if i have wierd programs itll prob explode

[KeithB]

You forgot Opera!
Opera web browser! I've been using it for several years; it's way faster, more secure, and feature-rich than IE. The goodies like tabbed browsing, pop-up blocking, etc, don't require extra downloading and configuring like firefox. And, it's free!!!!
www.opera.com

Also, Crap Cleaner www.ccleaner.com
It cleans up temp files, caches, mru's, fixes registry problems, etc.
And it's free.

[Robot_Boy]

just downloaded crap cleaner, im having a look at it now. thanks for the link

[Robot_Boy]

a quick note about crap cleaner - under the 'system' heading, uncheck the box that says 'old prefatch data'. clearing that out actually hinders your computers performance, rather than speeds it up

[Fruitloop]

Check out guitar suite. http://www.simulanalog.org/guitarsuite.htm
It's a free vst-plugin with different amp models.

[fretflyer]

some of my favorite apps are in there, thanks for the list keith!!

[Keith]

Most welcome Fret.

To everyone else, feel free to add "freeware" apps to this thread.
Or if you have a link that you are not sure of, PM me the link, and I will have a look at it. If it is legit, I will add it and give a shout out to the member that submits it in the original post.

I have to be careful about posting links from things that I have not tested yet or heard of.
I don't want your PC's to crash.

[Blake]

Free ftp software?! That rocks. I've been stuck using the dos command line ftp program. Thanks!

[Jubal]

this is a pretty cool recording program ive found here on jam session

http://www.kreatives.org/kristal/

Does it work better than audacity? Just wondering if you've found it to be user friendly in all aspects.

[Omega]

http://jl.delporte.free.fr/guitools/ - Freeware tool, it is a tuning device, a rythm generator and a chords and scales library.

Mod note* This site is mostly in French and has pop-ups. Be aware of this.

[shawnsblues2]

hey got a listing for guitar software(freeware) would really aprecciate sumthing like that

Here is a good musicians link with all kinds of recording software ,vst's, loops,ect...Enjoy! peace Shawn:riff::gitban::008:

[DeeGeeCees]

More goodness here from 333maxwell:
http://www.jsguitarforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=91176&highlight=drum+recording

[Furious Lopez]

Keith, you gotta put the Opera internet browser on the browser list. It's by far the best one available.

http://www.opera.com/

[shawnsblues2]

Sorry everyone i forgot to paste in the link...lol. Here it is recording software, vst's, ect. Enjoy:cool:

http://hitsquad.com/smm/

[Razzy]

Under audio tools, you should add Reaper.

I've been using it for years on all my stuff, and it SMOKES Audacity IMO, (I even like it more than Cubase SX3 which I also have, but Cubase is FAR from free, lol)

http://www.cockos.com/

[Keith]

Thanks for adds guys:). I'm adding them in as I go and giving credit to the ones that provide the links;). It's been a ong time since I updated the list, so I'm going to spend the weekend going over every single link to make sure the old ones are still valid.

[hummingbird68]

Great resource, Keith. I'm looking forward to making use of it.

Many thanks for posting it!

Chris