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Good freeware programs collection (Already 41 Programs !)

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 2:11 pm
by Axel
So post all good programs you know ( It can be everything , from tweaking utilites to fun tools ) I'll edit my post and add the good programs
The requirements :
  • It should be FREE , No trials , no illegal links
    No malicious content
    It should be good/cool/useful/...
    Add a tiny description
I'll list it in categories

Gfx:
  • GIMP A good alternative to Photoshop, It's a Image manipulation program *
    Paint.net A free, easy to use image/photo editing program *
    Picasa Want to view your image in the best environment ? Try this program.


Development:
  • Notepad++ A good text editor including Syntax highlighting, plugin support, a lot of file types,...
    gedit A lightweight text editor, supports almost all development file types.
    Blender The best alternative for video editing/3D modeling
    Sharpdevelop A good IDE wich is becoming more and more popular, and its completly opensource
    QIOS DevSuite Don't want to pay for expensive components ? this is a good alternative
    Dev C++ A free and good C/C++ Compiler New !
    Fasm An alternative to the paid assemblers , super lightweight(only 1 exe thats 150kB)New !


Tweaking:
  • Mz 7 Optimizer A tweaking utility thatcontains everything necessary to increase your pc performance(#1)
    Tweaknow Powerpack 2011 A good tweaking utility including windows secrets, ram optimizer,...

File sharing/downloading:
  • JDownloader A good high-speed downloader that supports mediafire, megaupload,...
    µTorrent A lightweight(300-500kB!) BitTorrent client
    FileZilla For uploading files to a ftp with ease.
    Freemake Video Downloader Best free downloader with exclusive speed and superfast converting
Gaming:
  • Mz Game Accelerator Slow computer ? Try this to play games , your games should work like a charm
    Game Booster A Partially freeware utility that can close useless services
Media Player:
  • VLC This is a very powerful media-player that supports all kinds of formats
    GOM player Media player that has fits perfectly for everyone. Includes video optimization and skin support.
    iTunes A good free music player. You can also buy songs/videos with this for a very low price.
    Windows 7 Codecs Ever had trouble playing some file ? This will install most of the codecs there are. #2
System Maintenance (Anti virus, Cleaners,..):
  • CCleaner Free stable cleaner, if you want to clean EVERY unnecessary file securely.
    Avira AntiVir Personal A very reliable antivirus that you can trust.
    Defraggler Windows vista/7 Defrag is very outdated , use this tool instead :)
    Recuva Lost a file recently? this tool will help you to recover files that are not overwritten yet
    Zone Alarm Free Firewall The best free firewall on the internet

Daily Needs: Office tools:
  • OpenOffice.org This is the best freeware alternative for creating office-compatible documents
    Camstudio A free screen recorder without any watermarks
Files
  • ImgBurn A sweet program to burn your image files on discs
    7Zip A good file compression program with low cpu usage , with full support for gzip , 7zip , zip and tar
    PeaZip Another very good file compression program
    Freemake Video Converter This program is much better than paid software, including a very nice GUI
    Eraser Securely delete data so others can't recover it. Including lots of different algorithms for deleting.
    Teracopy Want to copy /move files faster ? This program can move huge files with speed ! New !
    Fastcopy The maker claims it to be the fastest copier in the world New !
Misc:
  • kubuntu A free os with a very nice GUI
Did I make a few mistakes ? Forgive me and tell me so other people won't be confused !

Want to share with us your favorite free software ?
Post a comment with ;
  • The download page (page where "Download for windows 7 - Downlaod for windows xp" and such are located)
    A tiny description of what it is and a good feature such as " A screen recorder that has extremely good quality"
    And ofcourse the name :)
#1 : For Windows XP : Mz XP Tweak
for windows vista : Mz Vista Force

#2 : There is also a codec pack for vista, which is pretty much similair
* : Please make a better description for me , thanks :)

Re: Good freeware programs collection

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 2:31 pm
by DarkyKnife
Pretty good collection, but i have a question, is MZ game accelerator better than Game booster or they are almost the same?

Re: Good freeware programs collection

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 2:36 pm
by Axel
DarkyKnife wrote:
Pretty good collection, but i have a question, is MZ game accelerator better than Game booster or they are almost the same?
Good question
For some reason , I never heard of game booster
lol
Can you give me a tiny description and download page (no hotlinking)? Thanks

Re: Good freeware programs collection

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 2:52 pm
by DarkyKnife
Axel wrote:
DarkyKnife wrote:
Pretty good collection, but i have a question, is MZ game accelerator better than Game booster or they are almost the same?
Good question
For some reason , I never heard of game booster
lol
Can you give me a tiny description and download page (no hotlinking)? Thanks
I think it works the same, it should close the unnecessary processes. And link to download page.
P.S. i don't know what is hotlinking lol

Re: Good freeware programs collection

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 2:54 pm
by Codex
Hotlinking is when you post a link to direct download like http://someurl.com/download.exe

Re: Good freeware programs collection

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 3:01 pm
by DarkyKnife
Ok thanks, so i hope i havent "hotlinked" lol

Re: Good freeware programs collection

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 3:08 pm
by Cheatmasterbw
Nice collection of links! I might use some!

Re: Good freeware programs collection

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:20 pm
by Axel
DarkyKnife wrote:
Axel wrote:
DarkyKnife wrote:
Pretty good collection, but i have a question, is MZ game accelerator better than Game booster or they are almost the same?
Good question
For some reason , I never heard of game booster
lol
Can you give me a tiny description and download page (no hotlinking)? Thanks
I think it works the same, it should close the unnecessary processes. And link to download page.
P.S. i don't know what is hotlinking lol
I added it :)
but the description should be more like
Blabla - What it does - optional, how it does that

Re: Good freeware programs collection

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:23 pm
by Skillful
Hmmm....very good collection of apps and their links! I already have half of these.

Re: Good freeware programs collection

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:36 pm
by zachman61
I have most of these aswell nice post