Free Software Megathread

[Crusades]

Very useful and helpful tyvm!

[llDemonll]

I feel it's kinda pointless having it in the sticky index because the point of a "sticky" is to be out on the front page of the sub-forum for everyone to see. Threads like this and "sweet spot build" need to be in their own sticky post instead of "post your framerate benchmark here" and "how to remove keyloggers", those need to go into the index. How many threads do we get asking about viruses/keyloggers? Like 1 out of every 100?

Yes, but having 24 stickies is far more annoying than having a sticky index. The index was made because we had that problem before

[Xuvial]

Ok but atleast prioritize which stickies are most useful/active/used and replace the current stickies with those.

[Asera]

New one because it saved my ass at work today:

Clonezilla. Free Linux (I think Ubuntu or Debian based) bootable disaster recovery and disk cloning/imaging software.
http://clonezilla.org/

[ispano]

New one because it saved my ass at work today:

Clonezilla. Free Linux (I think Ubuntu or Debian based) bootable disaster recovery and disk cloning/imaging software.
http://clonezilla.org/

Pretty much. I use this with a boot-able Acronis Image when I need to clone drives or whatnot. Acronis will clone with far less hassle, but is not free.

[Cilraaz]

Ok but atleast prioritize which stickies are most useful/active/used and replace the current stickies with those.

No. It's been said repeatedly. There are too many threads useful as stickies to let them all be stickies. It would be the entire first page. It's the way it is now for a reason.

[Plasmon]

He wasn't suggesting to make more actual stickies in his last point, he specifically mentioned replacing current ones. His point is that some of the "actual" stickies are much less important or useful than many of the ones that are buried in the sticky index. He was suggesting that maybe both groups could be re-evaluated objectively and a few top priority ones can be real stickies while all the others go in the index. I think there may be some sense to it and it could result in less "help build me a PC" threads, which seems to be the most popular by far around here.

[ispano]

Or, people could just hit themselves upside the head and just read for once. It's one click to open the index, and all the links are there.

[Plasmon]

By that logic then all of them should be in the sticky index, yet there are a few that are kept as actual stickies.

[Cilraaz]

By that logic then all of them should be in the sticky index, yet there are a few that are kept as actual stickies.

Yeah. The rules, the information that should be included in help requests, and an anti-malware thread. Even by the logic of only stickying the most important, those three still win.

[georgevonfranken]

Heres op organized a little
Antivirus
Avast
Malwarebytes
Microsoft Security Essentials
Spybot

Monitoring
CoreTemp
CPU-Z
Real Temp
MSI Afterburner
Speccy
SpeedFan

Benchmarking/Stressing
Memtest86
Prime 95
Futuremark

Cleaning/Optimizing Computer
Gamebooster
CCleaner
Defraggler
MyDefrag
Temp File Cleaner

Media Player
VLC
GOM Player
iTunes
Media Player Classic
XBMC

Photo Editor
Gimp
PhotoFiltre
Paint.NET

Video Tools
H.264Video Encoder
AvidemuxVideo Editor
HandBrake Video Conversion
VirtualDub Video Processing

ISO/CD/DVD
DeepBurner
Burn4Free
Magic Disc

Game/World Developer
Unity3d
Unreal Development Kit
VUE PLE

Modeler
Blender
Google SketchUp
Sculptris

Downloader
Jdownloader
NiNite

Codecs
MPC + K-Lite Codec Pack
FLAC

Youtube Downloader
YouTube Downloader
Easy Youtube Video Downloader (Firefox) Firefox Addon

Misc
Audacity Sound Editor
OpenOffice mimics microsoft office
7-zip Rar files
IrfanView Graphic viewer
Rainmeter Customizes desktop
X-Chat 2 IRC
CamStudio Video recording
TorProject Masks internet activity
Foxit Reader PDF reader
Skype Chat and VoIP
FilleZilla FTP
Notepad ++ Advanced Notepad
Netbeans Alternative to Eclipse
BelarcSecurity Advisor - Advanced PC information
ThunderBird Outlook replacement
Gpart Partition Copier
Oracle Virtualbox Virtual machines
Google Earth 3D Model of Earth
TeamViewer Remote Control of PCs
NeoSmart Manages Boot Loaders
http://www.rockbox.org]RockBox MP3 Firmware
TeraCopy File Copier
EverThing Search function for windows
F.lux Adjusts brightness based on time of day
Unified Remote Turns your Android phone into a remote for your PC
Videora Ipod Converter Convertes files for iPod/MP4 players

[dotOrion]

@georgevonfranken: great thinking

I'd recommend ImgBurn for the ISO/CD/DVD category as well.

[suttie]

Awesome, I've been looking for a Microsoft Office replacement.

[Fuzzykins]

Anyone mention Mumble yet? :S

[Deleted]

Anyone mention Mumble yet? :S

Not really a program you as an individual can just start up and it'll instantly do its thing. Unlike all other programs, Mumble is a collective application - requiring a pre-determined structure/environment to be useful.

[nixcookies]

<snip>

Thanks for this, the OP's post was so chaotic this made it nice and clear.

[Nudi]

Why on earth is programs like Speccy and CCleaner not a one-time-purchase? That seems a bit cheap by Piriform

[Astray]

Microsoft: Visual Studio Express
Awesome program for developing .net applications. The express version now allows commerical use and does not miss a lot compared to the professional paid versions.

[llDemonll]

First post updated with georgevonfranken's styling!

[muCephei]

Awesome George, thanks a bunch! ^_^