OT -- Recommended/Other Free Software/Apps -- This Gets Lots of Updates!

[-Archmage-]

Post all the Free Software that you recommend for others!

Free Software and Applications that members of the Glest boards recommend!

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Audio/Media:
Audacity - Audio editing
Winamp - Media player
LAME - MP3 encoder
Media Player Classic - Media player
DI.FM - internet radio stations
VLC Media Player - Media player
J River Media Jukebox - Jukebox-style media player/organizer

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[url=http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/]MediaCoder[/url]InfraRecorder
CamStudio - Screen Recorder
Quick Media Converter - Audio/Video Converter
RadioSure - Internet Radio Player
MediaInfo
E.M. Free Game Capture - Real-time Record Games of 3D, 2D, desktop and OpenGL to HD videos with resolutions up to 1920x1080.

Browsers:
Mozilla Firefox - Web Browser
Google Chrome - Web Browser
Opera - Web Browser
Safari - Web Browser
Galeon - Web Browser

Compression Software:
7zip - File archiving/compression
IZArc - File archiving/compression

File Managers:
Free Commander (for Windows)

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[url=http://www.krusader.org/]Krusader[/url] - Can also Download in the Synaptic Package Manager.
FTP:
FTP Commander

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(Note: Google thinks the parent company's website, http://www.internet-soft.com/ may harm your computer. Details [url=http://www.google.com/interstitial?url=http://www.internet-soft.com/]here.[/url])PSPad - Text editor and uploader (cannot upload non-text files)

Games:
Glest - Moddable, OS RTS
Runescape - MMORPG
Runes of Magic - MMORPG
Warzone 2100 - Can download with Synaptic Package Manager
Battle for Wesnoth - Can download with Synaptic Package Manager
Quake Live - Web-based FPS

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[url=http://www.idsoftware.com/business/techdownloads/]Original Quake Source - GPL[/url]

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[url=http://www.battlefieldheroes.com]Battlefield Heroes[/url] - Web-based FPSThe Mana World - MMORPG
Kingdom of Loathing - Browser-based RPG
Legend of the Green Dragon - Browser-based RPG
Nethack - Dungeon crawler
Atlantica Online - MMORPG
Frets on Fire - Guitar Hero clone
OpenArena
ActionCube/AssaultCube

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[url=http://www.urbanterror.net/news.php]UrbanTerror[/url]

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[url=http://s44.koshi.homelinux.net/]Spring1944[/url] Hedgewars
Paintown
openSoldat
S.C.O.U.R.G.E
TrackmaniaNation
 Nexuiz (Cross platform!)
Sauerbraten - Can download with Synaptic on Linux
Combat Arms - Very well done fps game!

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[url=http://smw.72dpiarmy.com/] Super Mario War[/url] - Super Mario multiplayer game

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[url=http://mkfusion.ipbfree.com/] Mushroom Kingdom Fusion[/url] -  A fan game with modified Mario gameplay, crossed over with many different video game universes and elementsGrid Wars - Space shooter, based on Geometry Wars
Warning Forever - Never-ending Boss Battle Shoot-em-up
Website Battleships Forever - Customizable Battleship (in space) engagements loosely based off of the Warning Forever game.
Captain Forever

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[url=http://www.miraigamer.net/cavestory/] Cave Story[/url] - Freeware Side-Scrolling Platformer game
Graphics/Design/etc:
Gimp - Image manipulation
Blender3D - 3D modelling, animation, rendering, compositing
Inkscape - Vector graphic creation, editing
NeoTextureEdit - an easy to use graph-based procedural seamless texture editor.
Paint.Net - Raster graphics editor/Image manipulation

Office/Productivity Software:
Open Office - Word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and more
Mozilla Sunbird - Calander/scheduler
Mozilla Thunderbird - Email client
Scribus

Programming/Text Editing:

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[url=http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html]Dev C++[/url] - IDE for programmingNotepad++ - Advanced text editing and IDE
Code::Blocks

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[url=http://kedit.klik.atekon.de/]kedit[/url] - Simple Text Editorkate - Another Text Editor, may be able to do coding on it.

Torrent Clients:
Vuze(formerly azureus)
Utorrent
Ktorrent
Bit Torrent

Voice/Video Chat:
Ventrilo - Voice chat client
Skype - Voice and video chat

Miscellaneous Odds and Ends:
Portable Apps - Many of the above applications and more designed for use on a flash drive.
wxMaxima
GraphCalc
WinDirStat

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[url=http://picasa.google.com/] Picasa[/url] - Photo organizer/editor

[John.d.h]

Document editing:

• OpenOffice.org (word processor, spreadsheet, slide show... supports all MS Office formats)

Games:

• Warzone 2100 (real-time strategy)
• Battle for Wesnoth (turn-based strategy)

File compression:

• 7zip

Image editing:

• GIMP

Instant messaging:

• Pidgin
• Meebo.com

Programming:

• Dev C++ (compiler and IDE for C and C++)
• Notepad++ (text editor, great for XML, XHTML, CSS, etc)

[Hectate]

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[size=18pt]Free Software[/size]
Categories are listed alphabetically while items are listed in order of their recommendation.

[b]Audio/Media:[/b]
[url=http://audacity.sourceforge.net/]Audacity[/url] - Audio editing
[url=http://www.winamp.com/]Winamp[/url] - Media player
[url=http://lame.sourceforge.net/]LAME[/url]  - MP3 encoder
[url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/]Media Player Classic[/url] - Media player
[url=http://www.di.fm/]DI.FM[/url] - internet radio stations
[url=http://www.videolan.org/vlc/]VLC Media Player[/url] - Media player
[url=http://www.mediajukebox.com/]J River Media Jukebox[/url] - Jukebox-style media player/organizer

[b]Browsers:[/b]
[url=http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/]Mozilla Firefox[/url] - Web browser
[url=http://www.google.com/chrome]Google Chrome[/url] - Web browser

[b]Compression Software:[/b]
[url=http://www.7-zip.org/]7zip[/url] - File archiving/compression

[b]File Managers:[/b]
[url=http://www.freecommander.com/]Free Commander[/url] (for Windows) - See website for details
Krusader - Download with Add/Remove or Synaptic. (for Linux)

[b]FTP:[/b]
[url=http://www.ftpcommander.com/]FTP Commander[/url] (Note: Google thinks the parent company's website, http://www.internet-soft.com/ may harm your computer. Details [url=http://www.google.com/interstitial?url=http://www.internet-soft.com/]here.[/url])
[url=http://www.pspad.com/]PSPad[/url] - Text editor and uploader (cannot upload non-text files)

[b]Games:[/b]
[url=http://www.glest.org]Glest[/url] - Moddable, OS RTS
[url=http://runescape.com]Runescape[/url] - MMORPG
[url=http://www.runesofmagic.com/]Runes of Magic[/url] - MMORPG
[url=http://wz2100.net/]Warzone 2100[/url] - OS RTS
[url=http://www.wesnoth.org/]Battle for Wesnoth[/url] - OS Turn-based Strategy
[url=http://www.quakelive.com]Quake Live[/url] - Web-based FPS
[url=http://www.idsoftware.com/business/techdownloads/]Original Quake Source - GPL[/url]
[url=http://www.battlefieldheroes.com]Battlefield Heroes[/url] - Web-based FPS
[url=http://themanaworld.org]The Mana World[/url] - MMORPG
[url=http://kingdomofloathing.com]Kingdom of Loathing[/url] - Browser-based RPG
[url=http://lotgd.net]Legend of the Green Dragon[/url] - Browser-based RPG
[url=http://www.nethack.org]Nethack[/url] - Dungeon crawler
[url=http://www.playatlantica.com/]Atlantica Online[/url] - MMORPG
[url=http://fretsonfire.sourceforge.net/]Frets on Fire[/url] - Guitar Hero clone

[b]Graphics/Design/etc:[/b]
[url=http://www.gimp.org/]Gimp[/url] - Image manipulation
[url=http://www.blender.org/]Blender3D[/url] - 3D modelling, animation, rendering, compositing
[url=http://www.inkscape.org/]Inkscape[/url] - Vector graphic creation, editing
[url=http://camstudio.org/]CamStudio[/url] - Screen capturing

[b]Office/Productivity Software:[/b]
[url=http://www.openoffice.org/]Open Office[/url] - Word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and more
[url=http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/]Mozilla Sunbird[/url] - Calander/scheduler
[url=http://www.mozilla-europe.org/thunderbird/]Mozilla Thunderbird[/url] - Email client

[b]Programming/Text Editing:[/b]
[url=http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html]Dev C++[/url] - IDE for programming
[url=http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/]Notepad++[/url] - Advanced text editing and IDE

[b]Voice/Video Chat:[/b]
[url=http://www.ventrilo.com/]Ventrilo[/url] - Voice chat client
[url=http://www.skype.com/]Skype[/url] - Voice and video chat

[b]Miscellaneous Odds and Ends:[/b]
[url=http://portableapps.com/]Portable Apps[/url] - Many of the above applications and more designed for use on a flash drive.

Update: Added nearly everything above, and included appropriately linked URLs.

Try that...

[John.d.h]

MMORPG:
Atlantica Online (you control multiple characters in turn-based combat, so it's somewhat like the Final Fantasy games)

Music/Media Player:
VLC (the most versatile player I've ever seen, will play just about anything)
J River Media Jukebox

Runes of Magic (high quality WoW-like MMORPG)

Ah, one of my friends got me playing that.  Kinda interesting, but gets repetitive pretty quickly (like most MMOs).

[-Archmage-]

Talk about repetition, my best friend plays Runescape, and too him it's the best game in the world.
One time I got him into Glest, and he loved it, but he immediately got bored, because all he ever did was...............................WIN THE GAME!!!! He always one by continuously getting archers, over, and over, and over.
He got bored of doing that.

Now you should see what he does with most of his free time: Go on his computer(or school laptop), and play Runescape.

And in Runescape:
Goes to this place where he trains, and gets valuable items, and there's this other place, that I've been to in the game, that he goes to a lot, where there are tons of high level monsters, and tokens you can collect to get money. I never see him anywhere else in Runescape, besides those 2 locations, Grand Exchange, and the Bank, well, at least not for a while.

Kinda interesting, but gets repetitive pretty quickly (like most MMOs).

That's why I don't play Rs much, because it's too tedious.

[Hectate]

Ah, one of my friends got me playing that.  Kinda interesting, but gets repetitive pretty quickly (like most MMOs).

Agreed. I played it for one afternoon and enjoyed it. Came back a few days later when I had more time and just couldn't get into it. I needed more time too, but the fun just wasn't there at the moment. I haven't uninstalled it yet though...

[Mark]

Wow, you guys sure have said it all!

Browsers-
Safari, Opera (I use Opera), Firefox (Modman uses that), and Chrome.

[John.d.h]

For browsers, Chrome is supposedly the fastest and it has some cool features.  I prefer Firefox, though, b/c it's open source and has tons of extensions that make it highly customizable.

[-Archmage-]

Same here.

[Hectate]

It depends on what I'm doing. Chrome on my computer at home, Firefox at work because we can't install software (I could since the IT guy knows I'm smart enough and gave me admin to my computer, but it would be against policy still).

I really like Chrome myself. It gets the job done, fast and simple.

[Mark]

I would like Archmage101 to update his first post, if he has the time...

[Hectate]

If you want to copy my post for the first post, then just hit quote, copy the needed code and text, cancel your quote reply, edit your first post, and paste over anything you don't want.

We should probably add descriptions, though.

[-Archmage-]

I'm bad at describing things, but I'll update the first post a bit.
So if you can describe something, then post it.

[-Archmage-]

The first post, really needs to be organized, but I don't have the time.

[Hectate]

I thought I organized mine well, plus it has everything that the other posts mentioned, and hyperlinks!

I'll update it with descriptions later. Anyones welcome to comment on their since I haven't used some of them.

[Hectate]

I see that it stripped the URLs... I'll put the code tags around the whole thing once I get descriptions in it so you can copy & paste the straight forum code.

[Omega]

Good idea for a topic. I already had most of these things. However, here's my addings:

Audio:
Media Monkey (I use VLC for all short music, but for dances, or playlists, pep rallies, etc I use this awesome software)

Utilities (Windows):
Glary Utilities
VistaGlazz (one time thing, but handy)

Other:
Universal Viewer (ATViewer - Views multiple types of files and has right click for ease of use)

BTW: What's so great about DevC++? I tried it ONCE and I couldn't even compile a hello world program without over 5000 errors. I just can't figure out how to use it. Please add Visual Studio in. It is a very good compiling program.

Also, HOW COULD YOU FORGET SAFARI? While it's not quite as good as firefox since it lacks extensions, it is clearly the second place contenter. It has the most features, best compatibility, and fantastic overall! It is FASTER than FF, and only marginally behind google chrome.

[Mark]

I SAID SAFARI! Sorry, but didn't Archmage update it?

[modman]

What do you use, Omega, if you don't use DevC++?  I use DevC++, and I like it (although I haven't tested any others).

[Hectate]

I showed my brother and he mentioned uTorrent needs to be on there as well.

[-Archmage-]

Ok, I've added a torrent client section, anyone, want to provide links to those, I'm a bit busy.

[dannylee]

yeah firefox rulez (i use it)
Best free games eva: Glest and warzone 2100 (altoug the linux version of warzone sucks; at level 12 or so everything is gray, like if the game hasn't been finished yet, like if the ppl forgot to put color in, it looks like blender though)
best paid games: of course guys, you should know, all HALO games, and of course battlefield vietnam (watch out, charlie is behind u) lol

[-Archmage-]

This is a topic for FREE stuff, as the title says.

[Omega]

Damn you Arch. You got me hooked onto J River Media Player, and now I can't go back to my old one. Grah. One more software I need to familiarize myself with...

[-Archmage-]

Oh I see, you got hooked on the "J". .

Also, why "damn" me, I'm not the one who posted that, I only stuck it on the first post.