wuts ur favorite downloadable software

simple question wuts ur fav software ,wut does it do, and if at all possible where do u get it(primarly freeware plz)

 

Dungeon Runners It entertains me.

 

Firefox. It allows us to download all the other cool apps.

 

Avast BART CD.I can't imagine to work without this soft.

 

Hmm, a wide open question. Ubuntu which is a free operating system which I'm finally using in a constructive way. Well, favourite software for today that is.

 

Definitely freebees. All at MG. Favorite is Firefox because it's so versatile with the choice of thousands of free add-ons and some tweaking. http://www.tweakguides.com/Firefox_1.html

 

A very broad question. Different favourites for different tasks. Check out
http://www.majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=20 for MG Must have Free downloads, for MG free favourites in different categories. Bazza

PS: We appreciate the English language, not text talk, here. We put in a lot of effort to answer queries and appreciate the same effort being put into asking queries. Baz

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For use with Windows it must be Firefox and CCleaner, due in part to the somewhat frequent updating of their programs. Today's favorite is UltimateDefrag. Tried every freeware and trialware defrag program I could find. Then today was installing, running, and uninstalling defrag programs while reading old MG's threads and saw this program mentioned. Tried it and liked it, funny it isn't mentioned on the freeware favorites page, rating is 4.8. And of course any new or updated Linux Operating System distribution I can find and get up and running on the fun machine...

 

Here is a good website to go to check out freeware: http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/

First and foremost, I'd like to mention Linux. I noticed another poster with the same sentiments. The linux world is an oasis of freedom. For the windoze users...here goes.

My personal list:

Firefox> browser
Filezilla>ftp client for web development and server file transfers
Free Launch Bar>Took me help from a geek to configure, but use it all the time
Virtual Clone Drive>for mounting ISOs
Pidgin>IM client that combines seems like every im client under the sun into one
Open Office> Free office suite
The Gimp> App that works a lot like Photoshop
Free Download Manager> To speed up downloads by creating multiple connections.
Codestuff Starter> A startup manager with more options than running msconfig

A couple of open source web development tools that I stumbled upon

Kompozer & Bluefish

I can't remember how well they render the code, but those just doing wysiwyg wouldn't notice that kind of thing. Wish they would port a free version of Quanta Plus to the Windows side. I see it's available for the Mac.

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Customization:

Icon Tweaker> Freeware for changing icons. I originally wasn't thrilled with the default icons provided and stopped using it. I found Buuf icons, mac icons and vista icons recently and am happy as pie with it. Figured out that all you had to do to install the icon sets was to drag the file into the window of the app. Pretty sweet!

Logon Studio by Stardock> Change your default login theme. With some digging, you can find some really nice login themes at wincustomize.com

Object Dock by Stardock> A dock app that gives you something similar to what is on the mac platform. I like to use these on kid's desktops, and systems that I customize to look like a mac, lol!

(Stardock seems to have hidden the free stuff lately, so I had to recently do a google search under the app name to find the download spots)

I also use the uxthemes with the theme patcher, but you guys might not approve of something like that. I recently pimped out a system's user account desktops. I made one look like a mac with the mac icons, cursor sets and theme put the start menu (panel) at the top and the object doc at the bottom - the other looked like vista with the aero cursors and icon sets, the third had an earthy theme with the buuf icon set.

:innocent

 

Hey I never noticed that area. Always go to the forum spot. I love Maxthon on the windows side. I love firefox too, but like to point to my download location when I download files. I used to use trillian, but like pidgin much better. Trillian used to be buggy, but they seem to have cleaned that up over the past 2 years or so. That was back in my dialup days too. I think I'm fond of the little penguin.

I'll have to check out those spam fighter apps. I have a year's subscription to Cloudmark. When that expires I'll check those out. Also could recommend it to others.

 

sounds cool you guys and sorry about the typing old habits die hard i guess

keep them coming im getting very interested in your program choices

 

My favorite two has to be openoffice and Linux Mint. They have saved me so much money compared to buying Microsoft Office and Windows.

 

opera
vlc
smplayer
utorrent
ffdshow+mpc
truecrypt
google talk
Virtual clonedrive (slysoft)
cdburner XP
HDtune (free version)
AVG8 free
dvd decrypter

 

hey guys i just got a great program portable fully functional yahoo messenger version 9

installer found online + universal extractor = portable yay

 

A toss up between uTorrent and VLC Media Player.

 

u guys know of any free corel drawing apps?

 

hey guys im trying to find a low cpu usage tv program that still has a verity of channels from all over the world (already have tvu player) perferably freeware