Author Topic: Free, useful computer software  (Read 2703 times)

Post computer software you use and find useful.
In no order:

-Flux: get rid of eye strain at night from bright monitor- https://justgetflux.com/

-Audacity: great audio editor- http://audacityteam.org/

-Gimp: great image editor, ditch MS paint- http://www.gimp.org/

-GOM: lightweight audio player with internet radio support, visualizers, and other neat stuff- http://audio.gomlab.com/

-GeForce Experience: Keep your Nvidia GPU up-to-date with shadowplay, drivers, etc- http://www.geforce.com/geforce-experience

-ImageGlass: lightweight image viewer, supports .gif- http://www.imageglass.org/

-Notepad++: great notepad that is used mostly for programming- difficult to explain- https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

-GifCam: record gifs. simple- http://blog.bahraniapps.com/gifcam/

-Speccy: view the names of your computer parts and brag about it- https://www.piriform.com/speccy

-Fire alpaca: flexible art program- http://firealpaca.com/

-Windirstat: view what's cluttering your HDD- https://windirstat.info/

-Greenshot: good program for screenshotting- http://getgreenshot.org/

-Filezilla: cool FTP client- https://filezilla-project.org/

-Sublime Text: like notepad++- http://www.sublimetext.com/

-VLC Media Player: lightweight multimedia player- http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

-OpenMPT: dunno what this is really, seems like another audio player- https://openmpt.org/features

-Pidgin: cool IRC client- https://pidgin.im/

-KeePass: keeps passswords stored safely, no more forgotten passwords- http://keepass.info/

-LibreOffice: collection of tools like a writer, slideshow maker, and other stuff for production- ditch microsoft word- https://www.libreoffice.org/

-Mumble: like teamspeak but not teamspeak- http://www.mumble.com/mumble-download.php

-Syncthing: cloud storage- https://syncthing.net/

-Thunderbird: nice email program- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/

-Audacious: advanced audio player- http://audacious-media-player.org/

-Paint.net: cool image editor with a lot of features- http://www.getpaint.net/index.html

-Puush: quickly upload screenshots without going to any website- http://puush.me/

-Sharex: take screenshots and add annotations and stuff- https://getsharex.com/

-LastPass:  password manager- https://lastpass.com/

-SpaceSniffer: find lost disk space- http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/

-AutoHotkey: automate stuff- http://www.autohotkey.com/

-LiceCap: gifcam alternative- http://www.roosteros.com/licecap/

-WinRAR: kinda obsolete, lets you view and edit .zip files and other formats- http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

-LightShot: another screenshotter- https://app.prntscr.com/en/index.html

-Krita: image editor aimed towards artists- https://krita.org/

-Blender: free 3d modelling software- https://www.blender.org/

-Xvi32: edit hex's- http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delphi/freeware/xvi32/xvi32.htm#download

-Source Filmmaker: make films from stuff like TF2 characters- http://www.sourcefilmmaker.com/

-Putty: some SSH thingy: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

-AoA audio extracter: as the name implies, extracts audio from videos- http://www.aoamedia.com/audioextractor.htm

-GPU-Z: get info on your GPU- http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

-ProcessHacker: better task manager- http://processhacker.sourceforge.net/

-RainMeter: amazing desktop editor, add better widgets and stuffs- http://rainmeter.net/

-OBS: open broadcaster software, lightweight broadcaster- https://obsproject.com/

-CCleaner: clean up the bullstuff on your PC- https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

-7Zip: alternative to winrar- http://www.7-zip.org/download.html

Post software you use and I'll add it to OP if I find any use in it! (not to fit my needs- useless apps wont get posted)
« Last Edit: July 11, 2015, 02:56:39 PM by -Setro- »

-fire alpaca: good art program http://firealpaca.com/

-windirstat: good for looking whats taking up space on hard drive https://windirstat.info/ (correct site?)

-shadow play if you have a nvidia card.

-fire alpaca: good art program http://firealpaca.com/

-windirstat: good for looking whats taking up space on hard drive https://windirstat.info/ (correct site?)

-shadow play if you have a nvidia card.
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-shadow play if you have a nvidia card.
badger that comes with an essential driver

badger that comes with an essential driver
yeah, i labelled it under geforce experience

Greenshot: Good screenshotting program

Also does GifCam have any keybinds for recording?


-Paint.NET: another great image editor, ditch MS paint- http://www.getpaint.net/index.html




greenshot
spacesniffer
gimp
autohotkey maybe
licecap for webms

I think all of them have been posted, but Piriform makes some great stuff. Speccy, SpaceSniffer, CCleaner, etc.


Paint.NET - Useful image editing program, kind of like GIMP.
edit: loving hell someone already posted it