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  1. Reposting/Fixing My List by bigal123 · · Score: 5, Informative · on Ask Slashdot: What Software Can You Not Live Without?

    This list is part of a much longer list that I maintain and sometimes publish.

    * 7-ZIP -- Create/Extra ZIP and many other other file compression formats, very powerful. Note can open some installer EXE and MSI files (see Microsoft Orca for more MSI options) (free, open source, Windows, there may be Linux/Mac variants). http://www.7-zip.com/

    * CCleaner -- System optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. (free, closed source, Windows) http://www.ccleaner.com/ **Alternate Tool** BleachBit -- Free cache, delete cookies, clear Internet history, shred temporary files, delete logs, and discard junk you didn't know was there. (free, open source Linux/Windows) http://bleachbit.sourceforge.n...

    * Greenshot -- Good Screen Shot tool with simple annotation options. (free, open source, Windows) http://greenshot.sourceforge.n...

    * IrfanView -- Image Program View, convert, crop, optimize, sideshow, batch Processing etc (free noncommercial, closed source, Windows) http://www.irfanview.com/

    Instantbird -- Multi Protocol Instant Messaging (IM) Client - AOL, MSM, Yahoo, etc (free, open source, Linux/Mac/Windows) **Alternate Tool** Pidgin - Multi Protocol Instant Messaging (IM) Client - AOL, MSM, Yahoo, etc (free, open source, Linux/Mac/Windows) http://pidgin.im/

    * KeePass Password Safe -- Good Quality secure password manager, stores passwords encrypted. (free, open source, Windows Linux/Mac with Mono) http://keepass.info/

    * LibreOffice -- Power-packed Open Source personal productivity suite for Windows, Macintosh and Linux, that gives you six feature-rich applications for all your document production. Excellent replacement for other Office Suites, can open many different and sometimes odd file types -- (free, open source, Linux/Mac/Windows) http://www.libreoffice.org/

    * Mozilla.org FireFox -- Web browser for more security then Internet Explore (free, open source, Linux/Mac/Windows) http://www.mozilla.com/ http://www.mozilla.org/

    * SpeedCrunch -- fast, high-precision and powerful cross-platform desktop calculator (free, open source, Linux/Mac/Windows) http://www.speedcrunch.org/ & http://speedcrunch.blogspot.co...

    * UltraEdit -- Probably the absolute best most powerful text editors around, edit huge files, FTP, column mode, and more (shareware, closed source, Win/Mac/Linux) http://www.ultraedit.com/ **Alternate Tool** Noteppad++ -- Good Text / Source Code Editor replacement for Microsoft Windows Notepad/Wordpad (free, open source) http://notepad-plus.sourceforg...

    * VLC Media Player -- One of the best media players out there. Highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network. (free, oen source, Linux/Mac/Windows)
    http://www.videolan.org/

  2. My list from a larger list i keep by bigal123 · · Score: -1, Flamebait · on Ask Slashdot: What Software Can You Not Live Without?

    This list is part of a much longer list that I maintain and sometimes publish. There are few others, but some are more as needed special use cases. * 7-ZIP -- Create/Extra ZIP and many other other file compression formats, very powerful. Note can open some installer EXE and MSI files (see Microsoft Orca for more MSI options) (free, open source, Windows, there may be Linux/Mac variants). http://www.7-zip.com/ * CCleaner -- System optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. (free, closed source, Windows) http://www.ccleaner.com/ **Alternate Tool** BleachBit -- Free cache, delete cookies, clear Internet history, shred temporary files, delete logs, and discard junk you didn't know was there. (free, open source Linux/Windows) http://bleachbit.sourceforge.n... * Greenshot -- Good Screen Shot tool with simple annotation options. (free, open source, Windows) http://greenshot.sourceforge.n... * IrfanView -- Image Program View, convert, crop, optimize, sideshow, batch Processing etc (free noncommercial, closed source, Windows) http://www.irfanview.com/ Instantbird -- Multi Protocol Instant Messaging (IM) Client - AOL, MSM, Yahoo, etc (free, open source, Linux/Mac/Windows) **Alternate Tool** Pidgin - Multi Protocol Instant Messaging (IM) Client - AOL, MSM, Yahoo, etc (free, open source, Linux/Mac/Windows) http://pidgin.im/ * KeePass Password Safe -- Good Quality secure password manager, stores passwords encrypted. (free, open source, Windows Linux/Mac with Mono) http://keepass.info/ * LibreOffice -- Power-packed Open Source personal productivity suite for Windows, Macintosh and Linux, that gives you six feature-rich applications for all your document production. Excellent replacement for other Office Suites, can open many different and sometimes odd file types -- (free, open source, Linux/Mac/Windows) http://www.libreoffice.org/ * Mozilla.org FireFox -- Web browser for more security then Internet Explore (free, open source, Linux/Mac/Windows) http://www.mozilla.com/ http://www.mozilla.org/ * SpeedCrunch -- fast, high-precision and powerful cross-platform desktop calculator (free, open source, Linux/Mac/Windows) http://www.speedcrunch.org/ & http://speedcrunch.blogspot.co... * UltraEdit -- Probably the absolute best most powerful text editors around, edit huge files, FTP, column mode, and more (shareware, closed source, Win/Mac/Linux) http://www.ultraedit.com/ **Alternate Tool** Noteppad++ -- Good Text / Source Code Editor replacement for Microsoft Windows Notepad/Wordpad (free, open source) http://notepad-plus.sourceforg... * VLC Media Player -- One of the best media players out there. Highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats ) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network. (free, open source, Linux/Mac/Windows) http://www.videolan.org/

  3. 7-Zip instead of winzip by ReKleSS · · Score: 1 · on Free Windows Software Without Spyware/Adware

    Compatible, another algorithm with better compression, LGPL. http://www.7-zip.com/.
    -ReK

  4. Re:My First 10... by Ifni · · Score: 1 · on First Ten Programs on New Install?

    I agree about 7-Zip, except that it doesn't do multivolume archives - it'll extract RAR multivolume, but cannot create them.

    As long as I'm posting, here goes my top 10

    Windows (after all the patches, of course)

    1. Firefox (or whatever it's name is during the week of the install) (also MyIE is sort of neat)
    2. Latest version of Outlook (usually as part of Office - gotta have email, but GOTTA take the plunge and transition to a better email client...)
    3. Putty
    4. WinAmp
    5. PowerDVD
    6. Yahoo Messenger (it's sad, but I still like it better than GAIM et al...)
    7. WinSCP
    8. Windows Privacy Tools
    9. Adobe Acrobat Reader
    10. BNR2
    11. EverQuest!

    Linux

    Nothing! RedHat (Fedora) comes with all I need. Though the programs I update right away (and use most often) are:

    1. NMAP
    2. Mozilla
    3. Apache
    4. SSH
    5. SSL
    6. PHP
    7. TinyProxy (Essential for bypassing my employer's content filter)

    Ok, so TinyProxy isn't part of the base install. Whatever.

    That's about it. I don't really use Linux as a primary machine, and I rarely use the graphical interface on it. On the Windows box I will also usually install a better editor, though it changes about every install. WinVIM is my current choice. And of course, the latest codecs for QuickTime Alternative and XViD.

  5. Get 7Zip by SoSueMe · · Score: 1 · on Mozilla Firebird Soars Into View

    here or Get IZarc here.

  6. Re:How is stripping down OS is a win for consumers by VasilyPupkin · · Score: 1 · on States Demand Windows Source Code

    ...However, consider the impact on the consumer if these add-ons were removed from the OS? Now, on top of the OS license cost...
    ...?!??
    CD burner ($50) -- use freeware instead. ($0)

    a browser($30) -- WTF?! Here It's free. ($0)

    an archiver($30 for Winzip) -- Here. It's free as well. ($0)

    an FTP client($40 CuteFTP c4.2) -- if FREE ($0) IE is not enough, go here and get something else. ($0)

    etc etc etc. -- You can get this for free as well :)

    The total is $0. Consider the imact on the consumer :-)

  7. Re:How is stripping down OS is a win for consumers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on States Demand Windows Source Code

    ...However, consider the impact on the consumer if these add-ons were removed from the OS? Now, on top of the OS license cost...

    ...?!??

    CD burner ($50) -- use freeware instead. ($0)

    a browser($30) -- WTF?! Here It's free. ($0)

    an archiver($30 for Winzip) -- Go Here. It's free as well. ($0)

    an FTP client($40 CuteFTP c4.2) -- if FREE ($0) IE is not enough, go here and get something else. ($0)

    etc etc etc. -- You can get this for free as well :)

    The total is $0. Consider the imact on the consumer :-)