Recommend an amazing piece of free software

[Olle]

Portable Apps - Does exactly what it says on the Tin. Firefox, Thunderbird, PDF viewers, file encryption, etc.

Goes on a flashdrive and lets you use programs with your own settings on any machine. Works like a charm.

PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB drives | Your Digital Life, Anywhereâ„¢

[Glyn]

Originally Posted by Cussy

For those that don't want to have illegal copies of Photoshop, there is only one alternative:
GIMP GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program

Rob

Yes there is. Paint.NET - Free Software for Digital Photo Editing Paint.net. It does everything 90% of people want to do. Elegant, simple and unlike Gimp you dont need to be compleatly mad to understand the logic of the interface. I work in IT and have many ex photoshop users who now use it in preference.

Glyn

[MattS]

Is this too geeky

A bit less geeky Audacity: Free Audio Editor and Recorder

[Crieagle]

PicLens | Immersive Slideshows Across the Web


Thanks to copperband for this one.

[Spacehopper]

Freecorder

If you can hear it through your PC speakers, Freecorder can record it

Gareth

[Cussy]

Originally Posted by Glyn

Yes there is. Paint.NET - Free Software for Digital Photo Editing Paint.net. It does everything 90% of people want to do. Elegant, simple and unlike Gimp you dont need to be compleatly mad to understand the logic of the interface. I work in IT and have many ex photoshop users who now use it in preference.

I know what you mean, but I got a plug-in that makes the interface look exactly the same as Photoshop, it might be called something like PhotoGIMP (but there is no way I am searching for that at work, just in case!!!!)
Rob

[Glyn]

iespell
ieSpell - Spell Checker add-on for Internet Explorer

A spell checker for Internet explorer. As a dyslexic I wouldn't be posting on here without it.

Glyn

[Crieagle]

Originally Posted by Glyn

iespell
ieSpell - Spell Checker add-on for Internet Explorer

A spell checker for Internet explorer. As a dyslexic I wouldn't be posting on here without it.

Glyn

come as a plug in with firefox proper handy for al mi tipos

[copperband]

Screenhunter. Allows you to grab full screen, part screen, active window etc into either .bmp or .jpeg files, from a single keyboard shortcut.

Super. Great Audio/Video conversion software. See website for supported formats.

WinRAR. Another file compression utility

[Lazlo]

PortableApps is ok, but I don't like being restricted to a limited set of applications. This site has dozens of portable freeware apps, including some replacements for the admittedly excellent PortableApps start menu.
The Portable Freeware Collection - Latest entries
[ For those who don't know, "portable" means that the app doesn't require an install, and doesn't leave traces on client PCs, so you can run the app from a USB for example. ]

Some good freeware here:
Pricelessware 2006 Category Index

Any software developers targetting Windows probably know all about Sysinternals, but if not get yourself over here sharp:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/s...s/default.aspx

Software for Starving Students. Basically a downloadable CD image with a ton of freeware applications to replace the well known commercial ones.
SoftwareFor.org: Home of Software for Starving Students

Miscellaneous favourites all free and legal, and all of which I'm happy to use myself.
FileZilla (FTP client): FileZilla - The free FTP solution
TrueCrypt: Portable, free, proper encryption, "plausible deniability" : TrueCrypt - Free Open-Source On-The-Fly Disk Encryption Software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X and Linux
Crap Cleaner: Cleans out your registry and other hard drive junk: CCleaner - Home
7-zip (replacement for Winzip/WinRAR): 7-Zip
CutePDF: creates PDF documents: CutePDF - Create PDF for free, Free PDF Utilities, Save PDF Forms, Edit PDF easily.
Firefox (natch): Mozilla | Firefox web browser & Thunderbird email client
KeePass: One secure portable location for all your online passwords: KeePass Password Safe
Spybot: monitor for and get rid of spyware: The home of Spybot-S&D!
Media Player Classic: Like MP 6.4 so basically a no frills media player, and free. Try it if VLC doesn't work (which is quite often): Free-Codecs.com :: Download Media Player Classic 6.4.9.1 : Media Player Classic is an enhanced version of Media Player 6.4
Paint.net: as described above. Much better than GIMP for 99% of people: Paint.NET - Free Software for Digital Photo Editing. Requires .NET Framework 2.