The list of useful open source / free software

[Solignis]

I thought it would be a good idea to start a thread of all of the useful free and open source software out there. For reference to other people.

Do not list Untangle please, that one is pretty obvious.

Things I recommend;

7-zip - Archiving utility for Windows, it can open tar.gz files in Windows
Hash Tab - Checksum utility for Windows
SubSonic - Music streaming software
ClamWin - Windows port of the Clam anti-virus

Will add more as I think of them, please everyone add your .

[WebFooL]

WinSCP - SCP Client for windows
Dia - Visio but open source
Notepad ++ - The best text editor
FileZilla - FTP server
CloneZilla - Clone/Partition Image creator
Camstudio - Desktop recorder
Handbrake - Video Converter
Truecrypt - Encryption Software

A good site is www.osalt.com there you can find open source alt to allmost anything.

[mencargo]

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General:

K-Lite Codec Pack - There are freeware and opensource codecs, with Media Player Classic. Best video player.
NotePad++ - Lightweight and powerfull OpenSource text editor
OpenOffice
GIMP
Blender
uTorrent

Others, all free, not all OpenSource:

Foobar - Freeware audio player
WireShark
CCleaner
Chrome

[Solignis]

Oh I got another one.

XCA - OpenSSL Gui for windows

[alhadi]

Firewall Distro UTM= Unified Thread Management

Endian
Smoothwall
ClarkConnect
eBox

Web Browser's

Firefox 3.5
Opera 10

Anti Virus

AVG free edition 8.5
Avira AntiVir Personal Edition

Bittorrent Client

rtorrent
Ktorrent
Transmission
Deludge

[YeOldeStonecat]

Microsoft Security Essentials...desktop antivirus software.

[jomerx]

just to add up..

Unlocker
Paint.Net
Ccleaner
Colasoft MAC Scanner
Sun xVM VirtualBox
VLC player

[mdh]

I don't have any to add, but I would like to say that my general strength on the Windows side (and lack of on the Linux side) has kept me locked into Windows for longer than I have wanted to be. Lists like this are good for people like me (and there's probably lots of them).

THANKS!!!

[Louisd]

I second many of the mentions in this thread. In the web browser category, there is also SRWare Iron, a compilation of Google Chrome code.

LD

[Solignis]

Always glad to help in anyway possible.

Oh I also was thinking there is

pfSense
m0n0wall
endian UTM
vyatta

[wtangle]

Spiceworks - network management & monitoring, helpdesk, PC inventory & software reporting solution

[Solignis]

Can this be made into a sticky thread in the off-topic stuff?

[alhadi]

Can this be made into a sticky thread in the off-topic stuff?

I vote for this as a thread sticky

[YeOldeStonecat]

Spiceworks - network management & monitoring, helpdesk, PC inventory & software reporting solution

Try LANSweeper...more "stuff" to it, no adware either.

[mdh]

Stickiness sounds good here

And so it shall be!