The best free Tools/Software you should have on your PC

[mdshare]

So lets make together a list of free software what should be installed on every PC

Office Software

Software for mail, spreadsheets etc

• Firefox 3.5.2
  
• Foxit Reader 3.0
  
• OpenOffice.org 3.1.0
  
• Thunderbird 2.0

Multimedia

Software for graphics, movies, etc ..

• VLC Media Player 1.0.1
  
• GIMP 2.6.7

Dev/programmer Tools

Usefull software to help with the development of your projects

• Notepad++
  
• SmartFTP (not fully free, trial stops after 30 days)
  
• winRAR/winZIP / 7Zip (best in a_bertrand opinion)
  
• Wamp/Xamp

[Nickson]

So you are going to keep track of a few programs that might be interesting? Might become a huge list! And how will you decided what ones that will come on the list, as not all are compatible with all os's and such :P

Openkomodo (development)

Filezilla (ftp client/server)

Pidgin (chat program)

Xchat (irc client - 30days trial on windows - unlimited on linux)

Kvirc (irc client)

Netbeans (development)

 

Some other tools that other people might use and are worth mentioning for sure

Opera - Chrome

Star office

notepad2, editplus, phpedit, geany, gedit, ...

evolution (mail)

totem, miro, media player classic (video playing)

[mdshare]

After lets say 20 replies or so we could make a multi category/vote poll so that the community builds the final list.

And I have also more than posted in my post just didn't want to list to much :p

[seanybob]

# Notepad++

I've found Crimson Editor to be a better text editor myself. Notepad ++ is decent though.

 

# SmartFTP (not fully free, trial stops after 30 days)

Ew... No really good freeware out there ftpwise. Firefox's ftp add-on is fine, but doesn't allow you to edit text files on the server inside the ftp program. I personally use cuteftp, costs $60, and has every feature I could ever want.

 

# winRAR/winZIP

7zip is the way to go. Unlike winrar and winzip, 7zip supports ALL compression formats mankind has ever come up with, as well as encryption. And it's free.

[mdshare]

Thanks, gives me some new toys now

and crimson editor was my fav but I switched to notepad++ ... following the crowd ...

[reek13]

i would also recommend them i cant use everyone of those programs because i have a mac but there some nice programs

[mdshare]

Feel free to make a list of free programs/tools for a MAC there are probably more MAC users on our forums.

[POG1]

InkScape (vector drawing)

Genie (programming tool)

Flock (social browser, based on FF)

[avguste]

Opera.com

Chrome

Comod.com

Avast

Muziic.com

[Djkanna]

Way too many to list :P

Browsers(In order of frequently used)

• Firefox (Newest versions)
• Internet Explorer (Css pain xD)
• Opera
• Safari
• Google Chrome

Web Dev(Same as browsers)

• NotePad ++ (free)
• RapidPHP (Lazy tool)
• Net Beans (Another lazy tool)
• Eclipse (Extremely heavy but nice features)

Um, that's it for this one :P

Web Design:

• Adobe Photoshop Cs4(Cannot wait for Cs5)
• GIMP(Slow loading but okay)
• InkScape(Think this has been mentioned (Vector))
• Paint (Great quick loading for ScreenShot editing)

Mac tools not that I have a Mac but yeah..

• CssEdit
• Coda
• Mamp

FTP:

• Cute FTP
• FTP Commander(Free)

Local Servers

• Vertrigo
• EasyPHP
• Wamp

Fire Fox Addons:

• FireBug
• Measure It
• Colour Picker thingy ma bob (No idea of it's exact name)
• ScreenGrab
• HtmlTidy
• GreaseMonkey
• CodeBurner(Handy Reference Guide(Never actually used it :P))
• Pixel Perfect
• GridFox

Online Tools

http://www.pxtoem.com

http://www.w3.org

Who can forget what *some* people should use more often

www.php.net

[KyleH112]

PHP Editor (PHP Editing, also finds errors)

Easy Image Modifier (Image Resizing)

EasyPic (Image Resizing)

WebDisk - FTP (Not really a program but it comes with my web server)

Website for alot of freeware Programs.

http://www.webattack.com