*OT* - Freeware list for new puter

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Duddits

I've put together a cd for install on my new machine I'm building.
Critique and comments requested.

Freeware

AgentRansack1.7.3
AntMovieCatalog3.43
aspiCheck
AVIcodec_1.1.0.4-AVI Analyzer
BitrateCalc
Cammy
D2SRoBa3.77-DVD2SVCD Plugin
Daxtars ShutdownTimer1.03
Digital Camera Enhancer1.3
Disk Cleaner1.53
DVD2SVCD1.2.2b3
DVDShrink3.2.0.15
DVDsig
Exact Audio Copy
ETrust AntiVirus
EraseTemp
FileZilla2.2.9
Firefox1.1.0
FireGraphic6.1.618 minus spyware
Foobar0.7.6
Foo Looks
ForceASPI1.7
FoxIT PDF Reader
FreeCommander2004.10b
FreeExtractor-ZIPSFXCreator
FreePDF
Gaim1.1.1-InstantMessanger
Gipo@MoveOnBoot
GrabIT
HJSplitPRO
IrfanView
IsoBuster
KeyboardLock
K-LiteMegaCodecPack1.16
Media Player Classic
MozBackup1.4
Mp3Gain
MPCrypt0.5
NetPerSec
OpenOffice1.1.4
Password Safe
PhotoFiltre6.0.2
QuickCrypt1.0
QuickPar0.9.1
SafeGaurd PrivateCrypto
SenLab1.0-LabelPrinting
SFXCreator1.6-SFX Encryption
SummerProperties.1.1-RightClick MD5, CRC, SFV
Sygate Personal Firewall 5.5
Edxor
MetaPad
TMPGEnc
UnplugnPray
VCDEasy
VirtualDub
VLC Player
XNews
Zip2SecureEXE

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Payware

ACDSee Classic - there is no subsitute
Acronis TrueImage
Agent
Cinema Craft Encoder Basic
Nero - came with DVD burner
PowerDVD - came with vid card
Servant Salamander - the best file manager"."
Winrar

regards

Dud
 
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Phoenix

Duddits said:
I've put together a cd for install on my new machine I'm building.
Critique and comments requested.
Click to expand...

Dud.

Just a couple of personal preferences.

"Servant Salamander - the best file manager." Prefer Total Commander any
day.
"ACDSee Classic - there is no subsitute." What's wrong with XNView?

Regards.
 
S

Semolina Pilchard

Dud.

Just a couple of personal preferences.

"Servant Salamander - the best file manager." Prefer Total Commander any
day.
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Maybe, but he did say FREEWARE, which excludes a SHAREWARE program
which you repeatedly urge upon people. I've heard all the stories
about how it doesn't stop working at the expiry of the trial period
and the nag-screen is bearable and so on.

Doesn't make any difference. The license is shareware. If we - or
anything we do in this group - are to retain any credibility it's time
we stopped recommending stealing shareware.
 
M

ms

Duddits said:
I've put together a cd for install on my new machine I'm building.
Critique and comments requested.

Freeware
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You're into lots of activities beyond my computing, but my first utility is always
2XExplorer. Don't want to open a big thread, but the triple view is my
preference. Also Startup Control Panel (Mike Lin) and Tweakui.

Mike Sa
 
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Mark Warner

Duddits said:
I've put together a cd for install on my new machine I'm building.
Critique and comments requested.

Freeware

K-LiteMegaCodecPack1.16
Media Player Classic
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Can't remember if Quicktime Alternative and Real Alternative are
included with the MegaPack or not, but they should definitely be part of
the mix.
 
J

jo

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Duddits

Dud.

Just a couple of personal preferences.

"Servant Salamander - the best file manager." Prefer Total Commander any
day.
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You need to download/try SS2.5beta7 -smokes Total Commander IMNSHO.
Total Commander is good - no doubt SS is better ;-)
http://www.altap.cz/download.html#sal25
"ACDSee Classic - there is no subsitute." What's wrong with XNView?
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XNView is excellent. I use IrfanView/ServantSalamander(F3) as my default
graphics viewer. ACDSee preloads graphic files and allows you to do a
slide show viewing 1mb photos @ 1/2 second intervals. Nothing else comes
close.

regards

Dud
 
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Duddits

Can't remember if Quicktime Alternative and Real Alternative are
included with the MegaPack or not, but they should definitely be part of
the mix.
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Agree - fortunately, both Quicktime Alternative and Real Alternative as
well as Media Player Classic.

regards

Dud
 
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Duddits

You are missing the freeware apps Agent Group Order, and AgtFind.

AGO allows you to reorder the subs groups list and also gives the
option to toggle a group into a folder so you can import a msg into a
ng.

http://www.gordol.org/agent.html
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Durn! that's one I almost forgot. Can't live without AGO.
AgtFind is *much* faster than Ctrl+G and also allows for ng stats
generation.

http://pelegi.bei.t-online.de/agtfind1740.zip

Both are 'must have' Agent add ons
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Never have tried AgtFind - downloading now.

thanks

Dud
 
F

Fran Bott

Duddits said:
I've put together a cd for install on my new machine I'm building.
Critique and comments requested.

Freeware

AgentRansack1.7.3
AntMovieCatalog3.43
aspiCheck
AVIcodec_1.1.0.4-AVI Analyzer
BitrateCalc
Cammy
D2SRoBa3.77-DVD2SVCD Plugin
Daxtars ShutdownTimer1.03
Digital Camera Enhancer1.3
Disk Cleaner1.53
DVD2SVCD1.2.2b3
DVDShrink3.2.0.15
DVDsig
Exact Audio Copy
ETrust AntiVirus
EraseTemp
FileZilla2.2.9
Firefox1.1.0
FireGraphic6.1.618 minus spyware
Foobar0.7.6
Foo Looks
ForceASPI1.7
FoxIT PDF Reader
FreeCommander2004.10b
FreeExtractor-ZIPSFXCreator
FreePDF
Gaim1.1.1-InstantMessanger
Gipo@MoveOnBoot
GrabIT
HJSplitPRO
IrfanView
IsoBuster
KeyboardLock
K-LiteMegaCodecPack1.16
Media Player Classic
MozBackup1.4
Mp3Gain
MPCrypt0.5
NetPerSec
OpenOffice1.1.4
Password Safe
PhotoFiltre6.0.2
QuickCrypt1.0
QuickPar0.9.1
SafeGaurd PrivateCrypto
SenLab1.0-LabelPrinting
SFXCreator1.6-SFX Encryption
SummerProperties.1.1-RightClick MD5, CRC, SFV
Sygate Personal Firewall 5.5
Edxor
MetaPad
TMPGEnc
UnplugnPray
VCDEasy
VirtualDub
VLC Player
XNews
Zip2SecureEXE

*** OT ***
Payware

ACDSee Classic - there is no subsitute
Acronis TrueImage
Agent
Cinema Craft Encoder Basic
Nero - came with DVD burner
PowerDVD - came with vid card
Servant Salamander - the best file manager"."
Winrar

regards

Dud
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Maybe I missed it, but I would add the following for Spyware removal:
SpywareBlaster
Spybot Search and Destroy
AdawareSE
And the following GRC Tools for disabling unnecessary Window Services
Shoot the Messenger
UnPlugNPray
Dcombobulator
Socket Lock

Fran
 
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Phoenix

Semolina Pilchard said:
Maybe, but he did say FREEWARE, which excludes a SHAREWARE program
which you repeatedly urge upon people. I've heard all the stories
about how it doesn't stop working at the expiry of the trial period
and the nag-screen is bearable and so on.

Doesn't make any difference. The license is shareware. If we - or
anything we do in this group - are to retain any credibility it's time
we stopped recommending stealing shareware.
Click to expand...

I responded with my *personal* preference for Total Commander as Dud
included a *payware* (also flagged as OT) section and, therefore, felt it
deserved inclusion on that basis.
Had HE not done so, I would not have felt it appropriate to do so.
I DO have a liking for Total Commander, that much is true and obvious. I was
not aware of *repeatedly* urging it on people. "People" are absolutely able
to make up their own minds.
If you are angry, imagine how upset that makes me. :)
 
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Semolina Pilchard

I responded with my *personal* preference for Total Commander as Dud
included a *payware* (also flagged as OT) section and, therefore, felt it
deserved inclusion on that basis.
Had HE not done so, I would not have felt it appropriate to do so.
I DO have a liking for Total Commander, that much is true and obvious. I was
not aware of *repeatedly* urging it on people. "People" are absolutely able
to make up their own minds.
If you are angry, imagine how upset that makes me. :)
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I'm not angry though I will confess to some exasperation. Barely a
day passes without discussion and recommendation of non-freeware
programs. Perhaps my use of the word "repeatedly" over-stated the
case; nonetheless, you have suggested it before, couched in terms that
suggested that non-expiring shareware was in some way equivalent to
freeware.

I am equally fond of Total Commander, having held a registered copy
for many years. I don't discuss it here. Of all the groups of
programs, the dual-pane file manager is probably the best represented
in freeware. There may be none quite so good as TC but that's
irrelevant - there is a a plethora of competent freeware programs of
this type to recommend and discuss.

If this group were about absolute quality - which it is not - we
would, arguably, talk about no bitmap editor other than Photoshop.
That's not what it's about, though. We deal with quality - or at
least adequacy for purpose - of freeware.

Any suggestion that freeware can be substituted with non-expiring
shareware sets alarm bells ringing, for me, because it goes to the
heart of what we're about. For the group to retain its high
reputation we must be scrupulous about the integrity of our advice.

At times I cringed at John Corliss's methods, much as I might agree
with his intentions. That he performed a valuable service here cannot
be doubted, given the growth in payware recommendation and debate
since he absented himself. I didn't think I would ever say that. I
was wrong.
 
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(ProteanThread)

Fran said:
Maybe I missed it, but I would add the following for Spyware removal:
SpywareBlaster
Spybot Search and Destroy
AdawareSE
And the following GRC Tools for disabling unnecessary Window Services
Shoot the Messenger
UnPlugNPray
Dcombobulator
Socket Lock

Fran
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nice to see you in this part of the net, fran :)



--
Woodzy

http://www.rtdos.com (alt OS for games based on the classics)
http://l.webring.com/hub?ring=technologytutori ( technology
information for students and educators )
 
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(ProteanThread)

Semolina said:
At times I cringed at John Corliss's methods, much as I might agree
with his intentions. That he performed a valuable service here cannot
be doubted, given the growth in payware recommendation and debate
since he absented himself. I didn't think I would ever say that. I
was wrong.
Click to expand...

But then this newsgroup wouldn't be any fun. Besides, debate is healthy.


--
Woodzy

http://www.rtdos.com (alt OS for games based on the classics)
http://l.webring.com/hub?ring=technologytutori ( technology
information for students and educators )
 
W

wald

Duddits said:
Firefox1.1.0
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Doesn't exist yet :)
Gaim1.1.1-InstantMessanger
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I'd go for Miranda, think it's lighter on resources.
PhotoFiltre6.0.2
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GIMP GIMP GIMP. But that's personal taste :)
For vector graphics, check out Inkscape (http//inkscape.org). It's a
mighty fine program, I believe everybody should check it out.
MetaPad
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Ever seen Notepad2? I switched to it because it has block select
mode, Metapad unfortunately doesn't have that. But if you don't need
that, Metapad still remains a top choice.

Regards,
Wald
 
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Duddits

Maybe I missed it, but I would add the following for Spyware removal:
SpywareBlaster
Spybot Search and Destroy
AdawareSE
And the following GRC Tools for disabling unnecessary Window Services
Shoot the Messenger
UnPlugNPray
Dcombobulator
Socket Lock

Fran
Click to expand...

Doh! *slaps self on forehead*
I completely forgot these! Thanks Fran.

regards

Dud
 
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