My List of Windows Freeware/Open Source Software & Freeware alternatives to payware.

[ThomasTheXPUser]

I'm new to ComputerHope, go easy. i compiled a list of freeware/open source freeware/freeware alternatives to payware. Feel free to add suggestions to the list. it's far from perfect, and I know I missed a lot

Best Freeware and Open Source applications
                        by ThomasTheXPUser

                                  Internet
                                   
Browser : Mozilla Firefox
Browser Honorable Mention : K-Meleon, Opera


FTP : WinSCP, Encrypted FTP, FileZilla
FTP Honorable Mention : FireFTP Firefox Add-on

                                     Media

Audio Player : VLC
Audio Player Honorable Mention : Media Player Classic
                                                                Songbird
Video Player : VLC
Video Player Honorable Mention : Media Player Classic
                                                                 WinAmp
Audio Editor/Recorder : Audacity
Codec Pack : K-Lite Codec Pack
DVD Creator (DVD's playable in DVD Players) : DVD Flick
Video Editor : VirtualDub       
Burner : CDBurnerXP                           
                                                                           


                   
                             Graphics

Image Editor : GIMP
Image Editor Honorable Mention : Picasa                                                       
Image Viewer : Picasa
Image Creator : GIMP
Image Creator Honorable Mention : Inkscape
                                                         Paint.NET

                            System Utilities

System Cleaner : Ccleaner
Anti-Virus :  AVG

Other Malware removers :
 
Malware bytes
Super Anti Spyware
SpyBot Search and Destroy

                         Office

Openoffice.org
IBM Lotus Symphony

[kpac]

Remove these:

Torrent Client : uTorrent
Torrent Client Honorable Mention : Vuze
Torrent/P2P Privacy: Peer Guardian
P2P : FrostWire
P2P Honorable Mention : Shareaza
Registry Editor : Ccleaner

None of these are a good idea.

FTP : WinSCP
FTP Honorable Mention : FireFTP Firefox Add-on

Also add Encryted FTP and FileZilla.

[quaxo]

I think it's umm... just a ploy to umm... promote his Youtube umm... channel.

You should umm... watch the umm.. videos, kpac. Not for umm...  knowledge, just umm... for a good umm... laugh.


(Watch his 2 videos, you'll get the joke.)

[kpac]

Heh, that's so cute.

[patio]

A more definitive list from one of Our Resident Experts can be found Here...

[Rob Pomeroy]

Bless you Pat.

Hmm... I just noticed that page said:

I originally compiled this list when I was able to be an active member of the free technical support forum, Computer Hope. Although I haven't hung out there for many years,...

I'd better fix that!!!

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Any way to stop Spamware?

"Are you still using IE? It is the least secure web browser on the planet"
Someone hasn't heard of chrome.

[ThomasTheXPUser]

I dont use torrents ,some people like em. Going down. Its not to promote my YT channel, ill take the thread down if you want me to. Ill add encrypted FTP and FileZilla too

[ThomasTheXPUser]

The List from the resident experts is GREAT. You guys rock.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Perhaps you want to think about removing your Youtube link.....

[ThomasTheXPUser]

OK

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

[ThomasTheXPUser]

Sorry for putting it in there in the first place, Carbon Dudeoxide. Not a smart idea

[quaxo]

Sorry for putting it in there in the first place, Carbon Dudeoxide. Not a smart idea

I was just kidding around, Thomas. 

Usually people who make posts like that never come back. 

[ThomasTheXPUser]

OK. Im not a one post guy. I will try to help the community as much as I can! I like a good joke, as well as constructive criticism. I will try to say umm less, as it is a habit for me.