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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:28 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
50 of the best free online sites as per the UK:

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=10297

Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:11 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
20 Open Source programs (most are cross-platform):

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/21980 ... -wikipedia

ClamWin antivirus software sounds interesting.


.........and the extra 40.

http://www.teknobites.com/2007/09/08/40 ... s-for-you/

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:06 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
Driver Sweeper. Like Driver Cleaner, only completely free:

http://www.guru3d.com/newsitem.php?id=5936

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 4:50 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
Imgburn:

http://www.imgburn.com/

Excellent burning prog that works on Windows and Linux with Wine.

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 5:15 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
Dia (alternative to M$ Visio)
http://live.gnome.org/Dia

QCAD (alt. to AutoCAD)
http://www.ribbonsoft.com/qcad.html

BRL-CAD (US Army alt. to AutoCAD)
http://brlcad.org/

Gimpshop (Gimp with Photoshop skins)
http://plasticbugs.com/?page_id=294
http://gimpshopdotnet.blogspot.com/

Infrarecorder (alt. to Nero)
http://infrarecorder.sourceforge.net/

Avidemux (alt. to Premiere)
http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/
-has a DVDAuthor plugin:
http://dvdauthor.sourceforge.net/

Scilab (alt. to Matlab)
http://www.osalt.com/scilab

Freevo (alt. to MCE)
http://freevo.sourceforge.net/

Clamwin (alt. to Norton)
http://www.clamwin.com/

Bacula (alt. to Norton Ghost and other backup progs)
http://www.bacula.org/

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 3:55 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
Program that lets you figure out what the Task Manager is trying to tell you:

http://overclockers.com/articles1507/

Uniblue Library.

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:49 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)

Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:22 am
by THE JEW (RaVeN)

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 2:21 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
Free version of Photoshop:

https://www.photoshop.com/express/index.html

Like, legally free.............and from Adobe.

Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 2:55 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)

Re: Programs To Make Up For Windows Inadequacies

Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 12:08 am
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
apt-get for Windows when it comes to drivers:

http://www.overclockers.com/index.php?o ... temid=4264

Checks all of your drivers and finds the newest releases

Re: Programs To Make Up For Windows Inadequacies

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:23 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
Free OCR:

http://www.overclockers.com/index.php?o ... temid=4264

Basically, take any scan or photo or any image with text, use the software, and it will convert the digital picture of the text into actual words you can use in a document. Very handy for students who "borrow" books from the library.

Re: Programs To Make Up For Windows Inadequacies

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:34 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
Free OCR

http://www.overclockers.com/index.php?o ... temid=4264

Take a pic of some text or paper, use the software, and it turns it into a word file.

Re: Programs To Make Up For Windows Inadequacies

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:38 pm
by [PX] Nebuchadnezzar
I just found a great program! I forget where I heard about it, but it sure is great!

Free OCR

http://www.overclockers.com/index.php?o ... temid=4264

Take a pic of some text or paper, use the software, and it turns it into a word file.
Basically, take any scan or photo or any image with text, use the software, and it will convert the digital picture of the text into actual words you can use in a document. Very handy for students who "borrow" books from the library.

Re: Programs To Make Up For Windows Inadequacies

Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 12:41 am
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
Lol. I guess the lack of sleep is becoming a *bit* more evident.




Or do I love OCR that much? Hmmmmmmmmmm