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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get.  Level: 73  Posts: 15/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| This list aims to provide links to useful software programs for a variety of different operating systems and uses. It also aims to provide links to useful technical information. If you have anything you wish to add, please send a PM to myself or HyperHacker. This list last updated 2nd September, 2005 Windows Software Customisation and Configuration Microsoft PowerToys for XP Includes TweakUI (allows you to customise Windows User Interface above and beyond default settings) LiteStep -- alternative to Windows Explorer based interface. Security Zone Alarm -- free firewalling software AVG Anti Virus -- free Antivirus software Ad-Aware -- Ad-ware and spy-ware removal software* Spybot Search and Destroy -- Ad-ware and spy-ware removal software* Ad-Aware (US Site) - Another Ad-ware ans Spy-ware removal tool, it catches some things Sypybot doesn't (And Spybot catches some things Ad-Aware doesn't)* John The Ripper -- password cracking software; excellent to test your own password security Proxomitron -- powerful ad blocker / web filter Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (Beta) -- based on Giant AntiSpyware. Utilities WinZip -- Compression/Archival Software WinRAR -- Compression/Archival Software PuTTY -- free telnet and SSH client 7-Zip** -- Extremely good file compressor. Supports 7z, ZIP, RAR, CAB, and more! 7z has one of the best compression ratios (better than RAR and ZIP, although I find Bzip2 gets better). SmartFTP -- FTP client, free for personal use. Emulation/Virtual Machines/etc Bochs** -- x86 emulator availible on many platforms: UNIX, BSD, Windows, Mac Classic, Mac OS X, and more. Cygwin -- A Linux-like environment for Windows Network Tools Angry IP Scanner -- program for analysing networks NetStumbler -- program for finding wireless networks PingOMeter -- A VISUAL program to replace that "ping" command in DOS. Graphically appealing and functional! Instant Messaging AOL Instant Messenger -- allows access to the AOL messaging service MSN Messenger -- allows access to the MSN messaging service Yahoo! Messenger -- access to Yahoo messaging ICQ -- access to ICQ messaging service Jabber -- open Instant Messaging Trillian -- allows access to multiple IM services GAIM -- allows access to multiple IM services Web Browsers Mozilla -- Open Source browser Mozilla Firefox -- fast, light open source browser Opera - Standards Compliant Web Browsing IRC clients mIRC -- The most popular and easiest to use IRC client Klient -- An alternative to mIRC, themes, and also multi-server support (like mIRC) SysReset -- Based on mIRC but a much, much better filesharing interface - ideal for FServes! ChatZilla** - Nifty IRC client in a Mozilla and Firefox extension. Office Productivity Software OpenOffice.org Video VLC Apple Software Web Browsers Safari Mozilla Camino (optimised for OS X) Mozilla Firefox Mail Clients Mozilla Thunderbird Instant Messaging Adium X -- Multi Protocol IM Fire 1.0 -- Multi-Protocol IM Client for OSX Network Tools KisMAC iStumbler -- finds wireless networks Utilities StuffIt -- compression/archival software Quicksilver -- a search tool for OS X. Video VLC Linux Software Linux Distributions Red Hat Linux Fedora Core (based on Red Hat) Mandrake Linux Debian GNU/Linux Slackware Linux Gentoo Linux Live-CD Linux Distributions Knoppix (debian based; KDE interface) Gnoppix (debian based, Gnome interface) Desktop Environments KDE Gnome XFce Enlightenment Ximian Desktop Productivity / Office Packages OpenOffice.org StarOffice (Retail MSRP $79.95) Instant Messaging GAIM - access to multiple IM services AIM for Linux AMSN Messenger MSN Linux Clone Mail Clients Mozilla Thunderbird Ximian Evolution K-mail (KDE) Mutt IRC Clients XChat BitchX Web Browsers Mozilla Mozilla Firefox Konqueror (KDE) Opera Emulators, Virtual Machines, etc WINE Allows you to run Windows apps Crossover Office Allows you to run Windows apps VMware "Virtual Infrastructure" DOSBox - x86 emulator w/ DOS Security Smoothwall -- Linux based firewall distro Video VLC Useful Links Hardware Information AnandTech - hardware analysis and reviews Tom's Hardware -- technical product reviews Intel -- processor manufacturer (Pentium, Celeron) AMD -- processor manufacturer (Duron, Athlon) Western Digital -- Hard Drive + storage manufacturer Seagate -- Hard Drive and Storage manufacturer Maxtor -- Hard Drie and storage manufacturer MSI - Micro Star International -- motherboards, video cards, etc manufacturer Gigabyte -- motherboard manufacturer Nvidia -- video card manufacturer Tech News Slashdot -- "News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters" Ars Technica -- The PC Enthusiast's Resource Software SourceForge -- open source software development Old Version -- older software downloads (Submitted by Legion) Security Red Hat Linux: Password Security -- Excellent guide to strong password creation Ad Servers -- a list of adservers in various formats for easy blocking out. I know that there's a lot, LOT more, so submit software YOU find useful and we'll add it to the list!  * NOTE - You MUST download the new updates (options within the programs themselves) to detect all the adware and spyware - newer threats do NOT show up with the definitions that come with the programs - think of it as updating virus definitions! ** - submitted by FreeDOS (edited by ChibiTaryn on 04-24-04 08:43 AM) (edited by ChibiTaryn on 04-28-04 12:10 AM) (edited by ChibiTaryn on 05-05-04 10:31 PM) (edited by Tarale on 10-25-04 07:14 AM) (edited by Tarale on 09-01-05 10:48 PM) (edited by Tarale on 09-01-05 10:56 PM) (edited by Tarale on 09-01-05 11:01 PM) (edited by Yiffy Kitten on 09-16-05 07:39 PM) |
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kitty Come on babe, pet the pussy ;) Level: 70 Posts: 255/2449 EXP: 2962406 For next: 53405 Since: 03-15-04 From: Scranton, PA, USA Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 3 hours |
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| If you have something to add to the list, PM myself or a HW/SW mod so we can add it! *closes and stickies* |
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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 104/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Haha, how long has this been open since you said that?  Anywho, I'm gonna add another useful Windoze app: The Proxomitron. A very powerful ad-blocker/web filter compatible with anything that can use a proxy. It's fully customizeable and can do anything from killing annoying popups and banners to adding things to every page you visit. And it's free. Now why don't I close this? PM a HW/SW mod if you got something to add (like Yiffy Kitten said).  |
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neotransotaku Baby Mario 戻れたら、 誰も気が付く Level: 87 Posts: 954/4016 EXP: 6220548 For next: 172226 Since: 03-15-04 From: Outside of Time/Space Since last post: 11 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Heh...I have an update to this : For those who want the power of Microsoft Office but feel guilty about pirating, then try downloading OpenOffice. This is a free office suite that has the three things from Microsoft Office you will ever need: Word, Excel, Powerpoint (but they are not called these three things in OpenOffice Anyways, OpenOffice has many of the features for Microsoft Office and is less resource hogging and less integrated into Windows than Microsoft Office is. Also, I believe OpenOffice is also immune to macro viruses found often in Word or Excel documents. |
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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 3472/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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*Accidentally un-sticks and re-sticks thread*  Just thought I'd add VLC Player to the list. It's an awesome video/audio player, mainly because of its versatility. It can play just about any format and is available for just about every OS - Windows, Mac, Linux, even BeOS. It uses its own video core rather than Windows', so it uses much less resources and doesn't suffer from the restrictions and problems that most players do. (It actually runs fast enough to play .ogm files on my computer, more than Windows Media can say.  ) Supports speed control for just about every format, quick jump forward and backward, internal volume control, subtitles, DVDs, multiple audio and video tracks, and can force normal or widescreen for any video. It can even display the video as colourized ASCII art in a DOS box.  Also, it's open-source and skinnable.Tips: -If you don't mind bugs, click Developers and get the latest nightly build, which contains the ability to take screenshots and other nifty features. -If you have a joypad which can emulate keypresses, you can assign the buttons to certain hotkeys, and use it as a remote! The program works almost exactly like a VCR or DVD player this way, complete with simple on-screen display. -The Hotkeys screen takes a while to load. During this time it will appear to have crashed, but just wait, it'll come up eventually. -Add the following entries to your file associations for video files: "D:\Program Files\VLC Media Player\vlc.exe" --aspect-ratio="16:9" "%1" "D:\Program Files\VLC Media Player\vlc.exe" --aspect-ratio="4:3" "%1" [edit the path as needed, of course, and leave the quotes how they are.] These options will allow you to force the video to play in 4:3 (normal) or 16:9 (widescreen) format regardless of the original specification. An awesome feature for those of us who are sick of having 2-inch black borders at the top and bottom of the movie. |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 2470/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Added all the things mentioned in these posts to the list. Added also Microsoft AntiSpyware, and Ars Technica. Reclosing. Please PM myself or HyperHacker to add further things to the list. |
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kitty Come on babe, pet the pussy ;) Level: 70 Posts: 2037/2449 EXP: 2962406 For next: 53405 Since: 03-15-04 From: Scranton, PA, USA Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 3 hours |
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| Added a neat program I found in a 5 second search when knuck told me the main reason to still use DOS (ping)~ |
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