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[Athena]

I use it too and also recommend it.

[Prophet of the Pimps]

Areze, on 16 Dec 2007, 13:11, said:

Hey Prophet, did you ever use 7Zip, 'cause I have it, and wanted to know if there are better (FREE by the way, can't pull money outta my ass) ones out there. To be honest I use it only for .rar files.

funny thing i just installed it two days ago because i got bugged by the winrar nag screen. gonna give it a few more days before i make my final judgment but things are looking up.

[Prophet of the Pimps]

ok did a bit of testing but got to say i am not too happy with 7zip. It failed to properly open multi file rar and cant package things in rar either.

[Mathias]

For any media player needs, I must say Media Player Classic is by far the most compact, adaptable, flexible and reliable one I've ever used. It does everything VLC does, but is more stable, looks better, and is even smaller. With a few codec packs, it takes ANY filetype you could possibly throw at it.
It also supports several types of softsub, good for any anime-torrenting needs.

Edited by Mathias, 17 December 2007 - 14:06.

[Jamie^]

Jamie^, on 12 Dec 2007, 21:57, said:

I just think you should put a new category for gaming software, then put Xfire, Teamspeak, Ventrillio and mIRC in there to start off with, and yeah, some music editing programs would be sweet!

*cough*

[Prophet of the Pimps]

Prophet of the Pimps, on 13 Dec 2007, 15:10, said:

Also the list for daily use task. IRC and Team chat softwares are just not that useful for your average user

You catching a cold or something buddy?

[Jamie^]

ROFL, I completley missed that, I read that post, just not that bit of the post, sorry.

But Xfire is a IM software, IM has its daily uses

[Soul]

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10) Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Might not be as feature rich as the professional ones but it does it job well. This audio editor has everything that a casual DJ should need. Try out the latest beta because its way better then then last stable version

The computers at my school have that and I just d/l'ed it, should help with my Voice acting .

[Ellipsis]

Lol, did they get it just now?

500th Post!!!

[Soul]

No, they had it for awhile.

[Ellipsis]

Good I was about to say...

[Prophet of the Pimps]

you need to get lame mp3 codec for saving stuff in mp3 format. the links there in the list.

[chance]

http://www.opensourcewindows.org/

has tones of great free open source software that is sorted by catagory... its awsome!!

Prophet please add to the list of software... it has good software...its greate!

[Prophet of the Pimps]

Sorry but i can't put it up unless i can try them out. some software are good but they are just too fresh off of development to be recommended to a larger audience. Mainly because i dont want anyone to be turned of by open source software because they couldn't handle bugs in Beta products which some FOSS are still are. You are free to make individual suggestion in this topic though so post away.

PS: Some of the software on that page are already on the list.

[CodeCat]

Unless you really need mp3, you're better off forgoing mp3 altogether and using Ogg Vorbis. It's supported by more (especially free) sound editors because it's free. And if more people start using it, support for it will get better too. I did a quality test myself and found that its quality was seriously superior to mp3 at the same bit rate.

For those interested how I tested:
Using GoldWave, I opened an uncompressed direct-from-CD WAV file of a song, and compressed it with LAME mp3 at 64 kb/s and 128 kb/s, and Vorbis at q0 and q4. These are roughly the same bitrates, but Vorbis is inherently a variable data rate codec so it doesn't exactly match up.

Next, I took the compressed sounds and subtracted the original sound from it through GoldWave. Doing this with mp3 was a slight problem because LAME added 250 ms of silence before the track. So I needed to remove this from the mp3 file beforehand.

The resulting sound is the difference between the original and the compressed version. The difference sound consists entirely of what the codec has added to the sound, and should therefore be as silent or inaudible as possible. Ideally, original and compressed versions are identical, which would mean the difference would be zero.

Now, listen to the different difference sounds and compare them. Mp3 has a very weird warbling sound that is quite noticeable at 128 kb/s, but is even more prominent at 64 kb/s. Vorbis on the other hand not only has a softer difference sound (=better reproduction!), but also has no warbling sound. Rather the difference sounds like a sort of mechanical hissing, which is far less noticeable in a recording. I would safely say that Vorbis at q0 sounded pretty close to mp3 at 128 kb/s - that's half the bitrate!

[Waris]

Damn Hell. If only my phone supports .ogg...

[Prophet of the Pimps]

Waris, on 1 Feb 2008, 1:15, said:

Damn Hell. If only my phone supports .ogg...

Won't be of any use because your phones output through the speakers or the headphones won't be good enough to notice the difference. Also for Archiving purpose flac is a better option. But if you just want a normal universal support and are not an Audiophile then an MP3 is fine too.

Educational Note: .ogg is a container format and is not the same as mp3. Its Vorbis that is the actual muscle behind the music compression. .ogg can also be a video file and not necessarily a audio file.

[Wi-Ta]

Hi Prophet
i have to say this list is very nice done.
almost all the program are on my computer for years

i have some nice stuff for your list
only program that works since years fine for me

FreePdf XP for Windows 2000 / XP /Server 2003 / Vista
you only have a pdf viewer, this program is for making pdf (easy printing pdf)
Download

GhostScript 8.54 is need for freepdf.
download

TeamViewer
very save and easy way to help your friends with desktop remote access over the Internet.
my dad live 350km away from me and TV helps me to install new program on his pc or to do what is needed.
Homepage Teamviewer


best regards
Wi-Ta

[Waris]

LOL NECRO

Imagenomic Noiseware Community Edition

If your life depends on a sub-par digital camera (or phone camera) that produces noise-infected images (especially night shots) then this software is the one you want to swear by. The Community Edition reduces noise effectively enough for the most avid photobugs, but in case you still thirst for more power, the Pro Edition is there to quench it. Waris gives 4.5 out of 5 W's.

[̀̀̀̀█]

Wow, Pimp must not have two screens.

Using all my status for this I require that you put DisplayFusion on that list, under dualmoniter support. By FAR, the best desktop rotater, as it allows two SEPARATE images for your desktop, and ask ANYONE with dual screens, its a bitch to do. It's unbelievable.

Please add it? It's great. It also has very good support, the developer actively changes the program, although he has slowed down after he released version two, but I am supporting his efforts, doing major troubleshooting for him in the forums.

Linky!

And the pro version is well worth it.... IIRC you need it to get the desktop rotater.. But have two different images? Priceless. And that part is free >.<

[chance]

I agree with the above... displayFusion is the best multi monitor wallpaper software out there!

Also... for a good IM client... Digsby...
It can manage all your IM clients:
AIM
MSN
Yahoo
Google Talk
ICQ
Jabber
Facebook Chat

It can check all your email accounts:
Gmail
Yahoo
Hotmail
AOL/AIM
and all others that have POP or IMAP protocols

It can also get you updates about social networking sites:
Facebook
MySpace
Twitter

and like all software here its free... and it also gets updates daily!

http://www.digsby.com/

[Thinker]

If you need free files i recommend using mininova its a bitorrent source that has a huge selection of files and its community is helpful next to some downloads you'll see a little text bubble and a number next to it these are comments on the file from people who downloaded it. They will tell you if it works and how to get it to work or if its a nasty virus you don't need to be registered to use and its free. Dont download the ones without comments because those usually are viruses or sometimes new. Like i said its a helpful community and registration is free however you don't need to be registered to download only to comment. heres the site http://www.mininova.org/

I think someone asked for vista recommendations My system recommendations for vista are as follows:

2gb of ram ddr2 800 dual channel for lower end video games like zero hour dawn of war etc however for games crysis or company of heroes i recommend 3gbs or more vista is somewhat a memory hog especially if you play games with lots of ai opponents or lots of online human opponents it will lag. 3gb memory is my recommendation for present gamers.

You need a multi core processor or a powerful single core to run vista at its best preferably the athlon 64 x2 4600 or higher or the e2160 or higher dont get me wrong a strong single core processor will run it good like the Pentium 4 ee precotts . I have an e2160 overclocked to 2.6ghz on stock fan.

I also have a 9600gt which is just a few fps below the 8800gt however you can run vista on integrated gma 950 never tested it on other chipsets you don't need some high end or even mainstream videocard to run vista. All this runs on a ga p35 ds3l mobo with 480 watt power supply and an atrix case. It was a 420 dollar build off newegg the sites i recommend for building a computer are tigerdirect or newegg. Newegg hase better customer support in my opinion and better return policys

Anyways i dont recommend getting vista wait until windows 7 comes out in 2009 or 2010 directx 10 isn't all that and its a resource hog at that. Plus vista has alot of bugs and compatibility issues i have windows xp and vista on dual boot and mostly use xp.

My software recommendations keep in mind you'll need utorrents or limewire to download these any p2p will work and this sofware works on xp and vista

Avast antivirus i think its one of the best antiviruses out there http://www.mininova....h/?search=avast I recommend downloading this one it worked for me and has easy instructions http://www.mininova.org/tor/1353829


Thats all i can recommend for the general user there is alot of software downloads on mininova look it up on their site if you have any questions on software\hardware dont hesitate to ask i don't recommend vista stick to xp people and hope Microsoft doesn't mess up on windows 7. Prophet has most the software I would recommend listed already he has a good compiled list.

Heres some good software for overclockers

Orthos-it stress test you pc to see if you have stable overclock

Vista boot pro-not really for overclockers but still is free and helpful use only if you have vista and want a dual boot configuration

Cpu-z looks up advanced system specs like whether your memory is running in dual channel or not

Speedfan- lets you view temperatures of video card processor mobo etc also can control speed of fans obviously

Rivatuner- program that lets you overclock video card

Theres alot more programs that i cant remember Google it. Forums i recommend for technical help in pcs are Tomshardware overclockers.net and x bit labs to view benchmarks there are alot more helpful sites but this is just off the top of my head. Any questions please ask or programs you would like me to recommend like burning software download mangers etc please ask.



Thinker

Edited by Thinker, 14 June 2008 - 06:43.

[Hobbesy]

Have you though about putting the Norton Removal Tool on the list?

http://service1.symantec.com/Support/tsgen...005033108162039

Nevermind.

http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_can_i_ful..._my_system.html

Edited by Høbbesy, 20 June 2008 - 18:41.

[Soul]

Hey Pimp know any good free music making programs?

[Prophet of the Pimps]

Audacity is good for editing but havent found any good digital synthesizer that are free.