List of recommended Windows/Mac/Linux applications and software

[tom_mai78101]

Filezilla: FTP Client
Realtemp: Temp Monitoring

Added. Please add the official links next time.

 

[Lyerae]

Here's another: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

Task Manager replacement. It's actually pretty cool. Gives you a lot more information.

 

[tom_mai78101]

Here's another: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

Task Manager replacement. It's actually pretty cool. Gives you a lot more information.

Added. Totally.

But I need to know if it's freeware or proprietary. Wikipedia mentions both of them, causing me confusion...

 

[Lyerae]

Whoops, sorry. Freeware.

 

[tom_mai78101]

Thanks.

 

[Slapshot136]

winrar is having a promotion (yes it's free, but after 30 days there is a nag screen), see here, but for instructions:

1. go here

2. open http://covermount.win-rar.com/pcwelt0310/ with above proxy (darn cant un-link it)

3. translate if you need to (it's german) and follow the instructions

 

[tooltiperror]

...You don't have WINE under Mac? You should also include the Smultron Snow Leopard beta for a text editor.

 

[Genkora]

USB overdrive, it allows you to map keyboard keys to USB devices, like game pads. WoW with a controller anyone (actually, I tried it. It's a bad idea)?
http://www.usboverdrive.com/USBOverdrive/News.html

isquint converts video files to be more suitable for TV or mobile devices like an ipod. It'll even convert flv files.
http://www.techspansion.com/
The project is dead (but completed), but there are other places you can get it like softpedia.

pic2icon is very useful in creating your own icons. Just take the image you want to use as an icon, drag it over to the application's window, and voila, it converts the icon of the image to the actual image. The rest is easy.
http://osxiconeditor.phatcode.net/

these are all for mac

 

[tom_mai78101]

USB overdrive, it allows you to map keyboard keys to USB devices, like game pads. WoW with a controller anyone (actually, I tried it. It's a bad idea)?
http://www.usboverdrive.com/USBOverdrive/News.html

isquint converts video files to be more suitable for TV or mobile devices like an ipod. It'll even convert flv files.
http://www.techspansion.com/
The project is dead (but completed), but there are other places you can get it like softpedia.

pic2icon is very useful in creating your own icons. Just take the image you want to use as an icon, drag it over to the application's window, and voila, it converts the icon of the image to the actual image. The rest is easy.
http://osxiconeditor.phatcode.net/

these are all for mac

Does anyone else recommends them all?

 

[Slapshot136]

Does anyone else recommends them all?

I don't use macs, maybe one of our mac friends can comment on them

*cough* Icyculyr *cough*

 

[tom_mai78101]

I'll wait on his response, then consider Genkora's proposal.

 

[tooltiperror]

I believe I have used ISquint before.

 

[tom_mai78101]

...You don't have WINE under Mac?

Fixed. And please don't post direct download links.

 

[Winterherz]

for a browser, i recommend Comodo Dragon Internet Browser



personal experience, it's the fastest browser i've ever used period.

Review
- CNET - 5 stars

Spoiler

Popular security software developer Comodo has developed a Chrome remix said to have higher security features than its predecessors. Comodo Dragon is an aesthetically minimalist browser that is attractive, responsive, and secure.

Apart from the red hue, the Chromium-based browser's interface is identical to that of market contender Google Chrome. From the detachable tabs at the top of the screen to the bookmark-syncing option, it is impossible to instantly recognize where the "remix" takes place. The Help tab even redirects you to Google Chrome's Help page and the Extensions tab redirects you to Google as well. It also keeps Chrome's incognito mode option, where all browsing information and cookies are deleted following the user's Web session. Upon poking around the Options menu, there are a couple of visible differences: there are no location settings and Dragon does not present an option to send "usage statistics and crash reports to Google."

A browser developed by a company that is best known for its firewall software can leave people feeling more secure about their Internet usage. Comodo Dragon will pull up a bright-yellow caution message warning people that sending information may be unsafe when they are entering a Web site with an unstable security certificate. One such message pops up even when logging into large sites like Facebook. Also, Dragon does not send browsing information to a remote server.

Based on simple timer tests run on Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3, the average cold start-up time was 4.53 seconds, warm start-up was 0.92s, and navigation time from nytimes.com to facebook.com was 0.87s. Comodo Dragon proves to have slightly faster page-loading speed than Google Chrome 5.0.375.70, which had results of 5.71s, 1.27s, and 1.23s, respectively. However, in Sunspider JavaScript benchmark testing, Comodo Dragon received an average score of 929.6 milliseconds, whereas Google got 734ms. Based on these results, Google may have faster JavaScript performance than Comodo.

Dragon is not only fast, but like Google Chrome, it is not strewn with numerous icons, leaving more room for Web viewing. For those who are extra cautious about their online security, or for those who are worried about Google's data-mining, this fast browser is a great choice.

 

[PureOwnage]

Windows:

Add-ons:
Rainmeter

Plus for temerature reading:
CPUID

 

[tom_mai78101]

To Winterherz:

Interesting find. Added yours.

To PureOwnage:

Which one?

 

[PureOwnage]

Oh sorry.. It's HWMonitor. PRO version if you want to pay.

 

[DrStyles]

(Not even mentioning browsers.)
Two of my favorite programs not on the list:
Miranda IM: http://www.miranda-im.org/
Evil Player: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Audio/Audio-Players/Evil-Player.shtml

 

[tom_mai78101]

All added. Thanks for contributing.

 

[Slapshot136]

does anyone have a good photo viewer program to recommend? ive been using picasa, but I need something that can show animated gifs