FREE Application Alternatives

kingmonkey

Linux kernel is my fav.

j_davies

iamsam wrote:

Ultimate Boot CD is useful for the slightly techie-minded (especially when you have to traipse round fixing friend's PCs).
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
http://www.ubcd4win.com/

Yeah UBCD is brilliant especially the HDD tools section. :beer:

mobfant

Why hasn't there been an article on this? There's one on security and office software but not a more general one covering free alternatives.

Mc4ndy

Not sure if this was mentioned already, I skimmed most post. This site is my fav for listing all the best freeware (and some shareware) apps.

http://www.filehippo.com/

Fast downloads, and always seems to be up to date with latest versions

Moss5

http://www.katmarsoftware.com/uconeer.htm
Uconeer is a tiny conversion program to keep on your desktop. Area/Volume/Length, metric to imperial etc.

Reluctant_spender

What about CCleaner - a lot of us use it to free up space.

Also Deep Burner -
DeepBurner Features
DeepBurner comes loaded with an extensive list of practical and amazingly valuable features that will totally satisfy your burning needs. These start from compiling your CDs and DVDs in different formats and ending with the creation of fascinating photo albums and rock solid, reliable backups.

CDex is a CD-Ripper, extracting digital audio data from an Audio CD. The application supports many Audio encoders, like MPEG (MP2,MP3), VQF, AAC encoders.

Reluctant_spender

https://www.superantispyware.com/ - free and similar in some respests to AVG Anti spyware. Updates daily etc.

rothko

Reluctant_spender wrote:

What about CCleaner - a lot of us use it to free up space.

agreed, CCleaner is excellent - does exactly what it says on the tin: cleans the c**p, and leaves you with more disk space.

The_JinJ

Forgot about Skype!!

Aiadi

Thanks for a great list but I would definitely add the mother of all security apps that is Sandboxie. I would also try and avoid replication of softwares that do the same job to avoid confusing newbies and others who haven't come across these programs before. Finally I hope this thread becomes a sticky.