Archive for February 2009
(Mostly) Free Software Tools
My list of really good free software (at least most of them) tools for common operations For Windows (and sometimes Mac):
- Data
- Archival: 7-Zip (http://www.7-zip.org/)
- Encryption: TrueCrypt (http://www.truecrypt.org/)
- Data Integrity: QuickPAR (http://www.quickpar.org.uk/)
- Password Management (Win & Mac): Keepass (http://keepass.info/)
- Media
- Photo Manipulation: Paint.NET (http://www.getpaint.net/)
- Audio Conversion: DBPowerAmp (mostly free; some codecs are a little weird); iTunes is good for AAC/m4a (http://www.dbpoweramp.com/)
- Audio Playback: WinAmp (http://www.winamp.com/)
- Audio Ripping: Audiograbber (http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/)
- Video Playback (Win & Mac): VLC
- Image View/Previews (Mac): Xee (http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/xee.html)
- Internet
- FTP: FileZilla (http://filezilla-project.org/)
- Torrents: uTorrent (http://www.utorrent.com/)
- VPN: OpenVPN (http://openvpn.net/)
- Browser: Chrome, FireFox, & IE8
- Voice Communication: Ventrilo
- Voice, IM, and texting: Skype
- IM (Mac): Adium
- CD/DVD Tools
- DVD Ripping: RipIt4Me, DVD Decrypter, & DVD Shrink
- DVD/CD Burning: ImgBurn (http://www.imgburn.com/)
- Disc Mounting: Daemon Tools (http://www.daemon-tools.cc/)
- System Tools
- System Info: CPU-Z (http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php)
- Command Line: Windows Power Shell (http://www.microsoft.com/powershell/)
- System Clean-up: CCleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com/)
- Drive Space (http://windirstat.info/)
- Execution:
- Quicksilver (Mac) (http://www.blacktree.com/)
- SlickRun (Windows) (http://bayden.com/SlickRun/)
- Development Tools
- Regular Expressions: The Regulator ()
- Reflection: Reflector for .NET (http://www.lutzroeder.com/dotnet/)
- Globalization: Resourcer for .NET (http://www.lutzroeder.com/dotnet/)
- Presentation Zoom Tool: ZoomIt (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897434.aspx)
- Hex editor: TinyHexer
