Notable windows software.

[Felino]

Ok, on the impending arival of my new pc ( as discussed in other topics) I ask myself one question am I going to use on the thing. I am looking for good alternate (hopefully free):
• FTP Client
• Firewall
• Virus
• Web browser
• Media player
• Video editing
• 3D redering
• Games ( fps, rts, you name it)
• Music arangement
• Alternate office suite
• Dvd encoding / ripping
• Launching utilitys
• XP theme mods
• Other stuff you deem necessary..

Thanks

[Jimmy]

• FTP Client=CuteFTP (I don't think it's free)
• Web browser=Definitely FireFox
• Media player=I prefer QuickTime over Windows Media Player
• Video editing=...Don't do video editing on a Windows computer if you have a Mac.
• Games=Warcraft is good. My favorite is Warcraft II. Even though it can also be played on Macs.
• Alternate office suite=I would just use Office Suite. It's pretty much the only good Microsoft product.

[Turbo Tax 1.0]

vlc media player is good

I think there is something called open office that is free, I just use abiword, It's a really good free replacement for word

[Felino]

Anyone ever used openoffice? Rview mabye?

[lifeisbetterwithketchup]

I use OpenOffice. I've only used the Word and Excel clones, and they work great as MSOffice substitutes. They can also read and write to .doc and .xls files, which makes them completely compatible with the real Word and Excel. I haven't had any compatibility issues.

A good media player, as already said, is VLC player.
Web browser - Firefox, duh.
My FTP client of choice (free) is FileZilla.
For video editing, I use Premiere Elements, but I've heard VirutalDub is good (and free).
DVD ripping/encoding - I use a combination of DVD Shrink, DVD Decrypter, RipIt4Me, Handbrake, and Gordian Knot. You can find anything and everything about DVD ripping and such at http://www.doom9.org

[bicostp]

• FTP Client
Core FTP

• Firewall
ZoneAlarm Free, the one built into Windows is worth squat.

• Virus
AVG Antivirus (Comes with free updates forever, or until the new free version comes out.)

• Web browser
Firefox (duh )

• Media player
VLC Media Player for most things, WMP 10 for music (solely for the SRS enhancements), and Media Player Classic for Flash (full screen)

• Video editing
Movie Maker for really basic stuff (Though if you're used to iMovie be prepared for a huge disappointment and insult to your intelligence. iMovie kicks Movie Maker in the nads.). There's also that one Sony gives away.


• 3D redering
Google Sketchup, Anim8or, and Blender 3D


• Games ( fps, rts, you name it)
Don't ask me!

• Music arangement
ModPlug Tracker, Anvil Studio, FamiTracker

• Alternate office suite
OpenOffice.Org 2

• Dvd encoding / ripping
DVD Shrink

• Launching utilities
What? Something like a Dock?

• XP theme mods
I think they're all hideous or intrusive, maybe except for a couple cheap Aqua knockoffs. (I just use Windows Classic mode )

• Other stuff you deem necessary..
Ad-Aware, CCleaner, DeepBurner, Audacity, iTunes, QuickTime 7, TweakUI

For more apps look up the Killer Apps thread.

[dragon]

ftp: file zilla as far as i know it free.
web:firefox 2.
games: battlefeild any of them especily 2 and 2142.
Nero: for cd/dvd burning copying.
3d: maybe milk shape i havent figured out how to use it propley. has free 30 day trial but still works for me after the 30 days

[Dark Savant0]

• FTP Client - FileZilla 3.0 Beta
• Firewall
• Virus - Avast Antivirus
• Web browser - Opera (I love it, and used to recommened only Firefox)
• Media player - GOM Player for video, foobar2k v.9 for music (customize it to suit your needs!)
• Video editing - VirtualDub
• 3D redering - ???
• Games ( fps, rts, you name it) - Frets on Fire
• Music arangement - Noteworthy Composer (Non-free)
• Alternate office suite - OpenOffice or ABIWord
• Dvd encoding / ripping - DVDFabDecrypter, TMPGenc, AVI2DVD, DVD2SVCD
• Launching utilitys - Autohotkey and spare keys on your keyboard
• XP theme mods -Royale Vista Compact

Chat - Gaim/Pidgin
Photo Editing - Paint.NET
Bittorrent - Utorrent
Misc - PDFCreator, MP3TagEdit, ISO Recorder, Foxit PDF Reader

[vskid]

I use OpenOffice. I've only used the Word and Excel clones, and they work great as MSOffice substitutes. They can also read and write to .doc and .xls files, which makes them completely compatible with the real Word and Excel. I haven't had any compatibility issues.

Yeah, I converted all the powerpoint templates that came with Office XP so they work for OpenOffice. The interface is less flashy than newer versions of Office, but it supports a lot more file types, and its free.
I use avast! for antivirus, AVG is good too.
I prefer Winamp for media, the interface is a bit flashier than VLC.
I don't have a firewall, and as far as I know, I haven't been hacked. I run Spybot S&D about once a month just in case, and Windows Defender is running all the time.
As everyone said, Firefox for browser, I have almost zero ads with the extensions I have.

[daguuy]

• Virus - Avast
• Web browser - Opera if you only do basic stuff, firefox if you want extensions that let you do anything (i love extensions)
• Media player - VLC for general stuff, Foobar 2000 for music
• 3D redering - Blender3d. It's complicated, but can do anything once you figure out how to use it
• Alternate office suite - Openoffice.org is by far the best free office suite
• Other stuff you deem necessary - magical fairies that do whatever you tell them and make you happy
• XP theme mods - Just use classic mode. Your eyes and ram will thank you.

[Sparkfist]

• Firewall
ZoneAlarm
• Virus
AVP (or whatever that free one is called)
• Web browser
Firefox
• Media player
VLC media player
• Music arangement
Audacity
• Alternate office suite
OpenOffice.org
• Dvd encoding / ripping
bbMPEG 1.24b18
• XP theme mods
It's Windows! Accept mediocrity
• Other stuff you deem necessary..
A2 (A squared, it's a free anti-malware/Trojan)

That should cover most of what you need.

[Tromoly4130]

FTP Client
-FlashFXP

Firewall
-Sygate Personal Firewall

Virus
-AntiVir or AVG Anti-Virus, either/or

Media player
-VLC Media Player / iTunes

3D redering
-Blender 3D

Games ( fps, rts, you name it)
-StarCraft

Alternate office suite
-OpenOffice.org

Dvd encoding / ripping
-DVD Decrypter, AutoGK

[Bibin]

OpenOffice or Abiword are good office programs.

SpyBot S&D is a great spyware/malicious executables remover.

[Skyone]

• FTP Client
Filezilla

• Firewall
ZoneAlarm

• Virus
Avast!

• Web browser
Firefox

• Media player
iTunes (huge memory hogger)
Windows Media Player

• Video editing
Sony Vegas (for big projects $$$)
Windows Movie Maker (cheap cheap)

• 3D redering
3DS Max
gmax
Anim8or

• Games ( fps, rts, you name it)
No idea! Stepmania, but that's multi-OS

• Music arangement
Fruity Loops
ModPlug Tracker

• Alternate office suite
OpenOffice.org

• Dvd encoding / ripping
DVD Shrink
Easy DVD

• Launching utilities
Windows Sidebar?

• XP theme mods
Vista Transformation Pack

• Other stuff you deem necessary..
Quicktime
Adobe (sigh) Flash
Adobe Dreamweaver
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Adobe Reader 8.0
Skype
GAIM/Trillian

[OAtH_OS]

• FTP Client -Filezilla
• Firewall - BitDefender
• Virus - BitDefender
• Web browser - IE fo sho!!!!! jk
• Media player - WMP w/ DivX codecs and the K-lite Mega codec pack
• Video editing - Windows Movie Maker? depends on how advanced you are
• Games ( fps, rts, you name it) - WoW, DoomII, CS:S (games I play at least)
• Alternate office suite - Open Office definitely
• Dvd encoding / ripping - I use Magic DVD ripper, DVD shrink, +
• Launching utilitys - Huh?
• Other stuff you deem necessary.. -
Chat client
Nero Startsmart
MediaCoder
Good addons for Firefox