Do you use any freeware/shareware/open source software?

Xil · 04-17-2011, 09:04 PM

Normally I'm a pirate. Whenever I need a piece of software for a given purpose i just pirate the best, usually most expensive version. Last time I installed windows though, i was too lazy to pirate a copy of microsoft office.

Instead I downloaded OpenOffice, a free office suite, to hold me over until i got around to pirating MO. Over time though i've come to prefer it, its runs with alot less resources and i like the simplicity of it.

When i liked playing with images alot i also used GIMP for when paint wasn't powerful enough and i didn't want to kill my system with photoshop (although i never got REALLY into it, since i didn't want to learn two different programs)

Any free software you guys prefer over their paid for versions?

Captain Cannabis · 04-18-2011, 02:43 AM

GAMESS and MacMolPlot
vlc
mutorrent
open office

The Don · 04-18-2011, 02:54 AM

winLAME is pretty good for what it does. I don't know what the aleternative would be honestly.

XBMC, cool ass media center.

Bearsy · 04-18-2011, 09:23 AM

VLC and Chromium are my two most used programs right now.
I'm running a live CD of Ubuntu though, so everything's open source.
I need to get my PC fixed.

ionlylooklazy · 04-18-2011, 12:25 PM

i like notepad++ as an alternative to windows notepad

The Don · 04-18-2011, 12:43 PM

I thought notepad++ was for programming?

adventure · 04-18-2011, 12:59 PM

I love openoffice!

Being · 04-18-2011, 02:55 PM

openoffice and linux are massive wins

Xil · 04-18-2011, 04:14 PM

ooo vlc is the shit. now instead of streaming something with shitty quality i start start the download in high def and watch it as it downloads. playing partial/corrupted files ftw

04-17-2011, 09:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
Xil OD'ing on sobriety Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mizzura Posts: 3,334 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 1,158 Times in 717 Posts	Do you use any freeware/shareware/open source software? Normally I'm a pirate. Whenever I need a piece of software for a given purpose i just pirate the best, usually most expensive version. Last time I installed windows though, i was too lazy to pirate a copy of microsoft office. Instead I downloaded OpenOffice, a free office suite, to hold me over until i got around to pirating MO. Over time though i've come to prefer it, its runs with alot less resources and i like the simplicity of it. When i liked playing with images alot i also used GIMP for when paint wasn't powerful enough and i didn't want to kill my system with photoshop (although i never got REALLY into it, since i didn't want to learn two different programs) Any free software you guys prefer over their paid for versions? __________________ "we'll show these fascists what a couple of hillbillies can do"

04-18-2011, 02:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
Captain Cannabis safety word: more Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: m.i.a. Posts: 13,922 Thanks: 2,705 Thanked 3,174 Times in 1,812 Posts	GAMESS and MacMolPlot vlc mutorrent open office __________________ fuck the monkeys

04-18-2011, 02:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
The Don You follow? Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 11,151 Thanks: 544 Thanked 781 Times in 426 Posts	winLAME is pretty good for what it does. I don't know what the aleternative would be honestly. XBMC, cool ass media center. __________________ I am genuienly sad about my thanks:post ratio

04-18-2011, 12:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
The Don You follow? Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 11,151 Thanks: 544 Thanked 781 Times in 426 Posts	I thought notepad++ was for programming? __________________ I am genuienly sad about my thanks:post ratio

04-18-2011, 12:59 PM	#7 (permalink)
adventure Adventure its good Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 4,742 Thanks: 1,852 Thanked 1,466 Times in 1,093 Posts	I love openoffice! __________________ Coming Full Range

04-18-2011, 12:25 PM	#5 (permalink)
ionlylooklazy no left turn unstoned Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: washington Posts: 4,045 Thanks: 56 Thanked 559 Times in 292 Posts	i like notepad++ as an alternative to windows notepad

04-18-2011, 04:14 PM	#9 (permalink)
Xil OD'ing on sobriety Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mizzura Posts: 3,334 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 1,158 Times in 717 Posts	ooo vlc is the shit. now instead of streaming something with shitty quality i start start the download in high def and watch it as it downloads. playing partial/corrupted files ftw __________________ "we'll show these fascists what a couple of hillbillies can do"

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