Why haven't I ever heard of *Insert Program Name Here*

[KnightSirius]

Hey guys, I remember this topic from awhile back on another forum and I noticed the LinusTechTips Forum doesn't have anything like this as far as I know So I figured I'd make one here since I found it Extremely useful in the past ! Basically as the name hints, post software and programs that are absolutely amazing ! Things you can't live without now, and others may not have heard of or know about !

 

I'll start off with a few I can't live without,

 

Foobar2000 - The ultimate freakin' media (music) player. It rocks, nothing compares. with this you have no excuse to use iTunes !

 

LunaScape6 - (Combines Webkit, Trident and Gecko (Internet explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome processing engines) Into one package which you can switch on the fly ! More useful if you're into web development especially !

 

CCleaner - If you haven't heard of it you've been living under Patrick Star's rock.

 

Coretemp - Monitors temps and CPU use with taskbar features etc... my personal favorite is Coretemp but there is also RealTemp which is cleaner looking.

 

RazerComms - Use it all the time to chat with friends when gaming, its ease of use is what makes it amazing, teamspeak and mumble etc... are more advanced and take alot more time and knowledge to set up and use properly.

 

That's about it for me, what great programs do you guys have to share ?

 

 

 

[Hazy125]

Right now, Firefox with a million plugins, teamviewer, virtualbox, metasploit, HWMonitor, CPU-z, VLC, F@H client and Microsoft word.... There's probably a lot more, but oh well

[niksuto]

Netbalancer, use it to see your in and out going connections. 

Audacity, awesome free recording tool that doesn't use a lot of your computer's resources.

 

can't live without these haha 

[DirkaFat]

Did you guys hear about Windows 7?

[crocski]

Right now, Firefox with a million plugins, teamviewer, virtualbox, metasploit, HWMonitor, CPU-z, VLC, F@H client and Microsoft word.... There's probably a lot more, but oh well

what plugins do you recommend for firefox? I'm force to use it on linux. And its not the same as Opera.

[GoodBytes]

Pfff, Foobar2000 are for those that never heard about the Zune desktop software, with it's fully GPU accelerated interface, gorgeous and sleek looks, and has all you need for a music player.

Also, has access to XBox Music (Unlimited music download and streaming of 30million+ songs).

Other software, the best note taking software: Microsoft OneNote.

Specially designed for laptop and tablets, your notes are sync between your devices, comes complete with hand writhing recognition, image text recognition, search system, and a lot, but a lot more. It's easy to use, and very powerful. Integrates well with Office software, and PDFs can be imported, as well as transferring text and image objects form a PDF to OneNote simply by copy/paste action.

If you are a student, and register to MSDNAA/DreamSpark, it's there waiting for you to be downloaded for free.

[WoodenMarker]

Pfff, Foobar2000 are for those that never heard about the Zune desktop software, with it's fully GPU accelerated interface, gorgeous and sleek looks, and has all you need for a music player.

Does it have any trouble with loading a million songs?

I stopped using WMP back in the day because I had to wait several minutes just to load my media.

[Hazy125]

what plugins do you recommend for firefox? I'm force to use it on linux. And its not the same as Opera.

Well, there's always AdBlock but I don't even use it for 70% of the sites I go to anymore. As far as actual plugins, I have java dev kits as well as all the standard shockwave and adobe things. I have a dark theme(FT Deep Dark), a whole bunch of user scripts... A whole bunch. My favourite is the facebook auto-poker which automatically pokes people back so I win poke wars. I like Magic Actions For YouTube as an extension, it's really good but it has a few small bugs with YouTube centre which is needed for disabling DASH playback. I also have firebug and greasemokey etc. Also, a virtual wallet that automatically enters in payment details for sites to save time. mine is the bitdefender wallet that came with my antivirus, so I know it's freaking secure

[GoodBytes]

Does it have any trouble with loading a million songs?

I stopped using WMP back in the day because I had to wait several minutes just to load my media.

Like Foobar and better music players, it loads as you scrolls. So it should not be a problem.

It's worth a look, is what I am saying. My complaints about it, is no external codec support like WMP, and limited music files format it can play. Which is a shame, because personally, I find everything else with the software superb.

Don't expect any updates thought, the Zune team that worked on it was broken apart ('cause Zune's aren't made anymore), many left.

[WoodenMarker]

Like Foobar and better music players, it loads as you scrolls. So it should not be a problem.

It's worth a look, is what I am saying. My complaints about it, is no external codec support like WMP, and limited music files format it can play. Which is a shame, because personally, I find everything else with the software superb.

Don't expect any updates thought, the Zune team that worked on it was broken apart, many left.

Aww, I was getting all excited too. I'll check it out. Mind giving me a link? I'm not exactly sure what I'm looking for.

[KnightSirius]

Pfff, Foobar2000 are for those that never heard about the Zune desktop software, with it's fully GPU accelerated interface, gorgeous and sleek looks, and has all you need for a music player.

Also, has access to XBox Music (Unlimited music download and streaming of 30million+ songs).

 

 

I will definitely check this out, I have neglected it in the past. From what I've been told it's not as customizable as Foobar but that's just what I've heard, probably fanboys saying that, but don't quote me.

 

 

Also glad this thread is gaining some popularity ! Helped me a ton to make my whole computing experience SO much better !

[GoodBytes]

It's not about customizing, it's about having it right.

[Mooshi]

I like my Foobar2000...who honestly stares at their media player constantly anyway? I let it run in the background as I play some vidya.

[ultimatemythbuster]

what plugins do you recommend for firefox? I'm force to use it on linux. And its not the same as Opera.

ATTENTION EVERYONE!!!

WE HAVE FOUND AN OPERA USER!!!

[ultimatemythbuster]

Right now, Firefox with a million plugins, teamviewer, virtualbox, metasploit, HWMonitor, CPU-z, VLC, F@H client and Microsoft word.... There's probably a lot more, but oh well

But I've heard of all of those.

[ultimatemythbuster]

Crashplan  - for backup

AnyDVD - for (real time) removing copy protection from DVDs

AVS DVD copy - for making copies of DVDs

[IdeaStormer]

ATTENTION EVERYONE!!!

WE HAVE FOUND AN OPERA USER!!!

 

I use Opera, then again I use Firefox, Chrome, IE (when I have to or forced), Konqueror, wget, curl. So whats with your caps lock problem?

[IdeaStormer]

Why haven't I heard of "zsh", "Perl", "TomBoy Notes", "Gwenview", "Linspk", "iptraf", ....

[flibberdipper]

Kingsoft Office. If you ever feel the need to replace Microsoft Office with a free program that has a really nice feature set, this should be a dead ringer.

[Ookami]

RazerComms - Use it all the time to chat with friends when gaming, its ease of use is what makes it amazing, teamspeak and mumble etc... are more advanced and take alot more time and knowledge to set up and use properly.

In 25% f*cks up your system with their .dll file...

[Darren]

Syngergy. Multiple computers? You only need one keyboard and mouse to control them all!

[Guest]

what plugins do you recommend for firefox? I'm force to use it on linux. And its not the same as Opera.

 

Why are you forced to use it on Linux?

 

http://www.opera.com/download/guide/?os=linux

[Guest]

doPDF (prints to pdf)
teracopy
7zip
Virtual CloneDrive (Loads Iso file into a Virtual DVD ROM)
AMD HydraGrid (Requires Amd GPU)
notepad++ (Supports just about every format)
LibreOffice
Songbird
vlc
klite codec pack
XBMC
Freemake Video Converter
cpuz   gpuz   coretemp 
virtualbox (Test new OS)
linux live usb creater (Make bootable usb for install)
utorrent 
Blender (3D Creation)
Kristal Audio Engine (Music Production)
hydrogen advanced drum machine  (Music Production)