What’s Your Preference?

Indigo November · #1 (**permalink**) 06-30-2011, 08:01 PM

Hello good DPSers! I thought it would be fun to share our favorite freeware and open source software.

Some of mine...

Photography Related
Hugin (awesome pano stitcher, inkista turned me onto this one I think)
Inkscape (I have this because it can do vectors)
Paint.NET (to be honest, this is really not as good as Inkscape IMO, I rarely use it)
FastStone (photo viewer, resizer, etc. this is my main photo organizer)
Blender (3D art and animation, waaaaay over my head, I WILL master it some day! lol)
Color Cop (color picker)

Non-Photography Related
CCleaner
Open Office (free Microsoft Office-like thingy)
µTorrent

And I'm on the lookout for a free media player that can sync to an iPod. Thinking about Songbird, MediaMonkey or Floola...
Okay, truth be told, I'm totally a freeware junkie, and I jump at the chance to download just about anything.

So, what free software do you use?

MrJones · #2 (**permalink**) 06-30-2011, 08:10 PM

this is for the mac lovers out there:

skitch (great super photo uploader. gives you a code for forums, html and such)
netnewswire (great RSS reader to keep you updated with blogs and news)

inkista · #3 (**permalink**) 06-30-2011, 08:12 PM

I've said it before, I'll say it again.

Eclipse. It's a Java open-source modular extensible IDE. It is damn well turning into my duct tape of coding. I use it for everything from LAMP webcoding (with version control!, love git for this) to documentation and scripting.

XAMPP. Just 'cause there's a portable version you can run off a thumb drive.

I also like Mathmap, but to use Mathmap you need the Gimp. I use Parallels on my MacBook to run the Gimp in a Ubuntu Studio virtual machine.

And as an OSX geek, for anti-virus, I really really am learning to love ClamXav. It's based on the open-source (cross-platform) ClamAV, which is the tool Apple packages up in OSX Server for virus detection of email.

And, because it's cross-platform, for those files you'd prefer to keep under lock'n'key: TrueCrypt.

Indigo November · #4 (**permalink**) 06-30-2011, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by inkista

I've said it before, I'll say it again.

Wow, my memory is not usually this bad. And I even replied to that thread!

Well, one more thread can't hurt!

SwissJon · #5 (**permalink**) 06-30-2011, 08:31 PM

My Stepson loves drawing in the PC (He got a tablet for his birthday) And we found Pencil as a really fun little program that allows him to make electronic flick books.. What a great introduction into computer animation.

inkista · #6 (**permalink**) 06-30-2011, 08:33 PM

If you need to waste time instead of being productive, the Angry Birds Chrome app rocks.

dryoyo · #7 (**permalink**) 06-30-2011, 08:38 PM

No love for Google Picasa?

kcoppock · #8 (**permalink**) 06-30-2011, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Indigo November

And I'm on the lookout for a free media player that can sync to an iPod. Thinking about Songbird, MediaMonkey or Floola...
Okay, truth be told, I'm totally a freeware junkie, and I jump at the chance to download just about anything.

So, what free software do you use?

I've heard good things about DoubleTwist, but I don't have an iPod, so I can't speak to personal experience.