List of Useful & Free Software Programs

[Turner]

Realtime HTML Editor.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Thank you Pretty interesting.

 

[Bratmon]

^
With the "firebug" FF adon, you can always do that.

 

[CivRulez07]

u guys should add Windows 7 Release Candidate to the list of operating systems

 

[Chairman Meow]

u guys should add Windows 7 Release Candidate to the list of operating systems

It seems neither particularly free nor useful.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

Windows 7 RC is free. Its also useful ( much better than vista, and I havent even been using it for a day )

 

[Titi]

Windows 7 RC is free.

But only till March 2010 (or maybe June), after that date it will not work. And the bad thing is that to be able to try it, it removes your previous OS permanently.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

Nontheless, its free for (it was more than a year) year, and it does not remove your previous OS permanently. Its called Dual boot.

 

[Titi]

Yes, true, you could use that feature!
But if I remember correctly, it's not proposed during the installation process. Anyway, I'll probably try very soon.

 

[suiraclaw]

Everything

A search engine for windows that's notable for it's speed. Useful as it can save you quite a bit of time searching.

 

[Jamesds]

Yes, true, you could use that feature!
But if I remember correctly, it's not proposed during the installation process. Anyway, I'll probably try very soon.

You can even dual boot it from an ISO image, which means there's no need for partitioning.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

There are several free CD burners here. (Personally, I like CDBurnerXP and ImgBurn. I've also heard good things about InfraRecorder)
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/the-best-free-alternatives-to-nero-cddvd-burner/

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

In fact, just bookmark that site. They keep finding new sites and programs every day.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Is there a free program that can measure how much time a certain program is active? (Some people don't believe me when I say I spend a few hours Civving. I want to prove it to them.)

 

[nonconformist]

Yes. It's called "a clock"

 

[Kraznaya]

You could try XFire.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Well, I'm mostly single-player.

 

[kimme]

Is there a free program that can measure how much time a certain program is active? (Some people don't believe me when I say I spend a few hours Civving. I want to prove it to them.)

The kind of program your looking for is named Wakoopa and it can track usage of any program you use on all the major platforms, namely Windows, Mac and Linux. Wakoopa is an free program.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Looks interesting, although things like that make me a bit nervous (privacy invasion, etc)

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

MediaInfo gives information on media files.