Must Have Software

I didn't notice a thread like this, so I figured it might lead to some great conversations and pretty cool finds.

Basically, what software can't you guys live without? Anything you might want to recommend, post links so others can obtain it and share the experience. Any new finds, things of that nature.

Here are mine: Firefox: www.getfirefox.com [with the addons IE Tab, Firebug, add n edit cookies, chatzilla, and a few more I cannot remember of the top of my head.]

VLC: www.videolan.org/vlc

I'll post more when I get to my home machine, I'm at work and my memory sucks…

I'd die if I didn't have Screen :/ I am really not sure how I managed to do without it.

Anyway, my most used apps are: Dreamweaver 8/CS3 (Really, just for the syntax highlighting, and some design stuff) Notepad ++ Codeblocks ide + mingw vi irssi gkrellm // <3 this - especially the mail notification feature mplayer

I love the gkrellm tool as well, very useful indeed :happy:

Firefox Notepad++ iTunes

That would probably do me fine

Notepad2.

Winamp Filezilla Firefox + Chrome VLC Player uTorrent Pidgin

So many people are fans of winamp, I am perfectly happy with wmp. I am a bit of a bias though because I do like Microsoft software for the the most part. WMP11 + Zune + Xbox360 = Pure Music Tranquility

But here is an interesting read of WMP11 vs Winamp5.3 vs Itunes7.02 http://paperkingdoms.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/wmp-11-vs-winamp-53-vs-itunes-702/

I was surprised…

well this would be my list.

1)notepad ++ http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

2)firefox with add-ons (firebug, add 'n edit, refspoof, and greasemonkey)

3)pidgin (also when I used windows I liked to use trillian)

4. Dev-cpp (c++ compiler, but now i just use g++ :) )

5)songbird (music player/ browser, Its good for streaming)

6. any xdd with a good memory size.

1.) nano (text editor, the best btw) 2.) gcc (c compiler) 3.) firefox (browser) 4.) mplayer (music/video player) 5.) lynx/links (browser) 6.) python (python interpreter) 7.) nasm (nasm interpreter)

Definitely my necessities.

**Sangeki Rein wrote:**But here is an interesting read of WMP11 vs Winamp5.3 vs Itunes7.02 http://paperkingdoms.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/wmp-11-vs-winamp-53-vs-itunes-702/

I was surprised…

No offence but that review is crap. It didn't mention loads of stuff you can do with Winamp, and you can't do with WMP. I don't really hate WMP that much though, it's actually not bad. Winamp is just, much, much more.

VI Xchat Pidgin

Linux

I use Windows and Linux, so I'll do alternatives where appropriate:

1. Firefox (NoScript, Download Statusbar, Web Developer, SwitchProxy)
2. Opera
3. Notepad++ / gEdit / Bluefish
4. VMWare Workstation / Server
5. Winamp / Audacious / XMMS / Xine
6. Filezilla / gFTP
7. Daemon Tools
8. Pidgin
9. WinLAMP
10. FoxIt / FBReader

That's it for now.

Well,here's my list.

1. FireFox browser.
2. editplus/notepad++ for editor.
3. IPMsg for Lan Communication.
4. VLC Player.
5. WINScp

Thats all for now.

NMap + NetCat ^_^

Cs 1.6 :D Firefox. Winamp (Used to like musicmatch jukebox till it got owned by yahoo.) Vlc. DzSoft PHP editor. Dev C++. Flashget. CCleaner. Utorrent. Unlocker.

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well, CS 1.6 is definitely important, like it is for cueballr.

other than that:

pidgin, PuTTY, Pablo Draw, Deluge/Utorrent, VLC, Winamp/XMMS, ACiD VIEW, G++, Python, Perl, PHP, VirtualBox and ComicBookReader/Comix (useful for reading all those comic book scans, and I read only Hellboy and BPRD comics)

Firefox + addons WMP Dreamweaver CS3 Photoshop CS3 CS (1.6 + CSS) CoreFTP PuTTy Nmap Notepad uTorrent

I think thats about it.

spyware wrote: [quote]**Sangeki Rein wrote:**But here is an interesting read of WMP11 vs Winamp5.3 vs Itunes7.02 http://paperkingdoms.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/wmp-11-vs-winamp-53-vs-itunes-702/

I was surprised…

No offence but that review is crap. It didn't mention loads of stuff you can do with Winamp, and you can't do with WMP. I don't really hate WMP that much though, it's actually not bad. Winamp is just, much, much more.[/quote] I'm sure Winamp can do a lot more than what was brought up in his review. I honestly haven't tried winamp, I think I will try to experiment with it on my new laptop.

Mostly, WMP is my player of choice bc I use it to do wireless streaming at my place with my XBOX360, the coolest shit ever. I'm not too sure if Winamp has a plugin that will allow it to do this, but I know it was a new feature that at first was only available to Windows XP Media Center Edition (which I have and fucking hate.) but when they added the feature in wmp11 I was so siked cause I didn't have to deal with that bullshit!

Also I like the plugin that allows msn to have your current music playing as a status, I use that feature a lot too.

Sangeki Rein wrote: Mostly, WMP is my player of choice bc I use it to do wireless streaming at my place with my XBOX360, the coolest shit ever. Both TVersity and VLC will stream video to the 360… I personally use TVersity to do mine. Find a good codec pack (including Blu-ray codecs). The WM Extender has limitations on file formats, though I'm unsure if WMP has that same problem… considering TVersity meets all my needs for streaming to the 360.

I've never heard of TVersity, I'll be sure to check that out, thanks! :D

And did VLC just gain the ability to do that with their latest release? I remember trying to google if that was possible and I got no where…

Sangeki Rein wrote: I've never heard of TVersity, I'll be sure to check that out, thanks! :D

No prob… TVersity + Blu-Ray DVD rips (.mkv) + All-in-One Codec Pack + Composite Cables = Awesome.

And did VLC just gain the ability to do that with their latest release? I remember trying to google if that was possible and I got no where…

AFAIK, VLC has had the capability to stream over a port for a while now. I think the port that the 360 will look for is 2869; it's been a while since I set up my TVersity, though, so I don't remember exactly. When I was looking up alternatives to Windows-only TVersity, I came across uShare and VLC as alternatives. That may be where you need to find the info: searching "TVersity Linux" instead of "VLC 360" and reading up some. Have fun.

Amazing, I am going to be up all night testing this out now Zeph [hope you don't mind the abbreviation], do you see now that you have just corrupted my whole night! LOL, jk. Thanks again, I'll tell you my findings.

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I have One more I'd Like to add, I've been messing with for about 6 hours and I love it.

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and that's all. It's a language called brainfuck. And well it is. You can make anything in it that any other language can, but its 3000 times harder. Its meant to be a challenge but, I have fun messing with it. All you need is time and a < 200 kb compiler. And you will end your boredom.

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yours31f wrote: I have One more I'd Like to add, I've been messing with for about 6 hours and I love it.

It's the hardest programming Language I have ever seen!

¶The reason it so hard? It only uses these…\ < > [ ] +

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and that's all. It's a language called brainfuck. And well it is. You can make anything in it that any other language can, but its 3000 times harder. Its meant to be a challenge but, I have fun messing with it. All you need is time and a < 200 kb compiler. And you will end your boredom.

spyware wrote: old^infinity

It's a language called brainfuck. And well it is. You can make anything in it that any other language can, but its 3000 times harder. Its meant to be a challenge but, I have fun messing with it. All you need is time and a < 200 kb compiler. And you will end your boredom.

I while back I also got inquisitive and decided to see how brain fuck worked. It is a simple and neat concept. Nice to see you are trying to challenge yourself.

Just one question. Since brainfuck has access to 2 file descriptors - that of stdin and stdout - how can brainfuck do what any other language can? For instance, creating a text file, or a socket. You need access to different file descriptors for that.

**Yours31f wrote:**It's a language called brainfuck. And well it is. You can make anything in it that any other language can, but its 3000 times harder. Its meant to be a challenge but, I have fun messing with it. All you need is time and a < 200 kb compiler. And you will end your boredom.

SwartMumba wrote: Just one question. Since brainfuck has access to 2 file descriptors - that of stdin and stdout - how can brainfuck do what any other language can? For instance, creating a text file, or a socket. You need access to different file descriptors for that.

Yours31f stated that fact using the knowledge he possesses. Take that into consideration and you'll find he was right.

well, most of my post was a qoute, so i guess i missed that. I know you can't do everything. But I do like the challenge,

One that wasn't mentioned is Browzar. www.browzar.com

It is terrible at so many things, but it works as an internet browser, is 220k, and the program it's self doesn't save data for later use (history, passwords, etc. See documentation). It is rather limited though, and it crashes more than any other browser I have used.

Opera or FireFox is what I use if I have to actually do something.

maug wrote: One that wasn't mentioned is Browzar. www.browzar.com

It is terrible at so many things, but it works as an internet browser

Also works well as comedy relief through its "should've used Browzar" stories: http://www.browzar.com/stories/index.html