your 'for-free-Software' recommendations

[Hidden_Hunter]

GNS3:
Emulates cisco IOS images, very handy for network guys to check their configs before uploading them. Much better than crap like Boson simulator which is missing commands and has many things mislabeled, things work when they should etc. With GNS3 (which uses dynamips as backend for the emulation) you can draw out your network and make it as complicated as you like and if it works on a real ios it works in GNS3, throw obscure configurations at it and it still works (I did load balanced point to point frame relay with it the other day )

Highly recommended for anyone even touching IOS

http://www.gns3.net/

[BerserkerCatSplat]

Originally Posted by swek

Foxit reader - A small and capable alternative to the bloat ware Acrobat Reader has become.

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

Man, just what I needed. Enjoy your new green blob.


Anyway, I'll contribute:

Mozilla Thunderbird 2

http://www.getthunderbird.com

An excellent alternative to the godawful crap that is Outlook. Manages email accounts extremely well.


OpenOffice

http://www.openoffice.org

Yet another alternative to Microsoft Office products, OpenOffice is compatible with most popular document formats and is easier to use than you might expect.

[GTV V6]

The best site for freeware I've found...

best 46 free utilities

If you sign up for the monthly newsletter, you get the extended list too, I think he's up to 108 at the moment.

[jensked]

• TightVNC: http://www.tightvnc.com/
  Acces your computhor from places far far away (take over screen)
  
  
• No-ip.com: http://www.no-ip.com/
  Acces your computhor from places far far away when you don't have a static ip
  
  
• Remote Desktop Connection: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...dclientdl.mspx
  Acces your computhor by opening a real remote session in Windows

[jeffy777]

Originally Posted by jensked

[list]
[*]TightVNC: http://www.tightvnc.com/
Acces your computhor from places far far away (take over screen)

TightVNC does indeed rock. It's even better if you download the DFMirage mirror display driver:
http://www.tightvnc.com/download.html
(all the way at the bottom under "Recommended Add-ons")

[jensked]

Oh and:

Notepad ++: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
A better variant for Notepad.

[TopGearDog]

Opera Web Browser - Fast and secure browser alternative.

Speedfan - Monitor all your computer temperatures.

Flashget - Great download accelerator/manager with torrent support.

Daemon Tools - Virtual CD/DVD emulator. The application mounts ISO (and other formats) images to a virtual drive without having to burn them to a CD.

Auslogics Disk Defrag - Simple, fast and free disk defragmenting program.

[the Interceptor]

Originally Posted by TopGearDog

Speedfan - Monitor all your computer temperatures.

You're absolutely right! I totally forgot about speedfan and...

webtemp - an awesome software visualizing the numbers gathered by speedfan, motherboard monitor and hardware

[Solberg]

Can speed fan control the how fast the fan works?

[Lilleput]

Mediamonkey
iTunes alternative

Organize music and edit tags in your audio library with a powerful, intuitive interface
Automatically lookup and tag Album Art and other metadata
Manage 50,000+ files in your music collection without bogging down
Play MP3s and other audio formats, and never again worry about varying volume
Record CDs into OGG, MP3, FLAC and WMA files
Convert MP3s, M4A, OGG, FLAC and WMA files into other formats
Create playlists and music mixes quickly and easily to suit any occasion
Synchronize with iPods / MP3 players effortlessly and convert tracks on-the-fly

Here's how mine looks right now.

[the Interceptor]

Originally Posted by Solberg

Can speed fan control the how fast the fan works?

Depends on your hardware. For most modern mainboards it can, it's definitely worth a try. You can also have the fan speed variated according to the temperatures.