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Started 4 years ago by Lee
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Lee

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I see a lot of tripe in comments on front page like, 'theres better freeware and open source available than todays give away', etc.

So instead of wasting time on the front page bitching each other heres a sticky explaining it yourself.

So rules of combat are as follows:

Whatever is posted on the front page each 24 hour period you then have to come up with polite comments explaining why your example is better and if there is a linux or mac alternative if it's a windows release.

If it's only a windows release then no problems.

Only post here if:

1)it's freeware /Or
2)it's open source
3)has no spyware what so ever
4)you can provide a valid link to the home page that also explains about the application or game and provides a working download link.

N:B free download does not count as freeware in most cases.

Let the battle commence.

Posted 4 years ago #
Lee

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O.K. lets start you off.

Freeware:

Software that IMO beats todays give away (Hard Drive Inspector v2.2) is called HD Tune v2.53.

Works better, system feels smoother and is less of a system resources hog.

Can be found here: http://www.hdtune.com/

[pauloparra, well bobby I did post it yesterday in the front page section I guess they were licking their wounds and puffed eyes didn't see what I wrote].

Posted 4 years ago #
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$19.95? for todays giveawayoftheday.com ( Hide Window Plus )???

Theres a free program called Pat or Jk's Api Spy which hides the windows and much more
Heres the link http://www.patorjk.com/

Posted 4 years ago #
BuBBy

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Alternatives to: Hide Window Plus

http://www.rosafamily.org/software/oos/index.htm
http://www.palma.com.au/winroll/

Alternatives to: Clone Terminator

CloneSpy 2.3
http://www.clonespy.com/

DupKiller 0.8.1
http://www.dupkiller.net/index_en.html

Mo-Search 2.5.6
http://www.meauxsoft.com/21701/index.html

DoubleKiller 1.6.0.78
http://bigbangenterprises.de/en/doublekiller/

Double Trouble 1.2
http://www.rosafamily.org/software/dtrouble/index.htm

DupliTrack 4.0.0.127
http://www.tucows.com/preview/501842

Duplicate File Finder 3.1
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/dupfilefinder.html

Duplicate File Finder 1.1.0.0
http://www.tucows.com/preview/373411

DupeLocater 2.0
http://www.freewareweb.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?ID=205

BetaSys Harddisk Cataloging
http://www.betasys.org/

Clone Cleaner Lite
http://www.clonecleaner.com/index.html

Twin Files
http://www.triansoft32.com/twin/twin.htm

and the list goes on... and on.... and on....

Posted 4 years ago #
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Alternatives to Direct Midi to MP3 Converter

The definitive freeware for this task (Midi to MP3) is Timidity++ http://timidity.sourceforge.net/ , though I guess this may be a little easier to set up.

A download of the “easy” version of Timidity, preconfigured with a usable 4MB SF2 soundfont, can be found here http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Timidity_Midi_to_WAVMP3/1075746867/1 - though the homepage for this version seems to have wandered from host to host and died.

http://timidity.s11.xrea.com/index.en.html - one reasonably good resources for Timidity and soundfonts - may also help in tracking down some good (large!) soundfonts to use with this one.

http://www.synthfont.com/ - Synthfont is another one (though both this and Timidity have their diehard supporters), also available as a VST instrument

Timidity++ is open source, multiplatform, free forever, not just today. Synthfont is not open source or multplatform, but has more recent development. Between them, there should never be any need to consider buying midi rendering software.

Posted 4 years ago #
Phil123

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The recent paint prog put up is very poor when compared to Paint.net
http://www.getpaint.net/index2.html

Posted 4 years ago #
BuBBy

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@Phil123 - The recent paint prog put up is very poor when compared to Paint.net

Considering the recent "paint prog" (Zoner Draw 4) is not actually a "paint prog" (which most people refer to bitmap or photo editors as) - It would be fair to say that Paint.net is a very poor vector graphics program.

The two programs are apples and oranges - and each has a very specific purpose they are designed to address.

So, what is the difference between a Vector Editor and a Bitmap Editor?

Wikipedia - Vector Graphics Editor

Bitmap versus Vector Graphics

But I agree, paint.net is a good freeware bitmap/photo editor.

Posted 4 years ago #
Theleecher

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Clipboard extender - http://www.clipmagic.com/index.html
There are a ton of freeware text multi-clippers, but only a few that do images and mixed content, this one does. Not ready to set it up and get used to it today - no problem!

Posted 4 years ago #
BuBBy

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Freeware Alternatives to "Elprime Media Recovery"

Undelete Plus
http://www.undelete-plus.com/

Free Undelete
http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/index.htm

Posted 4 years ago #
BuBBy

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Freeware Alternatives to "Advanced File Organizer"

InsideCat Lite 4.0
http://www.insidecat.biz/disk_cataloguer/disk_cataloguer.htm

I haven't looked at this program - as personally I have registered WhereIsIt?

Posted 4 years ago #
BuBBy

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Freeware Alternatives to "Folder Marker Home"

Shedko Badges & Folderico (and several other handy tools)
http://eng.softq.org/

iColorFolder
http://icolorfolder.sourceforge.net/

Rainbow Folders
http://programyaionela.republika.pl/english/rf.htm

Icon Tweaker
http://joost.endoria.net/home

IcoFX
http://icofx.xhost.ro/

Posted 4 years ago #
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Ok here you go, better than anything I've seen here yet... For Free ! Available in Linux, Windows and Mac...

The World OF Padman Game

Don't take my word for it check out this video of the in game action...

http://files.filefront.com/World+of+Padman+Standalone/;7609732;/fileinfo.html

To bad I can't post the embedded video player to this forum.

Then if that wets your appetite come on over and download a real cool game for completely free. A single 550 meg download. 12 cool maps. Custom music by by the bands Dieselkopf and Green Sun.

http://worldofpadman.com

No spy-ware, no nothing but the cool game. The real deal. Sometimes the best things in life are free. Feel free to help spread the word with your friends. Make there day.

Have fun

Your Pal

The Mighty Pete

To the administrators of this site:

Feel free to add our game to the games section but we want it posted for a week instead of a day. After all our game is completely free. You can even post it along with the regular free game for the day if you want but you must tell them it's free not for a day but forever. No registration required. Add it to the free ware library if you want. You don't even have to provide the bandwidth for the downloads. Now is that a deal or what ?

Posted 4 years ago #
BuBBy

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Alternatives to Morpheus Photo Morpher

Freeware
Popims Animator - http://www.popims.com/en/pr-s.htm
Image Analyzer - http://meesoft.logicnet.dk/Analyzer/
Cartoonist - http://www.vicman.net/cartoonist/index.htm
SqirlzMorph - http://www.xiberpix.com/SqirlzMorph.html
PaintStar - http://wang.zhenzhou.googlepages.com/

Shareware
Magic Morph - http://www.effectmatrix.com/morphing/index.htm
Fun Morph - http://www.funmorph.com/
FX Morph - http://www.webgraphicsoft.com/morph/index.htm
FaceMorpher - http://www.facemorpher.com/

Posted 4 years ago #
brillobro

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BuBBy might also add Free Morphing - http://www.filesguard.com/ to Alternatives to Morpheus Photo Morpher (Freeware). Simple but works well. A number of other nice little programs on site. Some free, some payware.

Posted 4 years ago #
FABScott

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An alternative to todays IconMP3 is the plugin 'foxytunes', now also available for users of the inferior browser Internet Explorer. ;)

http://www.foxytunes.com/

Posted 4 years ago #
graylox

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Hi,
here is an alternative suggestion to Captain Tray : DM2

http://dm2.sourceforge.net/
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DM2 :: Home
DM2 provides several Windows enhancements that may help in every-day work. One of the nicest and most popular features of DM2 is minimizing windows to floating icons® (unique feature!) freeing both task bar and tray bar space. Moreover, DM2 can manipulate windows in various ways: minimize to tray, make them standing always on-top over all other windows, roll to caption, resize, align to screen borders, hide, set the opacity etc. DM2 also helps with Open/Save dialog boxes, by providing user-defined menu with favorites and recent files and folders. Plenty of program's settings options will satisfy most of requirements.

And that is not all! DM2 also supports custom plugins, which further enhances the program and that usually covers some more specific functionalities. So, from this aspect, one may think of DM2 as a small, but robust manager for all kind of plugins. Find what you need, plug it in, and use it:)

DM2 is free for use. Source is released under the terms of the GPL license.
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It's quite a long time in my toolbox and especially the Open/Save dialog and other functionalities are very helpful to me.
Have a nice day or night, graylox

Posted 4 years ago #
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I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned these yet:

Cave Story

If you haven't heard of this game yet, you must only visit portal sites. A Japanese guy who goes by the name of Pixel(his real name is Daisuke Amaya) spent five years making it, and it shows. It's considered by many to be the best freeware game ever - a title that it deserves, considering its wonderfully retro graphics, great level design, complex story, and three endings. Get it here:
http://miraigamer.net/cavestory/

Knytt and Knytt Stories

These games are nothing short of art. It sounds pretentious, but there really is no other way to describe the delicate atmosphere imbued by their creator, Nifflas(Nicklas Nygren). They are adventure-platformers, with huge, completely exploreable worlds, beautiful muted graphics(not shiny or hi-def, but beautiful), appealing sounds and music, and logical complexity. Both can be downloaded from Nifflas' site:
Knytt: http://nifflas.ni2.se/index.php?main=03Knytt&sub=01About
Knytt Stories: http://nifflas.ni2.se/index.php?main=02Knytt_Stories&sub=01About

I'll post more later.

Posted 4 years ago #
graylox

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Try this alternative to VidMorph :

http://www.debugmode.com/winmorph/
WinMorph is a high performance morphing and warping software

http://www.debugmode.com/wax/
Wax is a high performance and flexible video compositing and special effects software.

Posted 4 years ago #
graylox

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An alternative to todays muveeNow 2 :
If you you think muveeNow films are too canned and you're looking for more flexibility or you have a lame computer such as mine,
be creative with your youngsters and try :

http://scratch.mit.edu/

But be aware, children have much more and better ideas as mam and dad. Have fun!

graylox

Posted 4 years ago #
BuBBy

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Free Windows Startup Managers (and similar)

Process Quicklink
http://www.processlibrary.com/quicklink/

Start Right
http://www.joejoesoft.com/vcms/113/

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/starter.html

Startup Control Panel
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

Startup Manager
http://st-m.sourceforge.net/

Where's James Startup Manager
http://www.wheresjames.com/index.php?page=startupmgr

Posted 4 years ago #
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free alternatives to todays giveaway:

Free Video MP3 Extractor

http://www.jodix.com/video-mp3-extractor/

Free Video MP3 Extractor can extract audio from DVD and all popular formats of video into MP3 files which can be played in MP3 Players. Free Video MP3 Extractor can also work as a simple but effective converter that helps you convert avi, divx, wmv, asf, mpeg, vob, dvd, mov, mp4, rm to mp3.

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Free Video to MP3 Converter

How to extract audio from video and save it as MP3:
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/guides/dvd/extract-audio-from-video.htm

Read this guide and learn how to extract audio from video files (*.avi, *mpg, *.mpg, *.mp4, *.wmv, *.asf, *.mov, *.qt, *.3gp, *.3g2, *.swf and *.flv) and save it as MP3

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Video mp3 Extractor 1.6
http://www.geovid.com/Video_mp3_Extractor/

Video mp3 Extractor is easy to use tool to extract soundtrack from Video AVI, ASF, WMV files.
Output audio file is mp3, and you can listen extracted audio with your mp3 player without any additional conversion or modification. Video mp3 Extractor provides simple and fast method to rip audio from video and save as MP3. User can manage mp3`s bitrate.

Features
Convert Video Files directly to mp3
No additional software required
Fast audion extraction algorithm
Easy to use interface.

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Free DVD MP3 Ripper
http://www.dvd-mp3.org/

Free DVD MP3 Ripperr is very easy to use. It is a freeware and does not contain any form of malware, including but not limited to: spyware, viruses, trojans and backdoors...

Features of Free DVD MP3 Ripper 1.26 :
- It's clean and free, without any adware or spyware.
- It's stable and fast.
- It supports DVD movie files(*.vob), VCD/SVCD movie files(*.dat) and MPEG(MPEG-1, MPEG-2) files(*.mpeg, *.mpg).
- By choosing the start and end point visually, you can fine tune the selection of the source video file to extract into MP3.
- It uses up-to-date and high quality libraries to encode MP3.
- It's not affected by any DVD copy protection.
- The installing and uninstalling process is very easy.

The following file formats are supported :
- DVD Files (*.vob; *.dat)
- VCD/SVCD Files (*.dat)

Posted 3 years ago #
goodgotd

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vs ggaotd-

http://freegamepick.com/en/screenshots_ultimatetank.html
http://freegamepick.com/en/games_ultimatetank.html

Ultimate Tank

Engage in insane tank combat situations. You are in control of one of latest engineered tank. Your mission is to defend your base. Stand alone against many ground and air enemies and win. Fire at will!
Game Features

* explosive game play
* large levels
* unique landscapes and surroundings
* various weapons, bonuses and upgrades

System Requirements

* Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista
* 500MHz
* 128 MB RAM

Download Full Version of the Game (11,7 M)

Posted 3 years ago #
goodgotd

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even the free version of InsideCAT beats today's catalog program.

http://www.insidecat.biz

by miles.

Posted 3 years ago #
thinavila

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08/April/2008
An excellent free program for those who missed out on today's giveaway, which is a clipboard utility, is Clipboard Magic from http://www.cybermatrix.com/clipboard_magic.html

Posted 3 years ago #
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As an alternative to today's Corner-A ArtStudio, I suggest the free:

Sqirlz Water Reflections is a way of adding rippling pools of water, and rain or snow effects, to images or existing AVI videos.

Posted 2 years ago #
Paul F. Quantum AKA "The Dragon"

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Freeware alternatives for today's Picture Collage Maker Pro include:

E.M. Free Photo Collage

Be patient with that site as both download buttons, the "red" one on the page and the "blue" one at the top of the page sometimes gives this message:

Not Found - The requested URL /files/511/ar1/winxp/graphics/empc_setup.exe was not found on this server.

Just go back and try again ( I had to try 3 times )

I have tracked down the culprit as being their Winsite mirror and the problem is caused by the fact that WinSite has ceased its operations on April 27, 2009.

I have already sent an Email to the Effectmatrix site to tell them about it, hopefully they will correct the problem in the future.

As another alternative, eXPress Partners have an interesting offer!

You can get four (4) individual programs: Collage Album, Collage eBook, Collage Calendar or Collage Slideshow.

You can also have them all at once in the Collage Suite.

All the versions used to be shareware but are now free programs!

Here is the link: http://www.expresspartners.com/index.htm

And here is the link explaining why they decided after 10 years to give it away: http://www.expresspartners.com/about.htm

You also have links to Free Templates and Collage Tutorials on the site.

A final alternative is this one: http://www.shapecollage.com/

This one can only be explained by looking at the website, it is weird but fun!

Posted 2 years ago #
notblocklox

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Thanks, Paul, Shape Collage is really fun, I was going to present it here - you have been faster - LOL
Here are some Videos : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMrSkUzg7ws&feature=player_embedded

Another nice way to make collages or manipulate photos is FotoMix.
Look at this Tutorial
The drawback: the developer has added ads.
Yes, our programs are really 100% free now. After years fighting hackers we finally give up.

graylox

Posted 2 years ago #
Inas

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A 100% Freeware Music Player/Organizer is:

Media Monkey Standard-CNET Editor Rating is 5/5, CNET User Rating is 4/5.

Happy Saturday,
Inas

Posted 2 years ago #
Paul F. Quantum AKA "The Dragon"

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An free alternative to Odin Screen Capture from January 17, 2010

PicPick Tools from http://picpick.wiziple.net/

It has many capture settings and it also features a built-in editor, color picker, pixel ruler, protractor, Magnifier and more.

After install, all the tools are available from a trayicon menu.

Posted 2 years ago #
notblocklox

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Two free online alternatives for today's (23.01.2010) GOTD "Crave World Clock":
Both have a broad array of options and information:

http://www.worldtimezone.com/datetime.html

http://www.timeanddate.com/
with Free Clocks for Your Web Site

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