INFO ***TheRiver & TaiPan's Free Software Thread***

RACER :

Racer is a free cross-platform car simulation project (for non-commercial use), using professional car physics to achieve a realistic feeling and an excellent render engine for graphical realism. Cars, tracks and such can be created relatively easy (compared to other, more closed, driving simulations). The 3D, physics and other file formats are documented. Editors and support programs are also available to get a very customizable and expandable simulator. OpenGL is used for rendering.​

Website / Download:

http://www.racer.nl/

 

Hey, what are the rules here? Can I post links to 'major' programmes that have been hacked? Or is it freeware or shareware only with the odd exception?

 

okay, thank you

 

Introduction

UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for a variety of Linux distributions from Windows or Linux, without requiring you to burn a CD. You can either let it download one of the many distributions supported out-of-the-box for you, or supply your own Linux .iso file if you've already downloaded one or your preferred distribution isn't on the list.

Homepage: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/



The current version has built-in support for automatically downloading and loading the following distributions, though installing other distributions is also supported:

• Ubuntu (and official derivatives)
• Fedora
• Debian
• PCLinuxOS
• Sabayon Linux
• Linux Mint
• Gentoo
• MEPIS
• openSUSE
• Zenwalk
• Slax
• Dreamlinux
• Arch Linux
• Elive
• Damn Small Linux
• CentOS
• SliTaz
• Mandriva
• Puppy Linux
• FaunOS
• gNewSense
• Frugalware Linux
• FreeBSD
• xPUD
• NetBSD

UNetbootin can also be used to load various system utilities, including:

• Parted Magic, a partition manager that can resize, repair, backup, and restore partitions.
• SystemRescueCD, a system repair, backup and recovery tool.
• Super Grub Disk, a boot utility that can restore and repair overwritten and misconfigured GRUB installs or directly boot various operating systems
• Dr.Web Antivirus, F-Secure Rescue CD, and Kaspersky Rescue Disk, which remove malware from Windows installs.
• Backtrack, a utility used for network analysis and penetration testing.
• Ophcrack, a utility which can recover Windows passwords.
• NTPasswd, a utility which can reset Windows passwords and edit the registry.
• Gujin, a graphical bootloader that can also be used to boot various operating systems and media.
• Smart Boot Manager (SBM), which can boot off CD-ROM and floppy drives on computers with a faulty BIOS.
• FreeDOS, which can run BIOS flash and other legacy DOS utilities.

 

DVDStyler

DVDStyler is a cross-platform free DVD authoring application for the creation of professional-looking DVDs.
It allows not only burning of video files on DVD that can be played practically on any standalone DVD player, but also creation of individually designed DVD menus. It is Open Source Software and is completely free.​

Website / Download:

http://www.dvdstyler.org/

 

This looks excellent Riv. Thanks very much for the link.

Now, if I could just get my burner to work correctly, I'd be in business.

 

Hey people, i hope i can post this in here. if not, then my apologies. i'm having trouble with using Image Grabber II. When selecting the video to upload into IG II to get vidcaps i get an error message saying, "Failed to open the movie. Either the file was not found or the wave device is in use". I've tried it with the file being various formats but I get the error everytime. I have no idea how to work around this. Thanks for your time and help. And I'm sorry if I posted in the wrong section

 

ClipGrab3

With ClipGrab, you can easily save your favourite videos from sites like YouTube, Dailymotion or Vimeo. And you can convert these videos into “usable” formats like WMV, MPEG or MP3.​

Website / Download:

http://clipgrab.de/start_en.html

 

This is an awesome thread. Lots of great programs listed here. And the price is definitely right.

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Media Monkey

* 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.
* Manage all genres of audio: Rock, Classical, Audiobooks, Comedy, Podcasts, etc.

* Play MP3s and other audio formats, and never again worry about varying volume.
* Record CDs and convert MP3s, M4A, OGG, FLAC and WMA files etc. into other formats.
* Create playlists and let Auto-DJ & Party Mode take care of your party.
* Sync iPhones, iPods, & MP3 players, converting & leveling tracks on-the-fly.

Website
http://www.mediamonkey.com/

 

VOBMerge 2.51 Remixed


"VOBMerge has a simple and easy-to-use interface that will allow you to easily merge VOB files"




VOBMerge is a tool for merging several ".VOB" files into one big VOB. This is useful for seamless playback or editing of DVD video on your harddrive.

VOBMerge is a small, fast and easy to use software that will help you merge VOB files. This function makes it possible to merge many large files on a tiny harddisk

You can even merge other files as well. But be aware that merging some files could damage the files.



Do not try to merge 2 ZIP files for instance!
Note:- Make sure that your disks are formatted with the NTFS file system if you are going to output files larger than 4GB!

Reworked the application from scratch, and added some requested functions such as drag & drop and batch abilities.


WEBSITE/DOWNLOAD:- http://evilmaster.net/index.php?page=tools

 

Excellent thread. Thank you everyone and my admiration to you all.


PS. DVDStyler rocks!

 

TinyCAD

TinyCAD is an open source schematic capture program for MS Windows.
Use TinyCAD to produce professional circuit diagrams and export net list information to PCB applications.​

Website / Download:

http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/tinycad/

 

PureMp3

PureMp3 is a MP3 tag editor with a nice user interface, batch capabilities and fully supported undo.
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Website / Download:

http://www.mroc.de/puremp3/

 

calibre

calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application developed by users of e-books for users of e-books. It has a cornucopia of features.
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Website / Download:

http://calibre-ebook.com/download

 

RawTherapee

Raw Therapee is a free RAW converter and digital photo processing software.
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Website / Download:

http://rawtherapee.com/?mitem=2

 

Free Video Downloader

Get easy and quick video downloads from YouTube, Facebook, Hulu, Vevo, Google, MTV, MTV Music, Dailymotion, Vimeo, Megavideo, Metacafe, ComedyCentral, SouthParkStudios, TheDailyShow, Vh1, Veoh, Break, Stupidvideos, LiveLeak, Photobucket, Nicovideo.jp, MyVideo.de, adult sites
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Website / Download:

http://www.freemake.com/free_video_downloader/

 

FastCopy

The Fastest Copy/Delete Software on Windows.

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Website / Download:

http://ipmsg.org/tools/fastcopy.html.en

 

LibreOffice

LibreOffice is the free power-packed Open Source personal productivity suite for Windows, Macintosh and Linux, that gives you six feature-rich applications for all your document production and data processing needs:
Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Math and Base. Support and documentation is free from our large, dedicated community of users, contributors and developers..

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Website / Download:

http://www.libreoffice.org/

 

FocusWriter

FocusWriter is a fullscreen, distraction-free word processor designed to immerse you as much as possible in your work.
The program autosaves your progress, and reloads the last files you had open to make it easy to jump back in during your next writing session, and has many other features that make it such that only one thing matters: your writing.

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Website / Download:

http://gottcode.org/focuswriter//