Free Software Suggestions

[Fearghal]

Does anybody know a program for .jar files?

I think .jar files open with JavaScript.

 

[shaunak]

Software Category: Music Production
Software Name: Traverso
Short Description: Digital Audio Workstation
Link: http://traverso-daw.org/

Software Category: Music Production
Software Name: Denemo
Short Description: Denemo is a music notation program for Linux and Windows that lets you rapidly enter notation for typesetting via the LilyPond music engraver
Link: http://forums.x10hosting.com/computers-technology/www.denemo.org


@above poster: .jar have nothing to do with javascript. They are Java Archives, Java source code, which must be compiled by the Java runtime environment to run the program they contain. Javascript is used for browser scripting and end with the .js extention (most of the times).

Get the JRE from http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp?locale=en&host=www.java.com:80 to be able to run .jar files which target the PC. J2ME (mobile edition) files will not run.

 

[tridge]

Software Category: Media
Software Name: MagicISO
Short Description: Makes ISO's
Link: www[dot]magiciso[dot]com

 

[TechAsh]

I've added those suggestions.

 

[tridge]

Thanks, btw... I love the thread and your dedication to it, keep it up.

 

[Zangetsu]

I think .jar files open with JavaScript.

you can also open it with winrar to extract it

 

[j4k3s7a]

Software Category: Misc
Software Name: ResourcesExtract
Short Description: A program that extracts resources (icons, cursors, bitmaps...) from any .exe, .dll, .cpl, or .ocx
Link: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/resources_extract.html

 

[TechAsh]

Added, Thanks.

 

[evergreenlight]

thanks!

 

[steronius]

Category: ??? anti-virus/malware/firewall ??? not technically any of these (SANDBOX)
Name: SandBoxie\
Description: "Sandboxie runs your programs in an isolated space which prevents them from making permanent changes to other programs and data in your computer."
link: http://www.sandboxie.com/

 

[MarioMaster]

I don't think that VMWF is free.

 

[pkcrew]

that's true

 

[TechAsh]

I don't think that VMWF is free.

What is VMWF? If you mean VMware Server, then yes, it is free.

 

[crabbypup]

have vlc media player or kmplayer been added to the list/recommended yet?
and as for other software tuxguitar is a good score composer/editor for windows and linux; very similar to many non-free composition programs.
and for operating systems i suggest adding puppylinux. it is quite user friendly and is very small and fast for being so fully featured. as for system tools; i use smart defrag. for anti spyware i use ad aware se personal. there are some very good free flight sims like leos flight sim and flight gear. video conversion; i use WinFF all the time. it's very easy and very powerful. frostwire is a great free alternative to limewire and has a built in bitorrent client. linux multimedia studio(LMMS) is a great cubase alternative. other than those, i would say you have just about everything covered.

 

[ppera]

Media Player Classic rulez !

 

[Zdroyd]

Malware Bytes:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/

 

[hermitobserver]

Nvu is the best free web-editing program ever. I got the patch and I use it constantly.

 

[starsun]

I've been using the fireftp plugin for the foxfirebrowser and liking it very much. :angel:

 

[MIOW[RU]]

Software Category: OS
Software Name: Zenwalk
Short Description: Zenwalk is GNU/Linux operating system with expressed focus on being slim and fast by using only one application per task with focus on the graphical desktop and multimedia usage. Zenwalk features the latest Linux technology along with an amazingly complete programming environment and libraries to provide the ideal platform for application programmers. Zenwalk's modular approach gives you the opportunity to convert Zenwalk into a finely tuned and modern server (LAMP, messaging, filesharing).
Link: http://zenwalk.org

Software Category: Programming
Software Name: Geany
Short Description: Geany is a text editor using the GTK2 toolkit with basic features of an integrated development environment. It was developed to provide a small and fast IDE. It supports many filetypes and has some nice features.
Link: http://www.geany.org/

Software Category: Programming
Software Name: MinGW
Short Description: A collection of freely available and freely distributable Windows specific header files and import libraries, augmenting the GNU Compiler Collection, (GCC), and its associated tools, (GNU binutils). MinGW provides a complete Open Source programming tool set which is suitable for the development of native Windows programs that do not depend on any 3rd-party C runtime DLLs.
Link: http://www.mingw.org/

Software Category: CD/DVD Burning
Software Name: ImgBurn
Short Description: ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application that everyone should have in their toolkit!
Link: http://www.imgburn.com/

Software Category: System Tools/Maintenance
Software Name: CleanMem
Short Description: Memory optimizer. The CleanMem application was designed to be a very simple to operate as it will run and clean the memory out of all processes it can, without any user input.
Link: http://www.pcwintech.com/node/145

 

[TechAsh]

Thank you for the suggestions MIOW[RU], I have added them to the list.