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===Anti-Virus/Anti-Malware===
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[[File:commonsense.png|thumb|/g/'s #1 anti-virus choice]]
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It is '''not recommended''' to use an active (always-running) antivirus. To avoid the <i>huge performance-hit</i><font color="blue"><small><sup> [<i>Citation needed</i>]</sup></small></font color> that comes with this, only scan your PC with scanning-software such as
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[http://www.malwarebytes.org/ MalwareBytes]
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or simply use some common sense.
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For people lacking common sense:
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*[http://www.avira.com/en/downloads/ Avira] - Avira Free Antivirus
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*[http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security-essentials-download/ Mircosoft Security Essentials] - Designed to only be a "baseline", and the worst product (security-wise) per Microsofts's own admission [http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/384394/microsoft-security-essentials-is-designed-to-be-bottom-of-the-antivirus-rankings].
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*[http://www.eset.com/us/home/products/antivirus/ Nod32] ''(non-free)''
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*[http://www.avast.com Avast] - Avast Free Antivirus available
  
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===Video Players===
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===Archiving===
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[[File:VLCPlayback.gif|thumb|What you can expect from playback using VLC (animated)]]
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*[http://www.7-zip.org/ 7-Zip] - LGPL, handles every compression format you are likely to encounter, and a bunch you aren't unless you're a time traveler from a BBS circa 1991.
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*[http://mpc-hc.org/ MPC-HC] - open-source; with the madVR renderer for GPU rendering and more features (Download [http://madshi.net/madVR.zip here])
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*[http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm WinRAR] - WinRAR is also a Archiving software just like 7-Zip, does the same thing.  Proprietary commercial software that doesn't respect your freedom, and doesn't handle the same number of compression formats.  Basically, use if you're an idiot.
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*[http://mpv.io/ mpv] - open-source, supports H.265 playback. A fork of mplayer(2). (Download [http://mpv.srsfckn.biz/ here])
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*[http://videolan.org/ VLC] - VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols. (Download [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/#download/ here])  However, you can expect your playback to look something like this -->
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===Audio Editor===
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*[[PotPlayer]] - Freeware piece of shit written by koreans that violates the [[GPL]], Use MPC-HC or mpv instead you hipster faggot.
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*[http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Audacity]
  
 
===Audio Players===
 
===Audio Players===
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*[http://www.aimp.ru/ AIMP] - Freeware, considered successor to WinAmp
 
*[http://www.aimp.ru/ AIMP] - Freeware, considered successor to WinAmp
  
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===PDF Readers===
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===Cleaner===
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*[http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/free-pdf-reader.html SumatraPDF] - free and open source document reader
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*[http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download/ CCleaner] - Clears the bloat left by the apps, from cookies to uninstalleed apps remains
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*[http://singularlabs.com/software/ccenhancer/ CCEnhancer] - CCleaner additions
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*[http://www.revouninstaller.com/download-freeware-version.php/ Revo Uninstaller]
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===Computer Specs===
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*[http://www.piriform.com/speccy/ Speccy]
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*[http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/ GPU-Z]
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*[http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html/ CPU-Z]
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===Defragmenter===
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::''Don't use these on your SSD, you moran.''
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*[http://www.piriform.com/defraggler/ Defraggler]
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*[http://www.mydefrag.com/ MyDefrag] - Freeware, based on the standard defragmentation API by Microsoft.  Also optimizes file locations.
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===Disk Burning===
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*[http://www.imgburn.com/ ImgBurn] - Make sure to uncheck any of the 'freebies' (Conduit Toolbars) and you'll be fine.
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*[http://www.burnaware.com/ BurnAware] - free and non-free version
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*[http://cdburnerxp.se/en/home CDBurnerXP] - free, download the version without botnet (OpenCandy) [http://cdburnerxp.se/download?more-options here]
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===[[Encryption]]===
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*[http://www.truecrypt.org/ Truecrypt] - Freeware, open source.  Does it work?  [http://istruecryptauditedyet.com/ Maybe?]
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===File Recovery===
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See also: [[Data Recovery]]
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*[http://www.piriform.com/recuva/download/ Recuva]
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*[http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk/ TestDisk]
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===Firewall===
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*Windows Default
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*Your Router's Firewall
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*[http://tinywall.pados.hu/ Tinywall] - interesting wrapper for the Windows firewall
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*[http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/free-download.html/ Comodo Firewall]
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*[http://www.zonealarm.com/ ZoneAlarm]
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===FTP Clients===
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* [https://filezilla-project.org/ Filezilla] - Free and open source, GPL v2.
  
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===Image Viewer===
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===Hex Editor===
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*[http://www.irfanview.com/ IrfanView]
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*[http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delphi/freeware/xvi32/xvi32.htm/ XVI32]
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*[http://www.oldversion.com/windows/acdsee/ ACDSee Classic]
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*[http://frhed.sourceforge.net/en/ Frhed]
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*[http://picasa.google.com/ Picasa Photo Viewer]
 
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*[http://www.xnview.com/en/ Xnview]
 
  
 
===Image Editor===
 
===Image Editor===
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*[http://www.inkscape.org/en/ InkScape] - Vector graphic editor. FOSS.
 
*[http://www.inkscape.org/en/ InkScape] - Vector graphic editor. FOSS.
  
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===Video Encoder===
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===Image Viewer===
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==== H.264&Others ====
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*[http://www.irfanview.com/ IrfanView]
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*[http://handbrake.fr/ HandBrake] - Very basic
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*[http://www.oldversion.com/windows/acdsee/ ACDSee Classic]
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*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/megui/ MeGUI] - Supports Hi10P encoding
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*[http://picasa.google.com/ Picasa Photo Viewer]
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*[http://staxmedia.sourceforge.net/ StaxRip] - Supports fairly advanced audio encoding, batch processing
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*[http://www.xnview.com/en/ Xnview]
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==== H.265 ====
 
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*[https://x265.cc/ x265] - Pre-alpha x265 builds
 
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===Audio Editor===
 
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*[http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Audacity]
 
  
 
===Office Suite===
 
===Office Suite===
 
*[https://www.libreoffice.org/ LibreOffice] - After Oracle acquired OpenOffice, it asked community members to GTFO [https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council_Log_20101014].  Since everyone despises Oracle, the developers all jumped ship as well [http://digitizor.com/2010/11/01/and-so-the-exodus-begins-33-developers-leave-openoffice-org/] and stared LibreOffice.
 
*[https://www.libreoffice.org/ LibreOffice] - After Oracle acquired OpenOffice, it asked community members to GTFO [https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council_Log_20101014].  Since everyone despises Oracle, the developers all jumped ship as well [http://digitizor.com/2010/11/01/and-so-the-exodus-begins-33-developers-leave-openoffice-org/] and stared LibreOffice.
 
*[http://www.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice] - If you're an idiot, and want to use a dying and deprecated program [http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/10/14/1531252/openoffice-is-dying-and-ibm-wont-help] for some for some bizarre reason.  Oddly, things didn't work out for Oracle, so they gave the license to the Apache Foundation who released it under their own license.
 
*[http://www.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice] - If you're an idiot, and want to use a dying and deprecated program [http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/10/14/1531252/openoffice-is-dying-and-ibm-wont-help] for some for some bizarre reason.  Oddly, things didn't work out for Oracle, so they gave the license to the Apache Foundation who released it under their own license.
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===PDF Reader===
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*[http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/free-pdf-reader.html SumatraPDF] - free and open source document reader
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===Screen Capture===
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*[http://obsproject.com/ Open Broadcaster Software] - free and open source software for recording and live streaming.
  
 
===Text Editor===
 
===Text Editor===
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*[http://www.sublimetext.com/ Sublime Text] - Not free (officially) but beautiful out of the box and tons of features. The 'evaluation' can be used forever like WinRAR but each time you open it and save a few times it nags you (once) to buy it and makes you feel bad.
 
*[http://www.sublimetext.com/ Sublime Text] - Not free (officially) but beautiful out of the box and tons of features. The 'evaluation' can be used forever like WinRAR but each time you open it and save a few times it nags you (once) to buy it and makes you feel bad.
  
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===Hex Editor===
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===Torrent Clients===
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*[http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delphi/freeware/xvi32/xvi32.htm/ XVI32]
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[[File:torentclients11.png|thumb|Official /g/ Torrent Guide v1.1]]
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*[http://frhed.sourceforge.net/en/ Frhed]
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* [http://www.qbittorrent.org/ qBittorrent] - Free and open source. Extendable, lots of features. The uTorrent of the FOSS world.
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* [http://baretorrent.org/ BareTorrent] - Also free and open source. Very minimal and lightweight - downloads Torrents and pretty much nothing else.
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* [http://deluge-torrent.org/ Deluge] - Free and open source, [[GPL]] v3. Very extendable and lots of features, but can be sluggish and hogs resources.
  
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===Archiving===
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===Terminal Emulators===
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*[http://www.7-zip.org/ 7-Zip] - LGPL, handles every compression format you are likely to encounter, and a bunch you aren't unless you're a time traveler from a BBS circa 1991.
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*[http://www.cygwin.com Cygwin] - Terminal that gives you the feel of GNU/Linux on windows.
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*[http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm WinRAR] - WinRAR is also a Archiving software just like 7-Zip, does the same thing.  Proprietary commercial software that doesn't respect your freedom, and doesn't handle the same number of compression formats.  Basically, use if you're an idiot.
 
  
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===[[Encryption]]===
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===Video Encoder===
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*[http://www.truecrypt.org/ Truecrypt] - Freeware, open source. Does it work?  [http://istruecryptauditedyet.com/ Maybe?]
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==== H.264&Others ====
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*[http://handbrake.fr/ HandBrake] - Very basic
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*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/megui/ MeGUI] - Supports Hi10P encoding
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*[http://staxmedia.sourceforge.net/ StaxRip] - Supports fairly advanced audio encoding, batch processing
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==== H.265 ====
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*[https://x265.cc/ x265] - Pre-alpha x265 builds
  
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===Disk Burning===
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===Video Player===
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*[http://www.imgburn.com/ ImgBurn] - Make sure to uncheck any of the 'freebies' (Conduit Toolbars) and you'll be fine.
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[[File:VLCPlayback.gif|thumb|What you can expect from playback using VLC (animated)]]
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*[http://www.burnaware.com/ BurnAware] - free and non-free version
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*[http://mpc-hc.org/ MPC-HC] - open-source; with the madVR renderer for GPU rendering and more features (Download [http://madshi.net/madVR.zip here])
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*[http://cdburnerxp.se/en/home CDBurnerXP] - free, download the version without botnet (OpenCandy) [http://cdburnerxp.se/download?more-options here]
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*[http://mpv.io/ mpv] - open-source, supports H.265 playback. A fork of mplayer(2). (Download [http://mpv.srsfckn.biz/ here])
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*[http://videolan.org/ VLC] - VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols. (Download [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/#download/ here])
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*[[PotPlayer]] - Freeware piece of shit written by koreans that violates the [[GPL]], Use MPC-HC or mpv instead you hipster faggot.
  
 
===Virtual CD/DVD Drive===
 
===Virtual CD/DVD Drive===
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*[http://www.daemon-tools.cc/products/dtLite/ DAEMON Tools Lite] - WARNING: contains adware and send informations about the iso you mount unless you manually disable this behaviour.
 
*[http://www.daemon-tools.cc/products/dtLite/ DAEMON Tools Lite] - WARNING: contains adware and send informations about the iso you mount unless you manually disable this behaviour.
  
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===Virtual Desktop Manager===
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[[File:commonsense.png|thumb|/g/'s #1 anti-virus choice]]
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*[http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/ VirtuaWin] - Allows you to use multiple virtual desktops
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It is '''not recommended''' to use an active (always-running) antivirus. To avoid the <i>huge performance-hit</i><font color="blue"><small><sup> [<i>Citation needed</i>]</sup></small></font color> that comes with this, only scan your PC with scanning-software such as
 
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[http://www.malwarebytes.org/ MalwareBytes]
 
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or simply use some common sense.
 
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For people lacking common sense:
 
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*[http://www.avira.com/en/downloads/ Avira] - Avira Free Antivirus
 
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*[http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security-essentials-download/ Mircosoft Security Essentials] - Designed to only be a "baseline", and the worst product (security-wise) per Microsofts's own admission [http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/384394/microsoft-security-essentials-is-designed-to-be-bottom-of-the-antivirus-rankings].
 
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*[http://www.eset.com/us/home/products/antivirus/ Nod32] ''(non-free)''
 
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*[http://www.avast.com Avast] - Avast Free Antivirus available
 
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===Firewall===
 
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*Windows Default
 
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*Your Router's Firewall
 
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*[http://tinywall.pados.hu/ Tinywall] - interesting wrapper for the Windows firewall
 
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*[http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/free-download.html/ Comodo Firewall]
 
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*[http://www.zonealarm.com/ ZoneAlarm]
 
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===Defragmenter===
 
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::''Don't use these on your SSD, you moran.''
 
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*[http://www.piriform.com/defraggler/ Defraggler]
 
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*[http://www.mydefrag.com/ MyDefrag] - Freeware, based on the standard defragmentation API by Microsoft.  Also optimizes file locations.
 
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===Cleaner===
 
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*[http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download/ CCleaner] - Clears the bloat left by the apps, from cookies to uninstalleed apps remains
 
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*[http://singularlabs.com/software/ccenhancer/ CCEnhancer] - CCleaner additions
 
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*[http://www.revouninstaller.com/download-freeware-version.php/ Revo Uninstaller]
 
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===File Recovery===
 
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*[http://www.piriform.com/recuva/download/ Recuva]
 
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*[http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk/ TestDisk]
 
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===Computer Specs===
 
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*[http://www.piriform.com/speccy/ Speccy]
 
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*[http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/ GPU-Z]
 
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*[http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html/ CPU-Z]
 
  
 
===Virtual Machine===
 
===Virtual Machine===
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*[https://www.virtualbox.org/ VirtualBox]
 
*[https://www.virtualbox.org/ VirtualBox]
  
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===Virtual Desktop Manager===
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===Misc & Utilities===
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*[http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/ VirtuaWin] - Allows you to use multiple virtual desktops
 
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===Terminal Emulators===
 
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*[http://www.cygwin.com Cygwin] - Terminal that gives you the feel of GNU/Linux on windows.
 
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===Torrent Clients===
 
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[[File:torentclients11.png|thumb|Official /g/ Torrent Guide v1.1]]
 
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* [http://www.qbittorrent.org/ qBittorrent] - Free and open source. Extendable, lots of features. The uTorrent of the FOSS world.
 
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* [http://baretorrent.org/ BareTorrent] - Also free and open source. Very minimal and lightweight - downloads Torrents and pretty much nothing else.
 
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* [http://deluge-torrent.org/ Deluge] - Free and open source, [[GPL]] v3. Very extendable and lots of features, but can be sluggish and hogs resources.
 
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===FTP Clients===
 
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* [https://filezilla-project.org/ Filezilla] - Free and open source, GPL v2.
 
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===Misc & utils===
 
 
*[https://code.google.com/p/altdrag AltDrag] - Allows you to use Alt and drag your windows. [https://code.google.com/p/altdrag/wiki/About Information and guides]
 
*[https://code.google.com/p/altdrag AltDrag] - Allows you to use Alt and drag your windows. [https://code.google.com/p/altdrag/wiki/About Information and guides]
 
*[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653 Process Explorer] - A better task manager
 
*[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653 Process Explorer] - A better task manager
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[[Category:Software]]
 
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[[Category:Recommendations]]
 
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== Other Platforms ==
 
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==See Also==
 
*[[Recommended Software (OS X)]]
 
*[[Recommended Software (OS X)]]
 
*[[Recommended software (Linux)]]
 
*[[Recommended software (Linux)]]
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[[Category:Software]]
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[[Category:Recommendations]]

Revision as of 19:43, 3 February 2014

Anti-Virus/Anti-Malware

/g/'s #1 anti-virus choice

It is not recommended to use an active (always-running) antivirus. To avoid the huge performance-hit [Citation needed] that comes with this, only scan your PC with scanning-software such as

MalwareBytes

or simply use some common sense. For people lacking common sense:

Archiving

  • 7-Zip - LGPL, handles every compression format you are likely to encounter, and a bunch you aren't unless you're a time traveler from a BBS circa 1991.
  • WinRAR - WinRAR is also a Archiving software just like 7-Zip, does the same thing. Proprietary commercial software that doesn't respect your freedom, and doesn't handle the same number of compression formats. Basically, use if you're an idiot.

Audio Editor

Audio Players

  • Foobar2000 - freeware; lightweight and customizable
  • MusicBee - freeware; less customizable than foobar2000, but still powerful and better out-of-the-box
  • MediaMonkey - freemium; powerful media player with a great database
  • AIMP - Freeware, considered successor to WinAmp

Cleaner

Computer Specs

Defragmenter

Don't use these on your SSD, you moran.
  • Defraggler
  • MyDefrag - Freeware, based on the standard defragmentation API by Microsoft. Also optimizes file locations.

Disk Burning

  • ImgBurn - Make sure to uncheck any of the 'freebies' (Conduit Toolbars) and you'll be fine.
  • BurnAware - free and non-free version
  • CDBurnerXP - free, download the version without botnet (OpenCandy) here

Encryption

File Recovery

See also: Data Recovery

Firewall

FTP Clients

Hex Editor

Image Editor

  • GIMP - A popular Photoshop alternative. Is good if you know how to use it correctly.
  • Paint.NET - Started as a MS Paint alternative, now integrates plenty of features such as layers and effects
  • InkScape - Vector graphic editor. FOSS.

Image Viewer

Office Suite

  • LibreOffice - After Oracle acquired OpenOffice, it asked community members to GTFO [2]. Since everyone despises Oracle, the developers all jumped ship as well [3] and stared LibreOffice.
  • OpenOffice - If you're an idiot, and want to use a dying and deprecated program [4] for some for some bizarre reason. Oddly, things didn't work out for Oracle, so they gave the license to the Apache Foundation who released it under their own license.

PDF Reader

Screen Capture

Text Editor

  • Notepad++
  • (g) Vim
  • Emacs
  • Sublime Text - Not free (officially) but beautiful out of the box and tons of features. The 'evaluation' can be used forever like WinRAR but each time you open it and save a few times it nags you (once) to buy it and makes you feel bad.

Torrent Clients

Official /g/ Torrent Guide v1.1
  • qBittorrent - Free and open source. Extendable, lots of features. The uTorrent of the FOSS world.
  • BareTorrent - Also free and open source. Very minimal and lightweight - downloads Torrents and pretty much nothing else.
  • Deluge - Free and open source, GPL v3. Very extendable and lots of features, but can be sluggish and hogs resources.

Terminal Emulators

  • Cygwin - Terminal that gives you the feel of GNU/Linux on windows.

Video Encoder

H.264&Others

  • HandBrake - Very basic
  • MeGUI - Supports Hi10P encoding
  • StaxRip - Supports fairly advanced audio encoding, batch processing

H.265

  • x265 - Pre-alpha x265 builds

Video Player

What you can expect from playback using VLC (animated)
  • MPC-HC - open-source; with the madVR renderer for GPU rendering and more features (Download here)
  • mpv - open-source, supports H.265 playback. A fork of mplayer(2). (Download here)
  • VLC - VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols. (Download here)
  • PotPlayer - Freeware piece of shit written by koreans that violates the GPL, Use MPC-HC or mpv instead you hipster faggot.

Virtual CD/DVD Drive

Virtual Desktop Manager

  • VirtuaWin - Allows you to use multiple virtual desktops

Virtual Machine

Misc & Utilities

See Also

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