ITT: Must-Have Open-Source, Freeware (or Pirated) Windows Programs

Post your Windows stack, Sup Forums. As in, the programs you always end up re-installing with every wipe.

>CCleaner:
For cleaning shit up, from your harddrives to your registry.
>7-Zip:
The best and freest archive tool for Windows, fuck WinRAR.
>gVim (or Emacs)
Because Notepad isn't too easy on the eyes or fingers.
>Cygwin (or Ubuntu Linux Subsystem w/bash):
Miles ahead of PowerShell or Cmd as far as command shells go.
>ActivePython
The best Python "distro" out there with all the most common/useful standard+common extra modules.
>Eraser:
Use with macros for a panic button to scramble CP as the FBI closes in on your front door.
>VLC:
It plays everything. Forget about proprietary botnet players trying to sell you shit.
>MSI Afterburner:
For overclocking your GPU. Integrated poorfags need not apply.
>ReShade:
For making games look pretty beyond the native graphics options.
>APO Equalizer w/Harmony GUI:
It's like ReShade for audio. Use to make the most out of that DAC. Worth it for the pre-amp volume boost alone.
>LibreOffice:
An efficient free and libre Microsoft Office alternative suite that gets the job done for non-powerusers of MS Office with 1000 MS-specific macros.
>Firefox:
Sorry Chromefags, I'm sticking with the GTK solution, if only for a better UI and several irreplaceable add-ons.
>Google Chrome:
For when shit won't play in Firefox due to DRM jewry Stallman tried to warn us about. Why didn't we listen?!
>qBittorrent:
I prefer it over Transmission simply for the speed graphs.
>Malwarebytes
I don't use it because have more than 2 braincells and Ublock Origin the shit out of skeezy sites. Useful to install on idiot family members' PCs though. Most of all, it's FREE.

Other urls found in this thread:

gnu.org/proprietary/malware-microsoft.en.html
voidtools.com/
pgware.com/products/pcmedik/
twitter.com/NSFWRedditVideo

Msys2 is better than Cygwin

>Windows
Go away with your Pajeetware.

ITT: Entry tier FOSS

OP confirmed for CIA nigger

>VLC

kys

My stack has some of the same, but
>replace Chrome with Chromium
>Deluge instead of qBittorrent
>Notepad++
simple text editor
>Soulseek
old school p2p shit for downloading music
>Spectro
for checking the quality of downloaded mp3s
>SumatraPDF
reads PDF. free and lightweight alternative to adobe's bullshit
>EAC
for ripping CDs
>ImgBurn
for occasionally burning CDs and other optical media
>f.lux
to ease the strain on the eyes during late night working/browsing sessions

First of all you should get rid of the malware on your PC, OP. gnu.org/proprietary/malware-microsoft.en.html

XAMPP
Sublime 3
Chrome
VLC
7Zip
qBittorrent
Evernote desktop client
Photoshop CC
AutoHotKey
KeyTweak

I'm a CS graduate and work in the field haha

is sublime worth it?

I wouldn't buy it unless you're sure you want it
Test it for a while and see. I used a pirated serial all through college. But for web development it's basically a perfect tool

This, it looks great and plays great

>Sorry Chromefags, I'm sticking with the GTK solution, if only for a better UI and several irreplaceable add-ons.
Add-ons that will be gone with Firefox 57

does APO play nicely with VoiceMeeter?

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Why is this even a question? Why isn't piracy your first thoughts? Do you guys consider buying WinRAR too?

If you're already riding the Microsoft train, might as well use Visual Studio Code

loonix has no viruses because nobody of importance uses it :^)

>implying chromium is diffrent than chrome

Deluge > qBittorrent

>LibreOffice
Had this shit instaled on old work, can't count how many times I lose a hours of progress because it crashed. And yes I made backups, the thing is saving is what caused crashes half of the time.

Some people have to actually use their computers. Linux is fine for everybody else

But you didn't save often enough

GNU. The website says gnu.org. Not linux.com. GNU.

I'd prefer to have a stable software than saving every 15 minutes because thats how often it crashed somethimes.

>install Deluge
>doesn't have a "shutdown after completing the download" option
>whatthefuckisthisshit.ogg
>install a shitty plugin that hasn't been updated since 2012
>enable it, and select the "shutdown" option
>animegrillsmugsmile.jpeg
>go to sleep
>wake up and see the PC is off
>nailedit.gif
>hours later, working on an important essay downloading a chinese cartoon episode in the background
>suddenly the PC shuts down
>WHAT.THE.FUCK.REEEEEEEE
>the plugin doesn't reset by default

Potplayer?

Is CC Cleaner good for getting potentially hostile or really persistent shit out of your registry that won't uninstall?

Poo in the loo: the thread

>Firefox

I dont get this 'vlc is great coz it just plays everything' meme. Dont all the generalised media players after youve installed a codec pack (which you should) do that?

is there any free alternative to Avast Cleanup in term of easy improving ur PC performance?

I am fucking lazy to do it one by one

>vlc

Check out Piriform products like CCleaner

Underrated comment
Why is it so underrated?

Does CCleaner actually do anything?

Get rid of files that Windows doesn't allow you to get rid of normally

It's mild nagware, you literally never have to pay

and do I want that?

Link to plugin? I'll update it.

what you need:

a browser, of your choice
a mediaplayer , of your choice
a text editor, of your choice
and finally
a virusscanner, or common sense

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>no user has made a virus scanner called CommonSense

excellent question

will my pc be faster if i delete empty folders and little files i dont even give a fuck about?

Baked chicken is meme get off my board

love vscode :)

>Visual Studio 2017
>CBM Prg Studio
>CCleaner
>Notepad++
>Zilog Development Studio
>Eclipse/ARM DS-5
>DOSBox
>WinVice
>Orbiter
>Steam

>FOSS on Windows
Why bother?

>codec pack
is it 2003 again?

>FOSS on proprietary hardware
Why bother?

easier and safer that pirating you fucking retard

Dear Mods,

Please delete this thread.

Sincerely,
user.

>>CCleaner:
>For cleaning shit up, from your harddrives to your registry.
Literal digital snakeoil. Bleachbit is better.

>Implying

+1 for soulseek

>not using mpv

LOL

"Everything," an instant search tool by Voidtools.

Instantly finds files (Windows only):
voidtools.com/

Supports searching by file extension (put the extension before or after the search term, separated by a space.)

>he prefers being forced to use VLC (which even by its icon and name looks like it's not a proper player, but just a literally temporary stopgap solution to view some files that are stored on a LAN somewhere) just not to install a codec pack which settles everything and lets him use any player of his choice

Codec packs in 2003 were shit, I installed codecs by hand to avoid shit like upside-down video, wrong colors, or other glitches. Once K-Lite codec pack matured nobody needed anything else though.

>Literal digital snakeoil
You haven't seen real digital snakeoil apparently. Check out PCMedik(tm) - literally does God only knows what (unless you run some tools that track changes to the OS in realtime), yet claims to "improve performance, stability, security, and usability", and costs money.

Here, just look at it and try to tell me it doesn't reek of snakeoil from a mile's distance:
pgware.com/products/pcmedik/
You select the CPU and OS (as if it couldn't fucking autodetect that trivially, and then it "magically optimizes" everything. Ok.

>"cleaner" programs
oh for fuck's sake

>CCleaner
CCleaner is actual trash, would not recommend to anyone. You're much better off just using the built in windows cleanup function
>gVim (or Emacs)
>Cygwin (or Ubuntu Linux Subsystem w/bash)
>LibreOffice
why are you even using windows?
>Google Chrome
zero reason to use chrome over a less botnet-y chromium alternative

>CCleaner is actual trash, would not recommend to anyone.
Please elaborate.

registry cleaners are basically snake oil. At best, you won't notice anything. At worse, you fuck up your registry.

What will actually help you is clearing out temp files, etc, which the built in windows cleanup already does just fine.

Also, if you reformat so infrequently that you need to """clean""" your registry, you're doing it wrong.

Get Launchy

Yes.

It's fucking simple to crack. Literally 1 change and gg.

If you're using a fifteen year old toaster, maybe

CCleaner has never messed up my registry, but no, it doesn't do a great job, but it does some stuff.

I actually go into my registry from time to time to clean out old programs that leave shit behind that CCleaner doesn't delete automatically.

>paint.net
>virtualbox
>anki
>LaTeX
>R
>GeoDa

literally just type it into the start menu

>making Windows into Linux

You must be new to Windows

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