Datalore Posted May 8, 2004 Share Posted May 8, 2004 I'm looking for some free alternatives to these commercial software titles. I realize half of them have trials, but they either expire in 30 days or have nags. I'm mainly looking for similar functionality, but a similar interface is also a plus. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.Commercial Applications01. ABBYY FineReader02. Adobe Photoshop CS03. Beyond Compare 204. Cyberlink PowerDVD05. Executive Software Diskeeper06. Hex Workshop07. Jasc Paint Shop Pro 808. Macromedia Flash MX 200409. Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 200410. Microsoft Office 200311. Microsoft Visual Basic 6.012. Microsoft Visual C++ 6.013. Microsoft Virtual PC14. mIRC15. Nero 616. PowerQuest PartitionMagic 817. Resource Tuner18. Tracks Eraser Pro19. Trillian Pro 2.020. WinISO21. WinRAR22. WS_FTP ProAlternatives List01. 02. The GIMP03. 04. 05. Use DEFRAG at the command line in XP.06. Hex Editor v2.0 by HDD Software07. 08. 09. Nvu10. OpenOffice11. 12. 13. 14. 15. MKISOFS & CDRECORD (Reason: need single integrated GUI)16. 17. Resource Hacker18. 19. Integrity Messenger, Trillian .7420. ISOBuster21. 7-ZIP22. WS_FTP LEColor code key:Green - Same as or better than commercialPurple - Reduced functionality, but usableRed - trial/nags/expires/etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmith1 Posted May 8, 2004 Share Posted May 8, 2004 02. The GIMP05. Use DEFRAG at the command line in XP. 15. MKISOFS & CDRECORD, BCD uses these and works great.20. ISOBuster22. 7-ZIPEverything above is either open source, freeware or already included with XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datalore Posted May 8, 2004 Author Share Posted May 8, 2004 Thank your for your suggestions, list updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayroller Posted May 8, 2004 Share Posted May 8, 2004 09 Nvu10 OpenOfficeBoth open source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
likuidkewl Posted May 8, 2004 Share Posted May 8, 2004 06. Hex Editor v2.0 by HDD Software<freeware> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amgqmp1 Posted May 23, 2004 Share Posted May 23, 2004 4. Maximus DVD (http://www.maximusdvd.com)15. Freeburn (http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeburn/)22. FileZilla (http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdes Posted May 23, 2004 Share Posted May 23, 2004 Out of subject, but related:When I use often a program, I buy it (generaly, it is not so expensive).That's especially the case with:03. Beyond Compare 2 (great )15. Nero 6 (upgraded from free OEM version to v6)21. WinRAR??. UltraEdit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBC Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 Maximus DVD's link appears to be dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amgqmp1 Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 Yep, The MaximusDVD link does appear to be out of action...well, it's still a great proggie! I just checked and you can find active links to it through google.Well, scrap that anyways...I cannot believe I forgot VLC Media Player! It will happily play DVD's (and near anything else you throw at it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fillalph Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 04. Use Windows Player Classic with URL=http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=323#comments]MPEG 2 Codec12. Dev-C++ (or use emacs on linux and g++)19. Miranda]Bonkers[ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalfgrey Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 4. Media player classic(as said before), available in neat package at free-codecs.com7. GIMP, as 2.8. No replacement?13. Bochs14. Bersirc (kinda inactive development) or HydraIRC16. diskpart.exe (command-line interface, somewhat limited functionality)22. Smartftp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zprog Posted July 18, 2004 Share Posted July 18, 2004 Anybody know about anything free for #13? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rejser Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 15. CDBurnerXP Pro (http://www.cdburnerxp.se) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leduc Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Anybody know for Alcohol replacement, with virtual drives?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Here's one (attached).That's MS's own tool for mounting ISOs as drives - VirtualCD.Quick, clean, and gets the job done.vcd.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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