I'm done with most commercial software & bloatware... [Archive]

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binary visions

11-10-2007, 04:49 PM

Okay, that's it.

I just moved over to a permanent Vista installation and went to download the latest version of Nero from their website.

It's f**king ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY MEGS.

So, that's it. I'm done. No more of this bloatware crap. No more nag screens about registration or pirating serial numbers and having to search out new ones for upgrades or wonder if the latest update will recognize my piracy and kill the program. Where it's at all possible (exceptions: Photoshop and MS Office), I will be using compact freeware and open source.

Suggestions? Right now I need a more robust defrag program, and a decent IRC program (not BitchX, I'm not doing the command line thing right now), and could be swayed from my newest choice of CD burning programs, but I'm open to other interesting utilities/suggestions.

blue

11-10-2007, 04:59 PM

I will be watching this thread with interest, as Nero has turned into a pile of crap and I do not yet have a decent burning program for the new machine.

Latest version of Alc120=10mb. :D

binary visions

11-10-2007, 05:10 PM

I haven't used it much yet but I downloaded CDBurnerXP which is freeware and got some good reviews.

LordOpie

11-10-2007, 05:15 PM

I have to say, Mac OS7 and Win98 were the tops. The newer OSs and accompanying software only make things "easier", but as for graphic design, multimedia dev, and other functions that I use, I'm not able to accomplish something that I wasn't back then, plus, so much more garbage.

I sound old :D

blue

11-10-2007, 05:27 PM

Are there any freeware/OS programs out there that allow me to make image files from directories/files instead of just a disc?

SkaredShtles

11-10-2007, 09:58 PM

Are there any freeware/OS programs out there that allow me to make image files from directories/files instead of just a disc?
You want to convert a directory/file structure to an ISO image file?

blue

11-10-2007, 11:22 PM

You want to convert a directory/file structure to an ISO image file?

Yeeep...MagicISO is the only one I've found that can do it, and it's commercial...I suppose I can always torrent it :think:

SkaredShtles

11-11-2007, 12:11 PM

Yeeep...MagicISO is the only one I've found that can do it, and it's commercial...I suppose I can always torrent it :think:
Something like this: http://sourceforge.net/projects/iso-creator-cs/
?

If that's not it I'd wager there's something in here that'll do what you want: http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft&type_of_search=soft&words=ISO+

stinkyboy

11-11-2007, 05:13 PM

http://tmgcanada.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/steve-jobs.jpg

ZoRo

11-11-2007, 06:10 PM

http://tmgcanada.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/steve-jobs.jpg

I love Bill Gates, such a thoughful man. The kind of guy who does his keynotes with jeans and a turtleneck... C

H8R

11-11-2007, 06:19 PM

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

SkaredShtles

11-11-2007, 09:28 PM

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
How does Ubuntu manage their updates/patches?

H8R

11-11-2007, 09:38 PM

How does Ubuntu manage their updates/patches?

You log into your machine and a little bubble pops up if there are updates, or you can run the updater manually.

I've had it on my home machine for months. It's been brainless. (in a good way)

Only problem so far is Youtube makes Firefox freeze sometimes. I don't know why.

That has seriously been the only problem.

H8R

11-11-2007, 09:40 PM

Screen cap:

Transcend

11-11-2007, 09:50 PM

Flash issue.

blue

11-11-2007, 11:02 PM

The only thing keeping me from running Ubuntu is the lack of CS3 love.

:(

Hence, I'm trying to get Leopard to go...

Silver

11-11-2007, 11:10 PM

The only thing keeping me from running Ubuntu is the lack of CS3 love.

:(

Hence, I'm trying to get Leopard to go...

I thought you just built a PC?

blue

11-12-2007, 12:52 AM

I thought you just built a PC?

Hence the "trying".

:busted:

binary visions

11-12-2007, 04:12 AM

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

With school, Ubuntu is pretty impractical for me. I need to be able to run whatever programs I need that semester, including study material off CDs.

Besides, Photoshop and Office are non-negotiable.

H8R

11-12-2007, 10:18 AM

Flash issue.

That's what I was thinking. I haven't dove into it yet because I'm lazy and I like watching my kid get frustrated.

:D

H8R

11-12-2007, 10:20 AM

The only thing keeping me from running Ubuntu is the lack of CS3 love.

:(

Hence, I'm trying to get Leopard to go...

Yeah, you need to be satisfied w/ GIMP and Inkscape, etc. to run Linux. If you must have CS3 then it's really not a replacement.

H8R

11-12-2007, 10:23 AM

With school, Ubuntu is pretty impractical for me. I need to be able to run whatever programs I need that semester, including study material off CDs.

Besides, Photoshop and Office are non-negotiable.

Yep.

Open Office has worked pretty well, so has GIMP and UFRAW for pics, but I'm not in school.

syadasti

11-12-2007, 10:24 AM

Hence, I'm trying to get Leopard to go...

Like so (http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showforum=136)

H8R

11-12-2007, 10:26 AM

My future in Linux:

http://ardour.org/

I just started messing with this. It kicks complete ass. So much so that now I need a better hardware solution for audio input.

Ruh ro Raggy!

blue

11-12-2007, 11:36 AM

Like so (http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showforum=136)

Yuh, I've been reading that forum since I put this thing together. Had trouble getting Tiger to recognize the two primary partitions on one of my hard drives, and I really don't want to nuke one right now...

binary visions

11-12-2007, 12:08 PM

Thus far, I declare this thread a total failure.

I hate you all.

H8R

11-12-2007, 12:13 PM

Thus far, I declare this thread a total failure.

I hate you all.

Suk mah fat cold paingwin nutz, biatch!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Tux.svg/334px-Tux.svg.png

SK6

11-12-2007, 12:24 PM

I downloaded a freeware one at home and it woks like a charm!

While its not a 64 bit prog, it works pretty good.

http://www.filehippo.com/download_deepburner/

H8R

11-12-2007, 12:38 PM

For Windows, here's some stuff I use or have used to reduce bloat:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/

http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

http://www.ccleaner.com/

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

http://www.gimp.org/

YMMV.

SkaredShtles

11-12-2007, 01:04 PM

H8R

11-12-2007, 01:10 PM

That's wild. I have just about every one of those apps installed on my Winders box at home. :monkey:

Are you hitting on me?

SkaredShtles

11-12-2007, 01:17 PM

Are you hitting on me?
Not likely :stosh: :rolleyes:

stinkyboy

11-12-2007, 01:17 PM

Thus far, I declare this thread a total failure.

I hate you all.

I'm doing what I can.

http://360east.com/blogfileupload/billgates.jpg

stevew

11-12-2007, 01:18 PM

Thus far, I declare this thread a total failure.

I hate you all.
I think H8R might out geek you and syadasti combined.

H8R

11-12-2007, 01:18 PM

Not likely :stosh: :rolleyes:

Whew. That's good.

My typical reaction to flirting is rape.

H8R

11-12-2007, 01:20 PM

I think H8R might out geek you and syadasti combined.

You're kidding, right?

I've kissed a girl before.

stevew

11-12-2007, 01:33 PM

HaHaHaHa

syadasti

11-12-2007, 01:39 PM

You're kidding, right?

I've kissed a transgendered girl before.

Fixed:busted:

SkaredShtles

11-12-2007, 02:01 PM

<snip>
I've skinned a girl before and made a suit to wear.

Well... so has BV. :think:

H8R

11-12-2007, 02:04 PM

Well... so has BV. :think:

Yeah, but my chubby dangle pops out of the belly button hole.

:cupidarrow:

syadasti

11-12-2007, 02:05 PM

Well... so has BV. :think:

Sorry, I have no suits of any kind, clothing or otherwise:(

binary visions

11-12-2007, 02:08 PM

You've ruined my thread.

I hope you're happy. :rant:

BTW, if your dangle fits through the belly button hole, it's no wonder all you've done is kiss a girl.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Oij377lgzs

SkaredShtles

11-12-2007, 02:28 PM

SkaredShtles

05-16-2008, 02:54 PM

Resurrected for H8R! :rofl:

SK6

05-16-2008, 03:01 PM

:thumb: rep given!

H8R

05-16-2008, 03:15 PM

*singing to myself....*

"Chubby dangle, chuuuuubby dangle....smelly, fat and covered with gooooo....."

Lowlight7

05-30-2008, 12:25 PM

Sorry I'm coming to the discussion so late...

Crappy Bloatware Program / Better Freeware Program

WinZip / 7Zip
Adobe Reader / Sumatra PDF
Norton or McAfee antivirus / Avast or AVG
AOL, MSN, Yahoo messenger / Miranda
Adobe Acrobat / PDF Creator
CuteFTP / SmartFTP
SecureCRT / PuTTY
WinDVD / VLC Media Player
Nero / InfraRecorder

I'm too lazy to link the software.

narlus

05-30-2008, 12:50 PM

crappy bloatware/good freeware

iTunes/foobar

Silver

05-30-2008, 02:27 PM

Filezilla is good for ftp as well...

narlus

05-30-2008, 02:33 PM

yes, i enjoy using Filezilla for all my FTP needs.

skatetokil

05-30-2008, 04:43 PM

Foobar won't replace Itunes unless I can use it to put music on my ipod.

H8R

05-30-2008, 05:06 PM

http://www.linuxalt.com/

Windows Software
Linux Equivalent/Alternative

Ones I use are in bold
Some are cross-platform (Linux, Mac, Windows)

ACDSee
Eye of GNOME ( http://www.gnome.org/projects/eog/ )

Adobe Audition
Audacity ( http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ )

Adobe Illustrator
Skencil ( http://www.skencil.org/ )
Inkscape ( http://www.inkscape.org/ )
Karbon14 ( http://www.koffice.org/karbon/ )
Xara Xtreme for Linux ( http://www.xaraxtreme.org/ )

Adobe PageMaker
Scribus ( http://www.scribus.net/ )

Adobe PhotoAlbum
F-Spot ( http://f-spot.org/Main_Page )
KPhotoAlbum ( http://www.kphotoalbum.org/ )
digiKam ( http://www.digikam.org/ )

Adobe Photoshop
CinePaint ( http://www.cinepaint.org/ )
Krita ( http://www.koffice.org/krita/ )
GIMP ( http://www.gimp.org/ )

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)
Kopete ( http://kopete.kde.org/ )
Pidgin ( http://pidgin.im )

Dreamweaver
Quanta Plus ( http://quanta.kdewebdev.org/ )
Geany ( http://geany.uvena.de )
Nvu ( http://www.nvu.com/index.php )
Screem ( http://www.screem.org/ )
KompoZer ( http://www.kompozer.net/ )
Bluefish ( http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html )

DVDShrink
k9copy ( http://k9copy.sourceforge.net/ )
OGMRip ( http://ogmrip.sourceforge.net/ )
Thoggen ( http://thoggen.net/ )
xdvdshrink ( http://dvdshrink.sourceforge.net/ )
DVD Rip-O-Matic ( http://dvdripomatic.sourceforge.net )
qVamps ( http://vamps.sourceforge.net/ )
dvd::rip ( http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/ )
AcidRip ( http://untrepid.com/acidrip/ )

FruityLoops
LMMS ( http://lmms.sourceforge.net/ )
Hydrogen ( http://www.hydrogen-music.org/ )

Google Desktop Search
Google Desktop ( http://desktop.google.com/linux/index.html )
Beagle ( http://beagle-project.org/ )

iTunes
Banshee ( http://banshee-project.org/Main_Page )
aTunes ( http://www.atunes.org/ )
Quod Libet ( http://www.sacredchao.net/quodlibet )
SongBird ( http://www.songbirdnest.com )
Exaile ( http://www.exaile.org/ )
Amarok ( http://amarok.kde.org/ )
Listen ( http://listengnome.free.fr/ )
Rhythmbox ( http://www.gnome.org/projects/rhythmbox/ )
gtkpod ( http://www.gtkpod.org/ )

LimeWire
FrostWire ( http://www.frostwire.com/ )

Microsoft Excel
KSpread ( http://www.koffice.org/kspread/ )
Open Calc ( http://www.openoffice.org/product/calc.html )
Gnumeric ( http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/ )

Microsoft Frontpage
Quanta Plus ( http://quanta.kdewebdev.org/ )
Nvu ( http://www.nvu.com/index.php )
KompoZer ( http://www.kompozer.net/ )
Bluefish ( http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html )

Microsoft Internet Explorer
Epiphany ( http://www.gnome.org/projects/epiphany/ )
Opera ( http://www.opera.com/download/ )
Firefox ( http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ )
Konqueror ( http://www.konqueror.org/ )

Microsoft Money
KMyMoney ( http://kmymoney2.sourceforge.net/ )
GNUcash ( http://www.gnucash.org/ )
Gnofin ( http://gnofin.sourceforge.net/ )
Grisbi ( http://www.grisbi.org/ )

Microsoft Office
GNOME Office ( http://www.gnome.org/gnome-office/ )
KOffice ( http://www.koffice.org/ )
OpenOffice ( http://www.openoffice.org/ )

Microsoft Outlook (Express)
Thunderbird ( http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/ )
Evolution ( http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/ )

Microsoft Word
Open Office Writer ( http://www.openoffice.org/product/writer.html )
AbiWord ( http://www.abisource.com/ )
Kword ( http://www.koffice.org/kword/ )

MSN messenger
Mercury Messenger ( http://www.mercury.to/ )
Kopete ( http://kopete.kde.org/ )
aMSN ( http://amsn-project.net/ )
Pidgin ( http://pidgin.im )

Nero Burning Rom
X-CD-Roast ( http://www.xcdroast.org/ )
Brasero ( http://perso.orange.fr/bonfire/index.htm )
GnomeBaker ( http://gnomebaker.sourceforge.net/ )
Graveman! ( http://graveman.tuxfamily.org/ )
K3b ( http://www.k3b.org/ )

Picasa
F-Spot ( http://f-spot.org/Main_Page )
KPhotoAlbum ( http://www.kphotoalbum.org/ )
digiKam ( http://www.digikam.org/ )

Pro Tools
Ardour ( http://www.ardour.org )

Quicken
KMyMoney ( http://kmymoney2.sourceforge.net/ )
GNUcash ( http://www.gnucash.org/ )
Gnofin ( http://gnofin.sourceforge.net/ )
Grisbi ( http://www.grisbi.org/ )

WS_FTP
gFTP ( http://gftp.seul.org/ )
FireFTP ( http://fireftp.mozdev.org/ )

H8R

05-30-2008, 05:07 PM

Filezilla is good for ftp as well...

FireFTP izz the shizz.

narlus

05-30-2008, 05:56 PM

Foobar won't replace Itunes unless I can use it to put music on my ipod.

transferring files is the *only* reason to use iTunes, and since i filled my 80GB unit within the first 4 days of owning it, i don't need to use iTunes again.

skatetokil

05-30-2008, 06:38 PM

Frankly, I listen to pandora most of the time and only listen to my own music when I'm out and about.

berkshire_rider

06-02-2008, 11:27 AM