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

>>60556378
Msys2 is better than Cygwin

>>60556378
>Windows
Go away with your Pajeetware.

ITT: Entry tier FOSS

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OP confirmed for CIA nigger

>>60556378
>VLC

kys

>>60556378
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

>>60556378
First of all you should get rid of the malware on your PC, OP. https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-microsoft.en.html

>>60556378

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

>>60556838
is sublime worth it?

>>60556927
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

>>60557010
This, it looks great and plays great

>>60556378
>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

>>60556378
does APO play nicely with VoiceMeeter?

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>>60556378

>>60556927
>>60557010
Why is this even a question? Why isn't piracy your first thoughts? Do you guys consider buying WinRAR too?

>>60556927
If you're already riding the Microsoft train, might as well use Visual Studio Code

>>60557390
loonix has no viruses because nobody of importance uses it :^)

>>60556572
>implying chromium is diffrent than chrome

Deluge > qBittorrent

>>60556378
>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.

>>60556686
>>60556420
Some people have to actually use their computers. Linux is fine for everybody else

>>60557882
But you didn't save often enough

>>60557913
GNU. The website says gnu.org. Not linux.com. GNU.

>>60557923
I'd prefer to have a stable software than saving every 15 minutes because thats how often it crashed somethimes.

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>>60557838
>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?

>>60556378
Is CC Cleaner good for getting potentially hostile or really persistent shit out of your registry that won't uninstall?

>>60556378
Poo in the loo: the thread

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>>60556378
>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

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>>60556378
>vlc

>>60560298
Check out Piriform products like CCleaner

>>60556404
Underrated comment
Why is it so underrated?

Does CCleaner actually do anything?

>>60562070
Get rid of files that Windows doesn't allow you to get rid of normally

>>60556927
It's mild nagware, you literally never have to pay

>>60562449
and do I want that?

>>60558036
Link to plugin? I'll update it.

>>60556378
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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>>60563006
>no anon has made a virus scanner called CommonSense

>>60562529
excellent question

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

>>60560308
Baked chicken is meme get off my board

>>60557479
love vscode :)

>>60556378
>Visual Studio 2017
>CBM Prg Studio
>CCleaner
>Notepad++
>Zilog Development Studio
>Eclipse/ARM DS-5
>DOSBox
>WinVice
>Orbiter
>Steam

>FOSS on Windows
Why bother?

>>60560283
>codec pack
is it 2003 again?

>>60563781
>FOSS on proprietary hardware
Why bother?

>>60563781
easier and safer that pirating you fucking retard

>>60556378
Dear Mods,

Please delete this thread.

Sincerely,
anon.

>>60556378
>>CCleaner:
>For cleaning shit up, from your harddrives to your registry.
Literal digital snakeoil. Bleachbit is better.

>>60563832
>Implying

>>60556572
+1 for soulseek

>not using mpv

LOL

>>60556378
"Everything," an instant search tool by Voidtools.

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

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

>>60563810
>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.

>>60563974
>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.

>>60563974
>>60566403
Here, just look at it and try to tell me it doesn't reek of snakeoil from a mile's distance:
http://www.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

>>60556378
>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

>>60566587
>CCleaner is actual trash, would not recommend to anyone.
Please elaborate.

>>60566934
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

>>60559864
Yes.

>>60562513
It's fucking simple to crack. Literally 1 change and gg.

>>60563279
If you're using a fifteen year old toaster, maybe

>>60567090
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

>>60567337
literally just type it into the start menu

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>making Windows into Linux

>>60568341
You must be new to Windows

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>>60556378