The Freeware and Open Source Software Thread

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

How much memory do those kids eat up, and how fast do they start up? I only need one Firefox performance-wise.

[Raz]

Darn! How come I didn't find this earlier?

Abuse
Homepage Note: not the original homepage, the original has been taken of the net, (but you can still get it here.)
OS: Windows, but originally on DOS.
Open Source: Not sure, could someone check for me. (I accidentally removed it from my PC)
Description: A fairly old action sidescrolling shooter, first made for MS-DOS as shareware, but has recently become free and works under Windows, with only slight changes to the DOS original. Think Alien vs Predator minus the marines. Light on plot and story, still very fun - makes you feel like you're back at the arcades. Comes with it's own editor for new levels if you would like to make them.

Scorched 3D
Homepage
OS: Windows, Mac, Linux - tells you here
Open Source: Yes
Description: Remember the old Scorched Earth? The mother of all games? Well now it's back and with more firepower than ever before! And is in 3D. Very fun turned-based game, I first got it when browsing the net during a long and lengthy installation of another game, thinking it'd be a bit of fun. Now whenever I'm installing a game or just want to kill some time, I start up Scorched 3D.

Oh and, yes another game:
Dink Smallwood
Homepage
OS: Windows
Open Source: Yes
Description: An isometric RPG set in a medieval-fantasy kind of world. Outdated graphics-wise, but very fun. It will keep you enjoyed for hours on end. I can't say much more, but it's so full of humour that I'd get it just for the laughs it will bring. Trust me, you'll enjoy it and I guarantee that you will smile at least once during the course of the game. I managed to get the game when it first became freeware on CD form, this was before the turn of the century - and I've still got it on my PC to this day (26-Feb-08).

(This all comes under Gaming of course)
Also, could I suggest Roguelike games? Not very good for those less nerdy than I, but I find that they kill time too. =D

[drone]

Scorched 3D
Homepage
OS: Windows, Mac, Linux - tells you here
Open Source: Yes
Description: Remember the old Scorched Earth? The mother of all games? Well now it's back and with more firepower than ever before! And is in 3D. Very fun turned-based game, I first got it when browsing the net during a long and lengthy installation of another game, thinking it'd be a bit of fun. Now whenever I'm installing a game or just want to kill some time, I start up Scorched 3D.

Awesome. Remember playing Scorched Earth on 286s back in the late 80s. Vertical guidance and rollers FTW!

[Lemur]

AVG Anti-Virus has a new version, if you would be so good as to change the link in its entry. New link for download: http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afe

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Updated that, but I don't even know where I was with updating everything else... :(

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Sorry for the late response to your question Alexander. I haven't checked this thread for a while

How much memory do those kids eat up, and how fast do they start up? I only need one Firefox performance-wise.

I don't really know in all honesty. It's essentially what the website says although it doesn't really provide any statistics. Both Camino and K-melon are based on the platform's native API rather than using Mozilla clunky XUL, so it kind of makes logical sense.

Flock is not another Firefox, although it is based on Firefox. It's like Firefox, but with integration into a variety of social networking sites such as Digg, Facebook and MySpace. It also includes webmail integration with Yahoo! Mail and, more recently, Gmail.

Sunbird is like Thunderbird, totally unaffiliated in terms of purpose with Firefox. It's designed as a PIM (personal information manager) which can be used to perform calendaring tasks, set reminders and organise a schedule.

[JR-]

Sumatra PDF:
http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/
open source pdf that doesn't try to report back to adobe HQ

Klipfolio:
http://www.klipfolio.com/
Good RSS reader

OSSEC HIDS:
http://www.ossec.net/en/home.html
open source intrusion detection system

Wikitaxi:
http://wikitaxi.org/delphi/doku.php/...wikitaxi/index
offline wikipedia database dump reader

Truecrypt:
http://www.truecrypt.org/
best data encryption app period, open source eor otherwise (and it is open source)