Essential Free Software
Thursday June 17th 2010, 2:04 pm
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Linux / Mac / Win
Audacity:  Multitrack sound editor.

Blender:  3D modeling and animation.

FileZilla FTP client.

Processing:  Powerful Java-based development environment aimed at new programmers.

Duration:  Simple, powerful OSC sequencer.

PureData:  Graphical development environment from the creator of Max/MSP/Jitter.

Sublime Text:  Cross-platform text editor (nagware).

VLC Player:  Nigh-universal video player.

Pencil:  Basic drawn animation.

GeekBench:  Easy system benchmarking.

Clam Anti-Virus (Linux,Mac,Win):  Mercifully straightforward virus scanner that runs only when you click on it.


Mac / Win
CompressMovies:  Easy-to-use batch encoder for Quicktime formats.

MPEG Streamclip:  Full-featured Swiss Army knife-style media encoder.


Linux / Win
HFSExplorer:  Read HFS (Mac) format disks.


Mac only
TextWrangler:  Text editor with syntax highlighting.

Soundflower:  Route audio between applications.

NTFS-3G:  Write to NTFS (Windows) volumes.

U3 Uninstaller:  Removes annoying “launchpads” from USB sticks.

CSSEdit:  A great easy-to-use CSS dictionary.


Win only
VirtualDub:  Powerful basic video editor, effects processor.

TextPad:  Text editor with syntax highlighting.

MIDI-Ox and MIDI-Yoke:  Route MIDI between applications.

Putty:  Telnet with SSH.


Linux only


Firefox

FireFTP:  FTP in a Firefox plugin.

FireBug:  Inspects any element in Firefox.

Web Developer’s Toolbar:  for Firefox.


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