   Free Commercial Alternatives
  Hey guys, I'm currently working on making a free software CD. Anyways, I've gotten many free commercial alternatives to many programs I use (openoffice instead of office, borland/mingw/vsexpress instead of vs.net, gimp instead of photoshop, etc.) Anyways, I'd like to know what other freeware programs you like and use or recommend instead of commercial ones.Currently I'm in search for some sort of program that lets me take snapshots (such as hypersnap-dx, instead of having to press printscreen) and one that records the desktop (in windows; instead of camtasia studio or BBflashback). I really appreciate any suggestions. Thanks! (and yes the obvious ones are done, firefox, thunderbird, etc :P).   
  Have you seen The Open CD?   ;  *sigh* Guess someone beat me to it :( Oh well I'm still going to do it, so I'd still like to hear what free apps you guys absolutely love.EDIT: Oh I saw that, well, I'm aiming for something a bit different heh, thanks anyways! :) Still would like to hear your input.   ;  The Open CD is all OSS software, what the op posted sounds like freeware(as I don't think borlands compiler is open source).   ;  Java programming: NetBeansData analysis: WekaMySQL client: SQLyogC# programming: SharpDevelopAntivirus: AVG Free EditionI would like to find some free alternative to Maple, Mathematica or derive, but it seems that those I found are not so user-friendly.EDIT: once I found a good free video editing software, but I dont remember tha name. I found it on sourceforge....   ;  Why include FireFox - it's an alternative to IE, which is already free.   ;  And what about Visual Studio .net 2005 Express Editions...   ;Quote:Original post by d000hgWhy include FireFox - it's an alternative to IE, which is already free.Personally, I like the tabs. It's easier to keep track of things when you're opening a lot of pages (like the numerous threads on the forum). The fact that websites can't do the dodgy things they can do with IE is also a plus.   ;  These are not really big apps, but might be handy for such a cd.dvdshrink bitmeterfoxit reader (especially for slow computers very nice to have.) VLC media playerYou didn't mention what the purpose of that CD should be (as in for which kind of users it is meant), i assume that will influence the selection of programs...   ;  Thanks guys. Forget about the CD, just use this thread to post your favorite free and/or open source programs! :DThe CD will include both open source and/or free software alternatives to commercial products. I need really good programs hence I'm asking which you recommend, I'm just trying to make this to change people's thought that commercial programs are better.   