LURKMORE Compack
From The LURKMORE Wiki
The LURKMORE Group has started a list of programs that are the best at their job. Below are the picks from three awesome people.
nd's picks
- music - foobar2000
- http - firefox
- irc - mIRC
- torrents - uTorrent
- vnc - TightVNC
- video - zplayer
- drive emu - DAEMON Tools
- voicechat - Ventrilo
- image viewer - Irfanview
- comicreader - CDisplay
- txt files - crimsoneditor
- dvd ripper - DVD Decrypter
- desktop recorder - camstudio
- ssh - Putty
- ebooks - ubook
- ftp - ws_ftp
King_John's picks
- music - foobar2000
- http - Opera and IE
- irc - mIRC
- instant messaging - Pidgin
- torrents - uTorrent
- vnc - none tested
- video - K-Lite Codec Pack|Media Player Classic
- drive emu - DAEMON Tools
- voicechat - Ventrilo or Skype
- image viewer - Irfanview
- comicreader - CDisplayEx
- txt files - Notepad2
- dvd ripper - ImgBurn and Decrypter
- image burning and making software - ImgBurn
- desktop recorder - camstudio
- ssh - Putty
- ebooks - Notepad2/MS Office/Foxit Reader
- ftp/sftp - WinSCP
- fxp - FlashFXP
- newsgroup/news reader - NewsBin
- startup manager - self titled sourceforge project
- p2p - WASTE
- video card tweaking - RivaTuner
- par and sfv/md5 management - QuickPar
- hardware info - CPU-Z
- gfx card info - GPU-Z
- fan speed monitor - SpeedFan
- pdf viewer - Foxit Reader
- duplicate file finder - self titled free application
- bulk file renamer - bulk rename utility
- external file downloader - GetRight
- archiver - 7-Zip or WinRAR
- hard drive encrypting - TrueCrypt
whoreface's picks
I do not pay for software.
- OS - Ubuntu
- Windows Emulation - WINE
- Music - Rhythmbox with Restricted-Extras
- Video - MPlayer with Restricted-Extras
- CHM viewer - xchm
- .lit file converter (fuck you, Microsoft) - Convert Lit (CLit)
- DVD Ripper - DVDFab HD Decrypter and DVDShrink (both work in WINE)
- CD Ripper - Sound Juicer
- CD and DVD Burning - K3B
- HTTP - Firefox
- FTP - Filezilla
- Download Manager - wget with gwget gui
- IM - Pidgin
- IRC - Xchat
- Torrents - Transmission
- Audio Editing - Audacity
- Video Editing - Avidemux
- Image Editing - GIMP
- Text - vim
- Hardware monitoring - hddtemp and lm-sensors with Gnome Sensors Applet
- Doom Port - prboom
- DOS emulation - DOSbox
- Gameboy Advance/GBC/GB Emulation - Visual Boy Advance with VBAExpress gui
- N64 - Mupen64plus
- SNES - snes9x-gtk
- NES - FCE Ultra with gfceu gui
- Shit don't work f5
