Posted on - May 14, 2007 [at] 10:35 am by Brad
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MediaMonkey – A while back I mentioned I was searching for a new music player, something that would let me shuffle through my library nicely. I tried nearly everything out there and 95% of it was awful. Media Monkey is awesome. Less bloated than iTunes, more feature-rich than Winamp, MediaMonkey has it all. I went from being bored with my massive music library to being entertained again.
Media Player Classic – Make no mistake, VLC should still be installed on every system. But Media Player Classic is a little bit more attractive and faster for jumping through certain video files.
RocketDock – This is a sexy lightweight little program launcher. I always used the built-in sidebars in XP but this is sexier.
Notepad++ – My favorite programming editor. I keep finding new features in it that make my life easier.
Pidgin – I replaced Trillian with this after being horrified by how bulky Trillian Astra looks. I still like the simplicity of Google Talk but this is cool for all the other protocols.
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Mike on Free software I’ve been happy with
May 14, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Cool picks, thanks. Does the Notepadd++ work with HTML/CSS as well? (Probably a stupid question)
Brad on Free software I’ve been happy with
May 14, 2007 at 2:27 pm
It’s got highlighting and so on for HTML/CSS but it doesn’t have like a Dreamweaver/Homesite style HTML/CSS editor.
Justin on Free software I’ve been happy with
May 14, 2007 at 5:53 pm
For those of you who use multiple computers at times, I’d have to add Synergy — http://synergy2.sf.net
Future Boy on Free software I’ve been happy with
May 14, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Oh, yah, I’ve been liking RocketDock. I even moved the start menu up to the top of the screen. My PC is all Macified.
Cheez on Free software I’ve been happy with
May 16, 2007 at 1:18 am
Cool, I didn’t know about mediamonkey.
Another few I love are Process Explorer, Autoruns, and the Vista theme for XP (at your own risk, it’s a shady looking install but it works fine for me – google “vista transformation pack 6 final”)
gurdonark on Free software I’ve been happy with
May 16, 2007 at 12:48 pm
I think you’re the only person I’ve seen who, like me, uses Media Monkey. I really like it, although I’m sure I don’t use all its capabilities. My only complaint about it is that it seems to take a bit longer to get up and running when clicked than do some other similar softwares when I run it at home. But it sure is a flexible bit of free fun.
oboreruhito on Free software I’ve been happy with
May 26, 2007 at 4:21 pm
I’ve got to go with Miranda over Pidgin. GAIM has always been too unstable for me, and Miranda’s a little lighter on the resources.
Dylan on Free software I’ve been happy with
June 14, 2007 at 7:06 am
I like Winamp if I just want to listen to a couple songs. Otherwise I use Media Player.