Are you a designer? Love gadgets? Expert in computer science? Such as hacking and tweaking software and hardware? You are a geek. Believe it or not, you are like me. OK, now, we will not fight on the definition of a geek.
Here is a list of (all free) software for geeks, in my view. You can download each by clicking on its name:
firefox/Chrome: these top dogs in the world of web browser are not only recommended for everyone, but they are also a playground of a geek. If you use Internet Explorer and you consider tech-savvy, think again, then think again and think that until you have one of these installed browsers.
Notepad ++: this is an another must have tool for a geek. Notepad included with Windows is fine. It is simple and complete for the design of web sites and there just as a normal person needs. But you are a geek. You have Notepad ++. It has color coding help when you are web design, it has more features and anything you can think of. Oh yes, and it is open-source.
Dropbox: Wow, the file perfect synchronization tool. It is the choice ultimate (especially for geeks, once again) for backup and synchronization. It is not completely free, but there is not a lot of limitations. The free account gets a decent 2 GB of online storage, and you can develop with a tax, but I never felt need for it. You can also get an extra 250 MB to complete the tutorial, and more free space with the instructions here. Dropbox is magic. You can download any type of file, any size (except if it exceeds the size of your account), and above all, it behaves as another folder on your computer, with the addition of a function on the synchronization of constantly.
7-Zip: WinZip is so old fashioned. It is not even free. 7-Zip, is light and open-source, which is completely free. Windows comes with a fine file Extractor. But it cannot retrieve the most recent file types, better compressed. 7 Zip expands the capacity by integrating with your operating system and it can extract almost all kinds of compressed files. This is the ultimate compression utility.
?torrent: Hey, come, torrents are not illegal. Everything depends on what you are downloading. Torrents can be very useful for downloading large software, and if you are a geek, you know torrents. ?Torrent is the best torrent app out there. You need to do so. You will need to download the large open-source stuff, like OpenOffice, or large versions of Linux (see, I am speaking only of free software here).
TeamViewer: how a geek can live without it? TeamViewer, if you've never heard of it, is a software remote support and remote access. You can use it to impress friends or help them when they are in trouble and need your geek expertise. It is free for commercial use, and there is no limits. When you have TeamViewer, you can easily tell the person on the other side to download a smaller version (or the full features) and you will be able to use their automatically generated user ID and password to connect to their computer and discover the problem. I, personally, have never used for remote access to my computer.
GIMP: the GNU Image Manipulation Program free open-source. This is probably the best free photo editing tool and (even more) is probably a good alternative to Photoshop. Okay, fans of Photoshop, not upgrade me for this. The only condition is (no, it's free and OpenOffice.org) has a slight learning curve. You can find collaborés better if you do not so much in the photo editing (that I use most of the time).
CCleaner: choice of the geek in computer cleaning utilities. It can clean up all the gunk that cleans disk cleanup, more a large part of the stuff that other apps leave behind them. It can also clean the registry and work from a flash drive without problems, for use on other computers.
Thus, it is the very basic freeware must have a geek in his arsenal for the calculation of daily. I miss something important? It by throwing in comments, and I can add it in the list.
Antriksh Yadav is an avid student and technology. He is the author of the blog tech, now in Tech, which updates you with tips and tricks on technology, reviews, tweaks, tutorials, editorials and same news about the world of technology.