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| − | This is a list of freeware, [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html/ GPL] & [http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php/ Open Source] software originally collected and collated in the [[Freeware#Additional information | Freeware List]] in the [http://forums.overclockers.com.au/ OCAU Forums].
| + | Overclockers Australia, or OCAU, was founded in July 1999 by James "Agg" Rolfe. Since then it has grown into one of the busiest PC enthusiast forums on the net. It has expanded to cover other areas of interest, with discussion forums covering topics from photography to fitness. |
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| − | == General Criteria for Freeware ==
| + | For more information, see the [http://www.overclockers.com.au/contact.php About & Contact Info Page] on OCAU's main site. |
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| − | For the purposes of this Wiki, it is put forward that "Freeware" should be defined as software supplied: | + | |
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| − | # without necessary remuneration from the user to the developer/publisher.
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| − | # without conditions which overtly restrict the program for personal use on a single home PC.
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| − | # wherever possible, without overtly advertising a paying product to such an extent that the use of the program causes irritation (I realise this is subjective, but I try to imagine what I believe to be a "reasonable man" test case).
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| − | # wherever possible, without necessary registration.
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| − | # wherever possible, without a clause in the user agreement which necessitates removal of the free product if it becomes a commercial product in future releases.
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| − | While there are some products listed that may violate one or more of these conditions - ICQ is one case, being adware - they are included for the sake of being thorough in offering a choice within a specific category.
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| − | GPL software is an entirely different matter, which is why it has been distinguished from freeware. GPL has its own mandate of use which is not legally re-definable; GPL simply is, without any necessity for further explanation here.
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| − | Software which discontinues use after a certain period of time or number of uses perhaps shouldn't be defined as freeware as this condition violates guidelines, and contributors should consider this before listing it here.
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| − | == Definitions of Freeware ==
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| − | *[http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html Abandon-ware]
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| − | * Freeware (or costing $0.00)
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| − | *[http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html GPL/GNU]
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| − | *[http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php Open Source]
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| − | </b>
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| − | We think the above definitions sum it up best.
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| − | Generally speaking Freeware is not crippled in anyway, shape or form. That is, it's a full featured program that is offered completely free to use for home, personal and/or sometimes corporate use by the author.
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| − | Be aware that some products are marketed as "Freeware", but are actually really Shareware, Crippleware or other products. Computer criminals often hide worms, trojans & viruses in their "free" products. Sometimes it is easy to confuse "Freeware" with the terms "Free Download".
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| − | With that said, some software authors release what is called "Lite" versions of their software as freeware. "Lite" meaning it is a smaller less featured version of a "pro" or "standard" version of the same software they also develop. Even though, technically speaking, "Lite" software isn't really freeware, it is regarded as freeware. Why? Because it is released free without any conditions on it's use (trial periods, etc), except for it to be used for personal use only by the author/s.
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| − | == Types of software that are not regarded as freeware ==
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| − | <b>* Abandon-ware</b>
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| − | The copyright holder is dead, non-existent or untraceable. Often when a copyright product has several hands of changing ownership (company buyouts, etc), some products have their ownership unknown. Some definitions of copyright (eg Freeware, etc) may be so legally untested, that it is "legally abandoned" until it is tightly defined as within legal definitions. Examples listed below are the Operating Systems of Sinclair, Atari & Amiga computers, and their emulators.
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| − | <b>* Adware</b>
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| − | Basicly any application that contains blatant advertising unless you purchase a license to remove it.
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| − | Examples of this include Opera 7.xx Browser and Eudora Mail Client.
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| − | <b>* Conditionally Licensed</b>
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| − | Often these are Abandonware, or superceded versions of current software. The "condition" is that you somehow received permission to use the software. Legal proof of the below conditions may be difficult or impossible. This permission may be because:
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| − | 1) You bought an newsletter / magazine / official-presentation, and hence have access to the software. Examples are Lotus Wordpro & 602 Office software.
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| − | 2) You are part of a bulk licence system (at school, work, etc. - often a Microsoft or Adobe product).
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| − | 3) You have a license for a previous product before it was upgraded, renamed or the copyright / ownership changed.
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| − | <i><b>Note:</b> Sometimes there are combinations of the above that may also include and install third party product's such as DivX 5 Codec and Sharman Networks Kazaa Client.</i>
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| − | <b>* "Free Download"</b>
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| − | Cunningly used by most software suppliers on the Internet to give the impression of Freeware. If it really is freeware, examine closely the cost: $0.00, or for the actual word: "free".
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| − | <b>* Demoware or Trialsoft</b>
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| − | Software with full or partial functionality that is usable for a set trial period (usually 15-120 days), after which it becomes completely unusable unless a license is purchased. Another version of crippleware limits the file sizes, menu choices, or number of times that you are allowed to use the product.
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| − | An example of this include would be Adobe Photoshop CS 30 Day Tryout.
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| − | <b>* Shareware, Nagware or Crippleware</b>
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| − | Software that is released as "freeware", but has features crippled or disabled by the author that may require the purchase of a license to un-cripple or enable. Some rare types of shareware is more "Frightware", where it's threats of limitations are not really in operation. The majority of this kind of software has charactoristic "nag" screens that pester you to buy a license.
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| − | An example of this include would be Apple Quicktime Player.
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| − | <b>* Betaware, Alphaware</b>
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| − | Rarely has a use-by date, after which it is unusable. Often with known & unknown bugs and limitations. Often used by a way to launch most types of software before re-launching a relatively bug free version.
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| − | ==[[Audio Visual / Graphical]] ==
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| − | *[[Audio Visual / Graphical#Codecs / Filters | Codecs / Filters]]
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| − | *[[Audio Visual / Graphical#Codecs / Filters | Codecs / Filters]]
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| − | *[[Audio Visual / Graphical#Clipboard Tools | Clipboard Tools]]
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| − | *[[Audio Visual / Graphical#Database | Database]]
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| − | *[[Audio Visual / Graphical#Dedicated Home Theatre | Dedicated Home Theatre]]
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| − | *[[Audio Visual / Graphical#Editor & Conversion / Compression Tools - Audio Only | Editor & Conversion / Compression Tools - Audio Only]]
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| − | *[[Audio Visual / Graphical#Editor & Conversion / Compression Tools - Audio/Video | Editor & Conversion / Compression Tools - Audio/Video]]
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| − | *[[Audio Visual / Graphical#Editor & Conversion / Compression Tools - MP3 Specific | Editor & Conversion / Compression Tools - MP3 Specific]]
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| − | *[[Audio Visual / Graphical#Editor & Conversion / Compression Tools - Image Editors | Editor & Conversion / Compression Tools - Image Editors]]
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| − | *[[Audio Visual / Graphical#Editor & Conversion / Compression Tools - Digital Camera Image Editors | Editor & Conversion / Compression Tools - Digital Camera Image Editors]]
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| − | *[[Audio Visual / Graphical#Media Players | Media Players]]
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| − | *[[Audio Visual / Graphical#Media Players - Streaming | Media Players - Streaming]]
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| − | *[[Audio Visual / Graphical#Musical | Musical]]
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| − | *[[Audio Visual / Graphical#Misc | Misc]]
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| − | ==[[CD / DVD]]==
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| − | *[[CD / DVD#Burning | Burning]]
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| − | *[[CD / DVD#Collection & Organisation | Collection & Organisation]]
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| − | *[[CD / DVD#Data Compression / Extraction / Reading | Data Compression / Extraction / Reading]]
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| − | *[[CD / DVD#Media / Drive Info | Media / Drive Info]]
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| − | *[[CD / DVD#Misc | Misc]]
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| − | ==[[File Management / Office Applications]]==
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| − | *[[File Management / Office Applications#Archival / Compression & Decompression | Archival / Compression & Decompression]]
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| − | *[[File Management / Office Applications#Calculators | Calculators]]
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| − | *[[File Management / Office Applications#Calendars / Organisers | Calendars / Organisers]]
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| − | *[[File Management / Office Applications#Data backup and synchronisation |Data backup & synchronisation]]
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| − | *[[File Management / Office Applications#File Search / Browsing / Manipulation | File Search / Browsing / Manipulation]]
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| − | *[[File Management / Office Applications#Finance | Finance]]
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| − | *[[File Management / Office Applications#PDF | PDF]]
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| − | *[[File Management / Office Applications#Spell Checkers / Thesaurus / Dictionaries | Spell Checkers / Thesaurus / Dictionaries]]
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| − | *[[File Management / Office Applications#Timesheets | Timesheets]]
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| − | *[[File Management / Office Applications#Tutorial & Presentation Creation | Tutorial & Presentation Creation]]
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| − | *[[File Management / Office Applications#Word Processor / Spreadsheet / Office Suite | Word Processor / Spreadsheet / Office Suite]]
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| − | *[[File Management / Office Applications#Project Management | Project Management]]
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| − | *[[File Management / Office Applications#Misc | Misc]]
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| − | ==[[Gaming]]==
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| − | *[[Gaming#Administration | Administration]]
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| − | *[[Gaming#Games | Games]]
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| − | *[[Gaming#Programming Interfaces / Utilities | Programming Interfaces / Utilities]]
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| − | *[[Gaming#Video Capture | Video Capture]]
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| − | *[[Gaming#Virtual Machines | Virtual Machines]]
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| − | *[[Gaming#Sites | Sites]]
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| − | ==[[Internet / Communications]]==
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| − | *[[Internet / Communications#Bandwidth / Connection Monitors | Bandwidth / Connection Monitors]]
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| − | *[[Internet / Communications#Download / Upload Managers | Download / Upload Managers]]
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| − | *[[Internet / Communications#Email Clients / Utilities | Email Clients / Utilities]]
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| − | *[[Internet / Communications#Forums Software / Hosting | Forums Software / Hosting]]
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| − | *[[Internet / Communications#FTP Clients / Utilities | FTP Clients / Utilities]]
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| − | *[[Internet / Communications#Instant Messenger Clients | Instant Messenger Clients]]
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| − | *[[Internet / Communications#IRC Clients | IRC Clients]]
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| − | *[[Internet / Communications#Online Gallery Software| Online Gallery Software]]
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| − | *[[Internet / Communications#P2P - Bittorrent Clients | P2P - Bittorrent Clients]]
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| − | *[[Internet / Communications#P2P - Misc Clients | P2P - Misc Clients]]
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| − | *[[Internet / Communications#Plugins | Plugins]]
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| − | *[[Internet / Communications#RSS | RSS]]
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| − | *[[Internet / Communications#VoIP | VoIP]]
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| − | *[[Internet / Communications#Web Authoring / Site Development Tools | Web Authoring / Site Development Tools]]
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| − | *[[Internet / Communications#Web Browsers / Utilities | Web Browsers / Utilities]]
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| − | *[[Internet / Communications#Misc | Misc]]
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| − | ==[[Operating Systems]]==
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| − | *[[Operating Systems#Amiga | Amiga]]
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| − | *[[Operating Systems#DOS | DOS]]
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| − | *[[Operating Systems#Linux | Linux]]
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| − | *[[Operating Systems#Other OS | Other OS]]
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| − | *[[Operating Systems#Emulators | Emulators]]
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| − | ==[[PDA|PDA / Mobile Phone]]==
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| − | *[[PDA#Mobile Phone | Mobile Phone]]
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| − | *[[PDA#Palm OS | Palm OS]]
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| − | *[[PDA#Sony PSP | Sony PSP]]
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| − | *[[PDA#Symbian | Symbian]]
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| − | *[[PDA#Windows Mobile | Windows Mobile]]
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| − | ==[[Portable Applications]]==
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| − | *[[Portable Applications#Archival / Compression & Decompression | Archival / Compression & Decompression]]
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| − | *[[Portable Applications#Calendars / Organisers | Calendars / Organisers]]
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| − | *[[Portable Applications#Editor & Conversion / Compression Tools | Editor & Conversion / Compression Tools]]
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| − | *[[Portable Applications#Email Clients / Utilities | Email Clients / Utilities]]
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| − | *[[Portable Applications#FTP Clients / Utilities | FTP Clients / Utilities]]
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| − | *[[Portable Applications#Media Players | Media Players]]
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| − | *[[Portable Applications#PDF | PDF]]
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| − | *[[Portable Applications#Word Processor / Spreadsheet / Office Suite |Word Processor / Spreadsheet / Office Suite]]
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| − | *[[Portable Applications#Web Authoring / Site Development Tools | Web Authoring / Site Development Tools]]
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| − | *[[Portable Applications#Web Browsers | Web Browsers]]
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| − | ==[[Programming Interfaces / Utilities]]==
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| − | *[[Programming_Interfaces_/_Utilities#C_.2F_C.2B.2B_.2F_C.23|C / C ++ / C#]]
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| − | *[[Programming Interfaces / Utilities#eBooks / Guides | eBooks / Guides]]
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| − | *[[Programming Interfaces / Utilities#Java| Java]]
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| − | *[[Programming Interfaces / Utilities#Pascal | Pascal]]
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| − | *[[Programming Interfaces / Utilities#PERL | PERL]]
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| − | *[[Programming Interfaces / Utilities#PHP | PHP]]
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| − | *[[Programming Interfaces / Utilities#Ruby (And Rails) | Ruby (And Rails)]]
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| − | *[[Programming Interfaces / Utilities#Visual Basic | Visual Basic]]
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| − | *[[Programming Interfaces / Utilities#Editors | Editors]]
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| − | *[[Programming Interfaces / Utilities#Sites | Sites]]
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| − | *[[Programming Interfaces / Utilities#Databases | Databases]]
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| − | *[[Programming Interfaces / Utilities#Installation_Packages | Installation Packages]]
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| − | *[[Programming Interfaces / Utilities#Misc | Misc]]
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| − | ==[[Security]]==
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| − | *[[Security#Adware & Spyware Removal / Utilities | Adware & Spyware Removal / Utilities]]
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| − | *[[Security#Antivirus | Antivirus]]
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| − | *[[Security#Antivirus - Web Based | Antivirus - Online]]
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| − | *[[Security#Data Encryption | Data Encryption]]
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| − | *[[Security#Firewall | Firewall]]
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| − | *[[Security#Live CDs | Live CDs]]
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| − | ==[[System Utilities]]==
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| − | *[[System Utilities#ASPI Tools | ASPI Tools]]
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| − | *[[System Utilities#Benchmarking | Benchmarking]]
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| − | *[[System Utilities#Boot / Partition Utilities | Boot / Partition Utilities]]
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| − | *[[System Utilities#Cloning | Cloning]]
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| − | *[[System Utilities#Data Recovery | Data Recovery]]
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| − | *[[System Utilities#Defrag Tools | Defrag Tools]]
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| − | *[[System Utilities#File Systems | File Systems]]
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| − | *[[System Utilities#GUI Customisation / Control | GUI Customisation / Control]]
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| − | *[[System Utilities#HDD Monitor / Tools | HDD Monitor / Tools]]
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| − | *[[System Utilities#Macro & Clipboard Tools | Macro & Clipboard Tools]]
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| − | *[[System Utilities#Optimisation / Tweaking | Optimisation / Tweaking]]
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| − | *[[System Utilities#Registry Tools | Registry Tools]]
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| − | *[[System Utilities#Remote Control | Remote Control]]
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| − | *[[System Utilities#Shell Replacement | Shell Replacement]]
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| − | *[[System Utilities#System Monitoring / Information / Tools | System Monitoring / Information / Tools]]
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| − | *[[System Utilities#Video | Video]]
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| − | *[[System Utilities#Misc | Misc]]
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| − | ==[[Freeware Websites]]==
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| − | *[[Freeware Websites#OCAU Forum Guides | OCAU Forum Guides]]
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| − | *[[Freeware Websites#OCAU Forum Member Sites | OCAU Forum Member Sites]]
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| − | *[[Freeware Websites#Major Freeware Sites | Major Freeware Sites]]
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| − | *[[Freeware Websites#Other Freeware Sites | Other Freeware Sites]]
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| − | == Additional information ==
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| − | <i>"I'll make special mentions of DeepSpring, for his early & continuing efforts to create work for me by providing so many links, and z3099528, for setting up the bulk of the Wiki entries. Deepspring has taken the time to further define the different types of software that can be found for download on the net in terms relevant to this thread.
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| − | "I posted the first message on 17th January, 2004, and the last, now, on 04th December, 2005. Nearly two years later, after 302 posts and almost 26000 views (at this time), the thread is dead. Long live the Wiki!" - </i> <b>Ambush</b>
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Overclockers Australia, or OCAU, was founded in July 1999 by James "Agg" Rolfe. Since then it has grown into one of the busiest PC enthusiast forums on the net. It has expanded to cover other areas of interest, with discussion forums covering topics from photography to fitness.
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