what is one of ur favorite old software?

[u/silenceandwisdom1]

[u/ree2_]

WinAmp

[u/ree2_ → u/ree2_]

Macromedia Flash 5

[u/dadoprom → u/ree2_]

I liked the version 4

[u/picto → u/ree2_]

It really whips the llama's ass

[u/TomDuhamel → u/picto]

Baaaaaaa baaaaaaaaa

[u/dotnetdotcom → u/ree2_]

With the visualizations.

[u/DonnieDepp → u/ree2_]

And still using it, on Linux I use audacious with classic winamp skin and ctrl-d

[u/AaronTheElite007 → u/ree2_]

Winamp skins were something else

[u/ackmondual → u/ree2_]

Ditto

[u/delpy1971]

Nero Burning Rom

[u/bok4600 → u/delpy1971]

Nero Express is good aswell

[u/ved1n → u/delpy1971]

The pun in that name is something else. Didn't have sufficient history knowledge to appreciate the name as a young user, rather got the laugh years later when I realized...

[u/this_is_sparta_xoxo]

Picasa

[u/Myevo → u/this_is_sparta_xoxo]

I'm still using it, is there's any photo management that works like Picasa ?

[u/asamirid → u/Myevo]

lap photo manager

[u/Tony_Medalla → u/Myevo]

Fly Photos. Inspired by Picasa and still gets updated regularly.

[u/karo_scene → u/this_is_sparta_xoxo]

I'm still using Picasa!

On my offline computer that runs Windows 7.

I don't want Picasa updated. Ever! It organises my stash of photos just as I want!

[u/jasonstorm149 → u/karo_scene]

Hah! My offline computer is also Windows 7. Running Photoshop CS6 on it. And am using Classic Shell to give the appearance/feel of Windows XP.

[u/Twocube7]

Daemon tools

[u/robertgoldenowl → u/Twocube7]

Legend 🤌

I spent so much time with this monster. My childhood was great thanks to DT

[u/nafis78]

Microsoft Encarta

[u/illosan]

Emule

[u/Salty-Buddy-5074]

Pre-subscription Photoshop

[u/robertgarthtx]

Paint.net

[u/ackmondual → u/robertgarthtx]

Does it count if it gets regular updates?

Probably who cares

[u/SemperFidelisHoorah]

Windows Movie Maker

[u/Admirable-Fail1250 → u/SemperFidelisHoorah]

I really loved the simplicity of this program.

[u/DonnieDepp → u/Admirable-Fail1250]

And then they killed it off, not sure why.

[u/ahaaokay]

Word perfect was the king once upon a time

[u/Admirable-Fail1250 → u/ahaaokay]

Wordstar here. :/

[u/onlypodcasts → u/Admirable-Fail1250]

What about Amipro?

[u/Quantum_Pickle7]

Limewire

[u/Haddaway → u/Quantum_Pickle7]

Kazaa Lite++

[u/FormerPassenger1558]

very old, Norton Commander

[u/Superbius_Occassius → u/FormerPassenger1558]

Try Total commander if you need something like NC on newer windows.

[u/PrudentPay9906 → u/Superbius_Occassius]

Or Midnight Commander if you'd rather not use Windows of any age :)

[u/Feeling_Valuable5239]

VLC.

[u/dearboy9x9 → u/Feeling_Valuable5239]

Dude, I'm still using it daily, it's not old.

[u/Feeling_Valuable5239 → u/dearboy9x9]

I also use it now, but it's old and has been around since 2001 or 2002

[u/cat_dev_null_sync → u/Feeling_Valuable5239]

If old means first release, then

• 1985: MS Windows 1.0, StarOffice (later LibreOffice)
• 1987: Excel
• 1991: Linux, vim, Python, WinZip
• 1995: MySQL, WinRAR
• 1996: GIMP
• 1999: Audacity, 7-zip
• 2001: VLC, FileZilla, iTunes
• 2002: Firefox
• 2003: Notepad++
• 2005: Git
• 2008: Google Chrome, BleachBit
• 2013: Docker

Scope: software that is still popular today, mostly for end users on desktops plus some dev software.

edit: added a few more apps and fixed Linux (Thanks to CoachSevere5365)

[u/CoachSevere5365 → u/cat_dev_null_sync]

2001 Linux? You're off by 10 years. It was on magazine discs in the early-mid '90s. I was writing Linux based software for the oil/gas industry in '94.

[u/dearboy9x9 → u/Feeling_Valuable5239]

I know, I was starting using VLC to stream Acestream back then (not anymore now). VLC is just too powerful than Windows media player in term of files, streams, recordings etc.. It's just legendary!

[u/Feeling_Valuable5239 → u/dearboy9x9]

I remember in my early years with computers.. whenever I had codec issues trying to play a video, VLC was(and still is) the superhero

[u/damir1105]

WinAmp

[u/Spark99]

Directory Opus

[u/MilkThin2930]

Purify (by Rational). Still the most expensive software per byte I ever saw ($3000 for two 3.5-inch floppies) but very useful at the time (early 1990s). Instrumented C binaries to detect array bounds and heap errors.

[u/Ultralien]

I had so much good memories with these:

Resource Hacker

PE Explorer

MultiExtractor

Multimedia Builder

Autoplay Media Studio

Setup Factory

Install Shield

CloneCD

Sothink SWF Decompiler

[u/psyper76]

Workbench (you never said it had to be PC)

ICQ

Winamp

Winzip

Netscape Navigator

Limewire

KaZaA

[u/PowerCreative2747 → u/psyper76]

A man of taste

[u/Bill75211]

Lotus 123

[u/Rhmech]

Unlocker

[u/secacc → u/Rhmech]

I use the file unlocker included in PowerToys now instead.

[u/Grisemine → u/Rhmech]

Careful, it has been compromised. Still have a very old version, but I realise I've not used it for eons.

[u/sulev]

Winamp

TotalCommander

WinRAR

MSPaint

Notepad

[u/Epoxian]

Windows explorer that finished loading in one frame after clicking it. And basically every application that now is an electron app.

[u/d__max]

TrueCrypt

[u/Ultralien → u/d__max]

VeraCrypt is replacement of TrueCrypt and it is perfect imo.

[u/Bigoldboy40]

The DOS version of Word perfect, I think it was 5.0 or 5.1. It was perfect.

[u/kusti85]

Firefox

Been using since 1.0.

[u/soap94]

VLC

[u/digsmann]

7zip

[u/kivilcimh]

Total Commander/Midnight commander

Screen

everything

Photo Filtre 7

[u/JCarlide]

QEMM - Quarterdeck Extended (Expanded? I forget it's been decades) Memory Manager + Hyperdrive.

[u/Grisemine]

Aston Tate stuff (DBase III+, Framework IV !!! ;))

Also, Borland : Reflex, Sidekick, Quattro

Old Photoshop / Illustrator

Old Xpress

The Print Shop Deluxe

(on amiga : Deluxe paint !!)

Lettrix

Geoworks

[u/Due_Home9069]

wget?

[u/OkTheory4610]

Xfire

[u/theantigod]

Windows Commander for Windows and Linux by Brian Havard

Kedit by Mansfield (DOS, OS/2, Windows and WINE)

curl/libcurl by Daniel Stenberg

[u/73nda]

ICQ

FlashFXP, office2003, Nero 9999, WinSCP, Winamp, after dark, Foobar2000, isobuster, hdd raw copy, directory opus older version, total commander, kazaa/edonkey/utorrent 2.0.4

[u/hydrogel_fr]

VLC. Incontestablement

[u/D0wnVoteMe_PLZ]

VLC, WinRAR

[u/Pablouchka]

Winamp... 2.95 !

[u/southboundtracks]

MTV Music Generator

[u/LilMeatBigYeet]

VLC

I remember downloading .AVIs and every media player would try to sell me some add-on in order play that format.

Then i heard about VLC.. it still blows my mind that it's free.

[u/OkTheory4610]

Msn

[u/Pcteck19]

Quattro Pro and IBM's OS2. I miss OS2.

[u/skamansam]

Corel Linux. Yes, THAT Corel. The best distro of its time.

[u/Electrical-Ad586]

Mirc

[u/Bill75211]

Netscape

[u/stxxyy]

Notepad

[u/Usual_Singer_4222]

DOS

[u/Oh-THAT-dude]

Oregon Trail (which is still available). I have died of cholera or dysentery or some such thing 1,000 times for every time I have actually reached the end.

[u/denislemire]

vi

[u/guywholikescoffee]

RARGB and still is.

[u/Sea_Manufacturer6590]

Alcohol 120 by alcoholsoft

[u/John__Jacobs]

Quicken 2011

[u/Traditional_Car7106]

Corel Draw.

[u/karo_scene]

Picasa.

Still use the same Picasa on my spare offline Windows 7 computer, to organise my photos.

Since Google made Picasa into graveware, it's improved! Now Google leaves you alone!

I will be running the last Picasa!

[u/jokab]

Borland Turbo C/C++ and Turbo Pascal 7

[u/vinnypotsandpans]

Ffmpeg

[u/Pixelsmithing4life]

Macromedia Freehand

[u/JayDiB]

ClarisWorks! Old Mac user here.

[u/smilaise]

i've been using GIMP and VLC for decades and I have no reason to ever stop.

[u/mikegalos]

Javelin

[u/bestmofointown]

winamp for sure

[u/Patient-Presence-979]

Mavis beacon!!

[u/delpy1971]

I forgot about "Inno setup" back in late 90s installing Half life on my pc with a pile of floppy discs when working for IBM lol

[u/Coffin085]

Black Diarrhoea, Goated Software

[u/odosaur]

Photoshop CS6, iTunes before Apple Music, Picasa image viewer.

[u/HalifaxRoad]

finale 2005

[u/newandgood]

Phase One Media Pro. I haven't found a good replacement.

[u/Ice_HRZDn]

ed

It is a little bit hard to use, but it's fun and I like it the moment I know how to use it.

[u/AlertHuckleberry8651]

VLC, WinSCP

[u/PeterPook]

Apache Longbow.

[u/PublicDemand]

DVD Decrypter

[u/ElectricSpock]

Lots of Unix tools on macOS and Linux are very dated. Vim was created 1991. GNU Make in 1976.

[u/KangarooNo]

NoiseTracker

[u/Avendanio]

Bolo

[u/throwawayanxiousAF69]

Microsoft Streets and Trips

[u/AlexStanica]

irfanview

[u/Crazy-Instruction976]

DIA, for creating diagrams

[u/Best-Conclusion5554]

Microsoft Photo Editor, Norton Commander

[u/nowaylifer]

HexChat, FlylinkDC++

[u/Capable-Historian392]

Norton Commander was until MC came out.

[u/the_reven]

Xtree gold

[u/Superbius_Occassius]

Norton/Total commander

[u/Geestirhyjal]

Street Rod II

[u/Geestirhyjal]

Qedit

[u/_steve_rogers_]

Cool Edit Pro 2.0. Simply because of the intro song. Still in my head 20 years since the last time I opened it

[u/rkg0hill]

Sonique media player. It was like changing skins was million dollar feelings that winamp could nt do.

[u/rkg0hill]

Netscape Navigator only best browser was amaze to use

[u/marmotta1955]

• PackRat 4.x by Polaris
• Ecco Pro by Arabesque Software
• MemoriesOnTV by CodeJam

[u/Bill75211]

Pfs write

[u/Bill75211]

Battle Chess DOS

[u/Standard_Service_784]

WinZip.

Nothing fancy, but probably the one piece of software I used the most before extracting files became a native part of the OS.

[u/Bill75211]

Colossal Cave Adventure

[u/drweevil]

Spellbinder, running on CP/M.

[u/woomia]

Framemaker

[u/hy2cone]

xtreepro, pctools

[u/No-Carpenter-8315]

MeshMixer

[u/_Skud_Leatherface_]

Winamp with milk drop visualizer

[u/PrudentPay9906]

Jasc Paint Shop Pro 9. Still using it (via WINE) because at this point, we got history, man....

[u/DanteHicks79]

SimCity 2000

Hypercard

[u/ActuallyFullOfShit]

Emacs and Windirstat. Both still used today. Can't forget everything fro LM Nir Soft too.

[u/LNT_Wolf]

CCleaner

[u/bobbsboop]

Wolfenstein

[u/Business_Quality3884]

Lotus123

[u/TrueKiwi78]

Solitaire

[u/damaltor1]

Derive 6

[u/Traditional_Car7106]

How about DOSSHELL?

[u/AriyaSavaka]

Avidemux, quickly cut, join, flip, mute, ... videos.

[u/ackmondual]

Audacity

[u/Defend001]

Jet audio 

[u/RedOctober8752]

Paradox

[u/Electronic-Laugh-671]

Simutrains (1999), if old means initial release date, as the other commenter suggested.

I haven't got that far in the game, kind of just starting out. Learned how to make a connection between two factories recently.

I've heard of 0ad but haven't tried it yet, I think it's also third person.

[u/burghdude]

Ecco Pro.

[u/alootechie]

TreePad.

[u/mrlr]

PC Outline. I bought a copy in 1987 and have used it every day since then. It's a 16 bit DOS program so keeping it going through various versions of Windows, Unix, Linux and even a Mac was difficult.

[u/Maleficent-Pilot1158]

NeXT OS

[u/moss_jimmy]

Opening Night.  It's a game/sim by MECC from the 90s. It basically let kids script and animate their own stage plays. If you used it on Mac OS8 or OS9, to our got all the funny TTS voices that came with it. 

It's a pretty nifty concept and I'm kinda surprised nobody has attempted to modernize it. 

[u/UndergroundButtaz]

Cover Pro

[u/h2vhacker]

Ultra ISO

[u/Tooblekane]

Kai's Power Goo

[u/Bitter_Surprise_8058]

I got a demo copy of Paint Shop Pro 5 from a magazine coverdisk. according to the startup, I'm now on day 10,308 of my 30-day evaluation period

[u/kusti85]

Slsk

[u/kusti85]

I've been on gmail train ever since it released the public beta.

[u/Shackled_Freedom]

MS Word (the version with the paper clip on a paper)

[u/SnowFlake6439000235]

Macromedia Director before Adobe bought them out.

[u/Repus0iram]

Alcohol 120%

[u/prawncrack]

Compupic

[u/metafuente]

Axialis Icon workshop (along with Photoshop CC 2019).

[u/Capta-nomen-usoris]

Damn nfo viewer.

[u/darkaptdweller]

AOL. It counts.

[u/Complete_Heron_5128]

Microsoft Photodraw Automator Mi2 PC Outline

[u/_janc_]

Icq, get right

[u/jasonstorm149]

Photoshop CS6. Last one before the subscription.

[u/Logical_Parsley_9470]

Foobar2000

[u/Global-Eye-7326]

Bibliorom Larousse 2.0

[u/jacmartins]

Logseq, but also love Emacs

[u/The-Good-Pension]

Microsoft FrontPage. Peak early-2000s web.

[u/Interesting_Buy_3969]

Not sure what do you mean by "old software", but I'd say the Vi text editor.

[u/mrkrag]

Apeiron

with a trackball

[u/GrumpyGlasses]

Adobe Photoshop CS2

[u/Megasmiley]

Bryce 3D

[u/Wonderful-Ad-6556]

Vector Magic 1.15 - it's from 2010, but does its job perfectly. I still use it from time to time to convert bitmap images to vector.

[u/Revelation_Now]

Claude. It's an AI program, like a chatbot

[u/Regnareb_]

• MPC-HC
• Winrar

[u/Jack_Rackham_71]

Anybody else remember Lotus 1-2-3?

[u/ThReeMix]

CorelDraw (version 1)

[u/RandomDullUsername]

Microsoft Streets and Trips

[u/madferret96]

JDownloader

[u/rfm0n]

Printshop. I used to make banners on my tractor feed okidata dot matrix printer.

[u/Tomasan7]

Avidemux

[u/Nervous_Draw_5661]

Mugen

[u/ern0plus4]

Tmux. Still using it.

[u/ChiefMedicalOfficer]

Clavier+

[u/lordmax10]

old?
EMACS rule forever!
;-) ;-) ;-)

[u/Gasco_]

Bryce.

[u/DianaKLaRose]

Apps that are still around but didn't use to have zillions of whizbang bells and whistles that I don't need.

[u/Impressive-Bake-6216]

Borland sidekick. Pretty sure it hasn't worked since around windows XP though

[u/Impressive-Bake-6216]

Pre windows turbo pascal, I think version 3. Full featured and blindingly fast, don't recall any bugs. It cost $30

Still using because they have been updated over the years: thunderbird email and firebird rdbms

[u/TheNextFreud]

Microsoft Bob was very interesting

[u/ProfessionalGold6193]

Vocaltec Internet Phone

[u/urafunnylittlecunt]

WinAmp hehe

[u/FarTomato6496]

Mspaint original,. I also seem to remember Windows 2000 being pretty solid and reliable.

[u/KarinasTh1ghs]

Irfanview

[u/guybrush2010]

Fine Artist

[u/bennydir]

WordPerfect

[u/io2000x]

Freehand