Free development utilities (not a free trial, its all free)

[M_D_K]

Context is a decent text editor check out the features for everything. One thing in particular is that you can set it up to run cygwin and compile your code automatically(handy for DC, PSP, PS2 dev, or anything )

[avansc]

this is not free, but i would recomment UltraEdit32 to anyone. its by far the best.
http://www.ultraedit.com/

[meltedgears]

from the list is Dev-C++ better than microsoft visual express c++ or the other way around.

[StealthAsimov]

Graphics:
Inkscape (Vector graphics editor), http://www.inkscape.org/

Multimedia:
ffmpeg (convert video files between diffferent format), http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/

IDE:
Eclipse, http://www.eclipse.org/

Software Engineer tools:

Umbrello, http://uml.sourceforge.net/
reStructuredText, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReStructuredText

Text Editors:
VI/VIM, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi ,
pico, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pico_(text_editor)
nano, http://www.nano-editor.org/

Compiler:
GNU compiler, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Compiler_Collection

Version control system: ( especially good for large projects )

Subversion, http://subversion.tigris.org/
Git, http://git-scm.com/
CVS, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cvs

[marmalade]

from the list is Dev-C++ better than microsoft visual express c++ or the other way around.

Microsoft Visual C++ Express is definitely better. Dev-C++ is abandoned AND MVC++ has tons more features.

This is the one time I've actually called anything made by Micro$oft good... I feel dirty.

[crow478]

Notepad++
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
Its an opensource notepad with a shitload of features and syntac highlighting for:
C, C++, Java, C#, XML, HTML, PHP, CSS,batch file ,Javascript, ASP, VB/VBS, SQL, Objective-C, Pascal, Perl, Python, Lua, TeX, TCL, Assembler, Ruby, Lisp

It even has addons for code completion.

[PixelP]

Notepad++
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
Its an opensource notepad with a shitload of features and syntac highlighting for:
C, C++, Java, C#, XML, HTML, PHP, CSS,batch file ,Javascript, ASP, VB/VBS, SQL, Objective-C, Pascal, Perl, Python, Lua, TeX, TCL, Assembler, Ruby, Lisp

It even has addons for code completion.

i use notepad++, its great.

[Spikey]

http://www.anim8or.com Anim8or - 3D modeling and animtion
http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/ Irrlicht - open source high performance realtime 3D engine
http://www.libsdl.org/ SDL - The one and only! cross-platform multimedia library
http://www.devkitpro.org/ Devkit Pro - Console and handheld homebrew dev kit
http://www.virtualdub.org/ Virtual Dub - Video capture/processing utility
http://www.vixy.net/ Vixy.net - FLV converter
http://www.tokamakphysics.com/ Tokamak - Open source Physics engine
http://chumbalum.swissquake.ch/ Milkshape - 3D modeler, converter
http://www.newtondynamics.com/index.html Newton Game Dynamics - Physics engine
http://www.pnotepad.org/features/ Programmer's Notepad - Another code friendly text editor, like notpad++

[kadajett]

from the list is Dev-C++ better than microsoft visual express c++ or the other way around.

Visual c++ is wayyyyyy better

[aamesxdavid]

Figured I'd update this with the stuff I'm currently working with.

Panda3D - Great open source engine for use with Python
http://www.panda3d.net/

SPE - Best Python IDE I've used so far
http://pythonide.blogspot.com/

PyODE - has been proven to work great with Panda3D, and undoubtedly anything using Python
http://pyode.sourceforge.net/

And tons of info and other engines can be found here:
http://www.devmaster.net/engines/

[Ginto8]

from the list is Dev-C++ better than microsoft visual express c++ or the other way around.

MVC++ is better, but I still prefer Code::Blocks. <-'tis a very good IDE, though it doesn't come with the STL ( ).

[MarauderIIC]

So you're telling me you can't #include <vector> ?? What the...

[programmerinprogress]

Code::Blocks DOES work with the STL

no problem at all, well my version doesn't have any problems with any element with the standard library (that i've tried)

EDIT: it's just a matter of including the correct header

as marauder said, #include<vector> gets you the vector!

Code::blocks is great, you can even use Dev C++ devpaks (although I tend to just add the SDL libraries manually, to keep myself sharp )

I'm not considering changing my IDE any time soon...

[Ginto8]

With me, I have the STL, but I had to get it from my Dev-C++ installation. Weird, I know, but that's how I had to do it... Am I being cheated out of something?

edit: What I mean is that it didn't come with the STL files. You can set it up to use them, but it I had to get the files from somewhere else (ie Dev-C++).

[Falco Girgis]

With me, I have the STL, but I had to get it from my Dev-C++ installation. Weird, I know, but that's how I had to do it... Am I being cheated out of something?

edit: What I mean is that it didn't come with the STL files. You can set it up to use them, but it I had to get the files from somewhere else (ie Dev-C++).

What the? You serious? It's called the standard template library for a reason.