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ghetto guy
May 1st, 2008, 01:02 AM
On Cnet, they have a list of software that they recommend you put on your computer. I thought I would make my own list, which is a little different then Cnet's.

Download this before anything else
AVG 8.0 Free Edition (http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afe)
Spybod S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html)
Ad Aware (http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-2007/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5&cdlPid=10837062)
AVG will scan your computer daily, you should scan with Spybot and Ad Aware every week.
Kerio Firewall (http://adrive.com/public/5f33debfff8870966c66fe2247973ae927786f9c92ca7da52d b373617daf4a4d.html)(this is an older version but it still works pretty good)

Web Browser
Mozilla Firefox (http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-2007/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5&cdlPid=10837062)

Office
OpenOffice (http://download.openoffice.org/index.html)
Foxit PDF (http://www.download.com/Foxit-PDF-Reader/3000-2079_4-10313206.html?tag=lst-1&cdlPid=10836621)
PDF Redirect (http://www.download.com/PDF-ReDirect/3000-6675_4-10255233.html?tag=lst-1&cdlPid=10721006)

Photo Editing
The GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/downloads/) (Like Photoshop but not quite)

Media
Klite Codec pack (http://www.free-codecs.com/K_lite_codec_pack_download.htm)
VLC Media (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html)

Archives
7 Zip (http://www.7-zip.org/)

CD Burning
ISO Recorder (http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm) (works alongside xp/vista's cd burning utility)

Online Services
Adrive (http://adrive.com/) 50 GB of file storage
Photobucket (http://photobucket.com/) photo hosting
Creative Hoster (http://creativehoster.net/) Web Hosting
Google Mail (https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=mail&passive=true&rm=false&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fmail%2F%3 Fnsr%3D1%26ui%3Dhtml%26zy%3Dl&ltmpl=default&ltmplcache=2) Web mail
Inbox.com (http://inbox.com) Web Mail

Am I missing anything?
Pacman
May 1st, 2008, 03:33 AM
I also like Abiword (http://www.abisource.com/), it's a lot lighter and faster than OO Writer or Word, but does pretty much everything you'd want.

Pidgin (http://www.pidgin.im/) is a great IM client that will connect to MSN, GoogleTalk, Yahoo, etc.

Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/), an email package from the people who make Firefox.

Azureus (http://azureus.sourceforge.net/) a ridiculously full-featured torrent client
Transmission (http://www.transmissionbt.com/index.php) a more streamlined torrent client for Mac or Linux.

Truecrypt (http://www.truecrypt.org/) can encrypt whole drives or just a few files. Because there's no point in giving your bank details to the thief who's already stolen your laptop.

I use a lot of online tools like Google Calendar and Google Docs, too.
Hootmon
May 1st, 2008, 09:06 AM
e-Sword (http://www.e-sword.org) :preach
Born Again
May 1st, 2008, 02:36 PM
CC Cleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/
icebear
May 1st, 2008, 02:38 PM
e-Sword (http://www.e-sword.org) :preach

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/icebear713/smilies/Smiley_oma.gif
Alhere
May 3rd, 2008, 01:56 AM
Filezilla - good open source FTP program

Avast - free anti virus similar to AVG

Paint Shop Pro version 8.1 - picture editing program - about $20 used on ebay
watchman
May 3rd, 2008, 03:46 AM
Make sure you download Bearshare, Limewire and all the other popular P2P apps.

This way you can test out the free AV and Anti-Malware apps... :heh
RememberTheName
May 5th, 2008, 09:05 AM
Google Open Office. It's essentially just like Office 2003, and can even open and edit Office 2003 files! Wonderful program to have. I even have a version that can be run off of a flash memory card or USB memory stick, without having to install anything. It's wonderful.
ghetto guy
May 5th, 2008, 06:56 PM
Google Open Office. It's essentially just like Office 2003, and can even open and edit Office 2003 files! Wonderful program to have. I even have a version that can be run off of a flash memory card or USB memory stick, without having to install anything. It's wonderful.

http://portableapps.com/
Everything from Firefox to OpenOffice. And all designed to run off a flash drive. Thats how I use FF and Filezilla at school.