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Thu May 04, 2006 1:02 pm |
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Useful Free Software
I think a list is needed, Freesoftware that should be had by all: some of these are common sense, but a list is always helpful to those who are looking.
GIMP (free Photo Editor)
Open Office.org (Alternative to Microsoft Office applications like Word, or Excel, still compatable with those file formats)
Firefox (Free Web Browser, more secure and faster than IE)
ThunderBird (Free E-mail alternative to Outlook, much faster)
CCleaner (very quickly removes clutter from your computers, also finds errors in the registry)
Spybot Search and Destroy (a fast way to get rid of spam/adware and even has a feature to immunize your system too)
Sygate Personal Firewall (Very good firewall)
AVG Antivirus (Free Antivirus that is kind on system resources and is still powerful, updates often with new definitions)
i was going to also recommend Ewido's free version, but it was recently acquired by AVG (also, Norton got ahold of Sygate, i hope you can still get the sygate standalone version as Norton uses quite a bit of system resources)
Please if you know anymore let me know and ill add them to the list.
i WOULD recommend winRAR but it bugs the crap out of you until you upgrade.
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Please if you know anymore let me know and ill add them to the list.
i WOULD recommend winRAR but it bugs the crap out of you until you upgrade. |
I was gonna say winACE, cause it supports almost all types of compression (.zip, .rar, .ace many others I have never seen)
It's pretty good, but a screen always comes up that "bugs the crap out of you" so I dunno. I use it and the evaluation never runs out! I'm on day 376 of 60!
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Mon May 08, 2006 12:45 pm |
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7zip is a good alternative that is free and has no nag. Not quite as powerful in some respects, but it can handle zip, rar, etc.
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yup i know them all
hey thoul i just said in a topic that i was hoping to meet you!
Hiya!
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I know them all except from the PhotoEditor...
And hello also thoul.. *sleepy*..
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Mon May 08, 2006 6:44 pm |
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All free
Limewire
Search for anything like music, movie, programs and such
*Note some programs has virsues ive had some before but luckly my AVG was there
Bearshare
Samething like limewire but idk about the virsus and i havn't used it but my friend said it was pretty cool.
iMesh
Like Limewire but its only searching for Music.
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hey thoul i just said in a topic that i was hoping to meet you!
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Ah, well, hello then. 
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Well...
I think some things are essenial for me anyway.
DivX (for video files that don't play for some reason lol)
WinRAR (it's essential for unzipping files.)
xviD (it's divx backwards, lol, but works for some video files that otherwise don't work)
AC3 Filter (I have no idea what this does, something with the sound for video files)
And another good one for stopping spam emails before they even reach your junk email folder, lol is
Blue Frog It works with Gmail, hotmail and yahoo mail.
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Hey The Stapler I was going to add Winrar and Xvid to that list but you beat me to it  I highly recommend those programs as well. All of those are good free programs, but if you don't mind paying I would recommend Norton Ghost for backups.
Norton Ghost completely saves EVERYTHING on your PC is if time has frozen for your PC. Whenever my PC acts weird, I simple restore my Ghost backup and everything is exactly the way I left it when it was working. Makes life so much easier
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Bearshare
Samething like limewire but idk about the virsus and i havn't used it but my friend said it was pretty cool.. |
If your looking for Fansubs of popular anime and dont want the whole bitTorrent dealie (I use YetABC [Yet Another BitTorrent Client]), than Bearshare is the way to go! Way better than Limewire, it pwns Limewire! no joking!
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RIP Kurt von D. Father figure to me, friend, and all around good human being. (July 22nd, 2010).
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And so castles made of sand melts into the sea, eventually
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I'm tired of wasting all my precious time
You've got to be all mine, all mine
Foxy lady
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You should try and click a couple ads on Funender each day to generate some revenue.
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