![]() – Free Ubuntu CDs, Live and Installation, delivered to your door, no purchase necessary. Ubuntu or Debian GNU/Linux instead of windows, far better than windows IMHO, if you think software installation is complicated, think again, just use the Synaptic GUI Package manager (based on apt-get) to select the packages you want to install and it’ll download, install and configure them all for you! Ubuntu is fantastic for new users, Debian better for more experienced users, try a liveCD first if you want to find out how things work, even with an ubuntu based LiveCD you can use synaptic to download and install packages from the web to your ramdisk. JRE and LimeWire Basic for software distribution accross Gnutella, there are obviously other possible uses for such software though.Īpache, MySQL, PHP, but only if you absolutely can’t find a spare machine to run linux versions on. Spybot Search and Destroy is largely redundant if you don’t use IE or Outlook, and avoid installing crap on your box, but it’s useful just in case.ĬrackAttack! is a great falling block puzzle game, especially good online.īitTorrent official client for software distribution, though it unfortunately works equally well for illegal distribution of copyrighted content too. Mplayer and VLC for Audio/DVD playback and stream ripping ![]() OggDropXPd to encode to the best lossy format there isīurrrn to burn audio CDs from my assembled music collection ![]() PDFCreator with GNU Ghostscript to add a highly configurable PDF printer to the systemĭev C++ in the event that i need a C compiler and nice IDEĬDrtools and CDRDAO are indispensable burning tools Gnumeric for quicker handling of spreadsheets, much lighter than OO.o but just as capable.Ībiword as a lighter word processor, still very capable for simple tasks For all standard office tasks and reading/writing MS formats Also, you don’t really need a spyware detector – search for my Windows security article on this site. Well, that’s all I can think of for now … except for at least half a dozen apps for creating musicĪlso, I should note that I use AVG – NAV is crap. Newsleecher – BINARY usenet downloader, better than Newsbin (IMHO) TimeTrax – Similar to the above, but this one is stricly for recording XtremePCR – Program for controlling my XM Radio Mouse driver that lets me customize the buttons on my mouse at the application level Streets & Trips – the online maps are almost good enough now. WinOrganizer – ‘Outliner’ program with PIM featuresģD Arcade – frontend for various arcade/console emulators – build your own virtual arcades BTW: These are the main ones currently keeping me off of Linuxĭirectory Opus – best file manager in the world Don’t say you haven’t officially been warned, though.įirst, you guys might wanna check this out – it’s a list that belongs to a friend of mine:Īnyway, besides the apps that showed up on everyone else’s list, here are a few of mine that are (AFAIK) not on others’ list in this thread. I you want to play Russian roulette, go for it and install NAV 2005. Noone with an ounce of credibility would recommend that product even to Hitler. People in the industry know it and, increasingly, the average person is comming to know it. It is suffice to say that NAV is fundementally fuxored. I could get into the details of exacty WHY NAV is something not to be touched with a 10 foot pole, but my post is already long enough as it is. In any case, most of their customers are of the non-techncal sort. However, I can tell you fro personal experience that problems with this software are NOT a function of technical ability. Most of the reviewers are average users, so their skills are limited to be generous. The first 4-5 pages of reviews have ttles along the lines of “AVOID AT ALL COSTS”. As of about 2 weeks ago, ~120-130 people had given the product an overall 2/5. To get a sense of how bad things have gotten, go to Amazon and do a search for Norton Anti-Virus 2005. With the 2005 edition of their software, Symantec has jumped the shark, releasing what, for a lot of people, is a broken and unuseable piece of garbageware. NAV has gotten worse and worse over the last 4-5 years. ![]() Upon seeing their #1 recommendation of NAV for virus protection, I gave the remaing article only the most cursory of glances. There are a number of others, but those are, mostly, my essentials. GAIM for Instant messaging on various networks Nvu for WYSIWYG web editing, if required, not essential by any stretch. The GIMP for web graphics, photo manip, etc. Mozilla Thunderbird for email, miles better than OE, and, for most home users, better than full blown Outlook. Kerio Personal Edition or Zone Alarm basic for firewall ![]()
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