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| Christopher Thilges | ||
PC Software Guide
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| Operating System: | Ubuntu | Free of viruses and loaded with productivity software and games. Ubuntu runs off a CD or can install alongside Windows and comes loaded with all and more of the following types of programs automatically. | ||
| Pen Drive OS: | Lupo PenSuite | A completely free Suite of programs and games, all in one package for your flash drive. | ||
The following programs are for Windows. WindowsXP preferred. Vista or 7 not recommended. iPods not recommended. | ||||
| Browser: | Firefox | The faster and more secure alternative to IE. | ||
| Messenger: | gMail | Email, calendar, instant messenger, voice and video chat, AIM support. | ||
| FTP: | WinSCP | Open source freeware FTP, SFTP and SCP client for Windows with shell integration. | ||
| ZIP: | 7-zip | Free file archiver with support for (ZIP, RAR, 7z, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, ... | ||
| AntiVirus: | AVG Free | Free antivirus security software for Windows (LinkChecker Add-on Not Recommended). | ||
| IP Blocker: | Peer Block | Black lists and blocks dangerous internet addresses (P2P, Spyware, Advertising). | ||
| Spyware: | Spybot S&D | Removes spyware (TeaTimer Not Recommended). | ||
| Flash: | Adobe Flash | Currently necessary for many interactive websites (Active-X Plugin Not Recommended). | ||
| Media Player: | VLC Media Player | VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, ... | ||
| PDF: | Foxit Reader | A small and fast Free PDF viewer with over 50 million users all around the world. | ||
| Text: | Notepad2 | Free drop-in replacement for notepad with syntax highlighting. | ||
| Java: | Java | The peer-reviewed, opensource alternative to the Microsoft .Net developer library. Java is required for OpenOffice and Gimp. | ||
| Office: | OpenOffice | Opensource, compatible with all office suites, and free to download. | ||
| Graphics: | Gimp | GNU Image Manipulation Program: a powerful and user friendly graphics editor. | ||
| Music Player: | Aimp 2 | Freeware Audio Player. Great functionality and intuitive interface. | ||
| ISO Loader: | Daemon Tools | Load a CD into memory instead of burning a physical disc. | ||
| And please donate extra cpu cycles (Not recommended for Notebooks) to cancer research thru the Folding@Home distributed computing project: Folding@Home and everyone is welcome to join my favorite Team number: 152552 | ||||
