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Essential Applications

My new computer is on it's way to my house. I've compiled a short list of necessary applications to install. However, I was wondering what ESSENTIAL applications you wouldn't be able to live without. This includes anything -- web browsing, firewall, anti-virus, image editting, music player, etc.

Just curious.

Sygate Personal Firewall
Adware
Avast! Anti-Virus Home Edition

That's all I need and I've been virus/spyware/trojan-free since reformatting like 6 months ago.

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There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Chuck Norris has allowed to live.

I have been spyware free for 8 months (ever since I got this PC) and I haven't needed to use a single ad-aware type program. I just don't get spyware because I'm not stupid - tbh.

Personally I'd install:

- Firefox
- Microsoft Office 2003
- Macromedia Studio MX
- mIRC with NoNameScript Addon

^^ I couldn't live without them

Stupid me how could I forget Firefox!

--and I agree with ringpull: the user has a great deal to do with the welfare of his system.

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There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Chuck Norris has allowed to live.

Design:
Adobe Photoshop CS2 (raster image editor)
Adobe Illustrator CS2 (vector image editor)

Coding:
Notepad++ (text editor)

Entertainment:
Foobar2000 (music)
Media Player Classic (video)

Internet services:
Mozilla Firefox (browsing)
Mozilla Thunderbird (mail)
FileZilla (ftp)

Protection:
avast! 4 Home (anti-virus)

Windows:
DirectX (latest)
Windows Media Player 10 (I get some streaming problems without it sometimes)

Misc:
Apple QuickTime
Macromedia Flash Player
Service Pack 1 (can't stand SP2 personally)

And then general driver updates ontop of that ofcourse.

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Last edited by Simon, October 30th, 2005 01:06 PM (Edited 1 times)

Originally posted by ringpull:

I have been spyware free for 8 months (ever since I got this PC) and I haven't needed to use a single ad-aware type program. I just don't get spyware because I'm not stupid - tbh.

How do you know your PC is spyware-free, if you don't use any applications designed to detect spyware?

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Whatever you do, don't click here!

Essential applications:
Internet:
Konqueror
Opera
Kopete
Kontact
KGet
KTorrent
Apollon
Valknut

Entertainment:
amaroK
KPlayer
mplayer
xine

Programming:
Kate
KWrite
KDevelop
vi/nvi

Media synthesis
Gimp
Sodipodi
4Front's OSS
Cheesetracker
vstwrapper

Protection:
human brain

:P

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Sykil | | UT or die

Heres mine:

Internet:
Firefox
GMail Notifier
BitComent (With membership to www.filelist.org)
MSN Messenger
IRC with NNScript add on
Limewire
Ventrilo

Protection:
Panda Titanium 2006 (Inc f/w a/v a/s + a load of other security tools)
Microsoft Anti-spyware

Games:
CS 1.6
DoD:Source
AOE III

Web development:
Photoshop CS 2
PHP Designer 5
MS Frontpage 2003
Dreamweaver MX

- fallen xD

Originally posted by Popo:

Originally posted by ringpull:

I have been spyware free for 8 months (ever since I got this PC) and I haven't needed to use a single ad-aware type program. I just don't get spyware because I'm not stupid - tbh.

How do you know your PC is spyware-free, if you don't use any applications designed to detect spyware?

1) I don't go on any of the shitty sites where you would get spyware from.
2) All programs I have installed are well known programs which are commonly trusted.
3) I know what every process in my process list does.
4) I have a popup blocker and I use Firefox.
5) My PC runs like a dream, and nothing unusual ever seems to happen, if you catch my drift.
6) Trust me, I know.

You'd be supprised where you get spyware from ringpull.. but good luck keeping your pc clean without some form of program to proctect it