Stuff I use..

I am really proud of my laptop- I never had to format it due to a virus/spyware infection. (Though I did format it quite a few times due to my Linux addiciton). Here I would like to share some of the softwares which I use, most of which I am really fond of, and free. (I rather like to use free software unless there is a compelling reason to use a paid one.(Did I say paid? :P)

Firefox: Oh it just gets better and better. Version 3.1 has all I could ask.
My fav Firefox add-ons: NoScript, flashgot, colourful tabs, google preview, cooliris, piclens, Mcafee siteadvisor, pdf download.
CDBurnerXP: Its a CD/DVD burning software for Windows. And needless to say, beats Nero is every aspect. Did you know that a full installation of Nero 7 actually creates 35 entries in the Startup menu? Yeah you read it right. Thirty-five.
IrfanView: Cool software for viewing/editing photos. Try it out.
Google talk: I love google talk.
Gmail: Best mail facility out there. Beats Yahoomail by far.
1by1: Its a nifty litte music player which plays most music files, one by one, as the name suggests, from a folder that you point out to it. Its less than an MB, and serves my purpose well.
I am still undecided between Quintessential player, winamp, itunes and mediamonkey, for managing my music library.
DC++: for my college LAN. I miss the LAN :(
MSOffice 2k3: Just about the one big software I use which is not free. But its good. OpenOffice still has some way to go.
AVG security: Good, free, effective anti-virus program.
Spybot Search & Destroy: Good, free, effective anti-spyware program.

Apart from using these softwares, things that contribute to not breaking my system are:
I don't game. Which means no graphics card related issues.
I don't go visit stupid sites. Means no spyware. Though I personally believe the Firefox add-on Noscript is more than enough to prevent spyware infections from the net.
I don't download from torrents. Means no viruses.

Later on some day I will post my views on Open source software versus proprietary software.

Comments

Ninad Pundalik said…
That's really sad... Forgot your WP password... I like it more than blogger.. cos it gives you the freedom to start your own blog anywhere, other than xyz.wordpress.com. Need any help with your bitsmail account? I prefer Opera over Firefox, especially because the beta version that came with Ubuntu eats up my processor for god knows what reason. Google Talk is fine when you have a decent internet connection.. but I prefer Psi on our great BITSian LAN. Also, it is available on all 3 platforms, Linux, MS and Mac at the same time... Neways, hows banglore?
13 Aug 2008, 3:32:00 pm
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