what software can you not live without?

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Cisco_Kid
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Post by Cisco_Kid »

My list of programs incudes the GIMP, Openoffice.org, Irfanview, and Soundforge, and of course Foobar2000 for my primary media player. I do have others installed for video which are rarely used. Word 2000 is the only MS app that I actually 'need' due to Openoffice's poor table creation.
Webbrowsing is Opera and Firefox

my win2k crashbox has Real player/Itunes :doublepuke: , Wordperfect 12, the whole MS Office 2000 suite and other things on there that stay the hell away from my main system.


forgot about 7-zip, much better than that ugly beast winzip I used many years back.
edit: grammatical fix

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Post by Chris Vogel »

Cisco_Kid wrote: Foobar2000
Woah! The interface has changed a bit since I last used it.

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Post by Red Squirrel »

Samba is another program I can't live without. It's one of those back end install and forget things, but it runs a huge chunk of my network, so it's important as part of my server install. :P

I'm looking forward to when it supports active directory more, too.

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Post by Cisco_Kid »

Another one to add Kompozer - which is the successor to NVU. I am not trying to do the 'created all from scratch in notepad route' and this strikes a nice balance.

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Post by Lamez »

My Revised List
-RealVNCServer
-FireFox
-Thunderbird
-SmartFTP
-BitTorrent
-LimeWire
-vPod
-Dreamweaver
-Nortons
-Trillian
-Windows Media Player (that is right, I love it)
-WinRaR
-ActionReplay
-COD2WoW

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Post by Chris Vogel »

Cisco_Kid wrote: Kompozer
If I see another open-source projeKt that starts with K, my head will eKsplode.

New additions:<ul><li>Pan newsreader</li><li>Straw feed reader</li><li>Empathy instant messager</li><li>Inkscape vector graphics editor</li><li>Transmission BitTorrent client (This is now bundled with Hardy, but I installed it in Gutsy.)</li></ul>

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Post by Cisco_Kid »

Chris Vogel wrote:
Cisco_Kid wrote: Kompozer
If I see another open-source projeKt that starts with K, my head will eKsplode.

New additions:<ul>
</li><li>Pan newsreader
</li><li>Straw feed reader
</li><li>Empathy instant messager
</li><li>Inkscape vector graphics editor
</li><li>Transmission BitTorrent client (This is now bundled with Hardy, but I installed it in Gutsy.)
</li></ul>
I have had inkscape sitting on my server for some time but have yet to install it . The versions are (I just checked) are 0.43.2 and 0.45.1

I have noticed that 'K' is overused for the *nix/opensource world.

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Post by Chris Vogel »

Cisco_Kid wrote: I have had inkscape sitting on my server for some time but have yet to install it . The versions are (I just checked) are 0.43.2 and 0.45.1
The interface confuses me. (Why are preferences under File?) I find myself using the GIMP even if I should be working with vectors.

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Chris Vogel wrote: New additions:<ul>
</li><li>Pan newsreader
</li><li>Straw feed reader
</li><li>Empathy instant messager
</li><li>Inkscape vector graphics editor
</li><li>Transmission BitTorrent client (This is now bundled with Hardy, but I installed it in Gutsy.)
</li></ul>
Bye, Straw and Transmission. Hello, Liferea and Deluge.

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