Comment Useful Freeware... (Score 1) 377
What we use our beloved Personal Computer For ?
1) Net Surfing, Chatting, E-Mail, Downloads/Uploads, Torrents.
2) Viewing/Managing Archive/PDF files and Pictures.
3) Listening/Viewing Audio/Video, Burning CD/DVD.
4) General Office Applications like Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Presentation Graphics, Database, Drawing, etc.
5) Managing Calendar, Contacts, To Do list, Notes and Schedules.
6) We also use utilities for cleaning repairing Windows registry and file system, Anti-Virus, and Anti-Spyware.
Here is my answer. These are free software one should get after a fresh install of Windows or anytime for that matter...
1) Net Surfing, Chatting, E-Mail, Downloads/Uploads, Torrents.
Net Surfing : Firefox. Install NoScript and AdBlock Plus for increased security in Firefox. (Others Chrome, and Opera).
Chatting/IM : Gtalk, and Meebo (Others Pidgin, Skype, and Google Wave).
E-Mail : Thunderbird With Lightning. (Others Edora ).
Downloads : Orbit Downloader. (Others GigaGet and Free Download Manager).
Uploads : Core FTP LE. (Others FileZilla ).
Torrents : uTorrent. (Others Vuze ).
Plug-in/Add-on/Extension : Flash(IE), Flash (Non IE), Silverlight, Shockwave Player, Google Toolbar, .Net Framework, Java Runtime Environment, Visual C++ Runtime, and DirectX.
2) Viewing/Managing Archive/PDF/E-Book files, Pictures and CD/DVD burning.
Managing PDF : Adobe Reader. (Others Foxit Reader )
E-Book Reader : FBREader And Amazon Kindle for PC.
Archive Manager : 7-Zip. ( Others PeaZip).
Picture Manager : Irfanview (With PlugIns). (Others XnView and Picassa).
CD/DVD burning : CDBurnerXP. (Others ImgBurn, Deep Burner, and Explore&Burn)
3) Listening/Viewing Audio/Video. VLC Player
(Others The KM Player, QuickTime Player, RealPlayer, Winamp, DivX Play, and Audacity). You can also use K-Lite Codec Pack which will enable Windows Media Player to play every kind of Audio & Video file.
4) General Office Applications. LibreOffice From Document Foundation.
(Others OpenOffice.org, Google Docs, and Lotus Symphony ).
5) Managing Calendar, Contacts, To Do list, Notes and Schedules : Thunderbird With Lightning.
6) Utilities :
Cleaner/Optimizer : CCleaner, Defraggler, and Advanced SystemCare .
Anti-Virus : Avast. (Others AntiVir Personal, and Comodo Internet Security).
Anti-Spyware : SuperAntiSpyware. (Others SpyBot).
Automatic Update Checking : Update Notifier, (Others Filehippo Update Checker.)
Details with download links in this site - http://sites.google.com/site/shirshasin/ :)
1) Net Surfing, Chatting, E-Mail, Downloads/Uploads, Torrents.
2) Viewing/Managing Archive/PDF files and Pictures.
3) Listening/Viewing Audio/Video, Burning CD/DVD.
4) General Office Applications like Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Presentation Graphics, Database, Drawing, etc.
5) Managing Calendar, Contacts, To Do list, Notes and Schedules.
6) We also use utilities for cleaning repairing Windows registry and file system, Anti-Virus, and Anti-Spyware.
Here is my answer. These are free software one should get after a fresh install of Windows or anytime for that matter...
1) Net Surfing, Chatting, E-Mail, Downloads/Uploads, Torrents.
Net Surfing : Firefox. Install NoScript and AdBlock Plus for increased security in Firefox. (Others Chrome, and Opera).
Chatting/IM : Gtalk, and Meebo (Others Pidgin, Skype, and Google Wave).
E-Mail : Thunderbird With Lightning. (Others Edora ).
Downloads : Orbit Downloader. (Others GigaGet and Free Download Manager).
Uploads : Core FTP LE. (Others FileZilla ).
Torrents : uTorrent. (Others Vuze ).
Plug-in/Add-on/Extension : Flash(IE), Flash (Non IE), Silverlight, Shockwave Player, Google Toolbar,
2) Viewing/Managing Archive/PDF/E-Book files, Pictures and CD/DVD burning.
Managing PDF : Adobe Reader. (Others Foxit Reader )
E-Book Reader : FBREader And Amazon Kindle for PC.
Archive Manager : 7-Zip. ( Others PeaZip).
Picture Manager : Irfanview (With PlugIns). (Others XnView and Picassa).
CD/DVD burning : CDBurnerXP. (Others ImgBurn, Deep Burner, and Explore&Burn)
3) Listening/Viewing Audio/Video. VLC Player
(Others The KM Player, QuickTime Player, RealPlayer, Winamp, DivX Play, and Audacity). You can also use K-Lite Codec Pack which will enable Windows Media Player to play every kind of Audio & Video file.
4) General Office Applications. LibreOffice From Document Foundation.
(Others OpenOffice.org, Google Docs, and Lotus Symphony ).
5) Managing Calendar, Contacts, To Do list, Notes and Schedules : Thunderbird With Lightning.
6) Utilities :
Cleaner/Optimizer : CCleaner, Defraggler, and Advanced SystemCare .
Anti-Virus : Avast. (Others AntiVir Personal, and Comodo Internet Security).
Anti-Spyware : SuperAntiSpyware. (Others SpyBot).
Automatic Update Checking : Update Notifier, (Others Filehippo Update Checker.)
Details with download links in this site - http://sites.google.com/site/shirshasin/
