Top 10 Software Titles Every Home PC Needs? 936
eabell asks: "I'm buying a new mid-grade laptop computer, which I plan to dual-boot between Windows XP Home and Mandrake 9.x. Before its arrival in a few weeks I'm trying to think of what 'essential' software I'll need to make a usable home system. In general I'd like to spend as little money as possible (free is good). As far as my needs, think 'typical family PC' without an emphasis on gaming. I know I can get something like Open Office for word processing, presentation, etc. needs, but is there such a good thing as a good free virus checker? A good free email client? A handy web browser? What would you consider the top 10 (or so) pieces of software for a new home system, bearing in mind that I need software for both the Windows and Linux side of things?"
Kazaa Lite (Score:5, Funny)
Windows XP (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Kazaa Lite (Score:1, Funny)
Including an RIAA subpoena.
Something that blocks pop-ups (Score:4, Funny)
Good god (Score:1, Funny)
Re:MySQL... (Score:2, Funny)
Jeez, do mods even READ?!?
If you have to mod this up, mod it funny. And I guess it's sorta funny, in a kind of "Oh look. A pron joke" way.
*sigh*...
Re:If you are too cheap for an AV program.... (Score:5, Funny)
Ummm.. Errr. If it is non-networked, how is it going to get a virus ?
Re:Top ten Windows apps to install. (Score:5, Funny)
exactly my feelings. people in my family use vi.
You are all *WRONG* (Score:5, Funny)
1. AOL [aolsucks.org]- DUH, they are the greatest ISP ever.
2. Webshots [towson.edu] - Impress your friends with your changing wallpaper!
3. Hotbar [aroundcny.com] - Skin Internet Explorer and Impress your friends!
4. AOHell [ncl.ac.uk] This program will make you l33t!
5. Incredimail [dslreports.com] This makes your e-mail look k00lah then everyone elses.
6. Microsoft Outlook [slipstick.com] because all the anti-virus tools work with it. You don't want to use another e-mail client, you might get a virus!
7. Comet Cursor. [accs-net.com] Makes your cursor R0x0r.
8. Intruder Alert 99 [accs-net.com] You need a firewall, the internet isn't a safe place!
9. Gator [cexx.org] Gator is an awesome program that helps u remember ur passwords. This way u don't have to fill out stupid forms!
10. BO Server [sophos.com] The guys in my gaming clan sent me this, they said it would improve my FPS, and make windows run faster. I think it did!
Re:Top ten Windows apps to install. (Score:3, Funny)
Gator [gator.com] allows all sorts of useful searching and ads on your computer.
MSN explorer [msn.com] A very nice web browser that takes over your whole web experience.
Webshots [webshots.com] is a very nice background rotator that hogs bandwidth and proccesor time and whaterver else it does.
Weatherbug [weatherbug.com] is a handy little sys-tray app that shows the weather, and watches your every move.
So if you are willing to listen to all the "help" given here on
Although some essential programs include...
xmms [xmms.org],Mozilla [mozilla.org] (most incarnations are great), Gimp [gimp.org] (The best FREE image editor)
Also check out Easy URPMI [zarb.org] for obtaining linux software.
RE: You MUST have NetHack installed on everything. (Score:5, Funny)
In fact, once you install nethack on everything, you won't need to install anything else for months or years, considering how much else you're actually going to get done...
Re:You are all *WRONG* (Score:2, Funny)