kowloon
10-13-2006, 07:41 PM
hi i recently got my computer mag and it had a complete section of land of free.
so youve just spent ﾃつ｣1,500 on a new PC,and cant afford anything else.
NEVER BUY AN APP AGAIN
dont believe the myth that free software is rubbish,it isnt...
1. OFFICE SUITE
youll have surely heard of openoffice by now and immediatly dismissed it as some monstrously crude, HTML-powered antique only a drooling Linux fanatic would consider using. Ypure wrong - unless youre a buisness and into all that tediuos collaboration nonsense, theres simply no need to be, borrow or steal a copy of microsoft office works.
www.openoffice.org
2. IMAGE EDITING
in fairness nothings goint to rival photoshop but if you dont want to spend heaps of your hard earned cash and want a APP that does the same then use GIMP
www.gimp.org
3.ﾃつ* MESSAGING
want a APP that lets you talk to MSN,Yahoo,AOL,ICQ then use trillian
http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/
4. ANTIVIRUS
Norton and McAfee rule the AV world but you have to pay for subscriptions ETC why not use a AV that does the same thing for free like AVG Free
http://free.grisoft.com
5.ﾃつ* WEBPAGE DESIGN
who wants to use a ﾃつ｣400's worth programme which you arnt actually going to use all the programmes on it why not just use NVU
www.nvu.com
6. CD/DVD BURNING
windows XP has a built in support for basic burning CDBurner XP pro falls between two stools like audio CDﾃつ* creation and .ISO & .NRG support but often overblown fare like dvd-video mastering. pshaw.
www.cdburnerxp.se
7. DTP
like adobe indesign use this to create fanzines,flyer and posters and more its perfect
www.scribus.net
OTHER COOL FREE STUFF
Peergurdian 2
torrenting stuff you shouldnt it merrily blocking the entertainment industry from trying to see what youre downloading us eif you use any other DL system
www.phoenixlabs.org
Zonealarm
better then SP2's basic firewall and just as free zonealarm will keep the hackers from your PC'S ports hehe
www.zonelabs.com
Spybot
theres more spyware hunting apps in the world then there are L Ron Hubbard novels in Tom Cruise's attic
www.safer-networking.org
Media player classic
dontneed to say much then it plays basiclly all file types
http://www.download.com/Media-Player-Classic/3000-2139_4-10518777.html?tag=lst-0-2
Yamipod
think you cant copy tracks back from your ipod to a pc? well thats not actually true
www.yamipod.com
Audacity
unquestionably the best free sound editing app goingwith features that rival pro apps costing hundreds of pounds.
www.audacity.sourceforge.net
so youve just spent ﾃつ｣1,500 on a new PC,and cant afford anything else.
NEVER BUY AN APP AGAIN
dont believe the myth that free software is rubbish,it isnt...
1. OFFICE SUITE
youll have surely heard of openoffice by now and immediatly dismissed it as some monstrously crude, HTML-powered antique only a drooling Linux fanatic would consider using. Ypure wrong - unless youre a buisness and into all that tediuos collaboration nonsense, theres simply no need to be, borrow or steal a copy of microsoft office works.
www.openoffice.org
2. IMAGE EDITING
in fairness nothings goint to rival photoshop but if you dont want to spend heaps of your hard earned cash and want a APP that does the same then use GIMP
www.gimp.org
3.ﾃつ* MESSAGING
want a APP that lets you talk to MSN,Yahoo,AOL,ICQ then use trillian
http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/
4. ANTIVIRUS
Norton and McAfee rule the AV world but you have to pay for subscriptions ETC why not use a AV that does the same thing for free like AVG Free
http://free.grisoft.com
5.ﾃつ* WEBPAGE DESIGN
who wants to use a ﾃつ｣400's worth programme which you arnt actually going to use all the programmes on it why not just use NVU
www.nvu.com
6. CD/DVD BURNING
windows XP has a built in support for basic burning CDBurner XP pro falls between two stools like audio CDﾃつ* creation and .ISO & .NRG support but often overblown fare like dvd-video mastering. pshaw.
www.cdburnerxp.se
7. DTP
like adobe indesign use this to create fanzines,flyer and posters and more its perfect
www.scribus.net
OTHER COOL FREE STUFF
Peergurdian 2
torrenting stuff you shouldnt it merrily blocking the entertainment industry from trying to see what youre downloading us eif you use any other DL system
www.phoenixlabs.org
Zonealarm
better then SP2's basic firewall and just as free zonealarm will keep the hackers from your PC'S ports hehe
www.zonelabs.com
Spybot
theres more spyware hunting apps in the world then there are L Ron Hubbard novels in Tom Cruise's attic
www.safer-networking.org
Media player classic
dontneed to say much then it plays basiclly all file types
http://www.download.com/Media-Player-Classic/3000-2139_4-10518777.html?tag=lst-0-2
Yamipod
think you cant copy tracks back from your ipod to a pc? well thats not actually true
www.yamipod.com
Audacity
unquestionably the best free sound editing app goingwith features that rival pro apps costing hundreds of pounds.
www.audacity.sourceforge.net