My personal software recommendations
<div class="IPBDescription">To stay in control of your own pc.</div>I got the idea to make this thread when I read another thread about virusues or something. This is all my personal opinion, but I feel that I'm pretty smart about this kinda thing. Feel free to add your comments or suggestions.
I use a browser called .<a href="http://www.opera.com/" target="_blank">Opera</a> for my web browsing and email. 99% of viruses out there are built to hurt Internet Explorer and Outlook Express. They simply will not work with Opera.
I use <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/" target="_blank">OpenOffice</a> for all my Office type needs. It's free, works better and MS Office, can read any file format. What else do you want?
And finally, I only use Windows because games don't run well on <a href="http://www.redhat.com/" target="_blank">Linux</a> yet.
A handy little tool to check for bad stuff on your computer is called <a href="http://www.lavasoftusa.com/" target="_blank">AdAware</a>, and I really recommend that everyone check it out.
Worried about a virus? Check out this free, web-based <a href="http://housecall.antivirus.com/" target="_blank">Antivirus</a> software.
Want a file-sharing program that doesn't spy on you? Try <a href="http://www.kazaalite.com/" target="_blank">Kazaa Lite</a>.
I use a browser called .<a href="http://www.opera.com/" target="_blank">Opera</a> for my web browsing and email. 99% of viruses out there are built to hurt Internet Explorer and Outlook Express. They simply will not work with Opera.
I use <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/" target="_blank">OpenOffice</a> for all my Office type needs. It's free, works better and MS Office, can read any file format. What else do you want?
And finally, I only use Windows because games don't run well on <a href="http://www.redhat.com/" target="_blank">Linux</a> yet.
A handy little tool to check for bad stuff on your computer is called <a href="http://www.lavasoftusa.com/" target="_blank">AdAware</a>, and I really recommend that everyone check it out.
Worried about a virus? Check out this free, web-based <a href="http://housecall.antivirus.com/" target="_blank">Antivirus</a> software.
Want a file-sharing program that doesn't spy on you? Try <a href="http://www.kazaalite.com/" target="_blank">Kazaa Lite</a>.
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For playing digital music, I use <a href="http://www.zinf.org/" target="_blank">Zinf</a> (formerly known as Freeamp).