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Apps you cant live without

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I apologise if this has been done before.

I am just about to reinstall system and would just like to know what software you all install on a fresh install that you would not be without.

To make it easier if you list system apps first. :D

I am really intrested in your thoughts on this i have my faves but curious about the rest of you.

Thanks in advance

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beano

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MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger.

Outlook Express.

Microsoft Office.

BearShare.

PC-cillin 2002.

Norton Anti-Virus/Norton Personal Firewall.

Ad-aware SE.

Java.

Nero.

Internet Explorer.

Windows Media Player.

And webcam stuff. (Logitech QuickCam)

The Sims 2.

Notepad.

Adobe.

:yes:

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Aethersprite

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Mozilla Firefox

Maxthon

Thunderbird

Webroot Spy Sweeper

Ad-Aware SE Personal

Spybot - Search & Destroy

MSN Messenger

Yahoo! Messenger

CCleaner

Intel Application Accelerator

Cacheman XP

Super XP AutoTweaker

McAfee Internet Security 2004

Skype

Counter Strike CZ

The Sims 2

Microsoft Office 2003

Studio MX 2004

SpywareBlaster

ERUNT

InterVideo Home Theater

AntiVir Personal Edition

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Plastique

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music:

winamp (5.07 for all you bitches that stick with 2.91 cause your idiots)

video:

divX and zoomplayer

spyware:

adaware/pestpatrol

internet

Maxthon (I'ma make a coat outa flamer-fox)

maintnence:

advanced disk cleaner, regcleaner

dates:

rainlendar

weather:

samurize

make my comp purdy:

winroll, iconpackager, powertools

talk to people:

gaim (windows port)

to make legal backups of cd's I already own ;):

azureus (download)

cdex (to rip ((to ogg)) )

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chavo

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On windows ...

I must have Popmouse, the only app I can't truly live without. It's and old program not even developed anymore, but I keep a copy laying around.

It works a lot like gestures, except you don't need to click a button, you just shake the mouse.

Then Maxthon.

EditPlus.

putty.

Paint Shop Pro.

Irfan View.

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kyro

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vi

xfce http:xfce.org

beep media player http://www.sosdg.org/~larne/w/BMP_Homepage

firefox

firebird (gui firewall manager)

tux racer (for those dragging moments)

nvu (a simple html / css / php editor)

gimp (gnu image manipulation programme)

gaim (messenger for yahoo aim icq hotmail)

mysql (database)

gambus (a newly available RAD developers friend ... ala visual basic... i am just getting to know wht is this) http://gambas.sourceforge.net/

nmap , ethereal , ettercap (http://ettercap.sourceforge.net/ ) .. ( i am not going to tell wht is this and wht i do with it .. lets say its security thing)

nagois ( a browser-based service monitoring app)

and many small apps which i cant remember cause there is no problems on any server which i control ... i know when there is problem i cant live without them . :D

BTW my laptop ( a mobile workstation ) runs Freebsd 5.3, Slackware 10, Fedora Core 3 and Ubuntu with xp home (cause ibm gave it to me :x) .

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