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What software are you using.


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That maybe will give ideas to people.

I'll start fitrs.

Those are the main categories.

[*]Operation system

[*]Office application software

[*]Browser

[*]E-mail client

[*]Instant messenger

[*]Music player / editor

[*]Video player / editor

[*]Picture viewer / editor

[*]Burning software

[*]Virtual CD software

[*]Download accelerator

[*]Torrent client

[*]P2P

[*]Antivirus software

[*]Firewall

[*]Spyware tools

[*]Archiver

[*]Codecs/packs

[*]Rippers

[*]FTP uploader

[*]System optimisers

[*]RSS reader

That's mine.

Operation system - Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2

Office application software - Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 SP2

Browser - Maxthon / Internet Explorer 6 SP2 / Firefox

E-mail client - Outlook Express

Instant messenger - MSN Messenger 7.5 / ICQ Lite 5.04 / Skype 2.0 / mIRC

Music player / editor - WinAmp 5 / Windows Media Player 10

Video player / editor - VideoLan / mv2 player / Media Player Classic / Windows Media Player 10

Picture viewer / editor - ACDSee 8

Burning software - Nero Burning Rom 6 / CloneCD 5.2.6.1

Virtual CD software - DAEMON TOOLS 3.47(4.00)

Download accelerator - Flashget/Download manager

Torrent client - BitComet/

P2P - Limewire

Antivirus software - Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal Pro

Firewall - Windows XP SP2

Spyware tools - SpyBot Search&Destroy

Archiver - WinRar/WinZip

Codecs/packs - K-Lite Mega Codec Pack

Rippers - UltraISO / Alcohol 120% / Easy CD-DA Extractor

FTP uploader - Cute FTP 7

System optimisers - Registry Mechanic / WinXP Manager / Tweak UI Powertoy / Startup Control Panel

RSS Reader - Abilon

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[*]Operation system

-Windows XP Pro SP2

[*]Office application software

-MS Office 2003

[*]Browser

-Opera

[*]E-mail client

-Thunderbird

[*]Instant messenger

-MSN 7.5, Xfire

[*]Music player / editor

-Foobar 2000

[*]Video player / editor

-Windows Media Player 10, VLC, and Media Player Classic

[*]Picture viewer / editor

-Photo Elements 4, Gimp

[*]Burning software

-Nero

[*]Virtual CD software

-Daemon Tools

[*]Torrent client

-uTorrent and Peer Guardian 2

[*]P2P

-Ares, LimeWire

[*]Antivirus software

-AntiVir, Stinger, Avast

[*]Firewall

-Hardware router

[*]Spyware tools

-Adaware, Hijackthis, Spybot S&D, Spyware Blaster

[*]Archiver

-7Zip

[*]Codecs/packs

-K-Lite Mega Codec Pack

[*]FTP

-WS_FTP

[*]System optimisers

-XP Antispy, Xsetup, nLite

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Operation system - Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2

Office application software - Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003

Browser - Firefox

E-mail client - None

Instant messenger ? AOL Instant Messenger + AdHack

Music player / editor ? Winamp 5 / iTunes

Video player / editor - Media Player Classic / Windows Media Player 10

Picture viewer / editor - IrfanView

Burning software - Nero Burning Rom 6

Virtual CD software - None

Download accelerator - None

Torrent client - Utorrent

P2P ? Limewire

Antivirus software ? AVG Free

Firewall ? Kerio

Spyware tools ? Ad-Aware / Spyware Blaster

Archiver - WinRar

Codecs/packs - Divx

Rippers ? Windows Media Player 10 / iTunes

FTP uploader - None

System optimisers ? TuneUp Utilities 2006 / CCleaner / TweakUI /

RSS Reader - None

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[*]Operation system - Windows XP Home SP2

[*]Office application software - MS Office 2003

[*]Browser - Mozilla Firefox / Internet Explorer

[*]E-mail client - Outlook 2003

[*]Instant messenger - None

[*]Music player / editor - Creative Mediasource Player

[*]Video player / editor - Media Player Classic

[*]Picture viewer / editor - Microsoft Photo Premium 10 / Irfanview

[*]Burning software - Imgburn

[*]Virtual CD software - Daemon Tools 4

[*]Download accelerator - None

[*]Torrent client - ?Torrent

[*]P2P - Bittorrent only

[*]Antivirus software - NOD32

[*]Firewall - My D-Link DI-804

[*]Spyware tools - Spybot Search & Destroy

[*]Archiver - WinRAR

[*]Codecs/packs - ffdshow

[*]Rippers - Creative Mediasource

[*]FTP uploader - SmartFTP

[*]System optimisers - None

[*]RSS reader - None

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My desktop:

[*]Operation system - Windows XP Pro SP2

[*]Office application software - MS Office 2003 Pro

[*]Browser - Opera 9.0 Preview 1

[*]E-mail client - Opera

[*]Instant messenger - Trillian Pro 3.1

[*]Music player / editor - Winamp 5

[*]Video player / editor - Media Player Classic

[*]Picture viewer / editor - Windows Picture Viewer / Photoshop CS2

[*]Burning software - Nero 7

[*]Virtual CD software - Daemon Tools 4.00

[*]Download accelerator - None

[*]Torrent client - ?Torrent

[*]P2P - none

[*]Antivirus software - Nod32 2.5

[*]Firewall - Windows

[*]Spyware tools - Microsoft Antispyware

[*]Archiver - Power Archiver

[*]Codecs/packs - KL MEGA Codec Pack 1.38

[*]Rippers - Exact Audio Copy with LAME and FLAC

[*]FTP uploader - CuteFTP Pro

[*]System optimisers - None

[*]RSS reader- None

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  puner said:

Surprisingly, no one writting about their mac's

Here you go ;)

[*]Operation system - Mac OS X 10.4.4

[*]Office application software - MS Office

[*]Browser - Safari / Camino

[*]E-mail client - Apple Mail

[*]Instant messenger - AdiumX

[*]Music player / editor - iTunes

[*]Video player / editor - Quicktime, VLC, iMovie 06

[*]Picture viewer / editor - iPhoto 06

[*]Burning software - Finder / Toast

[*]Virtual CD software - None needed (OS supports it)

[*]Download accelerator - None

[*]Torrent client - Transmission

[*]P2P - Acquisition

[*]Antivirus software - None needed :p

[*]Firewall - OS firewall & router

[*]Spyware tools - None needed :p

[*]Archiver - Stuffit

[*]Codecs/packs - DivX, Flip4Mac, 3ivX

[*]Rippers - MacTheRipper

[*]FTP uploader - Transmit

[*]System optimisers - eh?

[*]RSS reader - Safari / Newsfire / Vienna

:)

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[*]Operation system - XP Pro SP2

[*]Office application software - Office 2003

[*]Browser - Firefox & IE

[*]E-mail client - Thunderbird (home), Outlook 2003 (Work)

[*]Instant messenger - MSN

[*]Music player / editor - WMP/ don't edit

[*]Video player / editor - WMP/ Movie Maker

[*]Picture viewer / editor - Photoshop

[*]Burning software - Nero 7

[*]Virtual CD software - Nero ImageDrive

[*]Download accelerator - None

[*]Torrent client - BitTorrent

[*]P2P - None

[*]Antivirus software - AVG

[*]Firewall - ZoneAlarm Pro

[*]Spyware tools - None

[*]Archiver - WinRAR

[*]Codecs/packs - DivX codec pack

[*]Rippers - CDBA (can't remember name but something like that)

[*]FTP uploader - Can't remember

[*]System optimisers - Bootvis

[*]RSS reader - Google Reader

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[*]Operation system

Windows XP Professional SP2

[*]Office application software

Open Office

[*]Browser

FireFox

[*]E-mail client

Thunderbird

[*]Instant messenger

WLMessenger 8

[*]Music player / editor

iTunes

[*]Video player / editor

iTunes/Windows Media Player 10

[*]Picture viewer / editor

Photoshop cs2 & paint.net

[*]Burning software

Nero 7 Ultra

[*]Virtual CD software

None yet (if needed will use Daemon tools 4)

[*]Download accelerator

None

[*]Torrent client

uTorrent

[*]P2P

none

[*]Antivirus software

Avast!

[*]Firewall

McAfee Firewall

[*]Spyware tools

Microsoft AntiSpyware

[*]Archiver

WinRAR

[*]Codecs/packs

ffdshow + tsunami filter pack

[*]Rippers

None

[*]FTP uploader

FlashFXP

[*]System optimisers

none

[*]RSS reader

firefox

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Operation system

Windows XP Home

Office application software

OpenOffice.org

Browser

Firefox and occasionally Opera

E-mail client

Thunderbird

Instant messenger

MSN Messenger

Music player / editor

musikCube

Video player / editor

Media Player Classic

Picture viewer / editor

IrfranView and GIMP

Burning software

CDBurnerXP Pro

Virtual CD software

Daemon Tools

Download accelerator

DownThemAll

Torrent client

Azureus

P2P

none

Antivirus software

Avast! Home Edition

Firewall

Router and WinXP built-in just for the heck of it

Spyware tools

Spybot S&D, Ad-Aware, & MSAS

Archiver

7-zip

Codecs/packs

XP Codec Pack

Rippers

CDex and DVDFab Decrypter

FTP uploader

FileZilla

System optimisers

CCleaner

RSS reader

Web-based RSS Readers

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[*]Operation system - Gentoo Linux with 2.6.14-rc3-nitro1 kernel.

[*]Desktop - Enlightenment DR17

[*]Office application software - OOo (hardly ever used).

[*]Browser - Firefox

[*]Terminal - Eterm

[*]E-mail client - Sylpheed Claws

[*]Instant messenger - none

[*]Music player / editor - Amarok / audacity, reborn (well, not really an editor but does music stuff :D )

[*]Video player / editor - MPlayer / ffmpeg, mencoder, transcode, avidemux

[*]Picture viewer / editor - Entice / The Gimp

[*]Burning software - K3B

[*]Virtual CD software - mount -o loop -t iso9660 filename.iso /mnt/iso

[*]Download accelerator - None

[*]Torrent client - Azureus

[*]P2P - aMule

[*]Antivirus software - none needed.

[*]Firewall - iptables

[*]Spyware tools - none needed.

[*]Archiver - File-roller

[*]Rippers - Grip

[*]FTP uploader - gFTP

[*]System optimisers - Do portage, prelink and my custom cflags count?

[*]RSS reader - none

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[*]Operation system: Windows XP Pro SP2

[*]Office application: software Microsoft Office 2003 Pro

[*]Browser: FireFox

[*]E-mail client: None

[*]Instant messenger: Trillian

[*]Music player / editor: iTunes

[*]Video player / editor :WMP classic

[*]Picture viewer / editor: Windows Picture/Fax view and Adobe Photoshop

[*]Burning software: CDBurnerXP Pro

[*]Virtual CD software: None

[*]Download accelerator: None

[*]Torrent client: None

[*]P2P None

[*]Antivirus software: NOD32

[*]Firewall: ZA

[*]Spyware tools: adaware, spybot, hijackthis

[*]Archiver: Winrar/Winzip

[*]Codecs/packs: real alternative,quicktime alternative

[*]Rippers: None

[*]FTP uploader: None

[*]System optimisers: None

[*]RSS reader: None

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[*]Operation system - Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2

[*]Office application software - Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 SP2

[*]Browser - Mozilla Firefox 1.5 / Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2

[*]E-mail client - Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5

[*]Instant messenger - MSN Messenger 7.5 / ICQ Lite 5.04 / Skype 2.0 / mIRC

[*]Music player / editor - WinAmp 5 / Windows Media Player 10

[*]Video player / editor - Media Player Classic / Windows Media Player 10

[*]Picture viewer / editor - ACDSee 8 / IfranView / Adobe Photoshop

[*]Burning software - Nero Burning Rom 6 / CloneCD 5.2.6.1

[*]Virtual CD software - None

[*]Download accelerator - None

[*]Torrent client - None

[*]P2P - None

[*]Antivirus software - Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal Pro

[*]Firewall - Windows XP SP2 / Kerio Personal Firewall

[*]Spyware tools - SpyBot Search&Destroy / Microsoft Antispyware Beta / SpywareBlaster / Ad-Aware

[*]Archiver - WinRAR

[*]Codecs/packs - None

[*]Rippers - DVD Decrypter / Alcohol 120% / Easy CD-DA Extractor

[*]FTP uploader - Cute FTP 7

[*]System optimisers - Registry Mechanic / PerfectDisk 7 / Tweak UI Powertoy / Startup Control Panel

[*]RSS Reader - None

Edited by illicit
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[*]OS - Windows XP Pro SP2

[*]Office application software - Office 2003 Pro

[*]Browser - Firefox 1.5

[*]E-mail client - Thunderbird 1.5

[*]Instant messenger - Windows Live Messenger & Trillian Pro 3.1

[*]Music player / editor - iTunes / none

[*]Video player / editor - Windows Media Player 10 / VideoLAN VLC

[*]Picture viewer / editor - Picasa / Adobe Photoshop 6.01

[*]Burning software - Alcohol 120%

[*]Virtual CD software - Alcohol 120%

[*]Download accelerator - none

[*]Torrent client - none

[*]P2P - none

[*]Antivirus software - AVG

[*]Firewall - Windows XP's internal Firewall

[*]Spyware tools - Ad-aware / SpybotSD / SpywareBlaster /

[*]Archiver - WinRAR

[*]Codecs/packs - DivX

[*]Rippers - none

[*]FTP uploader - FileZilla

[*]System optimizers - TweakUI & a Reg File I created to disable a bunch of stuff.

[*]RSS reader - Sharp Reader

I should also add that I have a hardware firewall/router in place (Linksys) in addition to the normal XP Pro firewall.

Edited by ServerMechanic
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[*]Operation system - Microsoft Windows XP Homd SP2

[*]Office application software - Open Office

[*]Browser - Mozilla Firefox 1.5

[*]E-mail client - Mozilla Thunderbird

[*]Instant messenger - Windows Live Messenger 8 BETA

[*]Music player / editor - iTunes / Winamp

[*]Video player / editor - WMP

[*]Burning software - Nero Burning Rom 6

[*]Virtual CD software - Daemon Tools

[*]Torrent client - uTorrent

[*]P2P - utorrent

[*]Antivirus software - eTrust (switching to NOD32 when this free subscription runs out)

[*]Firewall - Windows XP SP2

[*]Spyware tools - AdAware

[*]Archiver - WinRar

[*]FTP uploader - FileZilla

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  Starcraft said:

FTP Client: FileZilla

It's a Source Forge project and it is free of charge. It's easy to use. The project also contains a ftp server program.

RSS Client: GreatNews

It's very popular and nice:)

U can find those stuff above through google.

thanks :)

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[*]Operation system - Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2

[*]Office application software - OpenOffice.org v2.0

[*]Browser - Mozilla Firefox 1.5

[*]E-mail client - webmail (gmail, etc)

[*]Music player / editor - WMP10

[*]Video player / editor - WMP10

[*]Burning software - Nero Burning Rom 6 Enterprise

[*]Antivirus software - avast!

[*]Firewall - ipcop 1.4.

[*]Spyware tools - AdAware+Spybot S&D

[*]Archiver - WinRar

[*]FTP uploader - Windows' ftp

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*]Operation system - Windows XP Home - SP2

[*]Office application software - Office 2003

[*]Browser - Firefox 1.5

[*]E-mail client none - Outlook Express 6

[*]Instant messenger - NONE

[*]Music player - Music Match 7.5

[*]Video player - Media Player Classic

[*]Picture viewer / editor - ACDSee 8

[*]Burning software - Nero 6.6

[*]Virtual CD software - None

[*]Download accelerator - None

[*]Torrent client uTorrent - BitComet

[*]P2P - None

[*]Antivirus software - None

[*]Firewall - None

[*]Spyware tools - None

[*]Archiver - WinRar

[*]Codecs - KLite Pack

[*]Rippers - Dvd Shrink / Easy CDDA Extractor

[*]FTP uploader FireFTP - None

[*]System optimisers - None

[*]RSS reader Sage - firefox extension

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[*]Operation system

windows xp home sp II

[*]Office application software

microsoft office xp

[*]Browser

mozilla firefox 1.07

[*]E-mail client

mozilla thunderbird 1.0.6

[*]Instant messenger

trillian pro 2.0

[*]Music player / editor

itunes 6.0.1 / none

[*]Video player / editor

winamp 5.xx / none

[*]Picture viewer / editor

windows preview / adobe photoshop cs2

[*]Burning software

itunes for music, nero 6 for misc.

[*]Virtual CD software

virtual cd v7

[*]Download accelerator

firefox

[*]Torrent client

bit comet

[*]P2P

none

[*]Antivirus software

anti vir personal

[*]Firewall

windows sp II firewall

[*]Spyware tools

spybot search&destroy

[*]Archiver

winrar

[*]Codecs/packs

serveral

[*]Rippers

itunes for music, i dont tip anything else.

[*]FTP uploader

leech ftp

[*]System optimisers

tweak xp pro v4

[*]RSS reader

got it in my firefox.

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[*]Operation system

mac osx 10.4.4

[*]Office application software

microsoft office 2004

[*]Browser

opera, camino,firefox

[*]E-mail client

hotmail-msn, gmail, yahoo

[*]Instant messenger

ichat, mercury

[*]Music player / editor

itunes

[*]Video player / editor

quicktime

[*]Picture viewer / editor

iphoto

[*]Burning software

itunes

[*]Virtual CD software

----------

[*]Download accelerator

----------------

[*]Torrent client

-------

[*]P2P

---------

[*]Antivirus software

virex

[*]Firewall

------

[*]Spyware tools

-------

[*]Archiver

------

[*]Codecs/packs

----------

[*]Rippers

---------

[*]FTP uploader

-----

[*]System optimisers

----

[*]RSS reader

----

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Operating system - Windows XP Home SP2

Office application software - OpenOffice.org 1.1.2

Browser - Firefox / Opera

E-mail client - Thunderbird

Instant messenger - Miranda

Music player / editor - foobar2000 / Winamp 5

Music editor - Audacity / mp3DirectCut

Video player - Media Player Classic / mplayer / VLC

Video editor - Avisynth / VirtualDubMod

Picture viewer / editor - IrfanView / The Gimp

Burning software - Nero Burning Rom 5.5

Torrent client - BitTornado

P2P - Soulseek

Antivirus software - AntiVir PE

Firewall - Zone Alarm Standard

Spyware tools - SpyBot Search&Destroy

Archiver - 7-Zip

Codecs (packs are evil) - Arithyuv (lossless), Cecodica (DV), ffdshow, x264, XviD

Rippers - EAC

System optimisers - Tweak UI Powertoy

RSS Reader - Sage

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[*]Operation system: Windows XP Media Center 2005

[*]Office application: Microsoft Office 2003

[*]Browser: FireFox & Internet Explorer 7

[*]E-mail client: None

[*]Instant messenger: Yahoo/MSN/AIM

[*]Music player / editor: iTunes/Soundforge

[*]Video player / editor :Window Media Player 10

[*]Picture viewer / editor: Photoshop/Windows Picture Viewer/Fireworks

[*]Burning software: Nero 6 Ultra Edition

[*]Virtual CD software: None

[*]Download accelerator: None

[*]Torrent client: Azureus

[*]P2P: Limewire

[*]Antivirus software: Norton Antivirus 2005

[*]Firewall: Norton Internet Security 2005

[*]Spyware tools: Adaware, Windows Antispyware, Hijackthis

[*]Archiver: Winrar/Winzip

[*]Codecs/packs: Windows XP All In 1 Codec Pack

[*]Rippers: None

[*]FTP uploader: Smart FTP

[*]System optimisers: None

[*]RSS reader: Internet Explorer 7

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[*]Operation system: Windows XP SP2

[*]Office application: Microsoft Office 2003

[*]Browser: FireFox

[*]E-mail client: None

[*]Instant messenger: Trillian 3

[*]Music player / editor: Winamp

[*]Video player / editor :Winamp

[*]Picture viewer / editor: Photoshop/Windows Picture Viewer/Fireworks

[*]Burning software: Ashampoo Burning Studio 5

[*]Virtual CD software: None

[*]Download accelerator: Flashget

[*]Torrent client: Shareaza

[*]P2P: Bearshare

[*]Antivirus software: Antivir 7

[*]Firewall: SP2

[*]Spyware tools: SpywareBlaster, Ad-aware sometimes

[*]Archiver: Winrar

[*]Codecs/packs: ffdshow codec

[*]Rippers: None

[*]FTP uploader: Flash FXP

[*]System optimisers: None

[*]RSS reader: Firefox

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[*]Operation system - Windows XP Professional SP2

[*]Office application software - Microsoft Office 2003

[*]Browser - Mozilla Firefox

[*]E-mail client - None (webmail)

[*]Instant messenger - Gaim (for AIM)

[*]Music player / editor - Windows Media Player

[*]Video player / editor - Media Player Classic / Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0

[*]Picture viewer / editor - Irfanview

[*]Burning software - Nero 6

[*]Virtual CD software - Daemon Tools

[*]Download accelerator - None

[*]Torrent client - uTorrent

[*]P2P - uTorrent

[*]Antivirus software - Avast! (free version)

[*]Firewall - Windows

[*]Spyware tools - Ad-aware, Spybot

[*]Archiver - 7-zip

[*]Codecs/packs - Xvid (from AutoGK setup)

[*]Rippers - DVD Decrypter, AnyDVD

[*]FTP uploader - FileZilla

[*]System optimisers - CCleaner, O&O Defrag

[*]RSS reader - Bloglines.com (web-based)

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*]Operation system: MacOSX 10.4.4

[*]Office application: none

[*]Browser: Safari

[*]E-mail client: Mail

[*]Instant messenger: Audium and iChat

[*]Music player / editor: iTunes

[*]Video player / editor :Quicktime and VLC

[*]Picture viewer / editor: Adobe Photoshop

[*]Burning software: Toast

[*]Virtual CD software: None

[*]Download accelerator: None

[*]Torrent client: Bits on Wheels

[*]P2P : Acquisition and Cabos

[*]Antivirus software: none

[*]Firewall: Router

[*]Spyware tools: none

[*]Archiver: Stuffit and built in zip

[*]Codecs/packs: divx, xvid

[*]Rippers: MactheRipper

[*]FTP uploader: None

[*]System optimisers: None

[*]RSS reader: Safari

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[*]Operation system: Ubuntu Linux

[*]Office application software: Open Office 2

[*]Browser: Mozilla Firefox 1.5 and Opera

[*]E-mail client: Evolution

[*]Instant messenger: GAIM

[*]Music player / editor: Amarok

[*]Video player / editor: Mplayer

[*]Picture viewer / editor: Eye of Gnome

[*]Torrent client: Bit Tornado

[*]Firewall: FireStarter

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[*]Operation system

Windows XP Professional

[*]Office application software

Microsoft Office 2003

[*]Browser

Mozilla firefox 1.5

[*]E-mail client

Outlook 2003

[*]Instant messenger

Windows Messenger

[*]Music player / editor

Winamp 5

[*]Video player / editor

Video LAN VLC

[*]Picture viewer / editor

N/A

[*]Burning software

N/A

[*]Virtual CD software

N/A

[*]Download accelerator

N/A

[*]Torrent client

Bitcomet

[*]P2P

DC++

[*]Antivirus software

NOD32

[*]Firewall

Windows XP Firewall

[*]Spyware tools

N/A

[*]Archiver

WinRAR

[*]Codecs/packs

N/A

[*]Rippers

N/A

[*]FTP uploader

SmartFTP 2.0

[*]System optimisers

N/A

[*]RSS reader

N/A

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