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post #1 of 17
5/18/05 at 8:55pm
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I was wondering what is the best programs to install on the laptop when you get it etc?

Best Antivirus
Best Firewall (I will disable it at home, But Will be on Public WAP sometimes)
Best Programs..

Any Suggestions?

(Gonna burn them onto a cd, Ordering my laptop soon..)

Dell Inspiron 9300!
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post #2 of 17
5/18/05 at 9:01pm
www.gentoo.org

For WinXP, my preference would be:
Mozilla Firefox
AVG Antivirus Free Edition
Kerio Personal Firewall
Ad-aware Personal Edition
Spybot Search & Destroy
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post #3 of 17
5/18/05 at 9:29pm
microsoft anti-spyware beta is a good one as well
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post #4 of 17
5/18/05 at 9:33pm
Firefox
NOD32 or Kaspersky AV
Ad-aware
Spybot Search & Destroy
Photoshop
mIRC
Office 2003
Nero Burning Rom
VLC Media Player
Real Alternative
Quicktime Alternative
Flashget
Omega Drivers
WinRAR
SpeedswitchXP
Diskeeper
Acoustica Audio Converter
PowerDVD
Disk Space Inspector

oh and some sort of 3rd party firewall, I'm not sure how good the windows one is. It doesn't seem to have many settings. My router takes care of the firewall part though for me at least.

Misc programs some ppl use:
Newsreaders, dvd rippers/decrypters, torrent stuff, ftp programs, OS customization such as windowblinds, wireless tools.
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post #5 of 17
5/18/05 at 9:34pm
Thread Starter 
Yea it is win xp...

Kronus. nice list thanks! Actually all nice lists
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post #6 of 17
5/18/05 at 9:59pm
http://www.vim.org/
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post #7 of 17
5/18/05 at 11:29pm
Fedora? Slackware? Damn Small? pick your choice
For windows? Id say firefox is a must (or k-melon) and stick with media updates. Personallly I dont use a firewall (router has it) and i dont need a virus scanner cause i have a brain...
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post #8 of 17
5/19/05 at 9:43am
AVG is as good as if not better than norton and automatically updates itself daily and everytime you turn on the computer. plus it's FREE!!
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post #9 of 17
5/19/05 at 10:14am
very useful thread
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post #10 of 17
5/19/05 at 10:22am
partition magic
gaim for windows
picasa 2
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post #11 of 17
5/19/05 at 1:25pm
pdf speedup

kronus: what version of diskeeper do you use?
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post #12 of 17
5/19/05 at 3:59pm
gvim/cream
notepad++
rmclock
firefox
gaim
GTK libs
gimp
OpenSSH
Cygwin
putty
stunnel/openSSL
nmap
ethereal
winpcap
python
keePass
cdburnerXP Pro
PowerDVD
unison
bitorrent client
windowblinds
Rainlendar
AntiVir
MS Antispyware
PrevX Home
PDFcreator
MSH beta
.net 1.1 & 2.x frameworks
Visual Studio C# and Basic
Java 1.5.x
mysql
apache
cain and abel 2.6x
nessus client
vmware or virtualpc
Damn Small Linux virtual Machine
WinXP or 2K virtual machine
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post #13 of 17
5/19/05 at 5:17pm
what people don't understand is that router firewalls only block incoming traffic.
if you accidently install a program that reports information, then your router firewall does nothing to block outgoing traffic, which is a big security risk, and you can prevent programs from calling home if you need to...

install kerio personal firewall it's perfect, much better than norton
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post #14 of 17
5/19/05 at 5:57pm
Could this be sticky'd? Pretty useful information... Ive already downloaded like 5 or 6 programs...
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post #15 of 17
5/19/05 at 6:09pm
agreed..good post..
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post #16 of 17
5/19/05 at 6:43pm
This might help for security
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post #17 of 17
5/19/05 at 6:53pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by SinisterWhisper
Fedora? Slackware? Damn Small? pick your choice
For windows? Id say firefox is a must (or k-melon) and stick with media updates. Personallly I dont use a firewall (router has it) and i dont need a virus scanner cause i have a brain...
You do realize that viruses aren't only spread by downloading things right? There is no reason not to have some sort of AV program.
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