And what did it do?How could it have been improved?
2006-08-27 04:13:05 · 16 answers · asked by wolfmettle 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Inkscape, The Gimp and Irfanview image editing software. I wish the Gimp was a little more like Photoshop; its got all the same tools but its just not as easy to learn and doesn't support printing.
Avast anti virus, Ewido anti trojan, Winpatrol, Ad-Aware SE Personal security software. Zone alarm and Kerio personal firewall.
Audacity recording tool and converter.
2006-08-27 04:30:06 · answer #1 · answered by sarah c 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Firefox (the one I use the most)
Thunderbird
MailScanner / Spamassassin / ClamAV (OK, so I'm a nerd)
Nagios (I monitor over 150 servers with it at work)
The GIMP
Wireshark
Linux (various flavours)
OpenOffice
Avast! Antivirus and more recently AOL's Active Virus Shield (the best of the free AVs)
How can they be improved? Well, they all are under continual improvement, and the new versions cost the same as the old ones, so there's no disincentive to upgrading.
2006-08-27 11:21:45 · answer #2 · answered by philr999 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PORTABLE Open Office. and PORTABLE Firefox. They are the same as regular OO and FF, BUT they've been modified to fit on and run from a 256 meg flash drive WITHOUT installation onto the host computer!
I've got them and key documents on a 512 meg flashdrive that hangs from my keychain. Where ever I go, I'm never without important tools and files.
All sorts of great apps have been converted to Portable status including GIMP, 7Zip, Filezilla, sodoku, and Sunbird. and Thunderbird. You can find them for FREE at:
http://portableapps.com/
2006-08-27 15:34:51 · answer #3 · answered by glenbarrington 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
AVG freeware anti-virus.......but when it starts to ask you to go-legal and upgrade all you do is go into settings and remove splash screen and it'll never bug you again!
Also get incredimail it's the best e-mail program in the world and magentic for out of this world screensavers and wallpapers TRUST ME!!!!
2006-08-27 13:07:30 · answer #4 · answered by Dave 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the best freeware has to be a)google earth ,dosent need to be improved b)avast anti-virus its allways being improved with regular updates c) picasa ,photo-editing software from google, updates are downloaded as and when they are avalible
2006-08-27 13:30:20 · answer #5 · answered by brianthesnail123 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
CDex mp3 ripper, and general recoding software for music files. A really great, trouble free, and useful application.
2006-08-27 11:29:18 · answer #6 · answered by Phish 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spybot search and destroy-2 years ago.
Take to long to update manually once you download it.
It searched for spyware lol.
2006-08-27 11:18:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
these free ware not only were free but they help me save money every month
these are
SKYPE and Yahoo messenger
now i dont need home phone
because i can call anywhere in usa and canada with skype using my cable dsl for free.
and with yahoo i can talk any where in the world with voice option
2006-08-27 11:53:53 · answer #8 · answered by gurpreet s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Open Office, because it does everything that Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint do but costs nothing.
2006-08-27 11:27:15 · answer #9 · answered by Dramafreak 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Eraser 5.8 - allows complete destruction of files and hard drives.
The software is perfect for what it does - no changes are necessary.
2006-08-27 11:18:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋