What program has proven most useful?

Swoop · January 28, 2006, 12:54:15 PM

Total Commander

Firefox

Thunderbird

VLC Player

Gaim

Azureus

iTunes

Photoshop CS

All above are mostly my essential programs

I prefer open source most of the time, and if it wasnt for all the gaming issues i would be running Ubuntu Linux on this machine also. But alas so far i only use linux exclusively on my laptop for univeristy work

GhostMjr · January 28, 2006, 02:05:33 PM

Superb tools Pen thankyou so much!

Penfold · January 30, 2006, 04:25:07 PM

You're welcome Paddy & GM,

I have to say they are the most useful programs I've ever had - makes my small multi-office setup a breeze to co-ordinate.

Hope you get as much use out of them as I do.

My only worry is that Foldershare was recently brought out Microsoft so I hope they don't tinker with it too much and it stays free.

PEN

Anonymous · January 30, 2006, 04:33:13 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Apoc@Jan 26 2006, 08:25 PM
For a giggle take remote control of the pc your sitting at :wacko:
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No!! Don't do it! I just tried it :crazy:

Doorman · February 07, 2006, 11:45:53 PM

Out of interest I installed Google Desktop. Now most of it is pretty useless, not to say irritating, but once you've disabled stuff you don't like (which for me was almost everything) I'm left with the Search Desktop function. It is truly amazing how quickly you can find ANYTHING on your pc. Beats the Windows search by at least 25 minutes.
:thumb:

EDIT: Nearly anything, not Windows apparently

Still very good though.

delanvital · July 09, 2007, 09:50:12 PM

Quote from: Penfold;110488Two for me :

Log me in (free) - which lets me connect to other computers over the internet. Great for looking at the office machine from home and /or troubleshooting other people's pc problems. its free and it's great.

Foldershare folder sharing and synchronisation over the internet. Share/synchronise your folders between machines - add or amend a document for example and within seconds it's transmitted to the other machines on the same list and updates them accordingly. its free and it's great. - great for real time backups as well!

PEN

Foldershare has been getting quite a name. I used it for a while, but after not needing it for a while I uninstalled it. I am about to install it again. But, I wonder, are there any security holes or procedures I should take care of? I mean, it does install a client on your PC that overrides windows security...:eyebrow:

Penfold · July 10, 2007, 12:07:09 PM

I don't know Delan.

I find folderahre great as it's synchs between offices in real time so everyone can use the latest versions of the databases etc.

I can't say I've had a probelm with it- the biggest concern is that if you delete one file - it's going to delete on the rest of the machines as well (however it is retrieveable).

PEN

delanvital · July 10, 2007, 03:17:36 PM

Quote from: Penfold;197121I don't know Delan.

I find folderahre great as it's synchs between offices in real time so everyone can use the latest versions of the databases etc.

I can't say I've had a probelm with it- the biggest concern is that if you delete one file - it's going to delete on the rest of the machines as well (however it is retrieveable).

PEN

I have been very please with it as well. Hm, I have installed it on the 3 PCs now. Hope all is secure...

T-Bag · July 11, 2007, 12:19:38 AM

Mp3 TagStudio: http://www.magnusbrading.com/mp3ts/
This is probably the most useful piece of software for anyone who has a decent size music collection.
Rename the files, tag from file names, remove annoying comments in the tags etc.
So useful, it's free and fully featured, the only down side is a small advert (it really is small and unintrusive) which goes away if you buy the full version ($19 covering all future releases)

Jamoe · September 12, 2007, 12:07:55 PM

QT Fairplay

http://www.hymn-project.org/download.php

http://www.deadmen.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=205346#post205346

delanvital · September 12, 2007, 12:19:05 PM

Quote from: Jamoe;205348QT Fairplay

http://www.hymn-project.org/download.php

http://www.deadmen.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=205346#post205346

Pefect timing, Jamoe, will give it a go. I buy most of my music on iTunes myself as well... but listen to it on my SE phone.

Jamoe · September 12, 2007, 12:37:45 PM

Quote from: delanvital;205350Pefect timing, Jamoe, will give it a go. I buy most of my music on iTunes myself as well... but listen to it on my SE phone.

I only came across it today and haven't tried it yet (work laptop), do let me know how you get on.

Gorion · September 12, 2007, 12:41:38 PM

notepad

delanvital · September 12, 2007, 04:38:41 PM

Quote from: Jamoe;205353I only came across it today and haven't tried it yet (work laptop), do let me know how you get on.

It appears to be a freeware alternative to TuneBite (the app for converting I've used before). Both simply capture and re-record the music in another format (i.e. to convert a 4 min song you have to wait 4 mins :eyebrow:). I am still looking into MyFairTunes - appears to be better than TuneBite at first glance.

Edit: "iTunes Plus" which stores in m4a-format instead of m4p is btw a nice change from Mr. Jobs... not all music is available though.

Edit2: Program seems unstable. Two crashes and no luck converting. Might be my comp.

Bob · September 12, 2007, 06:22:16 PM

Quote from: Gorion;205354notepad

Notepad++ anytime over that worthless one that comes included in Windows. On the download page, if you scroll about 1/3 down, there is a section describing how you completely can replace Notepad with Notepad++ (as in replacing the Windows notepad.exe with a custom-made one for NP++), which works brilliant imo