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Community weekly poll: Which type of free application do you find most valuable?
- 8/30/05 11:54 AM
re: Avast!
by rmjb - 9/1/05 5:06 AM In reply to: Re; Norton by axefanI use Avast to and I'd advise that over any other any day.
AVG vs. Norton
by Braindude - 8/31/05 1:38 AM In reply to: Norton by sharee100I've had the same issue with Norton. Not to mention it had 10 applications running. I switched to AVG, which has 2 applications and love it. The first scan with AVG actually found several things Norton had not.
Same happened to me
by hamako - 8/31/05 4:46 PM In reply to: AVG vs. Norton by BraindudeI had the same result. AVG has saved my butt more than once.
avast 4.6 is a free anti-virus program
by chuckburmester - 9/1/05 10:13 AM In reply to: Norton by sharee100I am using it on 3 computers and I will never pay for anti-virus again as long as companies like alwil offer programs like avast for free. It gives you a lot of control over the different modules of the program or there is a simple user interface if you like simple operation. I get updates on what seems like a daily basis and there have been several days that I have gotten 2 updates. Avast works great for me because I am a disabled person and my computers is my main source of entertainment and spend most of the day on the internet and have mever had a problem with it and also I like the fact that it is free.
security system
by Wolfman1932 - 8/30/05 10:08 PM In reply to: I love Yahoo Messenger with voice by mustang3I recommend Trend to you. I get at least one update every day.
Re: I love Yahoo Messenger with voice
by caryyy - 8/31/05 5:45 AM In reply to: I love Yahoo Messenger with voice by mustang3What is Hello?
Me too
by kefta4ever - 8/31/05 10:31 AM In reply to: I love Yahoo Messenger with voice by mustang3I like it too, I use Trillian now though. It has all the same features except it works with Yahoo, MSN, AOL, and ICQ. Even IRC.
If its long distance talking with friends thats important, you cant beat SKYPE. Its got the best quality voice of any of them, plus group conversations. Its a bandwidth hog though.
Most Valuable
by matthew.cheese - 8/30/05 3:47 PM In reply to: Which type of free application do you find most valuable? by Marc Bennett
Geocities.
bitpim
by omygosho - 8/30/05 3:49 PM In reply to: Which type of free application do you find most valuable? by Marc Bennett
bitpim is an open-source free program to add pics, ringtones, etc to your phone and backup the same plus your phonebook. buy a cable, download and have fun. i use it mostly to put ringtones i make on my phone. I also use firefox for net.
Pretty much everything is I have is Freeware
by Rapt0r9 - 8/30/05 3:54 PM In reply to: Which type of free application do you find most valuable? by Marc Bennett
I hate buying things. I hate giving up my money. The solution? No, not stealing, that is illegal and although it may work, it'll catch up to you. My solution is simple. Freeware! Almost anything that you can think of or need is avalible onm the internet as a free program. Not that 10 day trial shareware, but free software that works very well. I have Spybot 1.4, Ad-Aware SE, CWS Shredder, Anti-Vir, PC Cleaner, Open Office, Mozilla Thunderbird, Opear 8.01, Mozilla Firefox, Netscape Navigator, dbPowerAmp, Winamp, iTunes, Cheeta Audio Converter, Wavepad, and the list goses on and on. Usually I'l find a program that I need in about an hour of internet surfing and program testing. Of course some of it takes alot longer, Open Office took about 1 and a half, but the rewards? Free software that works at par with retail software.
If I can't find the program and it is simple enough, like a calculator or something, I'll make it. Obviousely I can't make a program like Microsoft Office by myself, so I look for the eqivalent of that online. Simple stuff I make, RTF Editors and such, but I don't buy it. Free legitamate software.
Never buy something when you can find it for free. It may take some looking, but it is and always will be out there and you can find it. (Thank god for google)
Open office
by sharee100 - 8/30/05 5:46 PM In reply to: Pretty much everything is I have is Freeware by Rapt0r9Tell me about it...
OpenOffice, the replacement for MS Office
by r_remco12 - 8/31/05 2:17 AM In reply to: Open office by sharee100OpenOffice.org (OOo) is a free Office suite that is as good as MS Office, it can do the same things (exept for visual basic, which you likely don't use) and even more.
Especially the current beta of 2.0 is very good: is faster than 1.1.4 and it can do a lot more.
I really recomend this piece of software to everyone, it'll save you loats of money and still gives you high quality software.
OpenOffice is the best
by libkitty - 8/31/05 11:34 AM In reply to: OpenOffice, the replacement for MS Office by r_remco12I agree. I just love OpenOffice. For my use, I find it more stable and easier to use than MS Office, and easier to use. As a matter of fact, if MS Office were free and OpenOffice cost, I might even pay the money for OpenOffice. Free is better, though.
Open Office
by MavMin - 9/5/05 11:27 AM In reply to: OpenOffice, the replacement for MS Office by r_remco12I have set up the computer lab at my church's Christian Academy with Open Office. I have free access to MS Office because of my job but when I retire I will probably switch to the latest version of Open Office.
I also use Spybot and Adaware. I load AVG for my friends and when my Norton subscription runs out I will switch to it as well.
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