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02-14-2008, 03:34 PM
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| Most Interesting Man in the World  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chantilly, VA Age: 25
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| Non-mainstream computer programs I made this thread because I just downloaded Foxit Reader, and it is so much better than Adobe Reader because it takes up less space, less RAM, allows you to edit PDFs and is free. I am sure many Warpathers know other sweet programs that are free and/or better than most mainstream ones. Another one I can think of is the web browser Firefox over IE. A lot less viruses, cleaner, and easier IMO. Any others?
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02-14-2008, 03:42 PM
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| I like big (_|_)s.   Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lexington, Virginia Age: 31
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| Re: Non-mainstream computer programs RealPlayer Alternative. We install it on all machines here. Doesn't give you all the BS that Real does...
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02-14-2008, 03:43 PM
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| Most Interesting Man in the World Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chantilly, VA Age: 25
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02-14-2008, 03:44 PM
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| Playmaker  Join Date: Feb 2004
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| Re: Non-mainstream computer programs Thunderbird for email, 7-zip for compression, Ashampoo (when its free) for disc burning, Pidgin for IM, AVG Free for AV, and lots and lots of others that are not coming to me right now. I still use MS Office, but OpenOffice is a viable alternative.
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02-14-2008, 03:45 PM
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| Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004
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| Re: Non-mainstream computer programs Ah, good call TMC. I use both Real Alternative and QuickTime Alternative. Both free. I also use VLC a lot, too.
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02-14-2008, 03:50 PM
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| Impact Rookie  Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Arlington Va. Age: 36
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| Re: Non-mainstream computer programs Quote:
Dude keep that one on the down low, I work for Adobe and sell Acrobat to the Govt.
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02-14-2008, 03:54 PM
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| Most Interesting Man in the World Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chantilly, VA Age: 25
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02-14-2008, 03:55 PM
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| Gamebreaker  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: PA Age: 33
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| Re: Non-mainstream computer programs Forget Photoshop, get THE GIMP for free.  GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program AVG Free Antivirus works great. |
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02-14-2008, 03:56 PM
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| Gamebreaker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: PA Age: 33
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02-14-2008, 03:56 PM
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| Playmaker  Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Frederick, MD Age: 34
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| Re: Non-mainstream computer programs SourceForge.net: Welcome to SourceForge.net is a great place to get open source software. I use PDFCreator at home to print PDF files. Thanks for the head's up on Foxit Reader... I use 7Zip, VLC, CDBurnerXP (great free burning software), theGIMP is a great free alternative to Photoshop, Inkscape is comparable to Adobe Illustrator.
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02-14-2008, 04:58 PM
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| Pro Bowl  Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Greensboro, North Carolina
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| Re: Non-mainstream computer programs I use AVG, realplayer alternative, thunderbird, firefox, open office (some), messed around with GIMP (although I do like photoshop better,) VLC player, 7-zip, and others. As far operating systems, I love Fedora Linux. Once you figure out how to install programs in Linux, you can just about find any add-on or plugin-in to do what you do in Windows. Of course, I am saying "almost". I think Microsoft continues to shoot themselves in the foot by bloating all of their software to the point to where you have to upgrade all of your hardware just so it will run.
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02-14-2008, 09:41 PM
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| The Starter  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Trinity, NC Age: 41
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| Re: Non-mainstream computer programs Anyone here do much video converting? I need to find a decent program that will convert pretty much every type of video file, especially FLV to MPEG. |
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02-14-2008, 09:50 PM
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| Eternally Legendary   Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Seattle Age: 33
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| Re: Non-mainstream computer programs Ubuntu Linux...nuff said.
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02-14-2008, 09:56 PM
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| The Starter  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: San Diego Ca
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| Re: Non-mainstream computer programs Avast AntiVirus. Sunbird: Mozilla Calendar. If you like alternatives, Dual boot linux! You will have a blast. Fedora, OpenSuse and Ubuntu are good options. |
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