www.free-codecs.com/download/Media_Player_Classic.htm
If this link breaks, just google "media player classic".
This little multimedia program makes everything else overly complicated and bloated. It is fast, only ONE FILE and will play back anything I have ever thrown at it ... period. Basically for Windows (I run it on XP at work).
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
GMAIL - google e-mail service
gmail.google.com
If you are still using "somebody else's" e-mail service just get it over with and get your head examined. If you move to GOOGLE MAIL you can quit telling your friends to change your e-mail address every time a cheaper internet provider comes along. This will work with ANYBODY's INTERNET SERVICE and from ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD that you can get to an internet capable computer.
FREE - not tied to your internet provider (ie. AOL, TIME WARNER, COMCAST, MINDSPRING)
FREE - POP service (so you can download your mail to your PC and your private e-mail program)
FREE - Over 2 Gigs of e-mail and booty busting attachment storage.
FREE - Calendar Application, linkable, shareable, downloadable, printable, multiple calendars ...
FREE - Instant Messages that will slide right through most firewalls
FREE - FAST AS BLAZES AND EASY TO USE
Are you still reading ... setup an account and learn why Microsoft and Yahoo hate Google.
If you are still using "somebody else's" e-mail service just get it over with and get your head examined. If you move to GOOGLE MAIL you can quit telling your friends to change your e-mail address every time a cheaper internet provider comes along. This will work with ANYBODY's INTERNET SERVICE and from ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD that you can get to an internet capable computer.
FREE - not tied to your internet provider (ie. AOL, TIME WARNER, COMCAST, MINDSPRING)
FREE - POP service (so you can download your mail to your PC and your private e-mail program)
FREE - Over 2 Gigs of e-mail and booty busting attachment storage.
FREE - Calendar Application, linkable, shareable, downloadable, printable, multiple calendars ...
FREE - Instant Messages that will slide right through most firewalls
FREE - FAST AS BLAZES AND EASY TO USE
Are you still reading ... setup an account and learn why Microsoft and Yahoo hate Google.
RUN LIVE - open source test drive CD's
www.knoppix.org
fedoraproject.org
OK, what the heck is RUN LIVE? Well, you simply pop a CD or DVD full of free software in you CD/DVD player and reboot your machine. It runs ENTIRELY OFF THE CD and out of MEMORY, NOTHING IS INSTALLED on the HARD DRIVE and nothing is ALTERED on the HARD DRIVE.
The software gives you a chance to try different versions of LINUX on your system without having to install them (See the LINUX blogs). But wait, if you don't need the HARD DRIVE to run it, doesn't that mean that you could use this RUN LIVE stuff to boot a machine with a DEAD HARD DRIVE ?? Sure. Then, in the event that your hard drive is OK and just the operating system is damaged, you can look for and COPY YOUR FILES from the HARD DRIVE to a USB FLASH (PEN) DRIVE.
COOL? Darn right it is. Get your data saved before the GEEK SQUAD reinstalls the OS and you lose your data. There are other COOL applications for this technology too, but I try to keep these short.
fedoraproject.org
OK, what the heck is RUN LIVE? Well, you simply pop a CD or DVD full of free software in you CD/DVD player and reboot your machine. It runs ENTIRELY OFF THE CD and out of MEMORY, NOTHING IS INSTALLED on the HARD DRIVE and nothing is ALTERED on the HARD DRIVE.
The software gives you a chance to try different versions of LINUX on your system without having to install them (See the LINUX blogs). But wait, if you don't need the HARD DRIVE to run it, doesn't that mean that you could use this RUN LIVE stuff to boot a machine with a DEAD HARD DRIVE ?? Sure. Then, in the event that your hard drive is OK and just the operating system is damaged, you can look for and COPY YOUR FILES from the HARD DRIVE to a USB FLASH (PEN) DRIVE.
COOL? Darn right it is. Get your data saved before the GEEK SQUAD reinstalls the OS and you lose your data. There are other COOL applications for this technology too, but I try to keep these short.
GIMP - open source photo editing
www.gimp.org
OK, so the open source folks need help with program names.
But that is where the "poking fun" will stop. Gimp is one of those programs you "need when you need" and you don't need a multi-hundred dollar price tag for a "sometimes" application. It is a photo editor that is able to be "enhanced" via plug-ins and anybody can write plug-ins with this open source application.
OK, so the open source folks need help with program names.
But that is where the "poking fun" will stop. Gimp is one of those programs you "need when you need" and you don't need a multi-hundred dollar price tag for a "sometimes" application. It is a photo editor that is able to be "enhanced" via plug-ins and anybody can write plug-ins with this open source application.
Monday, December 10, 2007
THUNDERBIRD - open source e-mail
www.mozilla.com/thunderbird
Like their website says, "TAKE BACK YOUR INBOX".
Tire of taking what you get for an e-mail client from your operating system vendor?
Thunderbird is different, and free.
Like their website says, "TAKE BACK YOUR INBOX".
Tire of taking what you get for an e-mail client from your operating system vendor?
Thunderbird is different, and free.
PORTABLE APPLICATIONS - productivity
portableapps.com
Ever wish you could take your browser, e-mail, instant messenger or other favorite application with you and still have all your contacts, bookmarks and the like? Well, portable apps may be for you.
The apps go with you on a memory stick and the settings (and data you save) go with you and the memory stick wherever you go. Too cool? It is!
Ever wish you could take your browser, e-mail, instant messenger or other favorite application with you and still have all your contacts, bookmarks and the like? Well, portable apps may be for you.
The apps go with you on a memory stick and the settings (and data you save) go with you and the memory stick wherever you go. Too cool? It is!
FIREFOX - open source web browser
www.mozilla.com/firefox
Finally, an alternative to all the buggy WEB browsers out there. The Mozilla folks have finally brought us a web browser that works for US instead of working for every POP UP AD MAKER in the universe.
Tabbed browsing is a MUST. Each web page is in a tabbed window of its own. It is (of course) free and comes in flavors for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Finally, an alternative to all the buggy WEB browsers out there. The Mozilla folks have finally brought us a web browser that works for US instead of working for every POP UP AD MAKER in the universe.
Tabbed browsing is a MUST. Each web page is in a tabbed window of its own. It is (of course) free and comes in flavors for Windows, Mac and Linux.
PIDGIN - open source Instant Messaging
www.pidgin.im
Tired of having half a dozen IM (instant messaging) clients open on your taskbar (or system tray?).
Pidgin is a God send ... it allows you to use different protocols (Yahoo, MSN, AOL) from one application at the same time. Each session is in a tabbed window for convenient tracking. All buddies show up in ONE BUDDY LIST! It is amazing, fast and rock solid. Available for Windows and Linux.
Tired of having half a dozen IM (instant messaging) clients open on your taskbar (or system tray?).
Pidgin is a God send ... it allows you to use different protocols (Yahoo, MSN, AOL) from one application at the same time. Each session is in a tabbed window for convenient tracking. All buddies show up in ONE BUDDY LIST! It is amazing, fast and rock solid. Available for Windows and Linux.
OPEN OFFICE - open source office suite
www.openoffice.org
OPEN OFFICE is a product similar to Microsoft Office and other office productivity products. A fine example of free software at its best, Open Office is available at no cost for Windows, Mac and Linux. It has features that easily rival the most feature complete office productivity suites, and, you can test drive the full, working version on your terms at no cost. Just download it and go.
Word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentations ... a complete office productivity suite.
OPEN OFFICE is a product similar to Microsoft Office and other office productivity products. A fine example of free software at its best, Open Office is available at no cost for Windows, Mac and Linux. It has features that easily rival the most feature complete office productivity suites, and, you can test drive the full, working version on your terms at no cost. Just download it and go.
Word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentations ... a complete office productivity suite.
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