Software/programmes for pcs

[sunrise]

As salam ou lakoum

i recently got a new pc...and i'm not really a computer wizz so....

apart from things like 'microsoft word' adobe acrobat etc

what are the essential programme/software all pc's should have????

:jkk: in advance

Sunrise

[Abdulah]

Depends what you are looking for. Photoshop you can really exagerate photos. Also depends what kind of work or school subjects you do.

[Mace]

If you're running Windows, I think most people would recommend security software to include virus protection, firewall protection, etc.

You may want something to organize your media if you have any of that (mp3s, pictures, videos and so on)

And maybe something like Google desktop to help you easily find things on your computer.

And IM software, if you're into that.

[Abdulah]

http://win.softpedia.com/

http://www.winfiles.com/

Here you can download yourself what you want:)

[sunrise]

:jkk: for the replies

well i'm not a computer progrmmer or anything like that and i don't study compututing...so just the basics/ to medium stuff

any help would be very much appreciated

:jkk:

[Abdulah]

My opinion you should download Firefox Web Browser (http://www.mozilla.org/download.html). It is like Internet Explorer expect it is faster and you can customize it to make it look like what you want it to look like.

[ammarcool]

just my comments


a good anti virus, anti spyware
Ms Office 11 or any other latest Word Processing Software Program
to do some sort of image editing stuffs Adobe Photoshop CS
for animation stuff Macromedia Flash
if u need to create your own website you can install MS Frontpage or Macromedia Dreamweaver
Any Video + MP3 player
Driver Softwares for your Mobile Phone

[elji]

A good list here - As a supporting comment to this

Antivirus (FREE one) Download their version of Antispyware and Rootkit- AVG (http://free.grisoft.com/doc/download-free-anti-virus/us/frt/0)
Word Processing Software - Microsoft Office 2007 or any of the free option here (http://www.ummah.com/forum/showthread.php?t=137705)
Image Editing Software - Adobe Photoshop or the Free Alternative known as GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/)
Animation- Nothing beats Macromedia Flash
WebSite Creation - Opensource Alternative which i strongly recommend - Aptana (http://aptana.com/)

[LostInThought]

Protect your computer with this (http://free.grisoft.com/doc/download-free-anti-virus/us/frt/0) and this (http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/).

Get this (http://www.openoffice.org/) for office/school work i.e. letters spreadsheets

Get this (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/) web browser.

Get this (http://www.getpaint.net/) or this (http://www.gimp.org/) for image editing. The latter is more powerful but more difficult to use.

Everything above is free!

[LostInThought]

WebSite Creation - Opensource Alternative which i strongly recommend - Aptana (http://aptana.com/)

Does this have intellisense for (x)html, css, and javascript? Also does it have built in validators for (x)html and css standards like strict and transitional?

[elji]

Does this have intellisense for (x)html, css, and javascript? Also does it have built in validators for (x)html and css standards like strict and transitional?

yes and also ajax

[sunrise]

:jkk: to everyone

[LostInThought]

A good list here - As a supporting comment to this

Antivirus (FREE one) Download their version of Antispyware and Rootkit- AVG (http://free.grisoft.com/doc/download-free-anti-virus/us/frt/0)
Word Processing Software - Microsoft Office 2007 or any of the free option here (http://www.ummah.com/forum/showthread.php?t=137705)
Image Editing Software - Adobe Photoshop or the Free Alternative known as GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/)
Animation- Nothing beats Macromedia Flash
WebSite Creation - Opensource Alternative which i strongly recommend - Aptana (http://aptana.com/)

Does aptana have intellisense/code assist for php 5?

[Suliman]

Picasa (http://picasa.com) 2 is one of the best image indexers/sorters and it's free too :D