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1 chromium: this is the default browser for Linux lubunto and i love to use it for its speed and stability.

 

2 Windows media player(when windows 7 actually works): this program is simple and easy to use to view videos and listen to music.

 

3 Shortwell photo viewer: this an awesome default photo viewer for linux,i love its speed and stability

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Hey everyone!    Just wondering what are you favourite programs to use and why ?    Mine are...    Steam ( Best place to buy games for PC )  Spotify ( really cool app for music )  VLC media pl

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1.Steam, great games and steam sales. Need I say more 2. Spotify, I only recently started using it and love it 3. 3ds max, I LOVE using max for 3d modelling 4. Chrome, Just good for searching the n

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1: Steam (If only I had a decent PC to play games...)

2: ITunes (I love listening to music... doesn't everyone?)

3: Puush (Program which takes screenshots and puts them in links... So useful)

4: Chrome.... Because screw Internet Explorer

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I'd like to add another program to my list. Guitar Rig 5, my friend introduced me to it and it's great, I don't have to use my amp anymore at home because I can just plug guitar into my PC and play. Large variety of effects, everything, that guitarist like me needs :D 

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Photoshop CS5 - Love to edit pictures for my spare time

 

Skype - Best program to talk to friends and family

 

Steam - Obvious gaming program

 

Teamspeak - Best place to meet new people if you find a curtain game.

 

RocketDock - Basically like a MacDock but with Windows. Keeps my stuff organized. Don't need anything on my desktop

 

Internet Download Manager - Best downloading software out there.

 

Google Chrome - Only the best internet browser behind Mozilla Firefox


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 - Foobar2000, really cool music player

 - Skype, to chat with friends

 - GIMP 2, very good, free photo editing program

 - FRAPS, to record games. Also has a little fps counter

 - Waterfox, Firefox optimized for 64-bit operating systems

 - Steam, I use it occasionally for gaming, but their currency conversion often screws over Europeans which is why I always look for other places to buy my games from first.

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My favorite programs would be...

  1. Google Chrome: Fast, customizable, and just hands-down awesome.
  2. Paint.NET: I always find myself doing something in Paint.NET, whether it is editing a screenshot, or making a graphic for a personal website project. Has a very nice and simple interface.
  3. FileZilla: I often use it for uploading stuff to my two websites. I surprise myself of how often I tend to use FileZilla. I love its interface and I love how well it handles large ques of files.
  4. Skype: I tend to talk with friends alot on Skype. I like it cause there isn't really any alternative - not saying that Skype is bad.
  5. ManyCam: Making my voice sound like a robot and playing My Little Pony songs to my non-brony friends on Skype.

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1. Debut: IT'S RECORDING SOFTWARE! I can do commentary with a facecam (editing required)

2. Chrome: Best browser EVER

3. Minecraft: Best game EVER

4. Steam: Games

5. TextEdit: For storys

 

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In no particular order:

  1. Chrome: Not sure what the real differences between it and every other web browser is, but I still prefer it.
  2. Sibelius: Probably the best music notation software I've seen, though it's a bit pricey.
  3. Parallels Desktop: It lets me run Mac and Windows OSs simultaneously, and it does it well.  It's an excellent tool that I'd recommend to any Mac user (and you can get a really nice student discount on it too).
  4. Eclipse: It's gotten me through two years of programming classes, so it deserves mention here.  I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have it to point out all of my stupid errors.  Also, unlike Sibelius and Parallels, it's free, which is awesome for obvious reasons.

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I enjoy the following:

 

  • Opera Web Browser - Chrome doesn't work well on this laptop, so it's a nice alternative.
  • CCleaner - Self Explanatory. 
  • Paint.NET - Nice program to edit things with.
  • iTunes - Nice to keep track of music, I guess.
  • Skype - Talking, yeah.
  • Snipping Tool - Easy to quickly get a screenshot of something without hassle.
  • Freemake Video Downloader - I can download playlists of videos from youtube by only a few clicks of a button, it's great.
  • Smart Defrag 2 - Same as CCleaner.
  • Kingsoft AntiVirus - I've been using it for quite some time now and not a single virus yet.

and maybe a select few others. The only reason steam isn't on here is because my laptop sucks at running it.

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mine is

 

1. logmein hamachi     vpn to my server

 

 

2.notepad++                awesome text editor

 

 

3. putty                         ssh client

 

 

4. Winscp                     sftp file transfer

 

5. skype                       we all know what this is

 

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> Foobar2000 Cant beat the best no-bullshit player out there. 

>> reCaps Changing CapsLock from being useless key to one of the most useful ones (changes keyboard layout)

>>>Sublime Text 2 One of the best code/text editors out there

>>>> Xshell/Xftp SSH/SFTP clients for easy access to my VPS

>>>>> SoundSwitch A little utility to easily change audio output device

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~ Steam: For ... wait for it ... gaming. :o

 

~ Paint.NET: For editing/making sigs and such, as well as other digital art stuff. :D

 

~ Google Chrome: Browsing the internet ... what else? Oh, and listening to music via Youtube. :yay:

 

~ Windows Media Player: For listening to music, mainly when my internet is down. Otherwise, I usually use the above. :wacko:

 

~ Notepad++: For whatever needs it, like config files for games and such. Otherwise, basic Notepad. :)

 

~ Rainmeter: Mainly because it looks cool, but also because it can be helpful, depending on the skins. :squee:

 

~ Fraps + Audacity (Always used together): For recording gameplay videos/recording my voice, respectively. ;)

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Chrome:  Because it is the portal to the internet and internet is life.

 

Skype:  Cuz I iz socialz honest.  JK I have like 3 people on my Skype... but I use it constantly because I like those three people.

 

Paint.NET:  Because I have to think too much to use Gimp and I have to think to little to use MS Paint.

 

Microsoft Word:  A few years ago, I'd have never said I loved MS Word, because it was just a utility that I used when I had to.  Then I used a knockoff, and realized how amazing Word really is xD

 

And of course Start8 because it is the magical program that makes Windows 8 a usable thing. 

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Let's see... 

Razer Comms (A light-weight VoIP client for people who can't afford a TeamSpeak server)

Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop Used a lot for school, and sometimes for other things too.

MotionInJoy, used to do nice things like make my PS3 controller work on my PC.

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  • Google Chrome, good browser. :P
  • GIMP, for drawing things like my picture on the left. And for making pixel things.
  • Steam, for games like Minecraft.
  • FileZilla, for uploading to ClearBoard and stuff.
  • ScreenCloud, for making screenshots.

These are what I use most. :P

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Google Chrome with Ad Blocker.

Steam

The GECK, for modding games.

FRAPS, for recording games.

League of Legends.

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1. Chrome - Because Internet

2. Skype - I enjoy talking to other people, especially ones I meet on the forums

3. Steam - I adore games and Steam lets me play them because I'm not a huge fan of consoles (mainly because I don't own a tv)

4. FamiTracker - I love making Chiptunes and that is an amazing program for it.

 

Other than that, I can't really think of many other programs I use.

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I think everyone here will include a web browser as one, so I think I'll just list the unusual ones.

 

1. Source Filmmaker - Not many people simply fired up Blender to learn animating from scratch just to post to YouTube, but so much changed when this program came out - for a game engine already full of assets, and with so many already converted for Garry's Mod. Heck, it's a favorite of many bronies even when ignoring the TF2 stuff.

 

2. Default Audio Changer - I have multiple audio devices I tend to use, and it's a pain to use Windows' "Default Output" window each time I want to change it. With this program, I can simply press the numpad's Del key to swap, even in a game.

 

3. GeForce Experience - The program itself contains some features to tune a game's settings for the best performance given your system. However, more importantly, it has a feature called ShadowPlay that lets you keep the last 5+ minutes of a game on "buffer", and save it all by pressing a button.

The only disadvantages over Fraps; you can't save the buffer *and then* continue recording (ie "Oh, save that thing that just happened!...But keep the camera rolling, this is getting good!"). And, it exports directly to a compressed MP4, which is not as optimal for video editors. (It's not some ineptitude of the developers; the graphics card itself is doing the H.264 encoding on-hardware)

 

4. Sublime Text Editor - It gives me decent auto-fill when writing JavaScript, and it doesn't ever hang. That's high praise for a text editor. It also has this amazing ability to expand your cursor out to multiple lines, and then make the same edits to each line. Much better than trying to do a "Find>Replace>In Selection"

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Well, I mainly use:

 

Steam and Desura for games and mods

 

Skype to talk with my friends and hear them complain about my awful mike quality

 

Gimp. I don't have any other drawing program yet, and it's good enough for me to digitize my drawings

 

Wordpad :P because I'm sometimes forgetful

 

And... Will I get shot at if I say I'm using...

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...er...

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Internet Explorer, there, I said it !

...Yup, I'm screwed...

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No particular order:

 

  1. Google Chrome: The king of web browsers
  2. KVIrc: Visual IRC client for minecraft and pony related chat servers
  3. KeePass 2: Encrypted password safe since I can't keep track of all my passwords
  4. Sony Vegas Pro 12: Most useful video editing software I've ever used
  5. XBMC: Powerful media center player that organizes your movies and TV shows and fetches box art, subtitles, etc with customizable skins
  6. Steam: No brainer
  7. WinSCP: FTP file transfer software for managing my server
  8. PuTTY: SSH client also for managing my server
  9. SABnzbd+/CouchPotato/Sick Beard: For automating news snatches from Usenet
  10. TeamSpeak 3: I don't like Skype and I host TeamSpeak on my server
  11. GIMP 2/PhotoShop CS6: Mostly for picture editing although I'm getting into making my own art more
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AVS Audio Recorder: is simple to use its free and the quality of the audio is great

Paint.Net: it has what Paint failed to offer and its free

Google Chrome: its the greatest search engine out there makes life easy since most of the Internet is Google

Windows Live Movie Maker: an easy and free way to make or edit videos

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