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| Thread ID: 39520 | 2003-11-09 06:04:00 | Recommendations for software | agent (30) | Press F1 |
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| 190293 | 2003-11-09 06:04:00 | I'm looking to change the software I'm using in Windows, in order to try and dump Microsoft software (but not Windows quite yet) - specifically, a media player, email client, and chat client. And so, I want some recommendations for good software to try. Here are my basic requirements: Must support at least Windows 98 and XP Email client: support GPG, whether it be natively or with a plugin (an external app such as GPGrelay is acceptable, but not as secure...) Media player: movies, audio. No slow playing of videos (glares at Winamp). Chat client: ICQ and MSN networks must be supported. Might as well chuck in IRC. And I would like it if you could set a password for starting the email client, so my emails are protected from prying eyes on this multi-user system. |
agent (30) | ||
| 190294 | 2003-11-09 06:30:00 | i use= email- eudora , no idea if it suppords gpg. mediaplayer- zoomplayer, it can also handle quicktime and realmedia (with directshow plugin) chat- trillian or gaim browser- opera |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 190295 | 2003-11-09 06:31:00 | Hey For the player I would go with RealOne Player (but only if you have over 256mb of ram, its a brick) www.real.com And for the E-mail I would go with Eudora 6.0 (haven't tired it but it sounds good) download.com.com A good chat thing is Easy Message Express 2.3.641 download.com.com Can handel msn, yahoo, icq, and no sorry not irc :( |
Gods-Hitman (1419) | ||
| 190296 | 2003-11-09 06:35:00 | And also mozila has irc http://www.mozilla.org/ |
Gods-Hitman (1419) | ||
| 190297 | 2003-11-09 07:07:00 | Chat Client: Gaim for Windows (gaim.sourceforge.net) - does AIM/ICQ, Yahoo, MSN, IRC, Jabber, Napster, Zepher and Gadu-Gadu (whatever the heck that one is!) Email Client: Thunderbird (texturizer.net) - has this to say about GPG How do I use S/MIME, PGP or GnuPG to send and receive signed or encrypted messages? To use S/MIME, open Mail/News and go to Edit | Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings | account name | Security. You can set which certificates to use with each account for digital signing and/or encryption. Hooks to PGP or GnuPG are not included in Thunderbird, but are under development at Enigmail (http://enigmail.mozdev.org/) Password protect the message pane (IMAP only) - With this trick, Mozilla Thunderbird will password protect the message list pane (aka the thread pane) by keeping it blank until you log in and enter a password for that account. (texturizer.net) Browser: Mozilla Firebird (www.mozilla.org) - A Lean, Mean Browsing Machine :D |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 190298 | 2003-11-09 07:24:00 | Yes, I forgot to say I'm looking for another browser, too. I might downgrade to MSIE 5.5 as well, for compatibility, but isn't it less bloated than IE6? |
agent (30) | ||
| 190299 | 2003-11-09 07:30:00 | > Email Client: Thunderbird Another vote for Thunderbird :) I also use it for my mail.(and I also use MS Outlook Express as well) |
stu140103 (137) | ||
| 190300 | 2003-11-09 07:34:00 | Isn't IE 6 "incorperated" into XP? At least thats what MS would have us believe. Try a new front end such as Avant. | mark.p (383) | ||
| 190301 | 2003-11-09 07:40:00 | > Chat Client: > Gaim > for Windows (gaim.sourceforge.net) - does AIM/ICQ, Yahoo, MSN, IRC, > Jabber, Napster, Zepher and Gadu-Gadu (whatever the > heck that one is!) [Off topic] whatever the heck is Jabber, Napster, Zepher and Gadu-Gadu !?!?!?!? ?:|?:| [/off topic] |
stu140103 (137) | ||
| 190302 | 2003-11-09 07:48:00 | > [Off topic] > whatever the heck is Jabber, Napster, Zepher and > Gadu-Gadu !?!?!?!? ?:|?:| > [/off topic] I know what Jabber is, as I use it myself :p - Gadu-Gadu is a bit more *uncommon* :D |
Jen C (20) | ||
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