Yesterday, I bought a new laptop as my old one had become really slow given that I had a lot of applications on it. I really want to test out some business applications in the coming days and so (i) I needed larger memory and (ii) better speeds. So, I went for an HP Pavilion dv6-1030us with 4GB memory and 320 GB storage.<\/p>\n
Now what really consumes all the time is the configuration of the new laptop\/computer. You have been used to all the programs and you need to install them again\u2026 but the reckless loading of old programs was not a good strategy to begin with. So, which ones do you install. Plus, I am lover of Open Source. So here is my list of Open Source Programs that I loaded onto my laptop.<\/p>\n
1. Firefox.<\/b> Ok, this is the very first thing I install. I cannot tolerate IE .. any version. So, I get this baby in within the first 10 mins.
\n2. Spicebird.<\/b> Now, last time I tried this, it didn\u2019t work\u2026 so I had had Thunderbird. But I tried it again.. and it worked like a charm. Best thing was I used the IMAP to map my Gmail to my spicebird. It mimics the gmail onto my spicebird \u2013 complete with labels and folders!
\n3. Audacity.<\/b> I blog and podcast so I need this one. Also install LAME for Mp3 conversion. Works like a charm.
\n4. wbloggar.<\/b> This is my favorite blogging client. Simple and uncluttered.
\n5. Open Office.<\/b> I love this office \/ productivity suite as it comes with Draw as well.. which is very powerful.
\n6. Filezilla.<\/b> If you are maiintaining sites, then you should have this ftp application. It makes your life real easy.
\n7. Digsby.<\/b> I have always installed the Yahoo Messenger and Google Talk.. but this one application combines all of these plus your Linkedin and Facebook account. Sweet!
\n8. Skype.<\/b> Now, this may not be open source.. but its free. And its powerful and great. So, this is a must.<\/p>\n
These are about all the applications I have installed to make my life easy. What would you install? Anything that you think I may have missed.. some application which is free\u2026 small.. reasonable.. and very useful? Any of the above that you wouldn\u2019t want on your laptop? Why? Please do share. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yesterday, I bought a new laptop as my old one had become really slow given that I had a lot of applications on it. I really want to test out some business applications in the coming days and so (i) I needed larger memory and (ii) better speeds. So, I went for an HP Pavilion dv6-1030us with 4GB memory and 320 GB storage.<\/p>\n
Now what really consumes all the time is the configuration of the new laptop\/computer. You have been used to all the programs and you need to install them again… but the reckless loading of old programs was not a good strategy to begin with. So, which ones do you install. Plus, I am lover of Open Source. So here is my list of Open Source Programs that I loaded onto my laptop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1517,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"yoast_head":"\n