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Matteh99:
Est's list is pretty complete.  The only change I would make is AVG free instead of Mcafee.  Or if you want to pay money TrendMicro's PcCillin.

I haven't used Mcafee Virus scan but their "internet security suite" is a pain in the neck.  It blocks internet stuff it shouldn't and the interface is weird as I remember there is no centralized control.  Pretty much turned me off of Mcafee products..

Eric

McTaggart:
For music I use wxMusik

It sorts everything into albums and artists, and you've got dynamic and static playlists and a really powerful random funtion.

If you're going with firefox, these are some extensions which are awesome:
RadialContext Radial context menus are awesome.
downTHEMall Download many files easily. Useful for getting the .oggs from the internet archive's etree mirror.

Axle:
Try Foxit PDF Thingy. http://www.foxitsoftware.com/default.htm

Their PDF reader will open PDF's much faster than adobe's.

5thWheel:

--- Quote from: Axle ---Try Foxit PDF Thingy. http://www.foxitsoftware.com/default.htm
Their PDF reader will open PDF's much faster than adobe's.
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You are my new God.  I have been looking for an alternative to the bloated and nasty-to-use acrobat for... um.. ever!  Are they new? I don't remember seeing them last time I googled for "Alternative to Acrobat". Anyway, foxit seems to have fixed all the stuff that annoyed me about acrobat, it is awesome!

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SpacemanSpiff ---5thWheel wrote:
mPlayer (still looking for a windows front end tho).

This might be what you've been looking for, though I'm not sure.
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I gave them a go but (didn't try cygwin flavours) they seem to be launcher/playlist apps.  What I want is this, only without the incessant bombing out:/ (There is a list of front ends on the main mPlayer site, I just haven't had time to try them all yet).
Edit: I have just been made aware of this: Media Player Classic, which also plays MOVs, RMs, etc, and has a UI anyway.  If its as good as it looks, mplayer & Quicktime Player & Real Blah are going in the bin at last!

jhocking:
I too am in debt to you over Foxit.  I never really noticed how annoying Acrobat is until I started using a Mac; Preview is so much better for viewing PDF files.  I'll have to see if it is an improvement, but just knowing about an Acrobat alternative for Windows is useful.

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