Desktop (Vista):
Anti-Virus: Avast!
Anti-Spyware: Spybot
Firewall: Hardware
Backup: Mozy (By the way, backing up to an external HD only works as long as the HD doesn't fail. I've had two WD MyBooks fail, and it wasn't pretty. In all my years of computing, those are the only hard drives that have EVER failed on me. Online backups are the way to go).
Video: Winamp w/xvid and ac3 codecs
Torrent: uTorrent
Music: iTunes/Foobar
Web browser: Firefox 3
Messaging: I've found I'm too anti-social for IM
System maintenance: ?? It's called defrag, people.
CD/DVD Burning: Alcohol 120%/Exact Audio Copy
Archiving: Winrar
Images: Photoshop
Security: Hardware Firewall coupled with common sense.
Office works: None Currently. I'm thinking about going with OpenOffice
PDF Reader: Adobe
Laptop (Ubuntu)
Anti-Virus: No need
Anti-Spyware: No need
Firewall: Hardware
Backup: I don't keep anything "permanent" on my laptop, no need.
Video: VLC/Totem
Torrent: azureus
Music: Songbird/Banshee
Web browser: Firefox 3
Messaging: I've found I'm too anti-social for IM
System maintenance: fsck hahaha
CD/DVD Burning: I... haven't had to burn anything under Linux yet. I'm not sure what I'd use.
Archiving: File Roller
Images: Gimp
Security: Hardware Firewall coupled with common sense.
Office works: OpenOffice
PDF Reader: Honestly, I don't remember. I installed some package, and it works. I really just use this machine to fart around and keep my finger in Linux. The end.
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