Alternative software

[koocha]

Just thought I'd see what 'underdog' software people are using.

For example, instead of Adobe Acrobat Reader I swear by Fox It Reader

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

And at a download of only 1.6Mb, it's bloody quick at opening

[dave87]

Yup I use foxit reader.

VLC instead of WMP
Omega drivers instead of Cats

[directhex]

linux?

[Dorza]

Just thought I'd see what 'underdog' software people are using.

For example, instead of Adobe Acrobat Reader I swear by Fox It Reader

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

And at a download of only 1.6Mb, it's bloody quick at opening

Just installed foxit, then swiftly removed Adobe Reader after seeing how quick foxit starts up. According to Add Remove Programs AR was 65MB in size.

[htid]

Just installed foxit, then swiftly removed Adobe Reader after seeing how quick foxit starts up. According to Add Remove Programs AR was 65MB in size.

Same here! Cheers koocha!

*edit* and with the the firefox PDF Download plugin it's brilliant!

[Alex]

lol, thats brilliant!

So what does the other 63.5MB of Adobe do?

[Tarffie]

Downloads updates.

[da_ging]

real alternative and quicktime alternative i recommend highly , play real/quicktime files without having to install a ton of crud along the way

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...lternative.htm

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...lternative.htm

[Clunk]

Adobe reader 7.0.9 202.00mb

[iranu]

VLC instead of WMP

yep VLC media player doesn't have the whistles and bells but it seems to play anything you throw at it

Omega drivers instead of Cats

not downloaded the cat drivers in a while, however I used to be a fan of them.

[Funkstar]

I need to look into Fox It Reader by the sounds of things.

For media players i use Media Player Classic. minimal, but with tonnes of options.

[Mike Fishcake]

Hmmm.. will try foxit reader on my home PC methinks! Cheers for the heads up!

(unless I'm using the Mac of course ;-))

[this_is_gav]

- Foxit Reader
- PDFCreator (which allows the creation of PDFs, all that Acrobat itself would get used for here)
- Firefox count?
- KMPlayer for video and Foobar for audio (though WMP still gets used for individual audio files)
- OpenOffice on any PC I build for individuals
- 7-Zip instead of WinZip, and usually WinRAR
- Imgburn instead of Nero (when at all possible)
- NOD32 instead of Norton (but anyone with an ounce of sense knows death > Norton)
- True Image instead of Ghost
- UltraVNC instead of PCAnywhere

Think that's about it

//edit: nope, on a re-read I forgot Real & Quicktime Alternative

[MadduckUK]

also gonna try foxit, thanks for that

[Funkstar]

looks like i'll be adding 7-zip and Imgburn to my list of thins to try

Imgburn actually look really like DVDDecriptor, which also writes ISOs

Any recomendations on software to create audio CDs? Pretty sure Foobar2000 does it, but other suggestions are welcome too.

[this_is_gav]

Imgburn actually look really like DVDDecriptor, which also writes ISOs

It's made by the guy who made DVDDecrypter