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Awhile back I wrote an article about our Office 2.0, in which I essentially explain many of the web services we use instead of desktop alternatives.

But tis the season for geeks to help relatives fix their computers, uninstall virii, install applications, and hook up gadgets. So here’s what I use.

Applications I Use - Desktop Version

Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate

Browser: Firefox, simply the best

Media: Windows Media Player and iTunes

CD / DVD Authoring: Nero

Home Entertainment: Media Center / XBOX 360 Media Center Extender

Office / Productivity: 90% of productivity software I use are web services (Google Docs & Spreadsheets) , but when I have to I use OpenOffice 2.0

PDF: Foxit Reader (Doesn’t take six minutes to load like Adobe)

Bit Torrent Client: Azureus

Instant Messaging / VOIP: Google Talk - abrudtkuhl[at]gmail.com

Digital Imagery: Picasa

Email Client: Again I use web services (GMail) but I use Thunderbird for archival purposes

DVD Re-Authoring / Burning: DVD Shrink

Blogging: BlogDesk (Doesn’t work on Vista) - Thinking about going to Live Writer

AntiVirus: AVG Pro

Web Development: Visual Studio 2005

Graphics: Macromedia Fireworks (not for long)

Text Editor: Textpad

Audio Production: Audacity

Video Production: Adobe Premiere

WiFi Locator: NetStumbler

FTP: SmartFTP

Zip: WinRar

Virtualization: VMWare Server (now free)

System Information: Aida32

Screencast: Camtasia Studio

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions let me know in the comments!

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