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[dakegra]

woo, laptop up and running with internets!

now, what else do I need?

firefox (obviously)
mediamonkey
VLC
ccleaner
picasa
putty
7zip
winSCP

also need to install work-related gubbins
Office2k3 (word/excel/outlook)
Access97 (don't ask)
forms tools
Acrobat 4 (again, don't ask)
PGP Desktop
VNC
VPN

erm...

I'm sure there are some missing from that list...

Comments

[caitirin.livejournal.com]

Instant Messaging something?

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

*nods*

*adds*

[caitirin.livejournal.com]

Oh good. And this might be stupid? But Anti virus?

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

yeah... should get that at work when I'm back in...

[caitirin.livejournal.com]

Okay :)

YAY! Sounds neat!

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Gimp?

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

d'oh! of course!

[primitivepeople.livejournal.com]

Is Gimp any good? I've been using a pretty old version of Paint Shop Pro for all my image editing up to now, and it's been fine for my limited needs, but I'm really annoyed that saving anything from it destroys EXIF data. Does Gimp keep EXIF data when you save changes? I geotag my photos and EXIF data is vital for this.

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

I love Gimp. Think it keeps exif stuff.

this is heavily gimped
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dakegra/3090128911/meta/in/set-72157610925566723

[primitivepeople.livejournal.com]

Cool. I'll give it a try. Bit of a dodgy name, though - Abby raised an eyebrow after she saw I'd installed a program called Rasterbator recently. :)

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

If you're too used to Photoshop, Gimp will be annoying until you get used to it...

And it'll save EXIF data as long as you don't change the format of the picture (e.g. from JPG to PNG) :D

[primitivepeople.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm happy to play around. As I say, EXIF data is useful to me. I do all my work in JPGs, as that is what my camera spits out, so no problems there.

[jugglebug.livejournal.com]

Warcrack

only jokinh, I have never actually played it

[primitivepeople.livejournal.com]

Have you had a stab at putting Linux on it yet?

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

this is the work laptop - next job is linux on my old personal one. :-)

[primitivepeople.livejournal.com]

Enjoy!

I don't use it all that often, to be honest, but it's nice to have, and fun to use. Apart from anything else, it boots up incredibly quickly compared to Windoze, and if I just want to go online quickly, it's great.

[sugar-shrapnel.livejournal.com]

Musicking doodahs?

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

mediamonkey. :-)

[sugar-shrapnel.livejournal.com]

doh, I missed it in the list. Blame walking in the snow for three hours.

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

that's a lot of walking!

duly forgiven, not that there's anything *to* forgive