At silverorange we created a basic list of what everyone uses for their daily tasks. It was mostly out of curiosity but pretty cool to see. Out of the 11 currently working at silverorange, 5 are on Linux, 4 on OSX and only 2 on Windows. A big change from just a couple years ago.
Your Choice of Software
Posted by on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 in - 4 comments
Here is my list:
- OS: Windows XP
- Browser: Firefox
- Email: Thunderbird
- IM: Gaim
- RSS: Thunderbird
- Notes: Notepad
- Programming: Homesite
- Word Processing: Open Office Writer
- Spreadsheet: Open Office Calc
- Audio: iTunes
- Video: VLC, Quicktime, Media Player Classic
- Graphics: Photoshop, Illustrator
- Virus: AVG, Adaware, Spybot
- Mapping: Google Earth, MS Streets and Trips
- Other: SmartFTP, Skype, WinSCP, CYGWIN
Comments
Joe B. - September 28, 2005 3:44 pm
I am petty close to the same... I'd love to switch entirely to Linux and ditch XP for good, but I just can't get as comfy with gimp as I am with photoshop. It is the only application holding me back.
* OS: Windows XP MCE
* Browser: Firefox
* Email: Thunderbird
* IM: Gaim
* RSS: Thunderbird
* Notes: EditPlus 2
* Programming: EditPlus 2
* Word Processing: Open Office Writer
* Spreadsheet: Open Office Calc
* Audio: iTunes
* Video: Quicktime, Media Player 10
* Graphics: Photoshop CS
* Gaming: Unreal Tournament w/ ChaosUT mod
* Virus: AVG, Adaware, Spybot
* Other: SmartFTP, PuTTY, WinSCP, PalmDesktop, Flickr Uploadr
That is pretty much all I have installed. :)
Kevin - October 1, 2005 4:22 am
OS: OSX (home) XP (work)
Browser: Firefox
Email: mail.app (home) Outlook (work)
IM: iChat (home) Gaim (work)
RSS: Safari
Notes: Notepad / Textedit
Programming: VI (home) Ultraedit (work)
Word Processing: Appleworks (home) MS Office (work)
Spreadsheet: MS Office (work)
Audio: iTunes
Video: VLC, Quicktime, Windows Media Player
Graphics: Photoshop (work), Gimp (home)
Gaming: XBOX - NHL2K6, Forza, Ghost Recon Sumit Strike
Virus: ClamAV (home), Norton (work)
Other: Filezilla, Skype, SecureCRT, Google Desktop Search
Tons others I'm not thinking of right now - but those are the biggies
Chuck Grady - December 14, 2005 7:51 pm
Here is my list. It is kind of boring but I'm sort of over that Techie age. I resist change whenever possible.
* OS: Windows XP / Fedora Linux (unsuccessfully)
* Browser: Firefox
* Email: Thunderbird
* IM: Trillian
* RSS: Thunderbird
* Notes: Notepad, ScratchPad-Google Desktop
* Programming: HTML-Kit
* Word Processing: Open Office Writer
* Spreadsheet: Open Office Calc
* Audio: MediaMonkey, iTunes
* Video: DivX Player, Media Player Classic
* Graphics: Photoshop, PaintShop Pro (older versions)
* Gaming: NHL 2006, 007 Everything or Nothing (Gamecube)
* Multi-player: On-line Poker at Poker Stars
* Virus: AVG, Adaware, Spybot, MS Anti-Spy
* Handheld: Casio BE-300 running BEE V.2
* Other: Filezilla, Skype, Gizmo, Picasa 2
Student Organization Guy - August 18, 2006 7:08 pm
OS: Win XP
Browser: Firefox (duh!)
Email: Outlook
IM: None, too much of a distraction. :)
RSS: Thunderbird
Notes: The back of anything on my desk.
Programming: DW, Homesite
Word Processing: Notepad
Spreadsheet: Never need'em, thank goodness.
Audio: Winamp
Video: Whatever works.
Graphics: Photoshop
Gaming: Mario Kart (Gamecube) the only game I own.
Virus: Careful clicking ;)