Cathy,
I have a few comments...
PowerZip does not appear to be freeware. The free version of Powerdesk
http://www.ontrack.com/powerdesk/ includes a zip program and is a great file
manager too.
InnoculateIT is no longer offered free, however does have a trial version
available. Still free (as far as I know) AVG is a good AV program
http://www.grisoft.com, as is AntiVirŪ Personal Edition
http://www.free-av.com/
I do not see an office suite or word processing program on your list. If
this is a requirement I would suggest star office;
http://www.sun.com/staroffice/ Fro the wesite: "Function: Users are not
required to pay licensing fees to use the StarOffice suite. It can be
downloaded at affordable, low cost via the Internet".
Eric Heath
There is no escape from our own imperfect selves.
----- Original Message -----
From: "catherine williamson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 7:29 AM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Free computing
> Hi
>
> I'm about to set up a computer for a friend and since
> she's on a (very) tight budget I suggested that she
> should spend her money on the best hardware she can
> afford, then run her computer on freeware for now.
> She can always buy better software later, right?
> I've drawn up a list as follows:
> Firewall: Zone Alarm
> Antivirus: InnoculateIT or AVG
> Download Manager: Download Express
> System Protection: SystemSafe Gold
> Compression Utility: PowerZip
> Graphics Viewer: InfranView
> Browser: Internet Explorer
> Uninstaller: Windows' Add/Remove
> Mail Client: Outlook Express
> News Reader: Outlook Express
> PDF Reader: Acrobat Reader
>
> What do people here think? Please feel free to add to/
> modify/critisize this list or add suggestions for
> the above or other catagories. Or tell me if you think
> this whole thing is a bad idea.
> She'll have to buy Windows of course though
> I did think of using Linux since I have a copy of
> Corel Linux from a cover disk, except I have no experience
> with this OS.
> Thanks.
>
> Cathy
>
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