- Feb 10, 2001
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Hi all,
After a recent near-brush with the law on our little side of the pond, I've been having serious amounts of nervous paranoia about the amount of illegal software on my PC. So, over the last few weeks, I've been investigating the free alternatives to what I use on a regular basis.
Yesterday, I formatted and used the XP Recovery CD that came with my PC (I didn't want to use it but it's legal lol), and am now 100% warez free- it's a weird feeling after all this time, but at least I can sleep soundly now!
Here's what I'm using:
Opera
The GIMP
IfranView
OpenOffice
Zonealarm
Avast! Antivirus
Bloodshed Dev-C++
StarDownloader
The Godfather
I've also been given Nero 6 by a friend who received 10 copies at a software conference, so that's legal. Also, Drive Image 7 from work who had two copies by mistake from Powerquest.
Yikes
After a recent near-brush with the law on our little side of the pond, I've been having serious amounts of nervous paranoia about the amount of illegal software on my PC. So, over the last few weeks, I've been investigating the free alternatives to what I use on a regular basis.
Yesterday, I formatted and used the XP Recovery CD that came with my PC (I didn't want to use it but it's legal lol), and am now 100% warez free- it's a weird feeling after all this time, but at least I can sleep soundly now!
Here's what I'm using:
Opera
The GIMP
IfranView
OpenOffice
Zonealarm
Avast! Antivirus
Bloodshed Dev-C++
StarDownloader
The Godfather
I've also been given Nero 6 by a friend who received 10 copies at a software conference, so that's legal. Also, Drive Image 7 from work who had two copies by mistake from Powerquest.
Yikes