Every now and then I find an application that can do something better…usually A LOT better than the application I originally had. It’s this continous search for better, faster, FREE software that makes me jump for joy.

Here is a list of applications I’ve evolved through.

Winzip -> Winrar -> 7zip

I don’t see a reason for anybody NOT to use 7zip. It’s free, faster, smaller…and offers better compression. Winrar can open 7z file formats, so it’s definitely not a reason to be screaming “But all my friends use Winrar and won’t be able to open the file!”

Audio:
Winamp -> WMP -> Itunes -> ~Linux Transition~ -> RhythmBox -> Songbird
Video:
WMP -> VLC -> ~Linux Transition~ -> Totem -> VLC -> Mplayer

Honestly, for Windows, there is no audio player that is decent, I only use itunes because of my Iphone. For video, VLC is the best it can get for a typical user. For all you losers (i.e. home users) using ffdshow et al…get a life…you don’t need it to watch videos. If you do use it to encode videos…then…fine…you may get away with it.

IE -> Opera -> Firefox

I only moved to Firefox from Opera because Opera for linux absolutely blows. Also, the number of available addons for Firefox is pretty much insta-win.

Bittorrent -> Azureus -> utorrent

Don’t think I need to make any comments for this.

Anywho, I should get back to studying. Exams are looming.