Items

• Title
  Owner Notes
  Pack it!
• Paint.NET
  Laptop Mag: "A high-end photo-editing program like Adobe Photoshop simply won’t run smoothly on today’s netbook. But Paint.Net can get the job done—for free. "
  
• Dropbox
  from GigaOM: "I am used to keeping my computers synced via Dropbox. I set up folders for each month and every day of the month. This allows me to keep files — photos, videos and random notes — in sync."
  
• AVG Control Center
  Laptop Mag: " AVG Free 8.0 will protect your Windows system against adware, identity theft, spyware and, of course, viruses—all without disrupting performance."
  
• Launchy
  Laptop Mag: "Launchy is a lightweight application that allows you to type the file or application you are looking for in a small, skinnable command-line widget on your Desktop. "
  
• VLC media player
  GigaOM: "I grabbed the latest version of VLC for video playback of files. "
  
• Google Chrome Browser
  Laptop Mag: "Most netbooks with Windows XP are packaged with Microsoft Internet Explorer 6—a more than two-year-old browser. Download Google Chrome, the perfect modern-day browser for a netbook. "
  
• OpenOffice.org 3.0
  Laptop Mag: MS Office alternative "...uses very few resources. Some netbook-friendly features: the ability to switch among the document, spreadsheet, and presentation programs within a single interface, and a zoom scroll bar to enlarge text. "
  
• Digsby
  Laptop Mag: "Digsby lets you log in and chat via AOL Instant Messenger, Facebook Chat, Google Talk, ICQ, Jabber, Windows Live Messenger, and Yahoo Messenger in one centralized window."
  
• Google Mail
  Laptop Mag: "Now Gmail users can access their messages and attachments, even without a Wi-Fi connection, through Gmail Offline. "