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Most compressing software is KGB Archiever. It can compress some 100 MB to 10 KB (Note the K and M!).However to use such extent of compression, you will need a fast computer and lots of uninterrupted power.I downloaded a 60KB file and uncompressed it to become 623MB. And it took me 13 hours to do so. Also, I had to suffer power surges and had to restart after about 70% done.And to compress to this extent, you will need about 2GB RAM (not very common) but sometimes it works with 1GB.

Firefox is the best overall.It has lots of plug-ins which make your life really easy. Tabs are very convenient.Also, the freeware-ship is encouraging.Opera is good for secure browsing. It, too, has tabs and no cost.

There are many ways to customize XP.

1) Get Object Desktop:
This can be expensive if you buy it. These include:
- WindowsBlinds
- DesktopX
- Object Bar OR Object Dock (different software but with the same purpose)
- Cursor XP
- Login Studio
- Boot screen
- and some small utilities to switch themes

2) Change shell:
Set all of these and try'em (in order of preference) - only free ones:
- LiteStep
- Sharp Environment (a.k.a. SharpE)
- Xoblite
- Talisman

3) Combination:
Get these software:
- LiteStep
- WindowsBlinds
- Google Desktop
- Rocket Dock
- Cursor XP
- Samurize
- Windows FX
- any good graphics editing software to create custom graphics

Use Google to find the latest versions: https://www.google.de/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=BwkjVKfAD8uH8QfckIGgCQ&gws_rd=ssl

What is a shell?

A shell is a normal executable which will replace the taskbar (at the bottom). This is achieved by not running explorer.exe but instead the another exe. It can be just any exe and usually has more useability and functionality.

Shell in Windows:

Actually, Windows has three executables running that can be called a shell: 'explorer.exe', 'Task Manager' and the 'Run...' dialog. The TaskBar (big bar at the bottom, usually) is a part of explorer.exe.

Shell generations:

This shows that Windows has a first generation shell. There are three generations: Windows has first; Aston is first; LiteStep and SharpE are second; DesktopX is third (yes, DesktopX by Stardock is a shell).

The difference is that first generation loads everything at start up; second loads everything on-demand (as separate processes) with a 'core' as in SharpE that has SharpE Core, SharpE Bar, etc. Third generation is made for appearence rather than performance, as most PCs has good hardware (usually).

List of popular Windows shells in order of preference:

- Litestep (personal favourite)

- SharpE

- Aston (not free)

- Xoblite

- Black box (sister/bro of Xoblite)

- GeoShell

- Talisman

- Default

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mostly plagiarized from source below.

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I listen to:Rock, Alternative, Punk, Metal&Trance, Dance, House, ClubFavourite singers:Linkin'Park, Limp Bizkit, Nickleback, ATB and others.

I have a W550i. I have had it for a year now.Its great. It has everything except symbian and memory card.

That's sick. Unethical and morally incorrect.First thing, corpses are not allowed to be burnt in some religions.Second, its sick!

It uses the Newton engine which allows for the realistic interactions with objects.Its not FPS (like nicholi.p) said but still a great addition to the first person gaming archive.The game play is so intense and captivating that I played it from midnight till my 6.30 am alarm without realizing it!If you can play such games I suggest you get it.

That's exactly what I wanted to know! Thanks, cj-real!The second thing is that the images I put in the bottom and right frames don't join. There is a gap. I tried aligning but it didn't work.No worries, though. I have changed the design to include less images.

Renegade is a first/third person shooter, unlike all other C&C RTS.Btw, I liked Renegade but its kinda old now. Better games are available.

I am looking for a skinnable media player for Ubuntu. (http://www.ubuntu.com/).Its a Linux distro.I have tried VLC, which is very good but there are 2 problems:1) It cannot be skinned2) When used with Beryl, it does not show any video or visualisations.I have heard of XMMS and will be downloading it soon.Please help me out in getting the best player.Also, is there a P2P client for Ubuntu? Or will I have to continue using Shareaza with Wine?

I, like koychev, think that Winamp is the best.If you want a different one, why don't you use VLC Player? It can anything (almost).Or search:live stream internet radio

Along with the hosting option, the forums itself are good, too.I heard about Xisto some time ago but did not join as I thought it would be like all other forums, but its not. Its way better.

I am listening to local music which you wouldn't know about. But from the international one, I usually listen to Linkin'Park, Limp Bizkit, Nickleback and some trance people like Pink Floyd, ATB and Telepopmusik.

I have a PS2 because by brother wanted one. I think a PC is a gaming console in itself, along with other abilities.

What I am trying to make is a new type of interface. I don't really need search engine support as my site won't have any such thing.Its basically the interface only.Also, I don't want reload the borders again and again, just the main content.Another point to note is that I am new to web design and think more like a programmer, which doesn't work with HTML.So, I could only come up with the framed design. I don't know CSS or PHP, yet, and I am planning to buy a good book in a month (after exams).Well, thanks for the help. I will check it out.

So, there are people who want to spread tech after all.

Facebook rocks. Hard.I was bent upon orkut due to its simplicity. But a friend invited me to Facebook.Since then I have been inviting all my friends to Facebook too.Myspace is good too but too cluttered.

Yeah, there is no SimCity 5. Is there?I didn't see anything about it anywhere.

Same here. I had to log into the chat enabled Gmail website before.

I had it long time ago. Its quite old.I liked to an extent. Cause the options of movie making are quite limited. But can be extended by 3rd party plugins.I good feature is that you can add your own voice as dialogs for the characters, along with subtitles. You can even export the final creation as a video for playback.

Dreamweaver is really good. With Fireworks, it gets better. Flash makes it even better.

Okay.And I really appreciate your forums. Quality is available.I, originally, came for a free web host. But now I think that the forums are reason enough to stay.Most people I know aren't interested in computers. And forums in social sites like Facebook and orkut take time to develop.Now this is a fully developed computer-oriented forum (as well as other topics). Nice.

What about Xisto?Isn't that good? Why have you joined it if isn't?You are a newbie. (Like me).

I want to make a site with frames on the top left and bottom.The complexity is that I want to add images which must be connected.Here is a text thought:

--------------------------------\BLA                          1         \---------------------------         \                                 1 \         \  Bla                             |         |  Bla                             | bla  |  Bla                             | bla  |                                     | bla  |                                     |         |                                     |         |                                 2 /         /--------------------------          / bla  bla  bla           2       /-------------------------------/

When I make this, the points 1 and 2 are far apart. There are no borders.Can anyone tell me how to make them join?Or any other way to get the same result. Upon pressing the buttons on these frames, on the central frame will change.