Started thinking about the minimum vs desirable list of software which we’d like distributed to all machines when our network is un RM’d from September. All contributions very welcome, please use the comments link at the top of this post.
This list is of course incomplete! – and I’ve been lazy and not included links, but Google should be able to help you 
Minimum
Multimedia Creation & Editing
- Audacity
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe Flash
- Adobe Fireworks
- Adobe Freehand
- PhotoStory
- Windows Movie Maker
- Pinnacle Studio
Multimedia Players
- Windows Media Player
- Flash Player
- Shockwave Player
- Adobe Reader
- Real Player
- Quicktime
- Java Runtime
- .net Framework
Utilities
- Canon Scangear & Drivers
- Super Encoder
- PDF Creator
- InfraRecorder
- Wink
Office
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Publisher
- Microsoft Project
Subject Specific
- Key Stage 3 ICT Assessment Software
Staff
- SIMS.net
- Aim High
- CSF Software (10QQ, TPIM, Wordsearch Maker, Pair Them Up, Millionaire, Countdown…)
Maybe - things we might get rid of?
- Outlook
- Paint Shop Pro
- Corel Suite
Possibly Desirable - but we don’t use yet
- Google Earth
- Scratch
- Irfan Viewer
- Paint.net
- Rename-it
- Flickr Uploader
- Picasa
- Open Office
- Firefox
- Flock
- Filezilla
- Pidgin
- SketchUp
- VLC Media Player
- iTunes
- Riva FLV Encoder
- Gimp
- Stellarium
- WorkRave
- Google Desktop
- Adobe Premiere – costs money!
Also,
My favourite torrent client Azureus – loads of legal uses for it!
Now Sygate firewall has been bought by Symantec and been disappeared, Kerio is the best free firewall (I think) – definitely a big improvement on Windows own firewall.
Photoshop Plz
– if you are going to get rid of Paint Shop Pro
Sorry, I don’t think we’ll be able to afford Photoshop or even Photoshop Elements! Have you tried GIMP or even GIMPshop?
I have Paint Shop Pro & Photoshop at home, just wanted it at school
Firefox Good
VLC Player Not good idea unless it is restricted!!!! (if you need to know more chris why it not good then ask::D)
Dan
The-Tech
Why isn’t it good? – we can even stream stuff to the students with it. Who you engaged to?