What is the most vital program on your PC?

[Garlic Junior 136]

Putting the OS to the side, what program could you not live without?

[Psycho666Soldier 271]

Speedfan

[webhead 518]

Putting aside Firefox and Steam I'd say Discord.  After messaging apps... I really get a lot of mileage these days from Windows Terminal.  I've got an Ubuntu instance I use to SSH into my various severs and it's so much nicer than all the windows programs I've used for SSH.

[Galeigh 284]

Definitely Discord.

[dr. b 486]

It's the web browser for sure (Firefox).

 

On my laptop provided by work then I guess the most vital program is the VPN client to connect to our server, and then once I'm logged in it's the ERP software, Outlook, and Excel (ugh) that I spend all of my time in.

 

When I had more time for hobby projects, I'd always have Emacs running on my MacBook with something to work on, and I'd spend quite a bit more time in the terminal. But really these days my MacBook is more of a paper weight than anything else. I spend the whole day on a computer at work when I'm not travelling or out on sales calls. Evenings/weekends I try to keep away from my computer. Any browsing/emailing/messaging I need to do can be accomplished on my phone. My MacBook Air is a 2013 or 2014 IIRC, still going strong, but whenever it kicks the bucket, I'm not sure if I'll even bother to get another laptop of any sort.

[Galeigh 284]

I assumed web browsers were excluded because obvious.

[Garlic Junior 136]

I didn't realise Discord on PC was such a thing. I felt it was mostly a phone app?

[webhead 518]

It's pretty much centered around PC gaming so... No I don't think so or at least that's an odd perception.

[Jane 100]

 

Photoshop... I kind of want to try Clip Studio though, as I feel like all my eggs are in one basket right now with PS. Would be reassuring to have another workable option, so that when I eventually can't use CS6 anymore I know I have a choice when it comes to whether to give Adobe money every month or not.

[webhead 518]

Yeah their rent seeking behavior now is pretty disgusting tbh.  Giving the OPTION to pay monthly was a great idea.  Making that the only way to play is just money grubbing.

[Jane 100]

Yeah, and if I'm using a program professionally and earning a wage then I'm prepared to spend money on those tools for the job, even if it is eye-watering. But I want to buy the tool, not rent it. As you say, it's good to have a subscription option but if that's the only option it ends up feeling like you're being held to ransom.

[Peeve 21]

Dosbox