How many software u ACTUALLY INSTALL and USE from DIGIT CDs???

well...my question is as mentioned in the name of the thread... Digit ppl are giving loads of stuff in CDs and DVDs... it is their job to give softwares related to different aspects... BUT wat we want and install is totally different... if some soft. is useful to me, may not be useful at all to some other user. So my question is related to the fact tht how many softwares do YOU actually stop ur eyes upon and bother to click tht "install" button..
as for me... i mostly install multimedia softwares... some essentials.. a littlebit of patches.... but the development kits are as good as nothing to me.. (so sorry to say tht..however, i still hope they will be useful to me) ...
so wats ur saying...?

sorry... i forgot to add one another option consider the fifth option too:

5) Above 20

reply guys

ZERO.

Which isn't really a surprise given that I am a Mac user and hardly ever buy Digit.

But even when I used Windows and bought every issue religiously, I never really bothered with the discs.

Zero here too

None.

Zero

since I got the BB.

Same here

I pay Rs 120 for 15 Magazines a month though. Read all Magazines but dont bother with Discs

Add one more zero to the list!
My favourite place to download the latest version is from web.

Dvd is good(only option perhaps) only for the guys on dialup or no internet.

even me zero . However I do look into some videos/trailers on those

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WOW! This is surprising indeed.

last time may be some linux distro?others also may follow this answer

so include more flavours of Linux as DVD's and CD's.perhaps that's what for ppl will buy digit tomorrow.

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Old Digit Magazines used to come with lots of useful software
Think Digit Should provide more intresting and unseen Softs on every issue

wow... this is getting preety interesting.... lots of zeros..hmmm

zero for me too ..dont have time to go through it..i guesss

i gett everything from the web...bsnl "upto" 2 mbps connections jindabad

ummmm 2-3 may be.

0 to 5

ZERO , broadband is the way I get my softwares.
hehe.

I am a Software Tester (I am practicing this to get a job in Digit.).
So I actually test every software provided in Digit, even those linux one on VMWare.
I never download those things I expect will come on DVDs of digit.
Why waste so much bandwidth on common stuff...

Quiz_Master said:
I am a Software Tester (I am practicing this to get a job in Digit.).

There's difference in reviewing and testing a software .. Digit has testers?

Strange, I install a lot!!

Kenshin said:
never buy the magazine so zero.....i only buy when a gud distro is available...hehe

Switch to PC World. They regularly give you the latest and greatest Linux distros and the magazine is lighter on your pocket.

QwertyManiac said:
There's difference in reviewing and testing a software .. Digit has testers?

Yes I know that there is a BIG difference in Software Tester and Software reviewer, but I think a Software Tester can more efficiently write reviews as he can be completely familiar with in's and out's of software, but a reviewer only knows about out's of software. (By out's I mean : Look of softwares, usability etc. etc

) Won't this will give me an advantage as I am a programmer too.

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Triple 000.Ya that's triple 000 added to list.

Hehe, never bothered to install any software from the DVD. Whatever software I need, I download.

Well...softwares? Usually 0 ^^;; Cos...I usually download whatever I need online, although the software provided on digit DOES come in useful pretty often.

As for the games?

I'm a jobless demo obsessee (atm -.-), I install all of the games o_o

Question should be "Do you buy Digit?" then this one coz many ppl here (including me) don't even bother to buy it. I'd rather prefer to buy a Freeadds.. :grin:

none actually!
actually i would be happy if digit provides no-cd versions of mag for some user group...
but the cd or dvds generally are good at content specially for people who dont have broadband.

zero since I got broadband.
I use only some linux destro.

None, used to buy it for game demos but not even that now.

Actully I don't even buy digit now. Even for the magzine, can't spend Rs 125 every month on it, when i can spend it on equally better things.

S

For me too zero...
Haven't bought digit since 6-7 months.
Also many times they provide older versions.

there should have been an option sayin none

Eh, 0-5 includes none, I suppose. It seems that everyone is treating the digit software as useless. Its not, really...go through it, install whatever sounds interesting and give it a go every once in a while. You never know what you'll find.

~Lil JinX~ said:
Eh, 0-5 includes none, I suppose. It seems that everyone is treating the digit software as useless. Its not, really...go through it, install whatever sounds interesting and give it a go every once in a while. You never know what you'll find.

That doesn't mean that the stuff provided by digit is useless for me. I hate too many freewares in my system. Instead I prefer only some much needed ones. Too many small freewares means too many programs>>>which will slow down the system considerably.

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^^ But don't underestimate the power of freewares. Some freewares are better choice then paid ones.

I install all the game demos to see that the game will run on my PC or not and all multimedia related softwares.

For me too zero...
Also many times they provide older versions.

same here nd buy every month Linux 4 u nd PC quest.both artical r Excellent.
Download softy from Web.

Some freewares are really nice. Quite a few i have noticed for the first time. Used to do like 6-10, but now it is down to 2 or 3 softwares an issue.

It really depends its sometimes 0-5 and sometimes also 25+ depending upon what I need.

Kiran_tech_mania said:
That doesn't mean that the stuff provided by digit is useless for me. I hate too many freewares in my system. Instead I prefer only some much needed ones. Too many small freewares means too many programs>>>which will slow down the system considerably.

I never said that the freeware is useless

Quite the contrary, actually. I agree with the "sifting" of the lot and keeping only the needed ones too. Keeping all those programs WILL definitely lead to ultimate doom of your comp, one day or the other (yes, I like to exagerate -.-). No, what I meant was, install the ones that seem interesting, go through them...and if you don't find it worth the space, junk it! Easy as pie. You know you aren't missing out on anything this way. And hey...the guys at digit go through all that trouble to make them DVDs for us. Might as well give it a shot, na?

well, i used to install nearly all the softwares on the media given. remember the time when i actually stupidly installed 3 antiviruses they had given together and had to boot in safe mode to remove them. However ever since the time i moved to linux, I haven't installed even one. I just check out the latest trailers, the wallpapers and get the archives. (not that i ever read them. ) Still when I had a crappy internet connection, Digit was a god send.

^^You dug up a year old thread.

k mee too never watch out for wats the latest in softexia.
yeah an old thread or so.

Arsenal_Gunners said:
^^You dug up a year old thread.

never underestimate crack powaa!!!