I am just about to reinstall windows and I had this gold list from my brother that I thought I should share with you. These are a list of all the softwares you’ll ever need to do your basic stuff. These are stand alone apps, I’ll make a list for web apps soon enough, but till then enjoy. And remember to contribute to the lovely people that made them. I’m adding a small thought thingy for every software and why it’s good.
Antivirus software
Microsoft Security Essentials - http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/
This requires you to have an original copy of windows (which I do and most people do but be forewarned).
Outpost firewall – http://free.agnitum.com/
This is a firewall program that you must use if you want some great stuff. But the hosted version is costly.
Browsers
Google Chrome - http://www.google.com/landing/chrome/beta/
Apple Safari – https://swdlp.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/SoftwareDownloadApp.woa/1998/wo/80QL1DfzA2sdfVshM8dH50/2.5
Need not be explained. 2 of the best browsers, I would recommend firefox here, but it can be a pain in the ass with the bloated stuff it brings along with it. However if you are a web developer then I still recommend Firefox since the plugins there are just plain awesome.
Daily required software
7zip – http://www.7-zip.org/download.html
This is a winrar replacement, twice as good and free. I still use Winrar since I contributed to it and bought a license but this works just as well.
foobar2000 – http://www.foobar2000.org/download
Replaces winamp, is a great software with a simple interface and a lot of options for the geeks too. Playing Music with style that is.
ImgBurn – http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download
This is a replacement for Nero burning Rom. Again advantage is free and many customisable CD interface options.
MagicDisc – http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-overview.htm
When you want to mount those iso files and other stuff you make use of this. Truly the best, better than Daemon tools.
VLC Media player – http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html
The king of softwares for media viewing. Not bloated and can play any media file on the planet.
CCleaner - http://www.ccleaner.com/download
If you use torrent downloads and surf many websites somewhere some shit is going to latch on to your registry and temp files. Use this to bust it’s ass down.
uTorrent – http://www.utorrent.com/downloads
Lightweight, efficient, customisable, very sexy. Need I explain more? and some extra links on how to run it so that you max speed downloads.
Techroons guide to using uTorrent: http://techcroon.com/2008/09/portforwarding-for-utorrent/
and http://www.sevenforums.com/software/3886-using-utorrent.html
Foxit Reader – http://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/index.php
I used this WAY back and I hated it, so I went ahead and installed super bloated 95 kilos overweight adobe. Became a load I couldn’t handle. Bye Adobe, Hello Foxit. Reads every PDF file ever.
BullZip pdf - (Best Print PDF) – http://www.bullzip.com/
PDFill – (PDF Tools Merge and Combine PDFs) – http://www.pdfill.com/
These are 2 tools you use for editing pdf files or printing them if need be. You can add your own watermark and just go crazy with the various options.
Contig – http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897428.aspx
This is a defragger software. Good if you are a Windows user.
Nambench – http://code.google.com/p/namebench/
Pick the best DNS to use for your internet connection.
EditPlus 3 – http://www.editplus.com/download.html
This is a great software for you to use for text editing. Another great software is also Notepad++.
Syncplicity – https://my.syncplicity.com/Signup/UserSignup.aspx?plan=free&token=IWWMNHXD
Snycing files between 2 computers, if you need to, this is really good.
TrueCrypt – http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads
Great software for Encryption stuff.
Other Misc Stuff
This is a lot of stuff my brother uses and recommend. Why I’m not sure heh, I have to get back to you on that.
MP3Gain - http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/download.php
MonitorES - http://code.google.com/p/monitores/
Everything Search – http://www.voidtools.com/download.php
Renamer – http://www.den4b.com/downloads.php?project=ReNamer
AMP Font Viewer – http://www.ampsoft.net/utilities/FontViewer.php#Download
Jcpicker – http://www.download3k.com/Install-Anny-Just-Color-Picker.html
Flickr Uploader http://www.flickr.com/tools/
Speccy http://www.piriform.com/speccy
WinMerge http://winmerge.org/downloads/
64bit - Lockhunter – http://lockhunter.com/download.htm
32bit- Unlocker http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/#download
Autohotkey - http://www.autohotkey.com/download/
AllwaySync http://allwaysync.com/download.html
USDBDLM http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html#download
Eraser http://eraser.heidi.ie/index.php#download
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