While setting up my
new machine I
made a list of all the software I installed. I did this awhile back
for the Mac, too.
- Internet life
-
Google toolbar
and DQSD to do searches
Trillian
Pro, my favourite IM client
Macromedia Flash because you
have to have it
- System tweaking
-
Sandra
to see how your computer is doing
3DMark to benchmark
graphics
The latest
ATI drivers
Rage3D
Tweak to overclock the graphics card
Hmonitor to keep an eye on
temperature
- Hacking tools
-
Python for general programming
Ethereal to
sniff the network
Cygwin for the X server
SecureCRT
for an ssh terminal
- Media software
-
ATV2000 to
watch video input
Winamp 5 lite to play MP3
AudioGrabber
with lame to make MP3s
gimp to edit pictures
- Other useful things
-
ATnotes is a great post-it note app
Quicken for the checkbook
FeedDemon to
read RSS and Atom feeds
Bitstream
Vera fonts for the sans mono
Google desktop search to help
you find things later
I've left out
WinZip and
Office, I'll
see how long I can hold out. I also left out
Firefox. I know
it's heterodox, but I really
like Internet Explorer.