Open Source Essentials
My last PC was literally held together with bits of tape… but event that started to fail and I finally bit the bullet and bought a new machine.
Instead of reinstalling all my old software wholesale, I decided to start over with just the essentials. This is the list of what is now on my machine just 24 working hours after first power up:
- AutoHotKey (this was my first install)
- Firefox (OK THIS was really my first install)
- Chrome
- 7zip – essential alternative to WinZip
- Gimp – Image Editor
- Filezilla – FTP
- VLC Media Player
- Foxit Reader – essential alternative to Adobe
- uTorrent + PeerGuardian2
- Avast
I’m not loading them now but I expect I will no doubt be reinstalling:
- Audacity
- Irfanview
- WinAmp
- CCleaner
- Spywaremaster
- AdAware
- Spybot
- DVD Flick – great for burning DVDs
