Windows survival notes
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
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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