Windows
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Whenever you first set up a Windows box, you'll have to install several utilities to make it safe and useable. I recommend:
- Software Firewall
- Spyware Removal
- Virus Scanner
- Don't use Outlook, don't use IE, and don't do dumb things
- Web Browser
- Email Client
- GMail - Smoothest webmail around, but just for @gmail.com accounts
- Thunderbird
- Interface Enhancement
- Microsoft TweakUI
- UxTheme Multipatcher - Enable custom XP themes
- ObjectDock - Neat zooming launcher
- CursorXP - Awesome cursors
- IconPhile - Change most Windows icons
- Vitrite - Simple per-window transparency
- Multimedia
- WinAmp - Music player
- mp3tag - For quickly renaming and tagging pesky music files.
- K-Lite Codec Pack - Enables playback of a slew of encodings and formats.
- VideoLan VLC DVD Player
- Games
- C-Evo - An excellent take on the concept of Civilization.
- SolarWolf - Arcade shooter.
- Transcendence - Space trading and combat.
- TurboRisk - Streamlined, micromanagement-free, and challenging.
- File Management
- 7zip - Industrial-grade zipper/unzipper
- izArc - Traditional zipper/unzipper
- IrfanView - Image viewer/thumbnail browser.
- Junction Link Magic - Create symbolic links on NTFS/make same folder appear in multiple locations.
- Scanner - Track down wasted space
- SequoiaView - Track down wasted space, but differently
- WinDirStat - Track down wasted space
- WinSCP - A modern alternative with support for SFTP.
- System
- Process Explorer - A robust and powerful replacement for the Task Manager.
- AutoRuns
- Productivity
- OpenOffice.org - Word processor, spreadsheet, slideshow, database
- AbiWord - Word processor
- Gnumeric - Spreadsheet
- GIMP - Image editor
- Inkscape - Vector graphics editor
- Development
- Crimson Editor
- UltraEdit - Shareware
- Cygwin - A sort of a Unix for Windows
- ActivePython
- ActivePerl
- J2SE 5.0 - Java SDK 1.5
- Web Development
- Apache - Web server
- MySQL - Database server
- PostgreSQL - Database server
- PHP - Server-side scripting language
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