My new PC arrives tomorrow, for a bit of fun I want to make a list of 10 things I should and should not install on it.
Here's what I've come up with.
Things to install:
- Zero Hour Generals/Shockwave/Hamachi
- Visualstudio
- Freebasic
- Notepad++
- Ps2yabasic
- ICQ client
- AVG
- Irfanview
- Filezilla
- Firefox
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Things not to install:
- Kaspersky Internet Security. (I've had enough of it!)
- Norton
- Mcaffee
- Windows live messenger
- Blitz Basic
- Cobra
- Fbide
- Devc
- Anything by Bits.
- Lavasoft adaware
Peppa Pig wallpaper :D
Is that to install or not? :)
Install of course,Jacobs orders :D
Post your lists :)
Just for you Wanye..
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I reccomend CCleaner, though others may disagree.
CCleaner is a gift from heaven.
I would say Spybot m8 :updance:
And the Malware Bytes thing is the right job for nasties as far as I can see.
Blitz isn't that bad for your comp is it? I know it makes overly bloated exes, but still...
I don't want Blitz because of the bloat. The only version of that I'd consider is BMAX :)
This is great though I hadn't heard of CCleaner. It looks really good!
@Shockwave: Notepad++ is simply beautiful, they released 5.6.1 just today
why just VisualStudio (full or Express?) not MinGW?
I do most of my programming using Notepad++ :)
I personally like PSPad (http://www.pspad.com/). I'll have to check out Notepad++. I haven't seen that one.
@Shockwave:
Ah nice to see you get a new PC... May you tell us a bit about your new system config? ;)
Btw, i saw two programs on your "install" list where i have to say, just take a look to this alternative programs:
# ICQ client -> Better alternative: pidgin (www.pidgin.im) OpenSource (ICQ, MSN... all with one nice tool)
# Irfanview -> XnView (very nice tool with a lot of nice editing options, esp save/compress settings)
Tools you should use/must have too:
- TotalCommander
- latest DX version (redis. version)
- latest KLite MegaCodecPack
- WinRar or any alternatice like 7zip
- VLC
- Aimp (great alternative for bloody WinAmp)
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Thing with blitz max is that you wont be able to run your code / other peoples help stuff for blitz3d, blitz plus, and the original pc blitz basic as its completely different.
One app i'd install is WinAmp so you can listen to Nectarine :)
Quote from: va!n on December 06, 2009
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Tools you should use/must have too:
- TotalCommander
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- VLC
I second those both recommendations!
There's virtually no need for klite codecs on Windows 7. It supports mp2,h.264/mp4/avc,divx,xvid etc out of the box. I really very strongly suggest you don't install it.
The only things you might want to add are an mkv splitter and maybe flac if you use that at all.
Jim
Quote from: Moroboshisan on December 05, 2009
why just VisualStudio (full or Express?) not MinGW?
Simply because of Visual Assist (http://www.wholetomato.com) :)
It requires a commercial version of Visual Studio, though.
I'm a Resharper (http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/) man myself :)
I've also given up on AVG having used it for 10years. The latest version has a really annoying nag screen, so I've replaced it with Avast! which seems to be going OK.
Jim
I have also gone with Avast!, after having read it does a better job than AVG at detecting malware, etc.
I use UltaEdit32 as my IDE it has so many useful features. I dont know of any other hex editor that can be used to compile / assemble / link / run.
Quote from: Jim on December 07, 2009
There's virtually no need for klite codecs on Windows 7. It supports mp2,h.264/mp4/avc,divx,xvid etc out of the box. I really very strongly suggest you don't install it.
The only things you might want to add are an mkv splitter and maybe flac if you use that at all.
I found Windows Media Player out of the box to be pretty poor at playing back videos, it will randomly stutter through a video instead of playing it (yet often it will play the same video with no issues). It also doesn't include all of the codecs I need for some of my videos.
So my install list:
- NetBeans
- SciTE (better then Notepad++)
- FileZilla
- Tortoise SVN
- Process Explorer (daaaamn useful!)
- Powershell (although this now comes with Windows 7)
- Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate Editiion (namely for Outlook, PowerPoint and Word, and if your a student it's also only £40!)
- The Gimp (the UI is actually really good on a dual-screen setup, who knew!)
- The Combined Community Codec Pack, including Media Player Classic Homecinema
- Avast (used to use AVG, but it gave me too much hassle)
I'd also like to mention VS, Eclipse, Paint.NET, ColorPic, Expression Design 2, Spotify, Folding@Home, JEdit and WinDirStat.
I've had to install FastCGI to get the latest version of PHP working with my IIS install.
I'd use Apache, but we use IIS at work, and sometimes I have to bring my work home.