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What do you install on a new or reformatted computer?


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Hi MWG, I figured this would be a good way of finding out just how important and popular some programs are to Developers and Gamers.

The question here is basically, If you get a new desktop/laptop so on, Or if you have recently formatted your system and have to start over, What are the 5 Must have programs/software that you install almost instantly.

(Excludes Adobe flash player, Java, Silverlight so on...)

Mine would probably be...

  • Notepad++
  • Steam
  • Vuze (Great way to stream content to the Xbox 360)
  • Firefox
  • Wamp Server

 

Thanks

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  • uTorrent
  • Photoshop CS4
  • AVG
  • FileZilla
  • Google Chrome
  • Foxit Reader
  • mIRC
  • notepad++
  • Skype
  • Sublime Text
  • WinRar
  • VLC Player

 

About me done, methinks

 


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Would have made it 5 but TBH i cant live without any of them.

 

 

  • Photoshop CS6
  • SmartFTP
  • Putty
  • Google Chrome
  • Notepad++
  • WinRAR
  • AVG
  • Eclipse (Android SDK/NDK - Java JDK)
  • Steam
  • Origin (BF3)
  • VirtualBox
Posted
Would have made it 5 but

I totally missed the part that said 5.

With that said, if only 5 were allowed, it should have been "top 5 programs" and not what we install on a fresh box.

Posted
  • XAMPP
  • Netbeans
  • Chrome
  • GIMP/Adobe Fireworks
  • Skype

 

Perhaps I'll purchase an external memory unit, backup my entire memory, and do this. (It's pretty messy at the moment)

Also, considering I run Windows8, I'd like to add on a hack for a start menu on desktop...it's somewhat mandatory, and shouldn't be included in the five list :p

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