gHacks technology news » software tips http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:37:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Must have software for my new computer http://www.ghacks.net/2008/05/06/must-have-software-for-a-new-computer/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/05/06/must-have-software-for-a-new-computer/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 09:46:37 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=4020 I’m still not finished with the installation of all applications that I want to use on my new computer but the essential ones are there. Essential are those that are needed to work online and view most of the files that I need to work with. The first two applications that I did install were Firefox and Thunderbird both in their latest release version. I then imported the data from my old computer to the new one which gave me access to bookmarks, cookies and saved passwords.

I needed MozBackup to import the data from my old computer. Once I had access to my bookmarks and emails I began to install several applications that I needed for work. The screenshot application MWSnap, WinSCP and Putty to administrate my dedicated server, GIMP for editing images and XNView Lite for viewing images.

Then Extract Now to be able to work with all kinds of archives, XMPlay for playing music, SMPlayer for videos, Notepad++ for working with texts and source codes and True Crypt to work with encrypted partitions.

Some applications that I need from time to time are not installed yet. This includes the awesome Unlocker to get rid of the “currently in use” message when deleting or moving files, Eraser to delete files permanently, Recuva to be able to recover files and Revo Uninstaller to completely remove installed applications.

I do install Newsbin Pro, uTorrent and Opera as well but that’s it basically. That’s my main set of applications that I need regularly. I may have missed one or two but they will come to my mind in the moment I need them and miss the function that they provided.

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