So you have a new windows computer. You know, that like a child it is not ready for the scary Internet. So what do you need? This is my list for 2013.
http://ninite.com/ will install things for you:
7zip
KeePass2
PDFcreator
firefox
sumatraPDF
Truecrypt
Notepad++
Then add,
openoffice or libraoffice (they do the same, but have not yet merged back into one another.)
Spybot S&D http://portableapps.com/apps/security/spybot_portable
SpiderOak - because you NEED backup and you need it FIRST and secure.
GRAMPS - family can be complicated; you should keep track.
Other things that you might like, that I can recommend are:
Chrome Browser
Skype
Pidgin + OTR
VLC (though sMplayer is also good)
Winamp (deadbeef if you are on linux)
Audacity (record or edit audio. AVIdemux for video).
Java Java Runtime Environment (JRE) (to play on KGS)
GIMP (why isn't this a verb yet? "This image has been gimped."
IrfanView
Essentials
AVG (though I usually use ClamWin or ClamAV.)
Spybot 2
ImgBurn
TrueCrypt
7-Zip - no really, we don't need anything else. (If Igor Pavlov is bored, he could add an optional par2 and SHA512 feature to 7-Zip so that archives and RARs could be verified. SSD bit-rot will become more of a worry in the future.
WinSCP
PuTTY
Have a look at http://ninite.com/ and http://portableapps.com/apps
http://ninite.com/ will install things for you:
7zip
KeePass2
PDFcreator
firefox
sumatraPDF
Truecrypt
Notepad++
Then add,
openoffice or libraoffice (they do the same, but have not yet merged back into one another.)
Spybot S&D http://portableapps.com/apps/security/spybot_portable
SpiderOak - because you NEED backup and you need it FIRST and secure.
GRAMPS - family can be complicated; you should keep track.
Other things that you might like, that I can recommend are:
Chrome Browser
Skype
Pidgin + OTR
VLC (though sMplayer is also good)
Winamp (deadbeef if you are on linux)
Audacity (record or edit audio. AVIdemux for video).
Java Java Runtime Environment (JRE) (to play on KGS)
GIMP (why isn't this a verb yet? "This image has been gimped."
IrfanView
Essentials
AVG (though I usually use ClamWin or ClamAV.)
Spybot 2
ImgBurn
TrueCrypt
7-Zip - no really, we don't need anything else. (If Igor Pavlov is bored, he could add an optional par2 and SHA512 feature to 7-Zip so that archives and RARs could be verified. SSD bit-rot will become more of a worry in the future.
WinSCP
PuTTY
Have a look at http://ninite.com/ and http://portableapps.com/apps
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