Essential software for Windows
Article last updated on January 8, 2007 10:50pm by !nucleo.
I install these programs on every windows machine that I call home, and I recommend these to everyone else.
Internet:
- Firefox (Web Browser)
- Gaim (Chat program, multi protocol)
- Tight VNC (Remote connection software)
- eMule (P2P download)
- uTorrent (Bittorrent download)
- X-Chat (IRC communicatoin)
- Filezilla (FTP)
- puTTY (SSH connections)
- XAMPP (Web / FTP / Mail server)
- RSS Bandit (RSS aggregator)
Utilities:
- Launchy (Program launcher)
- TaskSwitchXP (Program switcher)
- TUGZip (Archive extractor for multiple archive formats)
- TweakUI (System settings)
- XVI32 (Hex Editor)
- Notepad++ (Syntax highlighted editor)
Interface with Linux Utilities:
- TortoiseSVN (Download SVN sources from Explorer)
- Ext2 FS (Access files in your Linux Ext2/3 partition from Explorer)
Media
Other (Paid)
- Kaspersky (Anti Virus)
- Photoshop (Image manipulation)
- Offline Explorer (Site downloader)
Most of the programs in this list are free and open source (except those at the bottom). I have done my best to include the proper URL for each program.



