Snagit v9
(photo editing, screen capturing)
Tableau (hands down the best analytics tool for web traffic)
Balsamiq Mockups (great wireframe software, just like paper/pencil!)
Must-Have Windows Programs (or Windows Programs that I use)
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Re: Must-Have Windows Programs (or Windows Programs that I use)
#22Here's my list of how to make a Windows machine more hospitable for a focus-follows-mouse Linux user:
Re: Must-Have Windows Programs (or Windows Programs that I use)
#23Why is VMWare and Beyond Compare listed as shareware? VMWare Player is free, but not Workstation. And I doubt Server is either (haven't looked). Beyond Compare is great, but it costs $30.
Server is free. http://www.vmware.com/products/server/ -- Mac vmware fusion still costs, though.
Re: Must-Have Windows Programs (or Windows Programs that I use)
#24Mikogo - screen, keyboard and mouse sharing - super for remote support
HarddiskOgg - record music playing from soundcard (eg from grooveshark, youtube) into a file format of choice.
WiFi Hopper - shareware - very accurate overview of wifi points in the area. It shows points that don't appear in other programs.
Spyware Doctor - the most powerful spyware remover
Startup Manager - disable unneeded processes carefully
MediaCoder / ColorPic / GTalk
Re: Must-Have Windows Programs (or Windows Programs that I use)
#25It's rare that I use Windows these days, but Crimson Editor, AVG, Malwarebytes, Digsby, Launchy, TinyGrab, PuTTy, WinSCP, Winamp Classic, VLC.... then there's a lot of everyday, non-windows specific (not that everything in the previous list is) stuff that I use, like git, Skype, FF, Photoshop & Illustrator, etc.
If you can get over that it's made by Microsoft, Windows Security Essentials is free and IMO better than AVG. I also saw somewhere that it outperforms it but I don't recall the source.
Re: Must-Have Windows Programs (or Windows Programs that I use)
#26Why is VMWare and Beyond Compare listed as shareware? VMWare Player is free, but not Workstation. And I doubt Server is either (haven't looked). Beyond Compare is great, but it costs $30.
VMware Server (formerly GSX) is actually free as well.
Re: Must-Have Windows Programs (or Windows Programs that I use)
#27It's worth noting that Windows 7 obsoletes a bunch of those utilities: TrueCrypt - Bitlocker comes with it Locate32 - Indexed search is now built-in Launchy - Start menu now defaults to search DUMeter - Part of the Task Manager Taskbar Shuffle - Finally possible directly in windows
AFAIK, indexed search was part of Vista as well. Incredibly slow compared to locate on Linux though. I haven't tried locate32 myself.
Re: Must-Have Windows Programs (or Windows Programs that I use)
#28I recently wrote this up after switching back to Windows from OS X--it's mostly a bunch of apps that mimic Mac functionality (Expose, etc), but also some useful generic utilities linked:
Re: Must-Have Windows Programs (or Windows Programs that I use)
#29FTP is dead and unsecure. Is SFTP bad? I have problems with WinSCP using SCP all the time I don't have with the same app using SFTP. Example, if you're wondering: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/scp-...
SFTP is a file transfer protocol over SSH, so it is plenty secure. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_file_transfer_protocol
Re: Must-Have Windows Programs (or Windows Programs that I use)
#30Snagit v9 (photo editing, screen capturing) Tableau (hands down the best analytics tool for web traffic) Balsamiq Mockups (great wireframe software, just like paper/pencil!)
Balsamiq Mockups looks great. Thanks for that!