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For python development, I'd also add Python(x,y) and/or Anaconda distributions for windows. They're binary installers that give you cpython interpreters + the kitchen sink when it comes to third party libraries and development tools. Also, I have to disagree with the author about recommending µTorrent. It's become more and more adware ridden with each new update. Deluge is pretty good though.
A word of warning about TerraCopy- it can cause annoying errors when copying. I transferred many gigs of data from one computer to another over a LAN, some files transferred fine, others looked like they copied ok, but were actually 0kb in size on closer look. I'm not sure if it was a bug in that particular version or with the setup being used, but once I uninstalled TerraCopy the errors ceased.
TC occasionally bombs out if you queue too much stuff - i.e. it just closes ... and thus looks like its done when really its not. Maybe thats why you got 0kb files. Win7 + copying is decent enough for most non-lan purposes though. Speaking on copying failing - I stopped using TotalCommander for that reason. It just says disk full (not true) out of the blue. Messaged the author & got some bullshit response.
It's not. If a single file fails on Win7 it cancels the whole operation (how is that possible on an OS released in 2009?! Fixed in Win8 though, that will never be used in corporations though), it fails if the path becomes longer than 255 characters etc.
Robocopy works but I'd much rather use rsync which is not available on Windows unless you use hacked up versions with cygwin.
A good reliable copying tool is sorely missing. Sure, there's all sorts of alternatives but I'm not willing to use it unless it's open source. The other comment on this thread talking about FastCopy got me curious, I'll have to try that (it's open source!).
Great list. I'd add one more program: Agent Ransack at http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/ . It's a file search utility that is orders of magnitude better than the utility built into Windows.
A word of warning about TerraCopy- it can cause annoying errors when copying. I transferred many gigs of data from one computer to another over a LAN, some files transferred fine, others looked like they copied ok, but were actually 0kb in size on closer look. I'm not sure if it was a bug in that particular version or with the setup being used, but once I uninstalled TerraCopy the errors ceased.
FastCopy does everything TeraCopy does, but faster and better: http://ipmsg.org/tools/fastcopy.html.en (this is the only tool I miss when working on Linux)
Great list of suggestions. While many of us on HN prefer Linux or OS X for any development work, it doesn't mean we don't at least occasionally work on Windows machines. Knowing how to make that experience more smooth definitely helps. Going through the list of suggestions there was one particular item that stopped me to think. Living close to the arctic circle where sun never rises with the winter solstice approachi…
[1] Linux: try your package manager or " rel="nofollow">https://github.com/jonls/redshift/>
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Nice list. Can't say I agree with everything, but preferences vary. I'd add though: ninite, notepad++, foobar, windows snipping tool and maybe cdxpburner. NB both CDXPBurner and Imgburner come with Opencandy adware in some versions and are sneaky about it.
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TC occasionally bombs out if you queue too much stuff - i.e. it just closes ... and thus looks like its done when really its not. Maybe thats why you got 0kb files. Win7 + copying is decent enough for most non-lan purposes though. Speaking on copying failing - I stopped using TotalCommander for that reason. It just says disk full (not true) out of the blue. Messaged the author & got some bullshit response.
> Win7 + copying is decent enough for most non-lan purposes though. It's not. If a single file fails on Win7 it cancels the whole operation (how is that possible on an OS released in 2009?! Fixed in Win8 though, that will never be used in corporations though), it fails if the path becomes longer than 255 characters etc. Robocopy works but I'd much rather use rsync which is not available on Windows unless you use hack…
Nice list. Can't say I agree with everything, but preferences vary. I'd add though: ninite, notepad++, foobar, windows snipping tool and maybe cdxpburner. NB both CDXPBurner and Imgburner come with Opencandy adware in some versions and are sneaky about it.
If you like windows snipping tool, http://getgreenshot.org/ is an open source software that does all the things that snipper does, and more (like a snagit replacement). Window, region, freeform windows. Uploads to various services. Configuration to allow automatic save locations and types. I use it every day!
I often copy code from my IDE to my blog or other Markdown formatters. I always have to add four spaces or convert tabs to spaces so that it gets formatted as code block. This extremely fast and simply site just brings a simple and easy solution to my problem.