Software for my new laptop 2
Time for a new laptop, and to replace software. Here’s my new list. A lot has changed in the last 5 years. Mainly, I use the browser, cygwin and Portable Apps a lot more. (The last is to escape jailers, not registry bloat.) Media Chrome [new]: For browsing and development. Fast, light, and stays out of the way. Firefox: I keep it just for printing. Chrome sucks at printing. Media Player Classic: Nothing against it, but I decided to stick to just one app, which is… VLC: Continues to be the best media player, IMHO. WinAmp: I just manage my playlists as M3U files, using Python programs. Audacity: Still the easiest way to record audio. Camstudio: The simplest free portable screen capture software I know. PicPick [new]: Lightweight, powerful screenshot grabber VirtualDub: Not the simplest, but still good for what I need: cropping and joining video. MediaCoder [new]: Good for video/audio conversions. Maybe I’ll install this later. Foxit Reader: The simples free portable PDF reader I know, better than… NitroPDF Reader [new]: … which is good for Printing PDFs – better than… Primo PDF: … which has trouble on rare occasions. Microsoft Reader: I have a lot of ebooks in .LIT. Kindle for PC [new]: I don’t own a Kindle, but I’ve bought a few ebooks. Paint.NET: Good enough for cropping and adjusting colours on images. Windows Live Writer [new]: The best way to write this blog WYSIWYG Inkscape [new]: I occasionally edit vector graphics. Google Earth. Google Maps is good enough. ImgBurn: I no longer use CDs/DVDs. Just flash drives and external hard disks. Picasa: I’ve stopped browsing pictures. No time. Sharing ...