What do you install on a new or reformatted computer?

[Ronnie]

Skype
VLC
WinRAR
K Lite Codec
Ad Aware
Firefox
uTorrent
Steam
Cyberghost VPN

Just got a new PC and those were the first programs I can remember installing after uninstalling all of ASUS crap.

 

[Spud1200]

Just installed Nix* on my day to day PC and the first two programs I installed were BOINC and Bleach Bit.

Using Mint after ditching Windows.

 

[Zekester2097]

what do you mean by "ASUS c**p"?

BTW I would install 7-Zip, Google Chrome, iTunes - in addition to some things on your list...

 

[PP Mguire]

Who are you referring to?

 

[Spud1200]

Who are you referring to?

I think he referring to fade2black2004 .

 

[PP Mguire]

I think he referring to fade2black2004 .

I was looking at lists lol.

 

[karthikreddy]

Initially an antiVirus protection and later you can install whatever you like.

 

[iFargle]

On Windows:
VLC
Steam
Facebook Messenger
Chrome
Notepad++
PuTTY
Adobe Flash
MS Office
Adobe CS5
uTorrent
Dropbox
7-Zip
Java
Network Meter, CPU Usage, Drives Monitor, and ATi Monitor desktop widgets

and drivers

On Mac OS:
VLC
CodeRunner
Reeder
Sparrow
Fliud
iTerm 2.0
Transmission
Adobe CS 5
Adobe Flash
Java

Revising my list since this was done in my Windows Vista days.
On Windows:
Ninite to Install:

• Chrome
• Steam
• qBittorrent
• Google Drive
• 7-zip
• Greenshot

Other:

• Battle.net
• Origin
• OneNote
• MobaXTerm
• NextCloud

On MacOS:

• iTerm
• Steam
• Battle.net
• Chrome
• OneNote
• Bartender
• Reeder
• Microsoft RDP
• Atom

On Linux:

• vim
• git
• htop
• iftop
• nload
• openssh-server
• fish shell
• curl
• wget if not included
• other stuff, depends on what the box is for

 

[carnageX]

I'm kinda surprised you don't use Chocolatey on Windows, iFargle .

 

[iFargle]

That's a fantastic idea.