{"id":1791,"date":"2008-03-30T17:42:34","date_gmt":"2008-03-30T20:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=1791"},"modified":"2008-03-30T23:11:21","modified_gmt":"2008-03-31T02:11:21","slug":"you-asked-windowsapplicationslaptop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=1791","title":{"rendered":"You asked: Windows+applications+laptop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"dropcap\">O<\/span>bviously, a lot of people prefer buying laptops nowadays and the question &#8216;Which+applications+install+laptop+windows&#8217; pops up regularly in the Apache logs at this domain. I&#8217;m not providing links to the applications (or will use links sparingly, I guess). I assume you know how to use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\">Google<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<h3>Internet<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Email &#8211; Thunderbird (and RoundAbout): Thunderbird is the logical choice for your POP3 and IMAP addiction. RoundAbout I still use to read all my older archived mails and may (or may not) work for you. Disclaimer: I was a member of the RoundAbout developers team. (open-source)\n<\/li>\n<li>Web &#8211; Firefox, Opera and Safari (in that order): Firefox 2 is currently my default browser. Opera and Safari I regularly use to check for errors in CSS.\n<\/li>\n<li>SSH, SCP and FTP: There&#8217;s only one good SSH client and that is PuTTy. This is actually one of the first applications I install on new computers. And while you&#8217;re at it: you may just as well download WinSCP. I think Alfons introduced me to SCP, like in, a long time ago. Currently, I don&#8217;t use any FTP client except for the command-line ones that come with either your Windows (ftp) and Unix system. I&#8217;m quite comfortable with the command line, thank you very much.\n<\/li>\n<li>Communciation: I&#8217;m not a big fan of messenging and online communication, but yes, I do install Skype on my computers.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Media<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ISO\/CD\/DVD: I use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imgburn.com\/\">ImgBurn<\/a> extensively. If I&#8217;m not wrong, the program uses some open\/sourced\/infamous\/legendary applications underneath the screens.\n<\/li>\n<li>Video: Because most AVIs I have are encoded in Div-X format, I install the DivX encoder\/player, grudgingly. I have an aversion for Windows Media Player and I generally use <a href=\"http:\/\/sourceforge.net\/projects\/guliverkli\/\">Media Player Classic<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li>Audio: Audacity for editing and converting audiofiles to MP3 or OGG formats. As a reminder, if you download Audacity, don&#8217;t forget to download the LAME encoder.\n<\/li>\n<li>Graphics: The GIMP (which is open-sourced, as you may have already found out). There are a lot of people who are impressed with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getpaint.net\/\">Paint.Net<\/a>. I haven&#8217;t tried it, really. For conversion to different (graphic) formats, you may consider Irfanview (freeware). I also use Picasa for (simple) management of my JPG photos.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Tools<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Development: This ranges from the C# Express edition to SharpDevelop. Also, WinCVS comes to mind. Yes, I know a lot of people shudder at the thought of WinCVS. I use HelioSQL.Net for my SQL stuff. If you need to test and install test databases, you may consider installing SQLite and Postgres. Also, NSIS. TinyHexer (Hex-editor).\n<\/li>\n<li>Office: OpenOffice, hands down.\n<\/li>\n<li>Password management: I use KeePass, which is a great application with an unfortunate name.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I guess, that&#8217;s most of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obviously, a lot of people prefer buying laptops nowadays and the question &#8216;Which+applications+install+laptop+windows&#8217; pops up regularly in the Apache logs at this domain. I&#8217;m not providing links to the applications (or will use links sparingly, I guess). 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