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 ===== Essential Software ===== ===== Essential Software =====
  
-^ Application ^ OSS ^ Linux ^ Audience ^ Notes ^ +^ Application ^ Chocolatey ^ Notes ^ 
-Firefox Everybody | | +Chocolatey | | 
-Avast! N | :?: | Everybody | | +Microsoft Security Essentials | ''cinst MicrosoftSecurityEssentials'' | | 
-Comodo Firewall Pro N | :?: | Everybody | | +Firefox ''cinst Firefox'' | | 
-| Notepad++ | Y | :?: | Everybody | Also get Aspell **and** the English dictionary. See [[notepadplusplus_setup|Notepad++ Setup]]. | +Google Chrome ''cinst GoogleChrome '' | | 
-Foxit Reader :?: | Everybody | | +| Notepad++ | ''cinst notepadplusplus'' | Also get Aspell **and** the English dictionary. See [[notepadplusplus_setup|Notepad++ Setup]]. | 
-| [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/|PDFCreator]] | Y | N | Everyone | +WinMerge ''cinst winmerge'' Consider SemanticMerge for code. | 
-| 7-Zip | :?: Everybody | | +| 7-Zip | ''cinst 7zip'' | | 
-GIMP Everybody | Don't bother installing the help - it is just a copy of what is on the web. +TortoiseSVN ''cinst tortoisesvn'' | | 
-VLC :?: Everybody | | +Sysinternals | ''cinst sysinternals''
-OpenOffice Everybody | | +ActivePerl ''cinst ActivePerl'' | | 
-| Foobar2000 | N | N | Everybody | See [[foobar2000_setup|Foobar2000 Setup]]. | +Expresso ''cinst expresso'' | | 
-WinMerge | :?: | Stephen | | +IcoFX ''cinst IcoFx'' | | 
-TrueCrypt | :?: Stephen Fav key 5 | +| Foobar2000 | ''cinst foobar2000'' | See [[foobar2000_setup|Foobar2000 Setup]]. | 
-Agent Ransack :?: Stephen | | +<del>TrueCrypt</del> ''cinst truecrypt'' Or install the [[https://github.com/AuditProject/truecrypt-verified-mirror/tree/master/Windows|verified binaries]]. 
-FileZilla Y | :?: | Stephen | | +VeraCrypt | | [[http://veracrypt.codeplex.com/]] | 
-Process Explorer (Sysinternals) Stephen | | +GIMP ''cinst gimp'' Don't bother installing the help - it is just a copy of what is on the web. | 
-Process Monitor (Sysinternals) | Stephen | | +Paint.net ''cinst paint.net'' | | 
-Autoruns (Sysinternals) Stephen | | +Inkscape | | ''cinst InkScape'' 
-ActivePerl :?: | :?: | Stephen | | +WinDirStat ''cinst windirstat'' | | 
-Expresso N | Stephen | Fav key 3 +Everything ''cinst everything'' | (File searcher) | 
-IcoFX N | N | Stephen | | +JPEGView ''cinst jpegview'' | | 
-WindowsPad :?: | :?: | Stephen | | +VLC ''cinst vlc'' | | 
-AutoHotKey :?: | :?: | Stephen | | +| Fiddler | ''cinst fiddler'' | | 
-TortoiseSVN :?: | :?: | Stephen | | +FileZilla ''cinst filezilla'' [[https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1|Download updates here.]] 
-Firstobject XML Editor :?: | :?: Stephen | Fav key 2 +WindowsPad | | | 
-Silk Subversion :?: :?: Stephen For the command line tools. Note that the new version of TortoiseSVN may include command line tools. | +AutoHotKey ''cinst autohotkey_l'' | | 
-| XP Task Switcher | :?: | :?: | Everyone | Windows XP only. | +dbForge SQL Complete | | [[http://www.devart.com/dbforge/sql/sqlcomplete/|Install]] 
 +<del>ApexSQL Complete</del> | | Don't install this - slow shitty piece of software. 
 +Sumatra PDF ''cinst sumatrapdf'' | | 
 +PDF Creator ''cinst PDFCreator'' Looks like it needs to be a [[http://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/download-free-pdf-viewer.html|manual install]]. 
 +VirtualBox ''cinst virtualbox'' | | 
 +Agent Ransack | ''cinst ransack'' | Windows XP only. | 
 +| XP Task Switcher | | Windows XP only. | 
 +| [[http://support.stackify.com/hc/en-us/categories/201177633-Prefix|Stackify Prefix]] | | 
 ===== Software To Install When Needed ===== ===== Software To Install When Needed =====
  
   * TestDisk (file / partition recovery)   * TestDisk (file / partition recovery)
   * Google Earth   * Google Earth
-  * WinDirStat +  * InfraRecorder (CD & DVD burning) 
-  * Inkscape (vector based drawings)+  * [[http://openmidiproject.sourceforge.jp/Sekaiju_en.html|Sekaiju]] (MIDI editor) 
 +  * Stellarium (cinst Stellarium)
  
 ===== Software I'm Evaluating ===== ===== Software I'm Evaluating =====
  
   * Avidemux (Video editing)   * Avidemux (Video editing)
-  * [[http://www.jaycut.com|JayCut]] (Online video editing) 
-  * InfraRecorder (CD & DVD burning) 
   * [[http://www.sliderocket.com|SlideRocket]] (Web based alternative to PowerPoint)   * [[http://www.sliderocket.com|SlideRocket]] (Web based alternative to PowerPoint)
- +  * conemu-maximus5 (Command line prompt) 
-===== Firefox Extensions ===== +  * <del>Imgv (Image viewer)</del> shit.
- +
-^ Extension ^ Audience ^ +
-| Adblock Plus | Everybody | +
-| Download Statusbar | Everyone | +
-| Firebug | Stephen | +
-| IE Tab V2 | Everybody | +
-| Restart Firefox | Everyone | +
-| New Zealand Language Dictionary | Everyone | +
-| Tab Scope | Everyone | +
-| Web Developer | Stephen | +
-| Read It Later | Stephen |+
  
 ===== Visual Studio Extensions ===== ===== Visual Studio Extensions =====
  
 ^ Extension ^ Notes ^ ^ Extension ^ Notes ^
-AnkhSVN - Subversion Support for Visual Studio | |+Code alignment | |
 | NuGet Package Manager | | | NuGet Package Manager | |
-| Productivity Power Tools | | 
-| Regex Editor | | 
 | Spell Checker | | | Spell Checker | |
-SQL Server Compact Toolbox | | +Productivity Power Tools (?) 
-| Web Essentials | (Currently evaluating|+| Web Essentials | Gives HTML Zen. | 
 +| Code Maid | Try it out. | 
 + 
 +I prefer ReSharper over CodeRush. 
 + 
 +===== Chrome Extensions ===== 
 + 
 +^ Extension ^ Notes ^ 
 +| Postman - REST Client | | 
 +| Tampermonkey | | 
 +===== Setting Up TortoiseSVN ===== 
 + 
 +Settings -> External Programs -> Diff Viewer 
 + 
 +... different revisions of **files** 
 + 
 +<code>C:\Program Files (x86)\WinMerge\WinMergeU.exe -e -ub -dl %bname -dr %yname %base %mine</code> 
 + 
 +... different revisions of **properties** 
 + 
 +<code>C:\Program Files (x86)\WinMerge\WinMergeU.exe</code>
  
-===== Manual Update Checks =====+Settings -> External Programs -> Merge Tool
  
-  * Notepad++ +<code>"C:\Users\stephen\AppData\Local\PlasticSCM4\semanticmerge\semanticmergetool.exe" -s=%theirs -d=%mine -b=%base -r=%merged -sn=%yname -dn=%tname -bn=%bname -l=csharp -emt=default -edt=default</code>
-  * The GIMP +
-  * 7-Zip +
-  * WinMerge +
-  * TrueCrypt +
-  * Process Explorer +
-  * Angent Ransack +
-  * Foxit Reader+
  
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