Tom's Two Cents

I just set up a newly purchased Windows PC, and I decided to keep track of the programs I consider important to getting up an running. Here is what I have so far, and I am open to suggestions:

1. Firefox: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html
2. VLC Video Player (this baby will play anything) http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
3. Uninstall Norton Antivirus – even if it’s free. Same with McAffee Antivirus. Stay away from these bloated apps! If you want virus protection, I suggest AVG Anti-virus Free Edition: http://free.avg.com/us-en/download
4. Flash Player: http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player.exe
5. Open Office: http://download.openoffice.org/ (you’ll need this unless you have MS Office)
6. iTunes (includes Quicktime): http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
7. Primo PDF lets you print/save to a PDF: http://www.primopdf.com
8. Skype: http://download.skype.com/SkypeSetup.exe)
9. Pidgin multiple IM client: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/
10. I usually install the following 10 Firefox add-ons. Not all will be useful to you, but the first 5-6 might be: Read more…

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