New PC Setup

Recommended software for your new computer

Windows 8/10

Usability

• ClassicShell - Get back the Windows Start Menu of yesteryear
• Lightshot - Better Screenshots with built-in editor
• Flux - Don't get blinded by your computer screen at night
• VLC Player - Audio/Video Player

Programming

• mPutty - Multi-tabbed SSH client
• WinSCP - SFTP/FTP file browser
• VS Code - Text Editor & IDE
• GitHub Desktop - Push/Pull code to GitHub (includes git)
• Balsamiq - Create UI Mockups
• Postman - REST API Testing & Development
• Robo3T - MongoDB Explorer
• Minimal ADB - Connect and manage Android devices

System

• Disable OneDrive in Explorer - Removes OneDrive Cancer
• GeForce Experience - nVidia GPU Driver Manager
• CPU-Z - In-depth CPU stats and graphs
• GPU-Z - In-depth GPU stats and graphs
• Java Runtime - Required to run any Java application
• WinRAR - ZIP/RAR Extractor. Long live the free trial!
• WinDirStat - Visually see what's taking up storage space
• Etcher - Read/write image files

Internet

• Chrome
• Firefox
• Brave

Gaming

• Steam - DOTA, Half Life, Portal, CS Go, etc.
• Origin - Battlefield, Need for Speed, Apex Legends, etc.
• uPlay - Command and Conquer, Tom Clancy, etc.
• Battle.net - WoW, Overwatch, Starcraft, etc
• GOG Galaxy - Old school and indie games
• Discord - Game based voice chat

Other

• Slack - Text chat, channels, integrations, file sharing and more
• Evernote - Note taking and reminders (subscription req'd)

Linux

Security

• Fail2Ban - Mitigate SSH abusers
• 2FA - Require two-factor auth for password based sessions

Utilities

• mitm-proxy - Intercept, view and replay local HTTPS network traffic

Mac

Usability

• Bartender - Clean up your system bar

Security

• Little Snitch - Local Traffic Monitor & Firewall

Utilities

• Charles Proxy - Intercept, view and replay local network traffic