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
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
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