View source for User:Ke4roh/Basic computer setup

I often find myself setting up computers for others.  Here's the quick sketch of software I set up:

* Internet access
* http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus
* Spybot Search & Destroy http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/
* [[Firefox]] http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
** about:config config.trim_on_minimize = true [http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2005/12/23/quick-firefox-tweak-free-mem/]
** Adblock Plus
** Adblock Filterset.G Updater
** New Tab King
** [http://roachfiend.com/archives/2005/02/07/bugmenot/ Bugmenot]
** [[Forecastfox]]
** Google Browser Sync
** Imagezoom
** Linkification
** WebmailCompose (if user is on web mail)

* Disk defragmenter [[MyDefrag]] [http://www.mydefrag.com/Manual-DownloadAndInstall.html download]
** Installation offers to create the scheduled job for you, and run during screen saver, too.
* E-mail, IM, other things at user's request
** [[GIMP]] http://www.gimp.org
** Pidgin instant message client http://pidgin.im/
** PDF writer http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
** CD burner http://www.cdburnerxp.se/ http://www.deepburner.com/
* [http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/diskmon.mspx DiskMon] to add an on-screen drive activity light to a sequestered desktop machine
* [http://executor.dk/ Executor] to run programs with ease :-)
* [http://www.autohotkey.com/ AutoHotkey] to create keyboard shortcuts and facilitate typing special characters [[User:Ke4roh/hotkeys.ahk|hotkeys.ahk]]
* [[7-Zip]] compression/decompression tool

== Admin tools ==
* Startup Manager http://www.windowsstartup.com/download.php
* Disk space management http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/
* Gamma calibration http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html
** Linux: 
***Run Monica http://www.pcbypaul.com/linux/monica.html
***Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf (or similar) add "Monitor" line "Gamma 1.02 1.02 1.02" where numbers are RGB.

== Web development ==
* Firefox web development plugins:
** [[Selenium_(software)|Selenium IDE]]
** YSlow
** HttpFox
** Html Validator
** [[Firebug]]
** Java console
** LinkChecker
* [[Internet Explorer|IE]] [[Javascript|JS]] debugger
** [http://projects.nikhilk.net/WebDevHelper Nikhil's Web Development Helper]
* [[WinSCP]]
* [[SQuirreL SQL]] [http://www.squirrelsql.org/]

== Misc == 
* [http://osswin.sourceforge.net/ Windows Open Source Index]
* [http://whdb.com/2008/the-top-50-proprietary-programs-that-drive-you-crazy-and-their-open-source-alternatives/ Open-source alternatives]
* [http://ostermiller.org/mp3tagger/ MP3 Tagger] To tag them from before you knew about tagging
* [http://www.myfonts.com/browse/foundry/larabie/ Larabie Fonts] - a fine collection of free typefaces
* [http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec PhotoRec] to recover pictures from corrupt memory cards
* [http://cybercoyote.org/software/favorite.htm Favorite software]
* [http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/12/01/30-essential-pieces-of-free-and-open-software-for-windows/ The Simple Dollar's list of 30 essential free programs]
* [http://www.stellarium.org/ Stellarium] astronomy software