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Now and then I find myself with a new laptop in my hands which I am to produce things with. At these times I always seem to install the same set of applications before I can feel at home with the new work-horse. I thought I’d be so bold to share this list of applications to you, if you know a better alternative to any of the mentioned applications do tell me! One thing very important here is that the list need to be free as far as possible, I do love open source.
To make this list as easy as possible to over-look I tried to categorize them for usage: Everyday tools, GTD, Graphical and Development.
Everyday tools
Application launcher so that you don’t need to have manus organized or tidy. Hit a shortcut and write the name of the application you would likt to launch and press enter – done! Takes a litle time to get use to but when you have, you wont be able to work without it.
Instant Messaging-client which can be used for ICQ, MSN, Yahoo etc.
Personally I use Chrome as my favourite browser nowadays but I would recomend both Chrome and Firefox, they do deliver so much more then Internet Explorer, Opera or Safari currently does to mention a few.
Related:
Chrome instead of Firefox
For all countries where Spotify have been allowed to operate, the service has opened the door to music for the people.
Better controll over files and folders, integrated ftp-client etc.
A network-based service where you get 2GB of space for free at a remote server to store your files. Secure and swift!
For times you want to remotly store documents which are personal at places which can be in-secure you can encrypt them in a “vault” to increse security.
THE SSH and telnet client for windows.
Sftp and ftp client.
Replacement for Microsft Office, free if course.
When it comes to torrents, this is the most minimalistic client I’ve found.
Zenware for writing which let you focus on the task of writing and nothing else.
GTD (Getting things done)
Task-manager which can remind you on the thing you should do.
Take notes of everything! Text, photos, sound or files.
Graphical work
GIMP is the open source alternative to the comercial Photoshop. By many said to be a complete alternative. Anapplication called GimPhoto also exist which is more specialized on photo editing (based on GIMP).
Vector-drawing and illustration-tool. This is a good alternative for Illustrator for the happy amateur.
Related:
Inkscape 0.47 released
Development
Minimalistic editor with syntax highlighting for multiple languages and support for addons.
A full development-studio with packages for almost all languages.
Get you favourite *nix-tools on the windows platform by using this console in a box.