Comments on: Software to put on a clean install of Windows 7

By: Jon Anthony

Jon Anthony — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:46:43 +0000

Great list Dave
In coding I would recommend ProjectLocker.com
You can keep you personal and small sized projects under source control for free and it they support both GIT and SVN
Very handy for accessing your code when you are on the move!

By: David Pratt

David Pratt — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:53:55 +0000

DiffMerge, XMind, Notepad2 and Miranda IM are all new on me, but I’ll take a look at them.

I used to always use IrfanView, but these days I find the default Windows viewer capable enough for image viewing. I do like Notepad++, but Editplus just edges it for me!

By: Daniel Serodio

Daniel Serodio — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:52:56 +0000

You should try DiffMerge, it’s way better (and prettier) then WinMerge, and XMind for mind-mapping (a bit on the resource-hungry side, thou).

I also install IrfanView (lightweight image viewer with support for a ton of file formats), Notepad2 (replacing Notepad) and Notepad++.

I also swear by Miranda IM (lightweight replacement for MSN, Google Talk, etc.)

By: David Pratt

David Pratt — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:43:26 +0000

I’ve heard good things about Dropbox and even installed it in the past, but I have never got around to setting it up properly. I’ll take another look at it.

By: Hitesh

Hitesh — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:38:27 +0000

BTW, you forgot a backup tool. Dropbox?

By: Hitesh

Hitesh — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:37:21 +0000

Completely agree. Even Editplus, the only paid software in your list. I tried the free alternate like notepad++ but always fell back to editplus. Currently trying Komodo Edit, so far so good.