Looking for good/helpful software for windows to get. Stuff that offers QoL improvements etc

And no I don’t care about Linux so don’t bother suggesting I switch to it.

  • tmpod@lemmy.ptM
    5·
    4 months ago

    Even though I rarely setup Windows machines nowadays, here’s my usual Ninite package: https://ninite.com/7zip-everything-firefox-gimp-greenshot-inkscape-libreoffice-notepadplusplus-putty-qbittorrent-revo-steam-sumatrapdf-teracopy-thunderbird-vlc-winscp-wiztree

    • 7zip is just the best archive tool on Windows
    • Everything is insanely useful, specially if you get into the habit of triggering through a hotkey every time you need something.
    • Revo Uninstaller used to be a must for properly uninstalling programs, not sure how useful it still is with Windows 10 and 11.
    • Sumatra is an excellent and very fast PDF reader.
    • TeraCopy has a bunch of nice utilities, though it’s copying/move graph is no longer relevant afaik.
    • WizTree is a faster and nicer version of the old venerable WinDirStat, also very very useful to manage disk space.
      • tmpod@lemmy.ptM
        1·
        4 months ago

        Haven’t used it in a long time, because I no longer use the OS, but I have good memories of it. Okular has been really nice as well.

    • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
      21·
      4 months ago

      Good list, I also use most of these. Cannot overstate how great Everything is for searching files. I have about 1tb of books and 3tb of comics and I don’t know how I’d find anything without it. Everything + Freecommander was a game changer. When I’m at work and have to use use the default windows explorer it’s painful.