Software Inventory

A list of the software I have been using lately. This is a mental reminder for what to install on the new laptop.

Must Haves

1. Mozilla Firefox (placemark for pre-installed)
   1. Better Flickr
   2. Diigo Bookmarks and Web Annotations – Use it to cross-seed bookmarks
   3. Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer – keep consistent across computers (need one for every browser)
   4. Live HTTP headers – helpful for identifying URLs for log mining
   5. NoScript – stay safe ono the net
   6. Password Exporter – only use for switching computers
   7. Search Engines -
      1. Creative Commons -
      2. Wikipedia -
2. Mozilla Thunderbird  (placemark for pre-installed)
   1. Headers Toggle – Hit “h” to see full headers
   2. Message Filter Import/Export – easily move filters between machines
3. Notepad++ – text editor
4. Java JVM – Bb CE/Vista Java applets
5. Silicon Circus PenguiNet – SSH / SCP
6. Pidgin – IM client
7. Tweedeck – Twitter client
8. WinMerge - GUI diff
9. Xming – local X for Oracle installs

Probably will get re-installed eventually

1. Google Chrome – faster browser
   1. Manual bookmark export / import?
2. Picasa – for editing photos for boss
   1. picasa2flickr + Flickr Uploadr – upload quickly and easily to Flickr
   2. Picasa Uploader for Facebook -
3. Adobe Reader
4. Apple iTunes + Quicktime
   1. Last.fm Scrobbler
5. Free PDF to Word Doc Converter – make a PDF editable

Probably coming with install

1. Helpdesk software
2. Office Software
3. Meeting software
4. Zip software

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