Anybody that talks on IRC either has an inkling or knows quite well that I can never get my PC set up the way I like. Thus, I reformat about once every two months on average.

That got me to thinking: when you guys reformat and reinstall your respective OSes (Windoze, Lunix and Macfag), which applications do you install or download because you just KNOW you're going to be using them once in a while infrequently often EVERY GOD DAMN DAY?

 

Firefox, IM programs, emulators (most notably ZSNES and VBA. Which is weird, because I almost never play GBA games on PC), Media Player Classic, VLC, and the essentials like antivirus software. Pretty much everything else is either "as I think about it" or "as I end up needing it."

While it's not technically a program, I also install my tablet every reformat. I generally install the art software that came with the program because I usually end up thinking about it at the time, but not always.

 

I guess I should put my own list down, hey?

Firefox, Office, Adobe CS4, Steam, VLC, iTunes, Winamp, DAEMON or Alcohol, MSN and mIRC with NNS.

 

Firefox, VLC, Emulators I use once in a blue moon, MSN or whatever the hell its called now, Daemon Tools, Winrar. Everything is else is whenever I think of it.

 

Not EVERY GODDAMNED DAY, but you need 'em regardless:

CCleaner and Defraggler. Necessary. for a good computer.

 

Hi, I'm a MacFaggot.

Quicksilver, SketchUp 7, Adobe CS4, Adium, Skype, iTunes, Transmission, VMWare Fusion, MS Office, Hulu, Evernote, DeskTube (as of last week), Firefox.

 

Firefox, mIRC, iTunes, VLC, MS Office, codecs, and the essentials like anti-virus/firewall. Generally I'll install the game I'm obsessed with at that point next though that changes every few months.

 

As am I.

Itunes, Firefox, Office, Mathematica, Matlab, IDL, Adobe shit, g++/gcc, iPhoto, MacGhostsript, iMovie/iDVD, Xwindows, xmgrace, gnuplot, EnSight, ParaView, most scripting languages extant, MeetingMaker, Mail, GraphicConverter, Photoshop.

My 7yo kid loves the hell out of writing programs in Scratch. That, and EPGY math, which runs in Safari/Flash, and making shit in Keynote.

When it's tax time, TurboTax (though with AMT anal rapage and my house paid off, it may no longer pay to itemize...)

 

My list of stuff to install after fresh OS load

Nero
Firewall
Virus scanner
Windows Live Mail
Firefox
codecs
mediaplayer classic
comic book reader
adobe stuff (flash, acrobat, photoshop)
d-toolz
nfoviewer
peerguardian

 

Hmm...

On Windows:

BitTyrant
Thunderbird
Firefox
mIRC with NNS
Steam
Winamp
Daemon
VLC
Trillian
Zune App.
Adobe CS3 (Photoshop, flash, etc.)

On Ubuntu:

A fuckton of compatibility shit.
WINE
Firefox (linux, and windows version loaded in WINE)
VLC
Thunderbird
Amarok
BitTornado
etc.

 

Anyone do addblocker?

 

Windows:
Firefox, Avast, µTorrent, Notepad++, FileZilla, KMPlayer, mIRC with NNScript, PuTTY, Total Commander, Open Office, GIMP, MinGW, WireShark, SocksCap 2.40, WinRAR, Alcohol 120%. Uhh... and Diablo II.

On linux I always somehow end up with: netris, mc along with mcedit, rtorrent and screen (it's weird that it's not installed by default on most of distros).

 

Why would you use both?

Also, as for myself,

Pidgin/Xfire/Steam/Skype/Teamspeak/Vent
Azureus on Ubuntu and uTorrent on Windows
Adobe CS# Master suite, flash plugin and AIR
Wine and Crossover in Ubuntu
mIRC and NoNameScript on both Win/Ubu
VLC/Winamp/Foobar

 

Cheers for the post, Inq. Finally got off my arse and typed up a list.

Sound card :awesome
AVG
Guitar Pro + Mixcraft
AviSynth + MeGUI
K-Lite Codec pack
BitComet
Acrobat Suite
Microsoft Office + Microsoft Reader
Windows Media Player + VLC player + BS player
Opera
Windows Live Messenger
Rocketdock + Rainmeter
Wordweb
Voipwise
Power ISO
WinRAR

*runs off to bookmark page

 

Hmm, lets see if I can remember them all...I usually end up adding them as I come across one I forgot.

Ubuntu:

All the "non-free" shit they don't ship with Ubuntu
stuff in the Medibuntu repos
openssh-server (remote admin, anyone? :awesome)
Ubuntu Tweak
wicd
Deluge
Thuderbird
plugins and things I use with gedit to make it more like Textmate (even though I've never used it, I've seen screenshots and videos; almost enough to make me want a Mac, almost)
plugins for Nautilus
GNOME-Colors icons and accompanying themes
restore a backup of my Firefox profile (because I've got a shit-ton of extensions I use, and I'm lazy)
restore a backup of my Thunderbird profile (because, again, I'm lazy)
Amarok
apache2
php5
mysql5 (or are they at 6 yet?)
phpmyadmin
postresql (maybe...I'm just messin' around with this for now)
phppgadmin
sendmail
filezilla
x-chat
kompare (KDE app, but it's a fuck ton better than MELD or having to use command line)
A handful of handmade scripts for various things
my collection of various wallpapers

Windows:

Drivers, more than likely...fucking Windows
Firefox
Avast
Thunderbird
restore a Windows-version backup of my Firefox profile
restore a Windows-version backup of my Thunderbird profile
Google Chrome
Pidgin
e text editor
u torrent
FrostWire
VLC
Songbird
OpenOffice
PuTTY
XAMPP (only if I need to run an app on MSSQL)
Vent/Teamspeak (Don't have a mic, but this ties in with the next item
2Moons/Dekaron
Beyond Compare 3
Fraps
Mp3tag
DVD Flick
Divx/Xvid whatever the fuck it is


On all OSes, I install all them goddamn updates you gotta do.

 

D8 liek... wanna rar all those and upload em for me. *has been meaning to look into that shit, but is too lazy...*