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SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica
My life partner bathed my laptop in chocolate milk. I'm setting up my new laptop and I'm wondering what you guys install first thing?

My list includes:
Steam
Galaxy
Windows terminal
notepad++
python 3
pycharm
git
virtualbox
windows subsystem for linux/Debian
spotify
dosbox-x
7zip

Eventually I install office 365 and Visual studio.

List feels short. What do you guys bloat up your laptops with first thing.

Edit:
Also, any slick registry hacks or settings changes that make windows nicer to use?

SYSV Fanfic fucked around with this message at 22:11 on Jun 13, 2021

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SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica

This could replace 95% of mspaint use!

SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica

The Management posted:

first replace that POS OS op

But edge maximizes my battery life, as well as rendering the salacious gossip msn.com tries to claim as news perfectly.

SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica

Jonny 290 posted:

emacs lmfao

go post on a listserv

Hey, show some empathy. You know how hard it is to lose 50% of your productivity because your left pinkie got slammed in the door.

SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica

Sniep posted:

the operating system, op

Step 0 of computing.

carry on then posted:

oh i also install this abandoned utility that adds window previews to the dock, i genuinely can't believe this thing still works but i'm gonna use it till the end


Is not telling us the name security through obscurity?

SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica

Jonny 290 posted:

winamp 2.91 is still the best media player. i really do use it all the time

The guy should be court ordered to stay 2,000 feet away from all llamas... Just in case they get any ideas.

SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica
I appreciate the *nix responses, but really I'm looking for things you'd install on a laptop and not a VPS or AWS instance.

SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica
Alright, I'm going to level with you guys. I installed linux too. I've got a lot of different projects so feel free to laff.

debian build-essentials
htop
screen
emacs w/o X
irssi
mocp
finch
mutt
cmake
everything that normally comes with python as a binary tarball.
code::blocks
build-deps for konsole (installs qt build profiles)
QT Creator
esp32-sdk, nrf-sdk, esp8266-sdk,
arm toolchain

I've got degenerate hobbies, because none of this stuff is for work.

SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica

Flair posted:

I install a package manager like https://chocolatey.org/ and proceed to use dotfiles to install a bunch of stuff at once: https://dotfiles.github.io/inspiration/

That's pretty neat. What's most neat is that now we have a dataset of the least popular software to install
https://community.chocolatey.org/pa...us=all-statuses

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SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica

eschaton posted:

how can you of all people not build and run SIMH directly from the repository

you can run SVR3 on an emulated 3B2

I've only ever used the fanfic.

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