HowTo lighten life if you have to work on a windows OS


	Install the following apps ...

	# SYSTEM
	Daemon Tools		# mount ISO images
	notepad++		# good free notepad with syntay highlighting
	putty/pscp		# must have - ssh, scp and telnet client
	cygwin			# ported linux tools for win32
	Launchy			# launch apps faster
	BulkRename		# GUI mmv for renaming files
	Unlocker		# free locked USB devices
	CloneSyp		# find duplicate files
	TreeSize (free)		# du -h --max-depth=1 for windows ;)

	# MULTIMEDIA
	irfanview		# image viewer
	Winamp (free)		# THE winedows music player
	mplayer/VLC		# video player with many codecs
	Virtual Dup		# video processing

	# NETWORK & SECURITY
	sysinternals		# debugging and monitoring tools
	WinPCap			# for capuring tools like wireshark
	Wireshark		# network sniffer
	nmap			# network scanner - also available for windows
	Network Stumbler	# Wi-Fi scanner - poor kismet replacement
	K-MAC			# fake MAC-Adresses 
	OpenSSH			# SSH-Server

	# MOZILLA APPS
	firefox			# web browser - don't miss plugins like ShowIP, FireBug, ...
	thunderbird 		# email and news client
	FileZilla		# free GUI ftp client

 


by Markus Sesser