Packages/installations

linux.md

In order (maybe). Some stuff are Arch specific.

Base system stuff

• grub
• os-prober

A decent shell and a way to talk to the world

• zsh
• grml-zsh-config
• fish
• fisher
• openssh
• sshfs

Sanity

• sudo
• pacaur (AUR)
• mlocate
• remember to run updatedb after installing
• curl
• wget

Base X

• xorg-server
• xorg-server-utils
• xorg-xinit
• xorg-xrandr

Video drivers

• nvidia or whatever
• xf86-video-vesa
• mesa

GUI

• awesome
• pcmanfm

A decent font

• ttf-dejavu
• adobe-source-code-pro-fonts

Terminals

• urxvt
• roxterm
• sakura
• lilypad
• whatever, really, because you'll really be using...
• tmux

Sound

• alsa-utils

Programming usefulness

• emacs
• Or vim or whatever.
• git
• mercurial
• node + npm
• ipython

Browsers

• firefox
• google-chrome (on AUR)

Media

• vlc
• mpd
• ncmpcpp
• moc if you don't want to fuck around with configuring mpd
• feh

Downloads and shit

• rtorrent
• rsync
• irssi

windows.md

Decent browser

• Chrome (canary)
• Firefox (dev)

Some AV

• EMET
• Starting from Windows 8 (or 8.1), Windows Defender is actually decent. A configured EMET is a nice extra.

GPU driver

nvidia etc.

Decent editor

• Emacs
• vim
• notepad++
• whatever floats your goat

Linux emulation

• Cygwin
• Make sure to mark zsh, fish, wget, etc
• putty+plink
• cmder
• Includes msysgit, depending on use may obsolete cygwin and putty

Programming

• git
• node + npm
• http-server
• python
• ipython if you're bored enough to figure out the deps
• 010 Editor
• It's actually better than everything else
• Beyond Compare

Media

• VLC
• kid3 editor
• irfanview

Torrent client

• Deluge
• Transmission

Random crap

• TeraCopy
• SpaceSniffer
• Sysinternals
• 7zip