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
• 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

A decent font

• ttf-dejavu
• adobe-source-code-pro-fonts At least I really like it.

Terminals

• urxvt
• roxterm
• tmux

Sound

• alsa-utils God bless alsa.

Programming usefulness

• emacs Or vim or whatever.
• git
• mercurial

Browsers

• firefox
• google-chrome (on AUR)

Media

• vlc
• mpd
• ncmpcpp

Downloads and shit

• rtorrent
• rsync
• irssi

windows.md

Decent browser

• Chrome (canary)
• Firefox (dev)

Some AV

• avast
• NOD32

GC 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
• git

Virtual Desktops

• Dexpot
• VirtualWin

Media

• VLC
• kid3 editor

Torrent client

• Deluge
• Transmission

Random crap

• Executor
• TeraCopy
• SpaceSniffer