It’s time to setup a new laptop, so once again I’m jotting down a list of apps I normally install right away, slightly updated again.

Web

• Chrome
• Dropbox
• Google Drive
• FileZilla
• qBittorrent

Skype is avoided, use web version once again.

General

• Microsoft Office
• 7-Zip
• Everything to locate files and folders by name instantly.
• f.lux
• Paint.NET
• Sumatra PDF and Adobe Reader for those annoying edge cases where Sumatra doesn’t work.
• VirtualBox
• Spotify
• VLC
• Steam
• GOG Galaxy
• Fonts: Open Sans especially.

Cmder is out, use PowerShell or Ubuntu from the Windows store.

Data Science

• Anaconda Python Distribution
• GraphViz
• R and RStudio

Coding and Editing

• Eclipse
• GitHub Desktop
• LyX
• Sublime Text
• VSCode: excellent and rapidly replacing every other code editor.
• WinEdt