What are your necessities on a computer?

[joshkmartinez]

What programs and software do you just HAVE to have on your computer?

[pondus]

CCleaner / Unchecky / MCShield USB protection

Edited May 31, 2017 by pondus

[joshkmartinez]

Unchecky and CCleaner! You'll have 2 programs to update! You don't even have an internet browser!

[pondus]

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 You don't even have an internet browser!

Nope i have a clean OS, no browser  

 

[David H. Lipman]

That's a loaded question.

Based upon what criteria ?

A person may have multiple systems with each playing a specific role and thus geared towards specific requirements.

 

[joshkmartinez]

Like what are the first tings you would get on a new PC.

[David H. Lipman]

You mean like;  electricity, speakers, a monitor, a mouse and keyboard.

[joshkmartinez]

I mean like software

[David H. Lipman]

What is the role of the PC ?

What the computer is "meant to perform" will drive the requirements of what software one may need to fulfill set requirements.

[joshkmartinez]

Like a personal laptop for gaming and some work

[Buddel]

I need a browser, a decent email client and MS Office. I guess that's all I really need.

[joshkmartinez]

What mail client are your currently using?

[Buddel]

1 hour ago, joshkmartinez said:

What mail client are your currently using?

OE Classic Pro.

[joshkmartinez]

I see. I have a Gmail account so I just use the in-browser client.

[gonzo]

As David H. Lipman said, you are asking a very generic question.  I have multiple computers.  I use each for different task groups, with a bit of overlap.  On one, I would use Gmail and stay clear of questionable sites (thanks to profile malware propagation).  The other may go multiple shady places, all on restorable VMs while the physical machine stays G-rated. Neither the physical nor the virtual ever sees a Google login to keep the environment clean.  I could go on forever.  What are you really looking for?

[joshkmartinez]

Like if this was your ONLY computer what would be the software you have to get in order to work on it.

 

Sort of like if this was your first computer ever.

[gonzo]

• TextPad editor
• FastStone Image Viewer
• Foobar2000 Music Player
• LAME suite to support Foobar2000
• Malwarebytes
• Firefox
• Skype
• VLC Video Player

Anything else, I'll get around to.  Its very hard to remember only one computer.  Have always had at least 2 since 1981.

[joshkmartinez]

19 hours ago, gonzo said:

Foobar2000 Music Player

Man, I LOVE foobar on my iPhone!

[gonzo]

Outside of apps, a more important thing for me is what browser plugins and history do I absolutely need.  I have jumped through a million hoops to get browser histories from drives that no longer run my computer.  I won't run them through Chrome because of the risk of propagating malware through profiles stored on cloud, so everything is though Firefox.

Alas, my beer glass is empty.  Probably a good thing!

[ipkpjersi]

Firefox, VLC, Malwarebytes, Discord and Minecraft.

[joshkmartinez]

Out of all the games...

[Aura]

Access to the Internet. From there, I can do anything.

[joshkmartinez]

Very true...