Bare minimum...

[xor]

This is something I'm sure all of you have as well... if you imagine for example that you bought a brand new computer out of the box, or were simply formatting your old computer. What is the bare minimum in terms of applications and software that you will install before you're fairly comfortable with it?


Here's mine:

• 7-Zip
• PuTTY
• Adobe Reader
• Adobe Flash Player
• Google Chrome
• VLC and or WinAMP
• Java Development Kit (Latest)
• uTorrent (This I could probably live without)

[Kulverstukas]

When I install an OS, for Windows, to make it usable it would probably be:

Absolutely must-install after OS installation is marked with *

• DeepBurner (a simple disk burner)*
• Drivers*
• FireFox
• "Fotografix" shortcut to Windows folder
• MS Office 2003
• .NET Framework
• Notepad++ shortcut to Windows folder*
• "Process Hacker" as default task manager*
• Registry Mechanic
• Auslogics Disk Defrag
• Opera*
• xChat*
• 7-Zip*
• CCleaner*
• Daemon Tools*
• FileZilla*
• Flash player*
• Java JRE/JDK*
• K-Lite codec pack
• VLC media player*
• PDF-XChange Viewer*
• ThunderBird
• TrueCrypt
• Unlocker*
• uTorrent
• XAMPP
• Skype
• IDE's for coding in Delphi and Java
• Python

And for Ubuntu it would be:

• TrueCrypt
• mtPaint*
• FileZilla*
• Thunderbird*
• Opera*
• Skype
• Java JRE/JDK*
• Wicd*
• xChat*
• Drivers if needed*
• DeaDBeeF*
• VLC*
• WINE*
• Winetricks*
• 7-Zip on WINE*
• YouTube downloader on WINE
• Fotografix on WINE

[xzid]

On windows all I can think of is firefox, mingw. I'll install the rest when I need 'em.

Linux comes standard with most everything I need, some exceptions:

python(usually/not always), apache, tcpdump, nmap, nc, nasm, stunnel, lynx, etc..

I'm forgetting many...

IMO A new linux system is not missing any applications... But requiring alot of configuration, first things up for me are nano/less syntax highlighting, iptables, httpd, etc..

YouTube downloader on WINE
 

On linux to save flash vids.. load them in opera, once fully loaded enter this command:

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$ find ~/.opera/cache -type f -size +1024k | xargs ls -lh
-rw-rw-r--. 1 xg xg 20M Sep 11 14:54 /home/xg/.opera/cache/g_0000/opr0001Z.tmp
-rw-rw-r--. 1 xg xg 28M Sep 11 14:56 /home/xg/.opera/cache/g_0001/opr0003P.tmp

Should print out all cached files > 1MB, should be your vids. copy them to video folder, rename them .flv. then keep 'em as-is or convert with ffmpeg.

Then write a script/program to do it automatically from now on. There is no need for "youtube video downloader".. you code.

[Kulverstukas]

On linux to save flash vids.. load them in opera, once fully loaded enter this command:

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$ find ~/.opera/cache -type f -size +1024k | xargs ls -lh
-rw-rw-r--. 1 xg xg 20M Sep 11 14:54 /home/xg/.opera/cache/g_0000/opr0001Z.tmp
-rw-rw-r--. 1 xg xg 28M Sep 11 14:56 /home/xg/.opera/cache/g_0001/opr0003P.tmp

Should print out all cached files > 1MB, should be your vids. copy them to video folder, rename them .flv. then keep 'em as-is or convert with ffmpeg.

Then write a script/program to do it automatically from now on. There is no need for "youtube video downloader".. you code.

Why should I waste time with ffmpeg setting the settings and shit to match everything to play everywhere if I can just load up the downloader, grab a video and convert it. It's free so why the hell not use it
I dunno, maybe for some it's easier to write commands to the shell but for me it's easier to click 3 buttons and get the wanted result.

[xzid]

How about a bash script you can double click? (click twice, fuck your 3 buttons)

[iMorg]

Windows:
Visual Studio(C#/C++)
Python
Lua
VLC Player
uTorrent
Chrome
WinRAR
and various games(css etc)

[FuyuKitsune]

Firefox (with too many addons to list)
Thunderbird
Pidgin
JDownloader
µTorrent
any decent set of ISO tools
MPC-HC
WinRAR
Universal Extractor
Unlocker
CCleaner
Glary Utils
Kel's CPL Bonus Pack

That is my bare minimum. Anything else is extra.