as a reminder for myself the next time i need to go through and setup a new computer, here are the programs that i found useful after the jump.

[url=http://www.crimsoneditor.com]Crimson Editor[/url] – great notepad replacement

[url=http://www.zipgenius.it/]ZipGenius[/url] – archiving tool for zip, rar, etc.

[url=http://www.irfanview.com/]IrfanView[/url] – image viewer

[url=http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html]putty[/url] – ssh client

[url=http://azureus.sourceforget.net]Azureus[/url] – java bit torrent client

[url=http://www.corecoded.com/]Core Media Player[/url] – media player w/ ogg support

[url=http://www.lavasoftusa.com]Ad-aware[/url] – spyware scanner

[url=http://www.spybot.info/en/index.html]Spybot[/url] – spyware scanner

[url=http://www.zonelabs.com]Zone Alarm[/url] – firewall

[url=http://www.avast.com]Avast[/url] – virus scanner

[url=http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/]Firefox[/url] – the alternative browser

[url=http://www.cdburnerxp.se/]CDBurnerXP[/url] – cd/dvd burning app

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