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Get back the Windows Start Menu of yesteryear\n* [Lightshot](https://app.prntscr.com/en/index.html) - Better Screenshots with built-in editor\n* [Flux](https://justgetflux.com/) - Don't get blinded by your computer screen at night\n* [VLC Player](https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html) - Audio/Video Player\n\n#### Programming\n* [mPutty](http://ttyplus.com/multi-tabbed-putty/) - Multi-tabbed SSH client\n* [WinSCP](https://winscp.net/eng/index.php) - SFTP/FTP file browser\n* [VS Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) - Text Editor \u0026 IDE\n* [GitHub Desktop](https://desktop.github.com/) - Push/Pull code to GitHub (includes git)\n* [Balsamiq](https://balsamiq.com/) - Create UI Mockups\n* [Postman](https://www.getpostman.com/) - REST API Testing \u0026 Development\n* [Robo3T](https://robomongo.org/) - MongoDB Explorer\n* [Minimal ADB](https://androidmtk.com/download-minimal-adb-and-fastboot-tool) - Connect and manage Android devices\n\n#### System\n* [Disable OneDrive in Explorer](https://www.howtogeek.com/225973/how-to-disable-onedrive-and-remove-it-from-file-explorer-on-windows-10/) - Removes OneDrive Cancer\n* [GeForce Experience](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/geforce-experience/) - nVidia GPU Driver Manager\n* [CPU-Z](https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html) - In-depth CPU stats and graphs\n* [GPU-Z](https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/) - In-depth GPU stats and graphs\n* [Java Runtime](https://www.java.com/en/download/) - Required to run any Java application\n* [WinRAR](https://www.rarlab.com/download.htm) - ZIP/RAR Extractor. Long live the free trial!\n* [WinDirStat](https://windirstat.net/) - Visually see what's taking up storage space\n* [Etcher](https://www.balena.io/etcher/) - Read/write image files  \n\n#### Internet\n* [Chrome](https://www.google.com/chrome/)\n* [Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/)\n* [Brave](https://brave.com/download/)\n\n#### Gaming\n* [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/about/) - DOTA, Half Life, Portal, CS Go, etc.\n* [Origin](https://www.origin.com/usa/en-us/store/download) - Battlefield, Need for Speed, Apex Legends, etc.\n* [uPlay](https://uplay.ubisoft.com/en-US) - Command and Conquer, Tom Clancy, etc.\n* [Battle.net](https://www.blizzard.com/en-us/apps/battle.net/desktop) - WoW, Overwatch, Starcraft, etc\n* [GOG Galaxy](https://www.gog.com/galaxy) - Old school and indie games\n* [Discord](https://discordapp.com/download) - Game based voice chat\n\n#### Other\n* [Slack](https://slack.com/downloads/) - Text chat, channels, integrations, file sharing and more\n* [Evernote](https://evernote.com/download) - Note taking and reminders (subscription req'd)\n\n\n## Linux\n\n#### Security\n* [Fail2Ban](https://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php/Fail2Ban) - Mitigate SSH abusers\n* [2FA](https://hackertarget.com/ssh-two-factor-google-authenticator/) - Require two-factor auth for password based sessions\n\n#### Utilities\n* [mitm-proxy](https://mitmproxy.org/) - Intercept, view and replay local HTTPS network traffic\n\n\n## Mac\n\n#### Usability\n* [Bartender](https://www.macbartender.com/) - Clean up your system bar\n\n#### Security\n* [Little Snitch](https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html) - Local Traffic Monitor \u0026 Firewall\n\n#### Utilities\n* [Charles Proxy](https://www.charlesproxy.com/) - Intercept, view and replay local network traffic\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fjonfairbanks%2Fnew-pc-setup","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fjonfairbanks%2Fnew-pc-setup","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fjonfairbanks%2Fnew-pc-setup/lists"}