Ask HN: New Vista Desktop--what would you install?

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The thread on what to install on a fresh Ubuntu install inspired me to create one for Vista. I just got a new desktop and have it dualbooted with Vista SP1 and Ubuntu 8.10. Up until now I've only used Ubuntu/XP.

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I'd get the Windows 7 beta. It's really stable, the dock (ahem 'new taskbar') is nice, and UAC is less annoying.

Anyway:

* Poderosa, or Putty Connection Manager. Tabs beat 8000 terminal windows.

* TortoiseSVN or the beta GIT app.

* PowerShell.

* eTextEditor.

* xMing if you need an X display server.

7-Zip

Audacity

Dropbox

Filezilla

Firefox

Foxit PDF Reader

Google Chrome

Hamachi

Notepad++

Putty

Taskbar Shuffle

UltraMon

uTorrent

Same, but:

+ Spotify + Outpost Firewall + Autoruns and Process Explorer + WinSCP - Ultramon and Audacity

Notepad2 instead of Notepad++

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