Windirstat gives you a nice visual breakdown of how all your storage is allocated, making it easy to locate some big chunky files you might want to toss in the recyle bin. Windirstat - Right now your new PC is whistle-clean, but it won't always be that way. You can auto-capture a region of your screen and upload the images to the cloud automatically, set up convenient hotkeys, even use a color picker on any window on your PC. ShareX - A powerful screen capture, recording, and sharing tool, ShareX can do all kinds of things. I prefer Photoshop, but GIMP is still a great freebie tool once you get used to its UI. GIMP - An eternal runner-up to Photoshop. 📒 Developer tools: Notepad++ - (Optional) If you tend to dig through HTML files, game inis, and so on, Notepad++ is great for making that text readable and easy to edit. Might as well load them up now, or you'll end up groaning when some program asks for one. Net - Sooner or later you'll probably need these. Spotify - (Optional) If you're a subscriber, might as well grab the desktop app now.Īudacity - (Optional) If you do any sort of audio recording or editing, Audacity is a great, free, powerful tool. 01% of cases where VLC gives you problems, I have another media player recommendation below. VLC - VLC can play anything and is a reliable all-around media player, with no need for outside codecs. Free and lightweight and it'll never bug you to pay for it.

📁 Compression: 7-Zip - Zip or unzip anything you throw at it. Zoom - This is our new reality: We all have to have Zoom for those work calls or family calls or D&D sessions because someone's going to use Zoom even if you're usually on Google Meet or Teams. Enjoy it before bloat or business decisions make us sad. 💻 Web browser: Google Chrome - The obvious choice, but go with Firefox or Opera if you want to free yourself from Google's control.ĭiscord - The de facto gaming messaging client, and one we use every day.

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