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Software installed or to be installed on my LaptopComputer.  Things that work!

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== Safe Hex ==
 * [[http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5|AVG]], Trend Micro, or [[http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/2004/7/10/163331/710|other]] antivirus -- I've come to think that [[http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/2005/4/8/13247/63408|Norton is a virus]], of sorts, itself.
 * I use XP's builtin, but !ZoneAlarm or Kerio (or Tiny Personal) firewall might give more control.
 * Anti-spyware: [[http://lavasoft.com/single/trialpay.php|AdAware]] and [[http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html|Spybot - Search & Destroy]]

== Ubiquitous Tools ==
 * [[http://www.vim.org/download.php|gvim]] -- common text editor for all platforms
 * [[http://www.winzip.com/|WinZip]] -- I've been a registered user since version 2.0
 * [[http://www.cygwin.com/|Cygwin]] -- unix command-line tools
  * adjust home directory
  * softlink c:/bin to ~/bin (availability under bash)
  * add c:\bin to Windows path (availability under command.com)
  * add softlinks in c:/bin to needed commands or add c:\cygwin\bin to the Windows path (availability under command.com)
  * [[http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2001-04/msg00790.html|Bash Prompt Here]]
 * [[http://www.petri.co.il/add_command_prompt_here_shortcut_to_windows_explorer.htm|Command Prompt Here]] -- Windows Explorer context menu choice
 * [[http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html|PuTTY]] -- SSH and related tools
 * [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/|PDFCreator]] -- a print driver to create PDFs from any program.

== Office ==
 * [[http://www.mozilla.org|Firefox]] web browser
  * FirefoxExtensions
 * [[http://www.mozilla.org|Thunderbird]] email client
 * [[http://openoffice.org|OpenOffice]] word processing, spreadsheet, etc.

== Software Development ==
=== Ruby ===
 * [[http://agilemaryland.org/moin/CodeProject_2fProjectInfrastructure|Ruby on Rails environment]]
  * [[http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-4.1/mysql-essential-4.1.14-win32.msi/from/pick|MySql Windows Essentials]]
   * [[http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/4.1/installer.html|about the Windows versions]]
   * [[http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/index.html|online documentation]]
  * [[http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl|Ruby installer for Windows]]
   * [[http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=126|RubyGems]] is included in the one-click installer, above.
    * gem install rails --include-dependencies
  * [[http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/index.php|Eclipse]]
   * [[http://subclipse.tigris.org/download.html|Subclipse SVN plugin]] use these [[http://subclipse.tigris.org/install.html|installation instructions]] to download within Eclipse
    * check out the project
   * [[http://www.napcs.com/howto/railsonwindows.html#_Toc111133461|RDT Ruby Editor plugin]]


=== Java ===
 * [[http://java.sun.com/j2se/downloads/index.html|Java JDK]]
 * Eclipse
 * MyEclipse
 * ...

== Entertainment ==
=== Photos ===
 * Shoot 'n' Share for albums, slideshows -- XP isn't terrible, itself.
 * [[http://www.gimp.org/|The Gimp]] ([[http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/|for Windows]]) for editing
 * Pixid W''''''hiteboardPhoto for capturing written information.
=== Audio ===
 * [[http://www.videolan.org/|VLC Media Player]] has replaced [[http://www.winamp.com/|Winamp]] for audio/video playback
 * [[http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/|CDex]] for ripping MP3s
 * [[http://audacity.sourceforge.net/|Audacity]] for recording and editing audio

=== Other things that need to be done ===
 * Password: ''Control Panel -> User Accounts -> Change an Account -> Change my Password''