Necessary Software

Here's a quick list of the software I use on an everyday basis. These are the "necessities" I quickly grab when I re-install a new host or guest OS:

Windows

• Firefox
  
  Plugins:
  
  • Firebug
    
  • Foxmarks
    
  • FoxyProxy
    
  
  
• 7-zip
  
• Putty
  
• TortoiseSVN
  
• Wireshark
  
• JDK
  
• Eclipse
  
• Launchy
  
• NotePad++
  
• SysExplorer (and other sysinternals utils such as tcpview and tcpvcon)
  
• LDAP Browser
  
• Cygwin
  
  Packages:
  
  • Netcat
    
  • wget
    
  • curl
    
  • Perl (and perl_manpages)
    
  • chere
    
  • rxvt
    
  • git and subversion
    
  • openssh
    
  • openssl
    
  • rsync
    
  • screen
    
  • stunnel
    
  • vim
    
  • wtf
    
  
  
• VirtualCD (from Microsoft MSDN)
  
• Synergy (as client)
  

Linux

• VirtualBox
  
• All of the cygwin packages above, if not already installed.
  
• Firefox
  
• Synergy (as server)
  
• Pidgin