Windows apps revisited Source

February 23, 2012 Markdown source

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2title: 'Windows apps revisited'
3date: '2012-02-23'
4published_at: '2012-02-23T09:31:00.000+11:00'
5tags: ['software', 'windows']
6author: 'Gavin Jackson'
7excerpt: 'Having spent three months working in a Windows environment I thought it was time to do a post on tools that I have found that make my life suck less. baretail - excellent tool for following multiple l...'
8updated_at: '2012-02-23T09:31:08.595+11:00'
9legacy_url: 'http://www.gavinj.net/2012/02/windows-apps-revisited.html'
10---
11
12Having spent three months working in a Windows environment I thought it was time to do a post on tools that I have found that make my life suck less.
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14[![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrRPK_MlyaRuPWeQfYLFpcCIfmjk8H6DdBl8pcgi5z0-c-lnAT7NBGWpOPP7Yrx_qHVKtBcgjNs0Z-InGMDA6etIm0EX62sQDxCP6OB5bZsYYY5qysJZBoFcqu7hP9uwtVsonOOUH2IU/s1600/Windows_generic_v_web.jpg)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrRPK_MlyaRuPWeQfYLFpcCIfmjk8H6DdBl8pcgi5z0-c-lnAT7NBGWpOPP7Yrx_qHVKtBcgjNs0Z-InGMDA6etIm0EX62sQDxCP6OB5bZsYYY5qysJZBoFcqu7hP9uwtVsonOOUH2IU/s1600/Windows_generic_v_web.jpg)
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16- baretail - excellent tool for following multiple log files
17
18- baregrep - excellent tool for performing text search operations on multiple files
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20- winscp - gui tool for transferring files to and from Unix hosts (via ssh)
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22- putty - windows openssh client
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24- console.exe - tabbed based, variable size command terminal for windows (why hasn't Microsoft done this?)
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26- notepad++ - a much better text editor than the standard notepad app
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28- chrome - needs no introduction, however I rely heavily on the following plugins:
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30- lastpass
31
32- xmarks
33
34- adblock plus
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36- yubnub (default search engine)
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38- evernote clipper
39
40- evernote
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42If you own a PS3 and would like to stream media from your computer (windows, mac or linux) - you must get ps3 media server, it is awesome. www.ps3mediaserver.org
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44Then there are the usual ones for the home box: steam, itunes, kindle, Lightroom, Elements etc.
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46If you haven't seen this, and you run Windows (and you have admin/poweruser rights), you probably want to take a look at this: [http://www.ninite.com](http://www.ninite.com/) fully awesome!
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---
title: 'Windows apps revisited'
date: '2012-02-23'
published_at: '2012-02-23T09:31:00.000+11:00'
tags: ['software', 'windows']
author: 'Gavin Jackson'
excerpt: 'Having spent three months working in a Windows environment I thought it was time to do a post on tools that I have found that make my life suck less. baretail - excellent tool for following multiple l...'
updated_at: '2012-02-23T09:31:08.595+11:00'
legacy_url: 'http://www.gavinj.net/2012/02/windows-apps-revisited.html'
---

Having spent three months working in a Windows environment I thought it was time to do a post on tools that I have found that make my life suck less.

[![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrRPK_MlyaRuPWeQfYLFpcCIfmjk8H6DdBl8pcgi5z0-c-lnAT7NBGWpOPP7Yrx_qHVKtBcgjNs0Z-InGMDA6etIm0EX62sQDxCP6OB5bZsYYY5qysJZBoFcqu7hP9uwtVsonOOUH2IU/s1600/Windows_generic_v_web.jpg)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrRPK_MlyaRuPWeQfYLFpcCIfmjk8H6DdBl8pcgi5z0-c-lnAT7NBGWpOPP7Yrx_qHVKtBcgjNs0Z-InGMDA6etIm0EX62sQDxCP6OB5bZsYYY5qysJZBoFcqu7hP9uwtVsonOOUH2IU/s1600/Windows_generic_v_web.jpg)

- baretail - excellent tool for following multiple log files

- baregrep - excellent tool for performing text search operations on multiple files

- winscp - gui tool for transferring files to and from Unix hosts (via ssh)

- putty - windows openssh client

- console.exe - tabbed based, variable size command terminal for windows (why hasn't Microsoft done this?)

- notepad++ - a much better text editor than the standard notepad app

- chrome - needs no introduction, however I rely heavily on the following plugins:

- lastpass

- xmarks

- adblock plus

- yubnub (default search engine)

- evernote clipper

- evernote

If you own a PS3 and would like to stream media from your computer (windows, mac or linux) - you must get ps3 media server, it is awesome. www.ps3mediaserver.org

Then there are the usual ones for the home box: steam, itunes, kindle, Lightroom, Elements etc.

If you haven't seen this, and you run Windows (and you have admin/poweruser rights), you probably want to take a look at this: [http://www.ninite.com](http://www.ninite.com/) fully awesome!