Thread 106932986

I just installed Windows 11 on a fresh desktop. What are the ESSENTIAL applications/softwares to have? No smart ass answers like Linux or anything, thanks.

Kys

>>106932986 (OP)
Windows is a launcher for games which pretty much don’t use Windows except for maybe DirectX.
Nothing more.
If you play games, buy a console and stop cheating. It works well.
If you’re doing real work, use something else.

>>106932999
checked. you first faggot

you cannot convince me that microsoft does not spend money on jeets and bots to make these endless threads.

Wintoys is a really nice app that puts all the settings your care about front and center for you to adjust

>>106932986 (OP)
>ESSENTIAL
powertoys
unigetui
windhawk

>>106932986 (OP)
Linux

>>106932986 (OP)
VSCode / Visual Studio (if you develop C++)
Sumatra PDF
XNViewMP - images
VLC
WizTree - file usage

Optional features: Windows Sandboxing is a useful feature you can turn on to test programs quickly, also Hyper-V if you want a built in VM feature.

>>106933143
They used to pay EA and Activision and tried to pay Blizzard millions of dollars per year to make games not work on mac, and Linux. So you can guarantee they're paying to have posts here.

>>106933202
I get $7,000 per post when I push Windows.

did you use ltsc iot?

>>106933143
they're a 4trillion dollar company. It's in the budget somewhere for sure

>>106932986 (OP)
Nothing.
Anyone who gives you an essential list beyond "GPU Drivers" is a bug faggot, because everyone's essential is different. For me it's VSCODE, but for someone else it might be different.

>>106932986 (OP)
Linux.

>>106932999
FPBP.

But more seriously: It REALLY depends on your usecase (memeguy.png here). There isn't anything "essential" beyond maybe GPOedit (you'll need a little legwork on Home editions) to stop MS's bullshit (and pray they honor GPO's) of installing shit you don't need on your system from updates.

And honestly, if you're going to fight Windows and it's bullshit as a SysAdmin, you're just better off installing Linux at that point and forgetting all the headache and literal mess the Jeets at MS make.

VLC
7zip
qbittorrent
League of Legends

>>106933167
>>106933177
>>106933198
this is actually helpful. thank you

mpv
winrar
qbittorrent
dota 2

>>106932986 (OP)
>I just installed Windows 11
my condolences

>>106932986 (OP)
pic should be enough,. You already got paint, right? Everything else is a bloat.

Asphalt 8 is a must.

>>106932986 (OP)
I always install these:
7-zip
Betterbird (fork of Thunderbird)
CrystalDiskInfo
Firefox (or one of its forks)
Gimp
Git
Joplin
JPEGView (the fork from sylikc)
LibreOffice
LocalSend
OBS studio
qBittorrent
Tenacity (fork of Audacity)
VLC
VS codium
WinDirStat
WireGuard

>>106932986 (OP)
Wsl arch so you have access to useful tools.

>>106933636
>>106933678
thank you fine lads, good suggestions

>>106933143
Just like Cyпepмeн (2025)

take the Bazzite pill bro

>>106932986 (OP)
Startallback to change the task bar and start menu/button

>>106932986 (OP)
fl studio

>>106933636
All Linux software

>>106933143
This whole board is nothing but pajeets shilling for free.

>>106932986 (OP)
>I just installed Windows
>>>/g/fwt

>>106932986 (OP)
From that pic you only need Word, Powerpoint and Excel. The rest is bloat.
Check /fwt/ for more info.
Also, use K-Lite Codec Pack instead of VLC.

>>106933198
>VLC
>>106933299
>helpful

This is a pajeet thread alright

>>106934013
Not like the windows ecosystem hasn't been getting increasingly more hostile for decades. Free open source programs have been in development for a long time. They're just getting more attention now that the big evil mega corps have adopted subscription models with unoptimized ai bloat that scraps your data for profit.

>>106934013
Majority is multiplatform libre software.
Also:
>WINDirStat is Linux

>>106933027
What the fuck are you talking about? Practically all businesses use Windows. It's main advantage above all else is that you will never find Software that doesn't run on it.

>>106932986 (OP)
wtf is that skype logo

mpv
wsl
trannyfox
f2k
kitty
filezilla
qbittorrent
timer resolution
Install Gentoo

>>106934100
What is it about VLC that enrages and confuses the mpv-mind? It literally just works.

>>106934548
You are not a business. Businesses use it because they are given a deal by microsoft. You are just a random nobody. It's your own computer, it's not an enterprise solution, it's a shitbox sitting in your room next to your dildo. Install Gentoo faggot.

>>106932986 (OP)
Glary Utilities

>>106932986 (OP)
Word, excel 2024, photoshop cs6, Firefox, qbittorrent, sumatrapdf, 7zip, image glass, fan control, wind hawk, icaros, malwarebytes, smplayer, hvec, heic codec

>>106933027
>If you’re doing real work, use something else.
Almost all non-IT related, professional software is Windows or Mac+Windows only.
Blue Iris is Windows only.
Avid Media Composer is Mac/Windows only.
Photoshop is Mac/Windows only.
Most OEM automotive scan tools are Windows only.
Most firmware updaters are Windows only.
I bet most medical equipment runs on Windows.
I bet most CNC/machine shop equipment runs on Windows.
ATMs run on Windows.
Airplanes run on Windows.

TLDR only some IT admins make money by using Linux. Everyone else makes money using Windows or possibly Mac.

>>106936668
Forgot, most call center workstations have Windows installed. Funnily, when my gf worked from home, they have her a linux PC that was configured to remote-in to a Windows environment

>>106936644
>excel 2024
Obsolete. No picture-in-cell.
Every feature freeze of office is already years behind rolling at the moment of feature freeze.

>>106932986 (OP)
Everything by Void tools and opus directory

>>106936668
This post kills the Linux cultist. Wake up to reality, trannies. Your OS is useless.

>>106936668
ultimate trvthnvke. all the highly specialized software that you actually need for work is on windows. linux only has neovim with gay little color schemes and a shitty tui debugger from 1986 in terms of "professional" software.

Encarta 99

>>106932986 (OP)
Visual C++ Redistributable Runtimes All-in-One

>>106934548
>It's main advantage above all else is that you will never find Software that doesn't run on it.
Bunch of development shit like less known language tooling doesn't run easily on Windows. I can't overstate how shitty it is that there's no single OS that can handle it all without resorting to glorified VMs, translation layers or emulators.

>>106932986 (OP)
You sound like a precious, whinging faggot and if you don't remember what "essential" software you need you should probably go fucking kys.

But for the benefit of llurkers: I installed Winblows 11 on desktop and got a new laptop with same on it. Neither allow me to install Office 21 with my purchased key.

Fuck them, installed LibreOffice and i don't notice the difference.
Calc is a little sluggish compared to Excel but it's not omg i need to spend 10 bux a month sluggish, and i'm running sheets with thousands of lines in them quite often.

It's funny to see how insecure and defensive linox users get.

>>106932986 (OP)
I have a copy of office 2019. I feel this is one of those critical things to have at home to own

>>106939310
>I have a copy of office 2019. I feel this is one of those critical things to have at home to own
>>106932986 (OP)
Posted too quickly and deleted half of my reply.
Only thing I consider critical is MS office or some standalone office app. Mostly a hangover from when cloud based office tools didn't exist.
But the Internet is fragile and I'd like to not be reliant on it for something like that.
So office, libre office, or whatever the oss equivilent.

>>106932986 (OP)
>What are the ESSENTIAL applications/softwares to have?
Co-Pilot
Recall
Google Chrome
Google Drive
Microsoft Store
4K Video Downloader Plus (paid)
CCleaner (paid)
Netflix (paid)
LICEcap(paid)
Microsoft office (paid)
WinZip(paid)
Epic Store