It’s time for a new post about the tools that I’m using. See previous editions:
2013
2014
2016

As usual, most of the applications are still there, but there are some changes. More importantly, I merged Productivity and Work into a single section since I no longer see a good reason to separate them.

Productivity and work

1. Chrome
2. Dropbox
3. f.lux
4. Logitech SetPoint
5. Sublime Text
6. Total Commander
7. + LastPass
8. + Workflowy
9. + Pocket
10. + BitVise
11. + WizzMouse
12. + Ditto
13. + Freedome VPN

Gone are the anti-virus/anti-malware apps (Avast, MalwareBytes), along with the KeyTweak (I got a new notebook and I no longer need to tweak the keys). Also gone Beyond Compare (even though I’m still using it from time to time), and OneNote, replaced by Workflowy (Google Keep currently under evaluation) F-lux is at the borderline – still there, but I don’t know for how long. New entries: Wizz Mouse, because it makes your mouse wheel work on the window currently under the mouse pointer, instead of the currently focused window. Workflowy because of its brilliant simplicity and LastPass + Pocket because I forgot to add them 3 years ago. BitVise – because it’s much better than Putty + WinSCP combined. And finally, Ditto, a clipboard manager. Clear privacy issues, since it stores your clipboard forever, but it saved me a few times. Speaking of privacy – Freedome VPN is now in the list, since you can no longer not have a VPN nowadays…

Entertainment

1. Neflix
2. FastStone Editor
3. WebShots
4. + Photolemur

VLC and FastPictureViewer are gone, Photolemur is a new entry. And WebShots is still awesome!

It’s time for a new post about the tools that I’m using. See previous posts:
2013
2014

Naturally, most of the applications are still there, but there are some changes:

Productivity

1. Chrome
2. Dropbox
3. f.lux
4. Logitech SetPoint
5. MalwareBytes
6. Avast
7. WebShots
8. KeyTweak

I removed from the list Skype, CrashPlan, WinRar, Avira.

Work

1. Sublime Text
2. Total Commander
3. OneNote
4. Beyond Compare

I removed from the list Wamp, Putty, Win Merge

Entertainment

1. VLC
2. Neflix
3. FastStone Editor
4. FastPictureViewer

Image resizer, GomPlayer and µTorrent are gone.

I am updating the post from last year, thinking about the possibility to switch to Mac platform.
Naturally, most of the applications are still there, but there are some consistent changes:

Productivity

The items in bold have Mac equivalents, the others are not that important or really necessary if switching to a Mac

1. Chrome
2. Dropbox
3. f.lux
4. Skype
5. CrashPlan
6. WinRar
7. Avira MalwareBytes
8. KeyTweak
9. Logitech SetPoint

Work

Again, the items in bold have Mac equivalents.

1. Sublime Text
2. Total Commander (there are Mac alternatives)
3. Wamp
4. Putty (#)
5. TortoiseSVN (Versions for Mac)
6. Beyond Compare / Win Merge

I removed from the list HexView, EditPlus, Console 2, Beyond Compare and PoEdit. Turns out, I did not use them in a long while and are not that important. All of them have Mac equivalents.

Entertainment

1. GomPlayer
2. FastStone Viewer (Lyn?)
3. µTorrent
4. Image resizer

AllShare, Lightroom and Sopcast are all gone from the list. So is Winamp, replaced by Spotify on my iPad (turns out, I no longer listen to music on my notebook).

So, at first, I am ready to move to Mac. I am looking at the 15′ MacBookPro with Retina display. But its price tag is still holding me 🙂