Then you can do terrible things within the VM like install nasty evil software, fiddle with the registry, delete system files, whatever you want. While a VM is running you can take a snapshot. You can trash a VM and there is zero effect on your host PC. And of course they all have internet access through the host PC's network connection. By setting them to use bridged networking they appear on my LAN as independent machines alongside the host PC. I can have them all running at the same time (very cool). I have three VMs set up running Linux Mint 17, Windows XP, and Windows 7. I don't do PC gaming so that's about it.įor anything and everything else, I use Virtual Machines. Windows 7, Firefox, Office, Visual Studio, and a handful of freeware I have come to trust over time.
Some might think it's overkill but I have found it serves me very well.
I have my own approach and I'll happily share it. Note: This is just a rough outline of something you might use. REM You can even use it to install applications which can install from GitHub or Sourceforge: Your script might look something like: REM Add driver installation here or make that a separate -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command "iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString(''))" & SET PATH=%PATH% %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\binĬhoco install googlechrome apache2 mysql php myadmin In general, command line installation is best for most applications because it allows you to write simple scripts to go from fresh install to a fully updated machine, unattended.
It is definitely a big piece of the full puzzle. Instead of CNET, look on Sourceforge and GitHub and you'll find much better software. In addition to what has been suggested, you'll find that by preferring open source software to closed source will generally take care of this problem for you. For Windows users, Ninite is arguably the only really Updates various Windows programs for you, skipping past the evil Ninite is a free tool that automatically downloads, installs, and How-To Geek says " Ninite is the Only Safe Place to Get Windows Freeware": Can't believe I actually forgot about this Windows solution I read about last year (on How-To Geek or Lifehacker or MakeUseOf) for installing & updating freeware on Windows (but I don't use windows, so.) Here's an image & bit of the intro from the How-To Geek page: It's got Firefox, Chromium, Opera, LibreOffice, Flash Player, GIMP, tons of excellent "evilware-free" software.īut if your heart's set on Windows. I take it you're referring to windows programs? I circumvented the whole problem by using Linux Mint (and even keeping installed packages to a minimum with -no-install-recommends & a similar option in Synaptic/apt.conf).
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