What is your essential software for Windows 10?

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Here is my list:

Veracrypt
Notepad++
VMWare Workstation Pro 14
KVIrc
Spotify
VLC
Handbrake
MakeMKV
PowerDVD Ultra 17
Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
Opera
Discord
Steam
GOG
Origin
uPlay
Battle.net Client
Collectorz Movie Database
Microsoft Office 2016 (from Office 365)

 

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Putty
Chrome
Winrar
VLC
mspaint

You can ditch Putty and just use Windows Subsystem for Linux and use the official OpenSSH client if you want to get rid of an extra piece of software. It also has the advantage of coming with all of the other really useful Linux tools that Windows lacks.

 

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I've tried setting up ssh for windows. So many hoops to jump through, and I still can't get it to log into a remote windows pc using a certificate instead of manually entering the password every time.
Most of my work is done remotely on a 56 core server so I have to remote access. My local pc just isn't powerful enough.

Setting up SSH on Windows should be pretty easy. Make a key pair. Login to remote server with password. Upload public key using scp and put it in authorized_keys and then disable password login and it should work.

 

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Recently moved from Spotify to Amazon Prime Music Unlimited to save some money and am transitioning from Veracrypt to a password manager and I have to say that they are both making quite a bit of a difference.