tom robinson

Installation log.

To keep myself from installing too much crap on my freshly formatted system I’m keeping a log of what I’ve installed and why:

  • Chromium - latest builds of Chrome, includes Chrome extensions on OS X.
  • WebKit Nightly Build - latest builds of WebKit for Safari.
  • Cinch - Windows 7 [gasp] style window manager enhancement.
  • TextMate - text editor of choice.
  • Dropbox - the best cloud storage/backup service.
  • Tweetie - the only not crappy Twitter client for OS X.
  • Adium - multi-protocol IM client.
  • Colloquy - IRC client.
  • uTorrent - a slim torrent client.
  • Xcode - developer tools.
  • Homebrew - package manager for OS X. In the past I’ve used MacPorts, but I hear good things about Homebrew so I’m giving it a try.
  • git - version control of choice.
  • Inconsolata - programming / terminal font.
  • PowerMate driver - what can I say, I love shiny knobs.
  • VLC - video player that can play just about any format.
  • Pastebot Sync - copy/paste between Mac and iPhone.
  • VirtualBox - free virtualization software for running Windows, Linux, etc.
  • QuickTime Broadcaster - for HaightCam on Justin.tv.
  • Transmit - best FTP/SFTP/S3 client.
  • MacRuby - Ruby implementation on Objective-C runtime.
  • GraphViz - graph layout tools.
  • rEFIt - boot menu for dual booting.
  • ProjectPlus - various TextMate enhancements (version control, sidebar)
  • CSSEdit - nice CSS editor
  • Charles - web debugging proxy

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