Make base-software installation a breeze with ‘Ninite’
Ninite was brought to my attention by a co-worker a couple of days ago. Since I’m always wiping hard drives and re-installing operating systems, I’m always spending tons of time installing what I like to call “base-software” so the client’s machine is mostly usable when I return it.
In my case, installing Firefox, Adobe Reader, Flash, Java, CCleaner, 7-zip, WinRAR, WinSCP, Putty isn’t necessarily time consuming…but it DOES save time being able to install all the latest versions at once. Plus the apps are silently installed in the background, with all the defaults, and NO toolbars or search-assistants are installed!
It also saves me from having to periodically update a local repository I maintain. In addition, I’ve also found Ninite’s offerings of AVG, Audacity, and Eclipse useful in specific cases.
