I should have been more clear, honestly I forgot they even have a paid service because it’s entirely unnecessary.
No, just go to ninite.com and tick boxes for software you want, download the one .exe it packages for you, and that .exe will not just install your chosen software but also update it too. Also strips out bloatware that’s typically bundled with free software, automatically says no to everything no self respecting person wants, that kind of thing.
back when I used to be the personal help desk for some of the most illiterate end users alive, I kept ninite with firefox, vlc, various runtime environments, libre office, I forget what else, on a flash drive next to my win7 (later win10) install flash drive, so I could do a wipe and reinstall with some degree of expediency.
I don’t miss it, but I remember some of what I was doing.
If for some ungodly reason you’re stuck on windows, I highly recommend using ninite.
Or Winget… which is basically just a copy of what Linux does
what’s this? I duck-go’ed it and it some payware?
I should have been more clear, honestly I forgot they even have a paid service because it’s entirely unnecessary.
No, just go to ninite.com and tick boxes for software you want, download the one .exe it packages for you, and that .exe will not just install your chosen software but also update it too. Also strips out bloatware that’s typically bundled with free software, automatically says no to everything no self respecting person wants, that kind of thing.
Okay, thanks for the tip. I’ll test on VM and deploy if it proves itself. Thanks.
I’ve used it on basically every windows install for the past uhhh 20 years maybe? It’s not a must-have but it sure speeds things up.
It doesn’t have everything on there but it makes installing common programs so much easier.
back when I used to be the personal help desk for some of the most illiterate end users alive, I kept ninite with firefox, vlc, various runtime environments, libre office, I forget what else, on a flash drive next to my win7 (later win10) install flash drive, so I could do a wipe and reinstall with some degree of expediency.
I don’t miss it, but I remember some of what I was doing.