What are the most important software to install besides drivers

gentoo

>>57794976

Adobe Reader

>>57794976
>format a PC

Where does this silly term come from? One does not "format a PC". Anyway, what's with the obsession with the formatting process of all things, it doesn't accomplish anything constructive by itself, it just deletes the previous filesystem. It's the installation of the OS and associated stuff like updates, drivers, runtimes, programs etc. and their configuration which is the real work.

>>57795043
>Adobe Reader
i like to use sumatra pdf

>>57795225
>tfw no sumatra pdf for linux

I fucking hate evince, not being able to change pages using arrow keys is pure cancer

>>57794976
Internet Explorer since you need a browser for Chrome.

>>57794976
chkdsk
defrag

>>57795255
>Chrome

assuming you're talking about windows...
>offline wsus updates
then
>7zip
>adb setup from xda
>GoW
>ConEmu
>realtemp
>msi afterburner
>launchy
>qbit
>UPS software
>mpv
>LaTeX
>Firefox/PaleMoon/SeaMonkey/etc
after that it doesn't really matter.

>>57795390
I have no idea what GoW is.

>>57795443
https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow/wiki

>>57795443
gnu on windows it is like cgywin

>>57795453
Drivers first or updates first? In what order install these:

>basic OS updates
>runtimes (DirectX update, .Net + updates, MSVC++ runtimes etc.)
>drivers

>>57795615
drivers
OS updates
runtimes as you need them. don't just install a shit ton of them.

Ninite

Sysinternals, if just for Process Explorer alone

>>57795666
>drivers
>OS updates

Oh yea, satan?
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/boards-and-kits/desktop-boards/000005830.html

>1 The operating system.
>2 The latest operating system service pack and patches.
>3 The Intel® Chipset Device Software (INF Utility).
>4 All other device drivers (audio, graphics, LAN, and so on). You can install these drivers in any order.

screenfetch

>>57795828
you can't use the internet to get those updates unless you've installed a LAN driver...

>>57795255
Rather use ie than chrome. Gross mang

LAN driver

>using windows

fuckin nasty

>>57795666
>>57795828
>>57795905

>install OS
>install updates and runtimes from wsusoffline
>install drivers
>install programs

Only correct order.

>>57794976
>most important software
Gentoo