Neil Bothwick
I‘m tempted to say Emacs, just to irritate all those with a preference for a weird text editor, but it’s probably ZShell. I do like my terminal. If you’re talking about graphical desktop software, maybe Chromium, as I love sharing all my browsing history with the world.
Nick Peers
It has to be BitWarden, my password manager. Once that’s in place, I’m able to log into other accounts and download other tools, whether it’s Signal for secure desktop messaging or Handbrake for ripping DVDs.
Aaron Peters
For Internet things, I’ll install Google Chrome straight away (yes, I’m aware of Chromium). For writing, Emacs and Pandoc come next. Finally, Git for version control. With these three programs, I can jump into work, and install others if I find I…