It is definitely a big piece of the full puzzle.
Instead of CNET, look on Sourceforge and GitHub and you'll find much better software. In addition to what has been suggested, you'll find that by preferring open source software to closed source will generally take care of this problem for you. For Windows users, Ninite is arguably the only really Updates various Windows programs for you, skipping past the evil Ninite is a free tool that automatically downloads, installs, and
How-To Geek says " Ninite is the Only Safe Place to Get Windows Freeware": Can't believe I actually forgot about this Windows solution I read about last year (on How-To Geek or Lifehacker or MakeUseOf) for installing & updating freeware on Windows (but I don't use windows, so.) Here's an image & bit of the intro from the How-To Geek page: It's got Firefox, Chromium, Opera, LibreOffice, Flash Player, GIMP, tons of excellent "evilware-free" software.īut if your heart's set on Windows. If you use any other such application, share it with us in the comment section below this article.I take it you're referring to windows programs? I circumvented the whole problem by using Linux Mint (and even keeping installed packages to a minimum with -no-install-recommends & a similar option in Synaptic/apt.conf). Have you ever used Ninite? What are your views on it? Do let us know in the comment section below. This is extremely helpful for sysadmins or people who have had a fresh install of windows. It will decline to install all unnecessary add-ons and malware, and you will always get the latest and updated versions of your software. Ninite makes it amazingly simple to install and update multiple software and applications at once. If you ever wish to update those applications, just run the Ninite setup file again and Ninite will take care of everything. Once all apps are installed, you can close the Ninite installer and you are ready to go. The beauty here is usually the add-ons and malware that we get while installing some free programs are automatically declined with Ninite. Once an application is downloaded it will move to install the other applications. Run the Installer, it will ask for admin permission, give it to the app and it will now download and install your selected apps one by one like this.
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