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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @coliver
      last edited by

      @coliver said:

      @johnhooks said:

      @scottalanmiller said:

      @Dashrender said:

      I need to dig into this more. A free/near free way to deploy updates to things like Java/Adobe Reader/Adobe flash, would be awesome.

      Those are all included in Chocolatey's repository. We just don't include them as standard as we avoid Java and Flash as default deployments. We should really move Reader to Chocolatey, though, as that is something that it would handle better than Reader's own updater.

      I stopped using reader and started using Foxit. Reader always took a bazillion megs of ram and Foxit seems to have more tools.

      I did have to use reader one time for a pdf for my transcripts because it was encrypted and stopped working after 30 days, but other than that I use Foxit.

      I don't know if it has a Chocolatey package or not but Sumatra PDF is a really nice reader, I generally install that before anything else.

      choco install sumatrapdf
      
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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @stacksofplates
        last edited by

        @johnhooks said:

        @scottalanmiller said:

        @Dashrender said:

        I need to dig into this more. A free/near free way to deploy updates to things like Java/Adobe Reader/Adobe flash, would be awesome.

        Those are all included in Chocolatey's repository. We just don't include them as standard as we avoid Java and Flash as default deployments. We should really move Reader to Chocolatey, though, as that is something that it would handle better than Reader's own updater.

        I stopped using reader and started using Foxit. Reader always took a bazillion megs of ram and Foxit seems to have more tools.

        I did have to use reader one time for a pdf for my transcripts because it was encrypted and stopped working after 30 days, but other than that I use Foxit.

        choco install foxitreader
        
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        • DashrenderD
          Dashrender @stacksofplates
          last edited by

          @johnhooks said:

          @scottalanmiller said:

          @Dashrender said:

          I need to dig into this more. A free/near free way to deploy updates to things like Java/Adobe Reader/Adobe flash, would be awesome.

          Those are all included in Chocolatey's repository. We just don't include them as standard as we avoid Java and Flash as default deployments. We should really move Reader to Chocolatey, though, as that is something that it would handle better than Reader's own updater.

          I stopped using reader and started using Foxit. Reader always took a bazillion megs of ram and Foxit seems to have more tools.

          I did have to use reader one time for a pdf for my transcripts because it was encrypted and stopped working after 30 days, but other than that I use Foxit.

          Does the Chocolatey version remove all the crap ware their normal install dragged along? I too moved to Foxit it around 5 years ago.. but 2-3 years ago I dumped it because it became riddled with crapware. 😞

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @Dashrender
            last edited by

            @Dashrender said:

            Does the Chocolatey version remove all the crap ware their normal install dragged along?

            FileZilla has no crapware.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @Dashrender
              last edited by

              @Dashrender said:

              I too moved to Foxit it around 5 years ago.. but 2-3 years ago I dumped it because it became riddled with crapware. 😞

              The installer did, or Foxit itself?

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              • DashrenderD
                Dashrender @scottalanmiller
                last edited by

                @scottalanmiller said:

                @Dashrender said:

                I too moved to Foxit it around 5 years ago.. but 2-3 years ago I dumped it because it became riddled with crapware. 😞

                The installer did, or Foxit itself?

                Installer did. Don't think there was a way to get it from their site without the installer though.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                  last edited by

                  @Dashrender said:

                  Installer did. Don't think there was a way to get it from their site without the installer though.

                  Chocolatey does not use installers. Just the products.

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender @scottalanmiller
                    last edited by

                    @scottalanmiller said:

                    Looks like a package error, that would be a question for a new thread.

                    http://mangolassi.it/topic/6492/notepadplusplus-chocolatey-install-error

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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender
                      last edited by Dashrender

                      Anyone used KiTTY here yet?

                       choco install kitty.portable
                      
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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller
                        last edited by

                        I feel like @thanksajdotcom does. I've always been pretty happy with standard PuTTY.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller
                          last edited by

                          Although check out ConEMU. It can be pretty cool.

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                          • DashrenderD
                            Dashrender @scottalanmiller
                            last edited by

                            @scottalanmiller said:

                            I feel like @thanksajdotcom does. I've always been pretty happy with standard PuTTY.

                            I'm getting an error installing it with chocolatey.

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                            • StrongBadS
                              StrongBad
                              last edited by

                              Same error as I saw on another thread?

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                              • DashrenderD
                                Dashrender @StrongBad
                                last edited by

                                @StrongBad said:

                                Same error as I saw on another thread?

                                yeah.

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                                • DustinB3403D
                                  DustinB3403
                                  last edited by

                                  Is chocolatey a capable tool for auto updating software on Windows.

                                  Being a package manager I'd imagine it is, just reading a bit about and I'm seeing possibilities.

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                                  • mlnewsM
                                    mlnews
                                    last edited by

                                    It is but only for the software in its repository. Which is a lot, but it is not going to work for MS Office, Windows itself, ad hoc third party proprietary software, etc.

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                                    • DustinB3403D
                                      DustinB3403 @mlnews
                                      last edited by

                                      @mlnews It's all of the common crap with day 0 exploits that I'm thinking about...

                                      A rapid update solution.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller
                                        last edited by

                                        Yes, Chocolatey is a full package management system and you can run the command choco upgrade on a schedule. You can have it update every package an hour before people start work every morning to make sure that they have the latest patches before every day of work.

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                                        • DustinB3403D
                                          DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
                                          last edited by

                                          @scottalanmiller and that is awesome!

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                                          • DashrenderD
                                            Dashrender @scottalanmiller
                                            last edited by

                                            @scottalanmiller said:

                                            Yes, Chocolatey is a full package management system and you can run the command choco upgrade on a schedule. You can have it update every package an hour before people start work every morning to make sure that they have the latest patches before every day of work.

                                            Not a bad idea...

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