Ninite is popular for a reason. It allows you to select a variety of popular programs and download a single installer. Run that installer and it will do all the work — downloading the individual programs, installing them in the background with no prompts, and even avoiding toolbars and other junk software during installation. If you’re setting up a new computer, Ninite can save you a lot of time.
Ninite’s only real problem is that it doesn’t support every single application you’d want to install. Ninite does support some of the most popular applications people install: Chrome, Firefox, Skype, Pidgin, iTunes, VLC, Silverlight, Paint.NET, OpenOffice, Microsoft Security Essentials, µTorrent, Dropbox, Steam, 7-Zip, and more. Unfortunately, Ninite no longer installs Flash — Adobe complained and forced Ninite to remove support for Flash. They want users to download Flash from the official website, where they bundle additional software with it.
There’s not much else to say about Ninite. Just select the apps you want to install, download the installer, run it, and wait. Ninite can even automatically update the installed apps to the latest versions in the future if you run it again.
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