Windows, unlike Linux, does not have an update all program. So either we rely on built-in update check or if we come across it on the Internet. There is an easier solution - introducing Ninite.
Ninite is a fast an easy way to install Open Source programs on your Windows PC. They are beginning to do the same for Linux OS too, but are currently restricted to Ubuntu based OSes.
How does it work? very simple, once you have selected the applications to install, ninite.com creates an executable, which you download and run on your PC. It in turn downloads all the applications and installs it without asking you any questions.
Keep this downloaded executable around in your Downloads folder. Say a month from the day you downloaded it, you want to update all the applications you installed, just run the ninite executable and it will update all the applications you downloaded the first time around.
I like it because it gives a one stop shop for all Open Source products and it is easy to recommend to non-technical folks who are unaware of Open Source products.
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