Thread: Free software that make you go "WOW !!!"

PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB drives



This runs off your USB, so you can have all your favourite applications right in your pocket.

It features mobile applications such as OpenOffice, Apache, Firefox, TeamViewer, Skype, and a ton more.

Full list here:
Applications | PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB drives

Download here:
Download PortableApps.com Suite and Platform | PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB drives

256MB or larger is recommended. Windows vista does not automatically load it by default.

One I forgot is 7-zip, a free open source alternative to winrar.

Comodo Firewall

µTorrent

Firefox

Originally Posted by bogbog

mirc

This is not free.

Boxee, Best media program someone has showed me on this forum. I think it would come in handy for any movie enthusiast!

Defraggler, handy little tool by our friends from Piriform

I use Windows XP

My WoW Softwares:

Advanced System Care.
Smart Defrag.
SM player
Startup Delayer

I am using Windows 7 x64, but thats the only non-free software i use (besides Microsoft Office and mIRC).
here's my list, probably most of them have already been mentioned:

Mozilla Firefox - just the best browser imo
Mozilla Thunderbird - a very nice email client, which i also use for newsgroups
Foobar2000 - My favourite audio player, its fully modable, and there are perfect 'packs' ready if you don't want to do that all yourself (I use DarkOne)
Notepad++ - cool lightweight editor with lots of features
Eclipse - my favourite IDE, using it mostly for Java/C coding
Pidgin - just a very nice IM Software
JDownloader - Download Manager with exprerior support for freehosters
MediaPlayerClassic HC - MediaPlayer like VLC, i like it because it is just simple and lightweight
Wireshark - just the best program for network-sniffing and analyses
7zip - everybody needs archives, and winrar is proprietary software
Launchy - just type ALT+SPACE, type part of the programname you want to start, enter and the program launches - no more shortcuts needed; i cant use a pc without such a program anymore :)
TrueCrypt - for en/decrypting the whole hard-drive or just for archives, mandatory for business notebooks!
UltraVNC - VNC Server and Client, great way of remotely managing pcs, and for remote help
PuTTY - SSH Client for Windows which also supports port tunneling - i still wonder why a brand new operating system like windows 7 doesn't include a ssh client
OpenVPN - connecting to your home or businnes network from anywhere

The 2 that I really enjoy using right now are Paint .NET and Picasa. Simple, easy, free. Paint .NET has proven to be a great alternative to photoshop/gimp in my experience so far. For big jobs I still fall back to adobe tho.

Originally Posted by theunsureguy

We should have a list for OS X users as well!

These guys have a fairly extensive and useful list: Open Source Mac - Free Mac software, all open-source, all OS X.