Free software (sorted)

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Free software

This is a sorted, compiled list of Freeware you can't live without (v2.0). I went through it one night and recorded instances of recommendations. I didn't record "Oh wow, this program really does kick ass!" responses.

Current list here.

Firefox	21
uTorrent	18
Winamp	10
Thunderbird	9
Media Player Classic	8
Opera	8
Foobar2000	7
Putty	7
Foxit Reader	6
GAIM	6
OpenOffice.org	6
AppRocket	5
AVG	5
Gimp	5
SpaceMonger	5
Spybot S&D	5
Sysinternals	5
VLC	5
Ad-Aware	4
Audacity	4
CDex	4
Filezilla	4
Hamachi	4
mplayer	4
Rainlender	4
Trillian	4
TweakUI	4
vim	4
VirtualDub	4
WinSCP	4
7zip	3
Adium	3
Amarok	3
CDBurnerXP	3
Daemon Tools	3
DefilerPack	3
Eclipse	3
Emacs	3
GCC	3
GDB	3
KeePass	3
Launchy	3
LogMeIn	3
Miranda	3
Music cube	3
Notepad++	3
Notepad2	3
OpenSSH	3
PC Inspector	3
Process Explorer	3
Quicksilver	3
Samurize	3
Sizer	3
SSH Secure Shell	3
Synergy	3
Unlocker	3
WinRoll	3
AllSnap	2
Allway Sync	2
Azureus	2
BCDC++	2
BHT	2
BitComet	2
Blackbox	2
Burnatonce	2
CCleaner	2
Colibri	2
Crimson Editor	2
Cygwin	2
DeskView	2
Dev-C++	2
DynDNS	2
EditPlus	2
Evil Lyrics	2
FastStoneCapture	2
Folder Size	2
FreeBSD	2
Ghostscript	2
Gimpshop	2
Google Earth	2
Grabit	2
ID3-TagIt	2
IrfanView	2
ISORecorder	2
iTunes	2
KDE	2
KeyNote	2
LAME	2
LaTeX	2
Media Monkey	2
MediaCoder	2
Microsoft Powertoys	2
mIRC	2
Nano	2
Network Stumbler	2
Nvu	2
ObjectDock	2
Paint.NET	2
Panorama	2
Password Safe	2
PDF Creator	2
Picasa	2
Pine	2
Pocket DivX Encoder	2
PowerMenu	2
QCad	2
RDC	2
RegSeeker	2
ReNamer	2
SciTE	2
Screamer Radio	2
Scribus	2
Seamonkey	2
SpywareBlaster	2
Strokeit	2
SuperCopier 2	2
TCPMP	2
Textpad	2
TightVNC	2
TrayIt	2
Universal Extractor	2
VirtuaWin	2
VNC	2
WinDirStat	2
WinRAR	2
Wizmo	2
XaoS	2
XPize	2
xplorer2	2
Ycopy	2
	2
4d Rubik's Cube
AC3Filter
Adobe Reader
Adrem
Adwanced WindowsCare
AF5 Renamer
Aire Freshener
Album Cover Art Downloader
Alcohol 120%
AlfaClock
Always On Top Maker
Asap-utilities
Astrogrep
ATI Tool
ATNotes
aTuner
Audioshell
AutoHotKey
Automatix
Avast
AVI2DVD
bbLean
belight
Billy
binutils
Bitmeter
Bluefish
Bulk Rename Utility
CCCP
ChopperXP
Clam Win Free Antivirus
Clipedit
ClipX
Code::Blocks
ColorCop
Converber
Convert
Cpick
CPL Mouse Acceleration Fix
Cream
CrystalXP
CUPS
Cyrus
D2X-XL
Daisy
DAMN NFOViewer
Dark Room
DBPowerAmp
DC++
DCleaner
DD-WRT
Dead Pixel Buddy
Desktop Manager
Desktop restore
Dexpot
Dial a fix
DiceMage
Digiguide lite
Digital Clock
Dirkey
DivX codec
DOSBox
DrDivx
Drive Manager
DriverGuide Toolkit
Duplicate File Finder
DVD Shrink
DVD2AVI
EAC
Econsultant
Emule
ERD Commander 2003
Erightsoft super
Ethereal
Evolution
Exim
FairUse Wizard Light
Fiddlertool
FileMon
FineCrypt
Firefox Portable
FLAC2mp3
FlashMute
Float's Mobile Agent
Floppy office
Free download manager
Free Launch Bar
FreeBasic
FreeCommander
freeguide-tv
Freemind
FreeNX
FreeRam XP Pro
FullSync
Function Lock Fix
FungusTabs
Gedit
Genius
Glass2k
Gnome
google browser sync
Google Desktop
Google Notebook
Google Talk
GraphEdit
Growl
Handbrake
HandyRecovery
Hawkeye ShellInit
HDAT2
HdTach
HDTune
HFS
Holding Pattern
Hott notes
hping
ICEOWS
IconID
IconTweaker
iEx
ImageN
ImgBurn
Inkscape
Installpad
Iperf
IZArc
JBidWatcher
JCreator
JoyToKey
K3B
Kerio
KisMAC
kmeleon
KMplayer
Kristal
KXProject
LightsOut
LiteShell
Litestep
Look@Lan
LordPE
LyX
Massid3lib
MBM5
MediaPortal
Meebo
Memtest86
MenuShade
Microburner
Microsoft IIS 6
Microsoft Paint
Microsoft Remote Desktop Client
miniaim
Motion Picture Screensaver
Mozilla
mp3directcut
mp3tag&rename
MPUI
Multimon
Multishow
MWSnap
MyEpisodes
MythTV
MyViewPad
NativeCS
NCFTP
netcat
NetCPS
NetMeter
NetSpeed
Newzbin
Nexus Font Manager
Nirsoft
nmap
NOD32 virus scanner
NoteDab
oidua
OllyDbg
Onyx
OpenBSD
Openpandora
OpenVPN
Optipng
Orb
Pan
Password Store
Peerguardian2
PEiD
plainGraphPaper
Plucker
PNGCrush
PopTray
Pornview
Portable Audacity
Portable Filezilla
Portable Firefox
Portable Gaim
Portable Gimp
Portable Openoffice
Portable Thunderbird
Portable VLC
Power Bullet
Power Defragmenter GUI
Power Meter Plus
PowerPro
PrimoPDF
Prio
Programmer's Notepad
PSPad
Pstart
PuttyCYG
PWSafe
Quick Command
Quick Menu Builder
QuickPar
QuickPutty
Quickstart
Quicktime Alternative
RAD Video Tools
Random Desktop
RazorLame
rdesktop
readerror - GMXHome
ReadPlease
Real Alternative
Really Slick Screenazers
RealVNC
Rekenwonder - LinkMagic
Remind
ResourceHacker/ResourceEditor
RightFTP
RK Launcher
RMClock
RoyalTS
SamSpade
SANE
sawfish
Scanner
Screen
ScreenHunter
ScummVM
Sequia View
Sharp Reader
Shell Uploader
Simple File Shredder
Simple Socket File Transfer
SlickRun
SlimBrowser
Slimtimer
SmartFTP
Sneaky
Snlco
Spesoft Free CD Ripper
Squirrel SQL
Startup Control Panel
Stellarium
Stickies
StopCounter
strace
Subversion
Sudo for Windows
SUPER
Surbird
Switch Off
Synaptic
Taskbar shuffle
Taskbar++
TaskSwitchXP
TB Private Disk
TClockEx
TClockLight
tcpfump
TCPView
Terraim
TeX
TeXShop
TextWrangler
Thundaural Jukebox
Tile Studio
Tiny Personal Firewall 2.0.15
TMPEGEnc
Torpark
TortoiseSVN
Transmission
Treemap
Treepad lite
Treesize Pro
TrueCrypt
TUGZip
TWSC
TXMouse
Ultra Tag Editor
Ultramon
UltraVNC
Uninstall tool
Unstoppable Copier
Ventrillo
VFAPI Converter
Vitrite
Voicemxi
vPod
Wallpaper master
Weather Watcher
WhoLockMe
WildFire
WinBar
Windows Live Messenger
Windows Media Player
WinDV
Winkey
Winmerge
Winpooch
Winstick
Wintabber
WordWeb
Writely
WS_FTP
www.pandora.com
x11VNC
XDNTweaker
XEmacs
Xenu
XFire
xine
XlXtrFun
Xnews
XNView
Xorg
XP Shortcuts
Xvid
Y'zdock
ZipGenius
ZoomPlayer
ZPlayer