As the list of my favoriteprograms for Linux I have made a similar one for Windows. The list is a bit longer, but this is mostly due to Windows not providing any useful tools from the beginning.
Open source software
- TightVNC [Open Source]
A opensource VNC viewer. - Create Synchronicity [Open Source]
Create Synchronicity is a powerful and lightweight open source backup and synchronization tool, available in many languages. - Clam Antivirus [Open Source]
I have grown sick and tired of AVG antivirus and all the other free but bloated and intrusive antivirus programs out there. This is a open source, light and non-intrusive anti-virus program. It might not be the first to pick up new vira but at least it doesn’t annoy me. - Putty [Open Source]
Since Windows doesn’t provide a decent shell or SSH client for that matter – this is the best SSH client I know. - Xming [Open Source]
Free X-server for Windows. - VLC [Open Source]
Free and awesome media player. - Firefox [Open Source]
Firefox. Enough said. - 7-zip [Open Source]
Instead of wasting money on Winrar or Winzip this is a free and excellent alternative. - Gimp [Open Source]
Covers all my photo editing needs –
I stedet for at bruge mange penge på Photoshop kan langt det meste klares med dette gratis program. Siden meetthegimp.org indeholder videoer om hvordan man udfører forskellige opgaver i Gimp. - InfraRecorder [Open Source]
Free CD/DVD burner tool. Replaces Nero. - gkrellm [Open Source]
The classic monitoring tool from Linux compiled for Windows. - UltraDefrag [Open Source] open source licensed defragmentation tool for windows.
- LightScreen [Open Source] A small and good open source screen capture program.
- WinDirStat [Open Source]
Visual representation of the hard disk usage. Very useful for finding a space hogger. - KeePass [Open Source]
Password manager. - DBAN [Open Source]
Secure wiping of hard drives. - Vim for Windows [Open Source]
The one and only editor. - VirtualBox [Open Source]
Great visualization software. Great for trying out new distros - Cygwin [Open Source]
Make Windows somewhat useful by adding a shell with bash support.
Closed sourced software
- Ninite
Automated installer of all my favorite programs - Secunia Personal Software Inspector A small program to check if all the common programs are updated and patched.
- Spybot
Recommendable anti-spyware. - TeamViewer
TeamViewer is a solution for remote control, desktop sharing and file transfer that works behind firewalls and NAT proxy.
TeamViewerQS_da.exe