Essential Programs

[Game_Hydra]

Please post any essential programs you use everyday that other people can download. Please when posting include a description of the program, a correct link and the name of program.
*NOTE* Newly added links are in red. Edited/Fixed links are in blue.
Posting Requirements: The program must be free of charge with no future fees.

The List
Xfire - An ingame chatting program.
PhotoFiltre - A very nice image editing tool. Similar to Photoshop 3.
Firefox - The best internet browser around. No pop-ups and anti-spyware.
PhanTim3 - Countdown program.
XBList - A program to track your friends (Xbox Live) from your computer.
Opera - A web browser.
Conquer Online - An online MMO game.
iTunes - Music player that supports the iPod.
Trillian - combines IM services into 1 client.
ePrompter - email notifier & text viewer.
TeamSpeak - VoIP, primarily for gamers.
UD Agent - scientific research app that uses spare CPU cycles.
ScreenSaver Manager - disable or start screensaver with 2 clicks.
iPodder - podcast receiver.
Tiny KeyCounter - counts keystrokes, mouse clicks, and wheel scrolls and submits to database for comparing with other users, including teams.
DSFriends - A program that tracks info about your Wi-Fi friends.
Google Picasa - A tool/program that enables you to manage and view all the pictures on your computer.
Google Earth - A program in which you can see the world through a combination of satellite images.
Zonealarm - a free firewall
avg antivirus - free antivirus
CCleaner, free registry and dead file cleaner
Adaware, adware removal tool
visual studio 2005 express edition free software development tools.

[fischju]

opera, opera.com
conquer, conqueronline.com
itunes, itunes.com
folding@home, folding.stanford.edu (i think)
Kerio Personal Firewall kerio.com ?

[Pilot_51]

I was almost done with a big freaking list, but accidentally hit the back button on the wrong tab (TDS) and lost everything, so here's a shortened version of the free programs I constantly have running. I might expand on it later after I forgive myself, assuming I even remember.

Trillian (combines IM services into 1 client)
ePrompter (email notifier & text viewer)
TeamSpeak (VoIP, primarily for gamers)
UD Agent (scientific research app that uses spare CPU cycles)
ScreenSaver Manager (disable or start screensaver with 2 clicks)
iPodder (podcast receiver)
Tiny KeyCounter (counts keystrokes, mouse clicks, and wheel scrolls and submits to database for comparing with other users, including teams)
Xfire (IM client specifically for gamers)

[nmaster64]

Linux...

[Lkr]

XFIRE
AIM
MSN
GTalk(for SOCOM purposes)
iTunes
Linksys Wireless Monitor(dur, for my wifi -_-)
Firefox
Partition Magic 8
DSFriends

[fischju]

I forgot about trillian, i have the running to.
also Win2DS http://www.1emulation.com/forums/index.php?showforum=89

[Neumie]

Zonealarm, www.zonealarm.com, a free firewall
avg antivirus, www.grisoft.com, free antivirus
CCleaner, www.ccleaner.com, free registry and dead file cleaner
Adaware, http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/, adware removal tool
visual studio 2005 express edition (downloaded in seperate components), msdn.microsoft.com (its around there somewhere :P), free software development tools.

[Euan]

Does anyone have any idea of a program, provided that one does exist, which enables the user to decrease the size of a file. I'm specifically thinking about MP3 files as recently I have been downloading illegal stuff where files have come out as around 8MB. You could say that it was payback for my 'activities' but can anyone help me?

[nmaster64]

7-Zip File Manager

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IZArc


Actually, WinRar is the best you can get, but it's not freeware...

[alex]

lol i doubt that he will have any problems getting it illegal as thats how he got his mp3's lol