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Productivity / Office Software

• OpenOffice: Office Suite
• AbiWord: Word Processor
• Adobe Acrobat Reader: PDF File Reader
• PDFCreator: PDF Writer

Connectivity and Networking

• Firefox: Web Browser
• Thunderbird: Email Reader
• RealVNC: Remote Access
• TightVNC: Remote Access
• WinSCP: Secure File Transfers
• FileZilla: File Transfers
• PuTTY: SSH/Telnet client
• GAIM: Instant Messenger
• cwRsync: rsync client and server for Windows
• Google Toolbar for Firefox: add Google features to your browser

Developer Tools

• TextPad: Editor
• CSSEd: CSS Editor
• TortoiseSVN: SVN (Version Control) Client
• xdocdiff: diff for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF files
• WinMerge: Visual Diff Tool
• HTTrack: Website copier
• Nvu: Web Authoring
• MySQL Administrator: Administration Tool

Graphics and Multimedia

• GIMP: Graphics Editor
• InkScape: Vector Graphics
• Blender: 3-D Graphics
• Google Picasa: Picture Manager
• WinAmp: MP3 Player
• Audacity: Sound Editor
• Really Slick Screensavers
• Google Pack Screensaver: part of the Google Pack
• Celestia: Space Simulator

Utilities

• GNU utilities: Native Win32 ports
• Cygwin: Unix Environment
• 7-Zip: File Compression
• Virtual Dimension: Multiple virtual desktops
• GKrellM: System Monitor

Server Software

• Apache: the most popular web server
• PHP: widely-used web scripting language
• MySQL: the world's most popular open source database
• PostgreSQL: the world's most advanced open source database
• Zend Optimizer: enhance performance of PHP applications up to 40%
• XAMPP: All-in-one install package for Apache, MySQL, PHP, and Perl

Anti-Malware

• ClamWin: Antivirus Program
• AdAware: Anti-spyware
• Spybot: Search&Destroy: Anti-spyware
• Sunbelt Kerio: Personal Firewall
• F-Secure BlackLight: Rootkit detector

Miscellaneous Applications

• Folding@Home: Distributed computing application for Protein Folding
• TheOpenCD.org: Many Open Source applications
• Google Pack: a free collection of essential software (several listed individually above)