During a recent chat on free software I thought it could be nice to compile a list of free soft I simply can’t live without. I’m amazed there are so many of them.

1. Firefox, best browser under the sun. Over the sun as well, afaict. Firefox plugins are a different matter.
2. GIMP. The GIMP. Raster graphics editor. As good as PS, better than PSP, free of charge… With time I even accustomed myself to the strange interface.
   

   Firefox, the best browser out there

3. Notepad++ Text editor. Text-like files editor. Pretty much a version of MS Notepad, but much better.
4. 7-zip. Compression utility. When I pack my bags, I’m pretty quick. I expect nothing less of a packing software.
5. Inkscape. Vector gfx editor. It works. Need anything more than that?
6. Picasa. Picture management, basic improvement, upload, gallery creation…
7. Mobipocket. E-book creator and reader, both for PCs and cell phones.
8. GCstar. Personal collections manager. Works well with books, but also with games, films, cds, post stamps, anything). See?
9. Foobar2000. It plays music. Any.
10. Audacity. Sound editing software. Makes my dictation machine files audible.
11. MusicBrainz Picard. Great for tagging music files. Sadly, it’s incompatible with Windows Media Player.
12. FileZilla. Best ftp client out there.
13. Peer Guardian. Great add-on to uTorrent, soulseek and such.