Recommended Software
Below is software that I use. Why am I telling you? Well, hopefully you'll find some tools here that you find useful, that you didn't know about before now. Anyway, onto the list.
Windows Software
- WinAmp - The best mp3/ogg/etc player out. It's small and it works.
- Nero - CD burning software for the masses.
- CDex - A CD ripping package that actually does ID3 tags well.
- Tag & Rename - ID3 Tag manipulator, for when you didn't use CDex to rip.
- ZTree Win - File management the way it should be.
- NewsLeecher - A binary news grabber that includes support for global searching.
- Breeze Browser/Downloader Pro - A great set of programs for downloading and manipulating digital photos.
Cross Platform/Web Software
- Mozilla Firefox - A good web browser. without all the headaches of Internet Explorer.
- Mozilla Thunderbird - Finally, and email client with decent (though not perfect) IMAP support.
- Vim - A text editor available on every system, with syntax highlighting available for every file type imaginable.
- Gallery - A very capable system for hosting pictures
- Horde - A webmail client that does pretty much everything