[PLX-2M]

Idea in this thread is to introduce users to software (productivity, creativity, utilities) they may not know about, so don't post 'Microsoft Office'. Hacking tools are out of scope.

Name: Sublime
Category: Text editor
Why so great: Syntax color coding (great for programming/scripting). Main reason I use sublime is that it's multi-platform (I use it on various Linux distros, Mac OS X, and Windows)
OS: Linux/Mac OS X/Windows
Cost: Shareware (you can use 'unregistered' version without limitations indefinitely)
URL: http://www.sublimetext.com/

Name: iZip
Category: compression/archiving
Why so great: If you need to go beyond command line, this is the best no-cost archiving/compression utility I have found that works on Mac
OS: Mac OS X
Cost: Free
URL: http://www.izip.com/

Name: Karen's Replicator
Category: File sync
Why so great: Lightweight and reliable file synchronization program. Great for backups.
OS: Windows
Cost: Free
URL: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/replicator.html

Name: Ashampoo Burning Studio FREE
Category: CD/DVD Burning
Why so great: Easy to use, nice UI, no-cost
OS: Windows
Cost: Free
URL: https://www.ashampoo.com/en/usd/pin/7110...tudio-free

Name: Foxit Reader
Category: PDF Reader
Why so great: Faster than the bloated Adobe Reader, multi-platform support, built with security in mind
OS: Linux/Mac OS X/Windows
Cost: Free
URL: https://www.foxitsoftware.com/products/pdf-reader/

Name: Ashampoo AntiSpy for Windows 10
Category: OS Tweaking/Privacy
Why so great: Gives full control over privacy invading Windows 10 settings
OS: Windows 10
Cost: Free
URL: https://www.ashampoo.com/en/usd/pde/1004...Windows-10

Name: Puran Utilities
Category: OS Tweaking
Why so great: Best no-cost suite of Windows utilities (Defrag, Uninstaller, Registry Cleaner, Duplicate Fire finder + others)
OS: Windows
Cost: Free
URL: http://www.puransoftware.com/Puran-Utilities.html

[mothered]

Name: Ashampoo Burning Studio FREE
Category: CD/DVD Burning
Why so great: Easy to use, nice UI, no-cost
OS: Windows
Cost: Free
URL: https://www.ashampoo.com/en/usd/pin/7110...tudio-free

I've been dealing with Ashampoo products for many years to date, and this would have to be one of my favorites.

The beauty of this Is It's user-friendliness, and the fact that It's License Is "freeware" (and not Ad-Supported), hence no nasty surprises during the Installation process.

[Wildfire]

Sublime Text is pretty mainstream, man.

Anyways, some cool stuff is EmEditor Pro for editing very large files. My current code editor as of today is Visual Studio Code, I like it quite a bit and it's free to use.

[Skullmeat]

AIMP 4.0 for music. That's all I can think of.

[insidious]

Sublime Text is pretty mainstream, man.

Anyways, some cool stuff is EmEditor Pro for editing very large files. My current code editor as of today is Visual Studio Code, I like it quite a bit and it's free to use.

Sublime is so mainstream Hipsters stopped using it, seriously.

Other than sublime, though, there are shittons of great shit out there. NCMPCPP has my vote, for instance. Best music player I have ever had and it's totally CLI

Also, Qutebrowser which is a browser made totally from python and uses Vim bindings is amazing. highly recommend it. I did some insignificant OSS work on it and use it time to time. It lacks some of the functionality and customizability options of more mainstream browsers like Firefox or Chrome, though, so it's a bit difficult to use as a daily driver. But it's pretty lightweight and I use it on my Pi as a main
https://github.com/The-Compiler/qutebrowser

[Retality]

Thanks for this I just got ashampoo and it got the last bit of settings turned off for me as Windows 10 privacy settings don't show everything apparently.

[Customer]

Steam idle master. Basically if you have a shit ton of games and don't play them all, this program idles the games (without installing them) and gives you the cards from it.

You can idle it with 100% safety of bans.

[pvnk]

Skype
Firefox
Vlc
Microsoft office

[mothered]

Firefox
Vlc
Microsoft office

I've been using these 3 for years to date.

Particularly Microsoft Office, beginning with Office 95 from back In the days of when the Installation process was via 25 floppy disks. By memory, It literally took close to 90 minutes to Install on my Pentium 100.