Free Useful Software
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GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)
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Name is self-explanatory.
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Best free Photoshop alternative.
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Honorable mention: Paint.net
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7-Zip
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For compressing and uncompressing files.
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Better than WinRAR in every single way.
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Honorable mention: PeaZip
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MPC-HC
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Lightweight media player. Superior to VLC.
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Honorable mentions: VLC, Deluge, PotPlayer
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qBittorrent
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Very lightweight, stable, full-featured torrent-client.
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Honorable mentions: uTorrent 2.2.1 , Tixati, Miniget
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ShareX
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Take screenshot, share it everywhere.
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Support for direct Imgur upload.
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Honorable mentions: Gyazo, Puush
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OBS
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Screen recorder. Better than Fraps.
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Honorable mentions: Bandicam, Shadowplay
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F.lux
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Changes screen color temperatur to a warmer color. Extremely comfortable at night.
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Honorable mention: Redshift
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LibreOffice
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Full-featured office suite. Decent MS Office alternative.
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Honorable mentions: OpenOffice, GDrive
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VOID Tools Everything
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Incredibly fast, lightweight search engine TOOLS for local files.
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Honorable mention: Windows Explorer
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IrfanView
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Lightweight image viewer with a lot of options and features.
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Honorable mentions: Picasa, XnVlew
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Pidgin
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Universal chat client. Includes Hangouts, Facebook and IRC.
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Honorable mention: Miranda IM, Trillian
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Sumatra PDF
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Free PDF reader, that also supports comic archives. Much better than Adobe Reader.
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Honorable mentions: Foxit Reader, CutePDF
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TeamViewer
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Help or get helped remotely by sharing your screen without any hassle.
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Speccy
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Basic system information tool.
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Nice for troubleshooting.
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Honorable mentions: CPU-Z, HWmonitor
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Audacity
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Easy to use multi-track audio editor and recorder.
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foobar2000
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Highly customizable, lightweight music player.
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Honorable mentions: AIMP, WinAmp, WMP