lifehacker.com — Today we've got our top picks of free Windows software downloads that will make your PC faster, stronger, more functional and productive. This list was tough to whittle down from a huge field of candidate applications, but that means our 10 choices are that much stronger.
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hardcaseMar 30, 2007
I think that it's because they made a bet with Consumerist.
emmie876Mar 30, 2007
Dugg for having firefox at number 1
umberhulkMar 31, 2007
Here's my top 20 list for Windows:VirtuaWin (virtual workspaces are a must)ClamWin AV (free virus scanning)Firefox (duh)Thunderbird (duh)Miranda IM (similar to GAIM, but has nice transparency features and is small on the screen)Notepad++ (Great Dev Tool but also useful for general purpose text files editing)OOo (duh)7-ZipAzureusGIMPFreemindPDFCreatorGREP for Windows (WinXP native search sucks)VLC (for media streaming)Dev Tools:Junction.exe (for making symbolic links in Windows)TortoiseSVNWinMergeEclipse IDELinux Integration:PuTTYWinSCPWindows NXClient
ericnmuMar 31, 2007
lifehacker is terrible... the content area is almost as bad as engadget.And wtf is with their banner?
nespitheMar 31, 2007
list is pretty s**t new list:opera <a class="user" href="http://www.opera.com/">http://www.opera.com/</a>gimp <a class="user" href="http://www.gimp.org/">http://www.gimp.org/</a>imgburn <a class="user" href="http://www.imgburn.com/">http://www.imgburn.com/</a>audacity <a class="user" href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/">http://audacity.sourceforge.net/</a>vlc <a class="user" href="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/">http://www.videolan.org/vlc/</a>ccleaner <a class="user" href="http://www.ccleaner.com/">http://www.ccleaner.com/</a>trillian <a class="user" href="http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/">http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/</a>notepad++ <a class="user" href="http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/">http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/</a>7-zip <a class="user" href="http://www.7-zip.org/">http://www.7-zip.org/</a>dvd shrink <a class="user" href="http://www.dvdshrink.org/">http://www.dvdshrink.org/</a>
huyashamashaMay 4, 2007
Thanks a lot! I tried 5 of 10 and found then _extremely_ useful for me!
divaboxMay 16, 2007
Impossible! Nothing particular, but still interesting for me.