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What's some of your favorite software? I'm painfully outdated when it comes to software, and I'm willing to bet that I'm missing out on a ton of solid programs that I don't know about. So what are some your favorites? It can be Windows, Mac or Linux, it doesn't really matter.

As for some of my favorites:

XBMC - Hands down the customizable and scalable HTPC software out there. I pretty much use it daily.

EventGhost/AutoHotKey - I initially used them as a means of customizing my remote control for my XBMC/HTPC, but I quickly realized that they could be used to make my desktop experience that much more quick and cohesive.

Belvedere - My computer would be a cluttered mess if I didn't have this program. Basically, you can create a set of if/when rules for your computer to abide by. For example, if a file is a .doc file type, copy it to 'Folder Y.' I recommend if for those who suck at keeping their desktops and download folders clean without automated assistance.
 
Google Chrome - helps me look at porn and read gaf.


honorable mention: Spotify - The best part about spotify isn't listening to music, its showing all my friends on facebook that I did.
 
Bulk Rename Utility is one I use from time to time. It helps when I need to rename stuff fast and simple, without having to manually go through each file one-by-one. And the options it gives (adding prefixes/suffixes, padding names, regex replacements, etc.) are great, though I only really use a few at a time.
 
Steam
Firefox
D3DOverrider always runs in the background
Pidgin
Skype
gPodder
Notepad
MS Paint

EDIT:

Forgot VLC player and Windows Media Player.
 
Chrome
Windows Media Player Classic great for playing the 720p\ .mkv files
Skype
Notepad (I use it lot at work)
MS Paint (work use)
 
anti-vir: comodo
coding: code::blocks, notepad++
games: origin, steam
general: autohotkey, batterycare, f.lux, keepass, wunderlist
math: maple
media: foobar2000, media player classic
music: audacity, guitar pro, openmpt, tuxguitar
 
Probably my most used program is a simple text editor called EditPad. Which isn't so simple anymore, and the author now charges $50 for it. But it started off as a very simple notepad replacement, I still use version 3.4 from 1999
 
Firefox 27.2.3.1
Lightroom 4
iTunes 11
Steam
TextEdit/Notepad
EVGA Precision
GPU/CPUz
Calculator
Outlook '13



I have all of those auto-start when I boot Windows, and it's pretty much all I use.
 
Best tool I can recommend is an installer called ninite. It will download and install most of the apps mentioned in this thread.


Check it out it's pretty awesome

ninite.com sorry I can't link, on iPhone.
 
Core Temp

I need a new case with better air flow. At the moment though, I have to constantly monitor temperatures to make sure my PC doesn't explode.
 
Chrome for internet
MPC-HC for video
Jaangle for music
Open Office for documents
Final Draft for scripts
Steam for games
Acrobat for my PDF needs

Those combined account for probably 95% of my PC related activities.
 
Most of my favorite programs have been mentioned, so ill mention a small one.

dBpoweramp is a really really nice dead simple audio converter, supports FLAC and everything under the sun.
 
Total Commander, since 1995 basically (NC back in the day).

The best file manager ever created. I die a little inside every time I see people using those horrendous default OS managers.
 
VLC
Spotify (premium)
Firefox
PS3 Media Server (mac) for xbox and ps3 media sharing
Reason
Logic Pro
Ableton Live
Final Cut Pro
Apple's default Dictionary
OS X!
 
Opera - great browser and great mail client
Paint.Net - more features than the regular paint, but still simple to use
WinRar - universal archive extractor (I even paid the license !)

for more professional use :
Visual Studio
Notepad++ - perfect for fast editing text files, especially source code.
VirtualDub - fast video editing and good back & forth browsing
cmd (command prompt) - still the best way to do things quickly (remove files, launch scripts/services,...)
 
foobar - best music player by far
Launchy - for easily launching absolutely every single program on my computer
Volume2 - because I want to have 10 different shortcuts for changing the volume on my computer
TheRenamer - to organise files from any DVDs or Blu-Ray I rip before putting it on my HTPC

Also ConvertXtoDVD, haven't used it in a while since I got an HDTV and left DVDs behind, but it was absolutely amazing (and still is from what I can see).
 
Cubase

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Unreal Editor

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Sublime Text 2 - the best texteditor in the world.
iTerm - app that improves upon the OS X terminal.
Transmit - my favourite ftp program
Plex - mediacenter software
Alfred - my new favourite application launcher, used to love QuickSilver but it was getting progressively worse and updates have pretty much stalled
Steam - Love fullscreen mode
 
-Firefox, the only time it's memory use is less then a gig is when I shut down my PC.

injurai said:
MusicBee
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-has become my main music player after I saw it mentioned here a couple of months ago, honourable mention to Spotify.

-Eclipse, needed for writing java-code.
 
  • Everything
    This is a tool to seqarch for any file, anywhere on your pc. It is lightning quick and useful.
  • Steam
    Games, what more?
  • Chrome
    Really fast browser, turbo feature is really useful.
  • Foobar2000
    A really customizable music player.
  • Directory Opus
    File manager, the best one but not cheap.
  • PotPlayer
    Video player with a nice interface and codec support.
  • Tixati
    Torrent downloader, has a great bandwidth manager.
  • Skype
    Audio/Video chat is the main appeal of this but I use it mainly for text.
  • Notepad++
    Text editor, mostly used for its nice search and replace functions.
  • Dropbox
    Helpful for syncing on many computers.
 
Well I no doubt use Firefox the most. Other than that:

rxvt-unicode (terminal emulator)
irssi (IRC client)
midnight commander (File manager)
mplayer (for video)
audacious (for music)
file-roller (archive manager, although I'll mostly just use midnight commander for that)

are my most used applications.
 
On Windows without a doubt DirectoryOpus and Zoom Player. I've been using those for many years.

Have had my first Mac for only a couple of months so far, sadly nothing to match the above two. Really liking Alfred, and I've discovered Sublime Text, which is a great editor (also available for Windows/Linux).

Firefox,
uTorrent,
Photoshop
on both.
 
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