- 7-Zip:
Category: Compression/Decompression
Details: Compression utility that can handle almost all possible formats
URL: http://www.7-zip.org
- Eclipse:
Category: IDE
Details: Very popular IDE that supports a vast array of languages and configurations
URL: http://www.eclipse.org
- FileZilla:
Category: FTP Client (& Server)
Details: FTP Client and server with lots of options
URL: http://filezilla-project.org
- PuTTY:
Category: Telnet/SSH
Details: Very simple but powerful Telnet/SSH client
URL: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
- PuTTy Connection Manager:
Category: Telnet/SSH
Details: Allows docking of multiple PuTTY session windows as Tabs and allows user to create a database of connections that includes user names, passwords, script to run after login, etc.
URL: http://puttycm.free.fr
- Notepad++:
Category: Editor
Details: Very simple, but powerful and full featured editor that supports syntax highlighting, plug-ins, macros, regexes, etc.
URL: http://notepad-plus-plus.org
- OpenOffice:
Category: Office Software
Details: Full featured replacement for the cos$tly M$ Office Suite of products. Includes software for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more.
URL: http://www.openoffice.org
- PDFCreator:
Category: Office Software
Details: Create PDF files from any application.
URL: http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator/
- VirtualDimension:
Category: Desktop Manager
Details: Fast and full-featured virtual desktop manager that allows you to create virtual desktops on Windows just like X-Win.
URL: http://virt-dimension.sourceforge.net
- VistaSwitcher:
Category: Task Manager
Details: Replaces the default Windows Alt-Tab dialog with a nice box that shows a list of all running tasks, with their names and preview snapshots, and enables the user to take actions on them using the mouse and keyboard shortcuts.
URL: http://www.ntwind.com/software/vistaswitcher/
- WinMerge:
Category: Development
Details: Visual diff and merge tool for Windows that can compare both folders and files
URL: http://winmerge.org
Other good free softwares that I also considered were:
- PSPad:
Category: Editor
Details: Another powerful and full featured editor that supports syntax highlighting, plug-ins, macros, regexes, etc.
URL: http://www.pspad.com
- PDFReDirect:
Category: Office Software
Details: Another simple software to create PDF files.
URL: http://www.exp-systems.com
- DiffMerge:
Category: Development
Details: Visual diff and merge tool for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux that can compare both folders and files
URL: http://www.sourcegear.com/diffmerge/
- Toad Free:
Category: Database Access
Details: Free version of the powerful Toad for Oracle with a few features disabled.
URL: http://www.toadworld.com/Freeware/tabid/680/Default.aspx
- SQLDeveloper for Oracle:
Category: Database Access
Details: Oracle client provided by Oracle
URL: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/sql-developer/overview/index.html
Please let me know if you see other good free software worthy of including in the above list!
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