32 Totally Essential (and Free) Apps for Every New PC

[Osiris]

WinDirStat
AnyDVD
Foxit PDF Reader
VMWare Server
Steam
Dropbox
Copernic Desktop Search
TrueCrypt
Skype
Fraps
Firefox
IE7
CPU-Z
GPU-Z
Media Player Classic + ffdshow-tryouts
Filezilla
SyncBack Free
IsoBurn
KeePass
OpenOffice.org
Speedfan
Handbrake


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[carnageX]

Some of those apps can be debated. Steam would only be if you game. I'm sure ma and pa won't be needing that . There's other temp utilities (that are much better IMO) than speedfan, so that would be off my list. Not everybody FTP's, so they wouldn't need Filezilla. Same goes with VMWare...not everybody is going to have a virtual OS. Nice list regardless .

 

[Luke]

half the things on that list i would not use... and pretty much all of them would not be needed for the average user.

 

[Kharn]

Yea other than power users, Developers and a few other specilised roles there is no use for VMware server.