See my blog entries for a little more detailed information on each.
PC Software
Security Software
Anti-Malware
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (F/P) Blog
Anti-Virus
Kaspersky Internet Security – Multi Device (P) Panda Free AntiVirus 2016 (F/P) Avast Essential (F/P) Blog
Adware/Toolbar cleanup tool
Spybot Anti-beacon (F) – Remove Windows 10 “tracking” features AdwCleaner (F)
Web
Mozilla Thunderbird (F) Blog Opera (F) Blog
Web Browser
Firefox (F) Google Chrome (F) Blog Office
Note Taking/Archive
OneNote (F/P) Requires sign in with a Microsoft account. Evernote (F/P) Blog
Office Suite(s)
Microsoft Office Home and Student 2016 – Licence Key (PC) (P) LibreOffice 5.x (F) OnlyOffice (F)
PDF Reader
Foxit Reader (F/P) Nitro Reader 3 (F) Adobe Reader (F) Blog
PDF Writer
NitroPDF Professional (P) Blog
File
CD/DVD Image Burning
ImgBurn (F) Blog
File Compression
7zip (F) Blog
File Transfer
FileZilla (F) Blog WinSCP (F) RichCopy (F) TeraCopy (F) Audio/Video
Music Player
Clementine (F)
Music Production (DAW)
Reaper (P)
Audio Recorder/Editor
Audacity (F)
Media Centre
Plex (F)
DVD Conversion (for backup and personal media centre use)
VidCoder (F) – Based on Handbrake! Graphics
Technical/3D Drawing
SketchUp (F) BlogPaint.NET (F) Utilities
Software Updates
Patch My PC (F)
Screenshot/Capture
Greenshot (F)
Full PC Backup
Veeam Endpoint Backup (F) – requires free account creation to download.
Hypervisor
VMware ESXi (F*)
Remote Control
Teamviewer (F*)
Terminal Console
PuTTY (F)
Text / HTML / VBScript Editor
Notepad++ (F)
WiFi Scanning/Troublshooting
inSSIDer (P)
F = Free P = Paid
- = Restrictions apply, see the developer for more information
iPad Apps
PDFs
GoodReader (P) Blog RDP (Terminal Services) iTap RDP (P) Blog
Podcasts
Downcast (P) Blog RSS Feedreader Mr Reader (P)