Downloadmanager:NetTransport 1.87 (higher versions are adware)
FTP Client:SmartFtp 1.0981 nag screen,but free for non-commercial user.
Internet browser:Mozilla Firefox 0.92+ plugins,Avant Browser 9.02(uses IE core)
MultimediaPlayer: WinAmp 2.9(because some of it's unrestricted plugins,especially for wma ;))
Foobar 0.82 for playing,encoding and decoding different audio formats
VideoLanClient for playing most movie formats
Speek's MultiFrontend as gui for 20+ commandline encoders/decoders/taggers
Dvd:DvdDecrypter for ripping/burning and DvdShrink for fitting + 4.37GB dvd's on a single format dvd disk

Izarc 3.16 for unpacking and packing compressed archives.

Azureus 2.1.4 for bittorrent downloads
Sharezea for other p2p networks
Protowall and The Blocklist Manager to stop the RIAA 's and MPAA's spying eyes.
burnatonce to burn cue/bin and dvd data/video

Joupi's Xvid codec to play all my divx/avi's.
XSetup as ultimate tweak utility
Total Uninstall for monitoring and tracking installs/uninstalls

WinAMp 5.0 is fine. Also there is Mozilla Thunderbird, Miranda IM, Trillian. Will list more later.

Password Manager:
RoboForm (www.roboform.com) is an excellent Password Manager for Internet Explorer which autofills saves UserName/Password -- just like in Mozilla/Firefox or the Wand feature in Opera. Unfornately it is not completely freeware. Can anybody please suggest a freeware application like RoboForm ?

Thanks,
McoreD.

Does open source count?

Just stumbled on to this:
There is an open source project for EVERYTHING!! or almost everything for that matter.

I'm currently looking for an open source Desktop Publishing App...
something like InDesign would be "nuts" it is was open source..

[quote]Scribus 1.2.1 - Open Source Desktop Publishing.[/qoute]
ahh.. say that again. [OPEN SOURCE??]

Has anyone tried it?

VS. Indesign, Quark? how does/would it measure up?

OMG just link to this. lol

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?boa...;threadid=1509