50 Free Apps We're Most Thankful For
The top 50 free apps we're all most thankful for. Whether you're celebrating the holiday or not, it's a great list of free software that ought to make for some gluttonous downloading. The popular apps are some of the more obvious, however, so be sure to look further down the list for new free software you may not yet know about.
The 50 Free Apps We're Most Thankful For
1.
Dropbox
https://www.dropbox.com/
2.
VLC (Video Lan Client)
Set a Video as Your Wallpaper with VLC, and VLC 1.0 Records Video from DVDs.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
3.
Google Chrome Create Your Own Google Chrome Themes, How and Why Chrome Is Overtaking
http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/landing_chrome_mac.html?hl=en
4.
Firefox
http://getfirefox.com/
5.
Opera
Opera 11 Beta Introduces Tab Stacking for Customized Grouping, Opera 11 Alpha Brings Chrome-Like Extensions to the Speedy Browser.
http://www.opera.com/
6.
Google Apps
Trick Out Google Apps for Your Domain, Seven Easy Ways to Integrate Your Google AppsCollaborate with Co-Workers Using Google Apps Team Edition, A First Look at Google Voice,Top 10 Clever Google Voice Tricks, and Turn Gmail Into Your Ultimate GTD Inbox
http://www.google.com/a
7.
Simplenote and Notational Velocity
The Holy Grail of Ubiquitous Plain-Text Capture, Simplenote Offers Synchronized Notes on iPhones-And Now It's Free, and mNote Syncs Your Simplenote Notes with Android Phones
http://simplenoteapp.com/
http://notational.net/
8.
CCleaner
CCleaner 2.0 Decrapifies Your PC, Run CCleaner on a Schedule to Keep Your PC Crap-Free, and CCleaner Enhancer Makes CCleaner Even Better, Now Cleans 270 New Apps
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
9.
uTorrent
uTorrent 3.0 Alpha Adds Web Interface Support for iPad, Android and How to Boost Your BitTorrent Speed and Privacy
http://www.utorrent.com/
10.
Transmission
http://www.transmissionbt.com/
11.
sabnzbd+
http://sabnzbd.org/
12.
Open Office
http://www.openoffice.org/
13.
Skype
http://www.skype.com/
14.
Evernote
http://www.evernote.com/
15.
GIMP
Tweak GIMP to be More Like Photoshop, and Cartoonify Photos with the GIMP
http://www.gimp.org/
16.
KeePass
http://keepass.info/
17.
LastPass
http://lastpass.com/
18.
7zip
Best File Compression Tool: 7-Zip
http://www.7-zip.org/
19.
ImgBurn
ImgBurn (Windows), Hive Five Winner for Best CD and DVD Burning Tool: ImgBurn, and Turn Your PC into a DVD Ripping Monster
http://www.imgburn.com/
20.
Microsoft Security Essentials
Microsoft Security Essentials Ranks as Best-Performing Free Antivirus and Stop Paying for Windows Security; Microsoft's Security Tools Are Good Enough
http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
21.
AutoHotkey
Automate Windows with AutoHotkey, Turn Any Action into a Keyboard Shortcut, and The Best Time-Saving AutoHotkey Tricks You Should Be Using
http://www.autohotkey.com/
22.
Pandora
Discover new music with Pandora, and How to access Pandora from outside the U.S.
http://www.pandora.com/#/stations/create/
23.
FileZilla
Transfer Across Platforms with Filezilla 3.0, and Build a Home FTP Server with FileZilla
http://filezilla-project.org/
24.
TrueCrypt
Encrypt your data
http://www.truecrypt.org/
25.
Handbrake
Formats with HandBrake, and Calculate the Perfect Handbrake Video Encoding Settings for Your Device
http://handbrake.fr/
26.
VirtualBox
http://www.virtualbox.org/
27.
Audacity
Learn how to use Audacity for podcasting, and Remove Vocals from MP3s with Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
28.
Paint.NET
Paint.NET's Just-Enough Image Editing to Every Computer, and Basic image editing with Paint.NET
http://www.getpaint.net/
29.
iTunes
The 23 Best iTunes Add-ons, and our full iTunes coverage
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
30.
Thunderbird
Thunderbird
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/
31.
Foobar2000
The beautiful and varied world of foobar2000
http://www.foobar2000.org/
32.
Pidgin
Plug-ins to Power Up Pidgin, and Use Dropbox to Sync Your Pidgin Profile
Across Multiple PCs
http://www.pidgin.im/
33.
Adium
http://adium.im/
34.
avast!
Engine, and Improved Performance and Free anti-virus roundup
http://www.avast.com/index
35.
TeamViewer
Arrives on Android for Small-Screen Remote Control and Tech Support
http://www.teamviewer.com/index.aspx
36.
TweetDeck
Twitter Lacks, and Use Evernote with TweetDeck for Better Twitter Memory
http://www.tweetdeck.com/
37.
Launchy
Beyond application launching, and Screenshot Tour: Tweaking Launchy
http://www.launchy.net/
38.
Quicksilver
Quicksilver Plug-ins
http://www.blacktree.com/
39.
Instapaper
Battle of the Bookmark-and-Read-Later Apps: Instapaper vs. Read It Later
http://www.instapaper.com/
40.
ReadItLater
http://readitlaterlist.com/
41.
XBMC
Build a Silent, Standalone XBMC Media Center On the Cheap,
Turbo Charge Your New XBMC Installation, Transform Your Classic Xbox into a Killer Media Center, and Turn Your XBMC Media Center into a Video Game Console
http://xbmc.org/download/
42.
PuTTY
Put PuTTY in the Tray with PuTTY Tray, Add Tabs to PuTTY with PuTTY Connection Manager, and KiTTY Adds Session Saving, Portability, and More to PuTTY
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
43.
Cyberduck
http://cyberduck.ch/
44.
Perian
http://perian.org/
45.
XAMPP
Run Your Personal Wikipedia from a USB Stick
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
46.
Windows Live Essentials
Live Essentials 2011
http://explore.live.com/windows-live-essentials?os=other
47.
Winamp
Manage your music with Winamp and Control Winamp Remotely from Any Browser
http://www.winamp.com/
48.
TeraCopy
Best Alternative File Copier: TeraCopy
http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php
49.
Eclipse
Tips for Using Eclipse Effectively
http://www.eclipse.org/
50.
MediaMonkey
http://www.mediamonkey.com/
And that's the list!
Thanks to the lifehacker.