Historic post - this was my recommended list of software before I made the full transition to Ubuntu Linux and Open Source software. I of course recommended and used Ubuntu long before this; this list was for Windows user's when I fixed their computer.

• Ad-Aware SE
• Adobe Acrobat Professional
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Photoshop
• AVG Anti-Virus
• Clone CD
• CPU-Z
• Cyberlink PowerDVD
• DivX Player 6.2
• Mozilla Firefox
• Mozilla Thunderbird
• Nero 6.6
• Notepad++
• OpenOffice.org
• SiSoftware Sandra
• SmartFTP
• Spybot Search & Destroy
• Tune-Up Utilities 2006
• uTorrent
• WinRAR