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[My personal recommendations]

Mozilla Firefox™^{*Best in browsing}
RocketDock™^{*Best in docking}
Notepad++™^{*Best syntax editor}
SecureCRT™^{*Best SSH/Telnet}

Gimp™^{*Best Image Manipulator}
FooBar2000™^{*Best in Audio App}
Skype™^{*Best VoIP}
FlashFXP™^{*Best FTP/File manager}