More tools that I think I are vital. Was just reading an article about what things to backup during an OS reinstallation, so I thought I would post some more of the utilities I found useful or needed.

• Mozilla Firefox, the foxy way to browse:
  http://www.getfirefox.com
• Mozilla Thunderbird, emailing with Thunder:
  http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/
• 7-zip, the only way to extract:
  http://www.7-zip.org/
• Truecrypt, encrypting with style:
  http://www.truecrypt.org/
• Audacity, sound recorder on crack:
  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
• CDex, extractor of the Compact Disc Audio variety:
  http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
• VLC, media player extraordinaire:
  http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

I think that is enough for now! More to come when I think of them.