Windows Software Essentials

System Basic

• 7-Zip - http://www.7-zip.org/
• Notepad++ - https://notepad-plus-plus.org/
• Windows Terminal - Microsoft Store
• PowerToys - https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/

Internet

• Firefox - https://www.mozilla.org/de/firefox/new/
• Chrome - https://www.google.com/chrome/
• Thunderbird - https://www.mozilla.org/de/thunderbird/

Office

• LibreOffice - https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/
• (Adobe Acrobat Reader - https://get.adobe.com/de/reader/)
• Okular - https://okular.kde.org/ (install via Windows Store)
• (FreePDF - http://freepdfxp.de)
• PDF split and merge - http://www.pdfsam.org/download-pdfsam-basic/
• ScanSnap Manager - http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/products/computing/peripheral/scanners/scansnap/software/s1100w-setup.html
• Brother P-touch Editor - https://support.brother.com/g/b/productsearch.aspx?c=de&lang=de

Graphics

• Gimp - https://www.gimp.org/
• LightScreen - http://lightscreen.com.ar/
• Image Resizer for Windows - http://www.bricelam.net/ImageResizer/
• Inkscape - https://inkscape.org/de/
• Draw.io - https://github.com/jgraph/drawio-desktop/releases/
• Paint.NET - https://www.getpaint.net/download.html
• Darktable - https://www.darktable.org/install/
• EOS Utility - https://www.canon.de/support/consumer_products/software/eos-utility.html

3D Design&Printing

• Cura - https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/tags
• Fusion 360 - https://www.autodesk.de/products/fusion-360/free-trial

Multimedia

• MPC-HC - https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases
• Foobar - https://www.foobar2000.org/
• VLC Media Player - https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
• DaVinci Resolve - https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve
• (Gnome Music Player Client)
• (Audacity - https://www.audacityteam.org/)

File Transfer/Sync

• nextcloud - https://nextcloud.com/install/#
• OpenVPN - https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/downloads.html
• WinSCP - https://winscp.net/eng/download.php
• FileZilla - https://filezilla-project.org/
• TortoiseGIT - https://tortoisegit.org/download/
• Git for Windows - https://git-scm.com/download/win
• (TortoiseSVN - https://tortoisesvn.net/downloads.de.html)

Software Development

• Visual Studio Code - https://code.visualstudio.com/
• Arduino - https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
• (Docker Desktop - https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop)
• (AutoIt - https://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/downloads/)
• (XML Notepad - https://github.com/microsoft/XmlNotepad/releases)

System Advanced

• Bitwarden - https://bitwarden.com/download/
• Rufus - https://rufus.ie/
• ImageWriter - https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/
• TightVNC - http://www.tightvnc.com/download.php
• Synergy - https://symless.com/synergy
• WinMerge - https://winmerge.org
• X-Mouse Button Control - https://www.highrez.co.uk/downloads/XMouseButtonControl.htm
• (DesktopOK)
• (WinSplit Revolution v11.04 - https://www.chip.de/downloads/WinSplit-Revolution_28545937.html)
• (Putty - https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html)

System Information Tools

• TreeSize - https://www.jam-software.de/treesize_free/
• HD Tune - http://www.hdtune.com/download.html
• CPU-Z - http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

Links

• https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7x639l/what_free_software_is_so_good_you_cant_believe/