Ok so i decided to reinstall my OS (Win 8.0) after trying out Win 8.1 - and now I am deciding what software to install with it. i will list what I had prreviously and see what suggestions you all can come up with - and why.
Office - Libre Office
Audio - Musicbee
Video - VLC x64
Compression - 7zip x64
Anti Virus - Avast free + Malwarebytes Anti Malware free + Glary Pro
Email - Thunderbird
Net - Chrome Canary
Torrents - Tixati
Feel free to make sugestions and also list any programs i may be 'missing'
Cheers!
Music - Foobar2000 (Potential FOSS alternatives include Banshee, Audacious, Clementine)
Anti-Virus - ClamWin/Clam Sentinal (FOSS), or Avast Home (Free).
Torrents - QBitTorrent (FOSS)
PDF - Sumatra (FOSS)
Media Player - Windows Media Player Classic Home Cinema (bundled w/ K-Lite Codec pack)
Image mounter - WinCDEmu (FOSS)
Needless to say, I'm a huge FOSS advocate, but I can't bring myself to replace Foobar2000. <3 The others, in addition to being FOSS, are just quality software.
As for the net, I don't see any need outside of Firefox (GNU IceCat) or Chrome (Chromium)
Some great suggestions there - and i also like the idea of FOSS. i grabbed Sumatra and QBittorrent and am going to play around with Foobar - never used it before ;)
It's like Logan read this thread. o_O
http://youtu.be/5um6NEMZGZo
Office - If you're looking for freeware- Libre, if not MSO.
Compression - Personally for me WinRAR gets the job done, but you can go w/ 7 zip.
Net - Chrome
Music - Foobar2000
Anti-Virus - Bitdefender or Avast! (Paid license) + Malwarebytes
Torrents - QBitTorrent or uTorrent versions below 3, because it connects to more peers than the newer 1s.
PDF - Sumatra
Media Player - VLC
Image mounter - Daemon Tools, although if it's just for ISOs(idk actually if it supports any other format) you can use the Win 8 built in mounting system.