Well decided to share some of the software i use and to get other people to add thier own list of good software. After finding out that fluff has not herd of google sketchup made me realize that there is some good software out there that not many know of. Hopefully we could get a good list going here and maybe i can get some new software to mess around with.
FireFox
Great web browser ( pretty sure everyone knows about firefox )
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
Firefox 3 Beta "X"
Currently at Beta 5 ( mainly for testing and developers but i have been using it with minimal problems )
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html
Ad-Aware
Great trojan, worm, spyware and malware remover ( used with S&D is said to give great detectability )
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_aware_free.php
Spybot S&D
Removes trojans, spyware and malware ( used with Adaware is said to give great detectability )
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
Google SketchUp
3D modeling program real simple to use ( inferior to more mainstream modeling programs, atleast the free version is. )
http://sketchup.google.com/
Winamp
Media player ( pretty sure most have herd of this program )
http://www.winamp.com/
PhotoShop
Great imaging program although it is not free ( great alternative Gimp )
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/index.html
Gimp
Imaging software ( I used this once for a very short time and it seemed to have many features PS had and many people stick by gimp, best thing its free )
http://www.gimp.org/
CCleaner
Pc optimization software ( cleans registry, uninstalls programs, cleans temporary items and a few other features )
http://www.ccleaner.com/
LitePC
Minimizes windows OS footprint ( i used xplite to remove some things i couldn't otherwise of removed such as default screen savers, default games, etc... )
http://www.litepc.com/
Fraps
Pretty good screen capturing software ( records videos from games as well as screenshots, main feature i use it for is to display FPS on the screen while playing games )
http://www.fraps.com/