Agaric's Essential General Productivity Programs

Desktop applications of broad or critical utility.

All Platforms:

• http://firefox.com
• http://mozilla.com/thunderbird
• http://openoffice.org
• http://www​.truecrypt​.org
• http://skype.com (or alternative, still working on that)
• http://dropbox.com/

Handbrake - for turning DVDs into movie files, all platforms.

IRC program
Additional browsers (for testing or fun, like Flock).

Mac:

• ClipMenu or other clipboard history & snippet holder
• Quicksilver - Application launcher that also includes a clipboard history
• http://aquamacs.org/
• http://iterm.sourceforge.net/