Mozilla Firefox
A fast secure web browser

Mozilla Thunderbird
A very nice email client, similar to Microsoft outlook

Open Office
Works well for word processing or spreadsheets, similar to Microsoft Office

Adobe Reader
Needed to open .PDF files

Avast Antivirus
A powerful tool that will help secure your computer from unwanted attacks

Malwarebytes
A great security tool to get rid of spyware and Trojans

VLC Media Player
The best player for any movie file or DVD player

IMGburn
A very nice tool for CD or DVD Burning

Skype
Works well for internet phone calls and video conferencing with web cams

ITunes
Works great as a music player

GNU Cash
Good accounting software similar to QuickBooks