While the Lifehacker US team is stuffing itself with Thanksgiving turkey, we can all be thankful for high-quality free software. Here’s a roundup of our favourite free apps.
The Free Apps We’re Most Thankful For
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Dropbox
Category: Online storage and syncing
See also: The Cleverest Ways To Use Dropbox That You’re Not Using, The Cheapskate’s Guide To Getting Free Dropbox Space, Max Out Your Dropbox Referrals With Google AdWords For Free and more Dropbox coverage.
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Google Chrome
Category: Browser
See also: The Power User’s Guide To Google Chrome, How To Really Browse Without Leaving A Trace, Which Browser Should I Use: Firefox Or Chrome? and more Chrome coverage.
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Firefox
Category: Browser
See also: Why I’ve Switched From Chrome To Firefox 4, Top 10 Must-Have Browser Extensions and more Firefox coverage.
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Evernote
Category: Note taking
See also: Clever Uses for Evernote and more Evernote coverage.
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Notepad++
Category: Text editors
See also: Five Best Text Editors, AutoSave Adds Reassurance To Notepad++ Editing and How To Get More Plus Out Of Notepad++.
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Skype
Category: VoIP
See also: our full Skype coverage.
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VLC (Video Lan Client)
Category: Media Player
See also: Master Your Digital Media With VLC, Set A Video As Your Wallpaper With VLC and more VLC coverage.
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Gmail
Category: Email
See also: Master The New Gmail With These Tips, Shortcuts And Add-Ons, The Easy Way To Set Up Google Services On iOS, Fix Gmail’s Newest Annoyances With These Userstyles And Userscripts and more Gmail coverage
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7-zip
Category: File Compression
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TeamViewer
Category: Remote Desktop
See also: TeamViewer Arrives on Android for Small-Screen Remote Control and Tech Support and How Do I Troubleshoot My Parents’ PC Remotely?.
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uTorrent
Category: BitTorrent Client
See also: uTorrent 3.0 Alpha Adds Web Interface Support For iPad, Android, How To Boost Your BitTorrent Speed and Privacy and more uTorrent coverage.
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Google Maps
Category: Maps
See also: Our complete Google Maps coverage.
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Google Reader
Category: RSS Newsreader
See also: Our complete Google Reader coverage.
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HandBrake
Category: DVD Ripping
See also: Calculate The Perfect HandBrake Video Encoding Settings For Your Device and How To Rip DVDs With Handbrake.
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CCleaner
Category: Utilities
See also: Run CCleaner On A Schedule To Keep Your PC Crap-Free and more CCleaner coverage.
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GIMP
Category: Image Editing
See also: Tweak GIMP To Be More Like Photoshop, Cartoonify Photos With The GIMP and more GIMP coverage.
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WordPress
Category: Blogging
See also: The Beginner’s Guide To Tricking Out Your WordPress Blog and more WordPress coverage.
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FileZilla
Category: FTP Client
See also: Hive Five Winner for Best FTP Client: FileZilla, FTP File Transfer Across Platforms with Filezilla 3.0 and Build a Home FTP Server with FileZilla.
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ImgBurn
Category: DVD Ripping
See also: Turn Your PC into a DVD Ripping Monster.
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VirtualBox
Category: Virtualisation
See also: The Beginner’s Guide To Creating Virtual Machines With VirtualBox, How To Run Mac OS X In VirtualBox On Windows and more VirtualBox coverage.
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KeePass
Category: Password Manager
See also: Eight Best KeePass Plug-Ins to Master Your Passwords.
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Launchy
Category: Utilities
See also: Integrate Everything Search Tool And Launchy and more Launchy coverage.
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Paint.NET
Category: Image Editing
See also: Pinta Brings Paint.NET’s Just-Enough Image Editing To Every Computer.
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Rainmeter
Category: Desktop Customisation
See also: How To Create An Attractive, Customised Desktop HUD With Rainmeter.
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Revo Uninstaller
Category: Utilities
See also: Clean Windows Systems On The Go With Revo Uninstaller Portable and The Best App Uninstaller For Windows.
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Simplenote
Category: Note Taking
See also: The Holy Grail Of Ubiquitous Plain-Text Capture, Simplenote Offers Synchronised Notes On iPhones For Free and mNote Syncs Your Simplenote Notes With Android Phones.
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Winamp
Category: Media Player
See also: more Winamp coverage.
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XBMC
Category: Media Centre
See also: Build A Silent, Standalone XBMC Media Centre On The Cheap, Turbo Charge Your New XBMC Installation, Transform Your Classic Xbox Into A Killer Media Centre, Turn Your XBMC Media centre Into A Video Game Console, The Ultimate Start To Finish Guide To Your XBMC Media Center, and more XBMC coverage.
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CyanogenMod
Category: Android Custom Firmware
See also: How To Choose The Right Android ROM For You and more CyanogenMod coverage.
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Eclipse
Category: Software Development
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Google Calendar
Category: Calendar
See also: Our full Google Calendar coverage.
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Inkscape
Category: Image Editing
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LastPass
Category: Password Manager
See also: The Intermediate Guide To Mastering Passwords With LastPass, How To Automatically Fill In Repetitive Web Forms and more LastPass coverage.
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Linux
Category: Operating System
See also: Our complete Linux coverage.
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Open Office
Category: Office Suite
See also: A First Look At OpenOffice.org 3.0, OpenOffice.org 3.2 Improves Startup Times, Office 2007 Compatibility, OpenOffice.org 3.1 Has Smoother Drawing And Usability Tweaks, Install And Switch To LibreOffice In Ubuntu and more OpenOffice coverage
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Opera
Category: Browsers
See also: Opera 11 Alpha Brings Chrome-Like Extensions To The Fast Browser, Top 10 Must-Have Browser Extensions and more Opera coverage
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Picasa
Category: Photo Manager
See also: How To Upload And Share Photos On Flickr, Picasa Or Facebook, Picasa 3.5 Organises Your Photos With Facial Recognition, Picasa Offers Virtually Unlimited Photo Storage, Brings Google+ Tagging and more Picasa coverage.
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PuTTY
Category: SSH Client
See also: Put PuTTY In The Tray With PuTTY Tray, Add Tabs To PuTTY With PuTTY Connection Manager and KiTTY Adds Session Saving, Portability And More To PuTTY.
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SoundHound
Category: Music Identification
See also: SoundHound Is A Near Total Music App Replacement For iPhone and Shazam Vs SoundHound: Battle Of The Mobile Song ID Services.
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Thunderbird
Category: Email
See also: How To Sync Your Desktop Email Client (Outlook Or Thunderbird) Across Multiple Computers and more Thunderbird coverage.
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Twitter
Category: Social networks
See also: Six Ways You Should Be Using Twitter (That Don’t Involve Breakfast), Navigate The New Twitter Like A Pro With Keyboard Shortcuts, Five Best Twitter Clients, How to Deal With Facebook, Twitter And Google+ Annoyances and more Twitter coverage.
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Wunderlist
Category: To-Do List
See also: Wunderlist Is A Free To-Do App That Synchronises Across Your Machines, The Best To-Do App For Windows, The Best To-Do App For Mac OS X, The Best To-Do App For Android and The Best To-Do App For Linux.
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TrueCrypt
Category: Encryption
See also: How To Add A Second Layer Of Encryption To Dropbox.
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AutoHotkey
Category: Utilities
See also: Turn Any Action Into A Keyboard Shortcut and The Best Time-Saving AutoHotkey Tricks You Should Be Using.
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Instapaper
Category: Bookmarking Tool
See also: more Instapaper coverage
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Quicksilver
Category: Utilities
See also: Top 10 Quicksilver Plug-Ins
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Pidgin
Category: Instant Messaging
See also: Ten Must-Have Plug-ins to Power Up Pidgin and Use Dropbox To Sync Your Pidgin Profile Across Multiple PCs
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