If we get together a list of categories then we can start to propose suggestions of what to list there.
Some thoughts:
Antivirus
Firewalls
Overclocking Utilities
Maintenance Utilities (Defrag, Partition, Compression etc.)
File Comparison Tools
Notepad-esque Applications
Graphics Software
Browsers
One useful suggestion I would like to make is Ninite (
http://ninite.com/). It's a program you can use when you install operating systems and it gives you a massive list of applications - tick the ones you want to install and it downloads and installs each one for you. It also has a pretty comprehensive list of really useful applications
