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So, for example one might say:

Windows XP
BitDefender Security
FireFox
Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit
Nitro PDF Reader
OpenOffice
Steam
CCleaner
QuickBooks
MediaMonkey
VLC
Dialafix

or

Mac OS X (Snow Leopard)
Opera Next (browser)
Transmission (torrent)
iTunes (music)
VLC (media player)
Google App Engine (web development)

or

Windows 7
Webroot Security
Opera Next and Internet Explorer
OpenOffice
Nitro PDF Reader
Microsoft Expression Web
GIMP
NotePad
VLC
Malwarebytes AntiMalware
Linux (Ubuntu)
xfce
Thunar
Opera -- occasionally Firefox
Deluge
VLC
gmusicbrowser (Used to be Rhythmbox, but when I switched from Gnome, to install it it would pull in 200+ mb, including Nautilus, in dependencies. They've fixed that issue so that it only pulls in ~20 mb, but I've gotten used to gmusicbrowser and I don't need everything Rhythmbox has to offer. Especially not on my new laptop with possibly the worst speakers in existence since the days of the Gramophone.)
Mousepad
gthumb for quick viewing and simple editing
GIMP for more advanced editing
geeqie for slideshow because gthumb scales up smaller images to fit the screen in slideshow
LibreOffice -- mostly Writer and Calc
Comix/MComix
Evince (pdf viewer)
xfce4-terminal
MS Windows, variety
Firefox
Thunderbird
LibreOffice
Malwarebytes
MS Security Essentials
TrueCrypt
Winamp
Screenhunter
My XP is gone but I have:

Windows 10, 7. Mac OSX Snow Leopard, OpenSuse
OpenOffice
Notepad
Calculator
Quickbooks
YNAB
Eastside Hockey Manager
Ticket To Ride
Spades
Baldur's Gate
Webroot IS
Opera Next, Sware Iron
Transmission
VLC
Geekstein (going too need to replace this)
GIMP
Dropbox

BB10, Remember, Clock, Calculator, Duolingo, Soundhound, Twitter, Maps, Accuweather, c:geo, Boggle.

My essential tech tools for dealing with client computers?

CCleaner
Malwarebytes
Superantispyware
ADWCleaner
Revo Uninstaller Free

I often switch people to:

OpenOffice
Any non Adobe PDF reader
VLC Media Player
Firefox
Webroot or Panda IS

Sony Tv and Samsung  - primarily used for Netflix

Ematic Android Tab - games
Xubuntu
LibreOffice
Mousepad (XFCE's notepad)
xfce4-terminal (love my command line and scripts)
VLC
Opera 12.10
Firefox (occasionally)
Calculator
Gthumb for the little stuff, Gimp for what gthumb can't do, and feh for the slideshow
Evince (pdf, djvu, etc.)
mcomix
Rhythbox
Calibre

Some other stuff. It's late. I'm tired. This post took far too long.
Why Opera 12?
[ctrl + ->]

Being able to use a keyboard shortcut to advance to a page I haven't visited yet is an amazing thing. Multiple pages of a forum thread? [ctrl + ->]. Don't see what you're looking for in a google search? Try the next page: [ctrl + ->]. Want to see the next picture in a gallery? You got it: [ctrl + ->].

The engine Opera uses now doesn't have that feature.
Smile I'm also a huge fan of Opera pre-Chromium, so 12. I haven't found another browser that can fill the role it did.

I've had Opera since it was riddled with ads. Ups and downs, but the new one is just Chromium. Probably the best Chrome based browser (sware iron is close) but leagues away from being as useful as Opera 12. We've taken giant steps back in a lot of tech.
So far mostly using Firefox and LibreOffice in OpenSuse (Leap 42.1). I've been moving clients to Firefox lately simply because it has more compatibility with things. IE/Edge and Chrome are very picky. Messed with Midori a bit. I guess it's finally time for me to get some type of universal/cloud bookmarking system.
I am not liking Firefox in OpenSuse. Why doesn't the backspace let me go back a page?
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