Voice Communication

• Discord
• Mumble - Windows, Linux, Mac. Open source.

Text to Speech

• eSpeak

Streaming and Media Software

• OBS - The standard for streaming!
• VLC - The best multimedia player on planet Earth. Windows, Linux, and Mac.
• qBittorrent - Best torrent client. Open source.

Multimedia Conversion

• FFMPEG - The defacto cross platform standard. Command line.
• WinFF - FFMPEG GUI for Windows.

Code Editors

• Sublime Text - Fast and good.
• Notepad++ - One of the best. Windows only.
• VSCodium - Open VS Code with telemetry removed.

Web Browsers

• Google Chrome - Fast. Comes with Flash built-in, so you will not need to install Adobe.
• Firefox - Mozilla's flagship browser.

Other Software

• LibreOffice - Community fork of Open Office. The new standard since the Oracle takeover of Open Office.
• WinMerge - The utility for doing code or text document merges on Windows.